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Tho Ha is an old village in Van Ha commune, Bac Giang province with romantic old banian trees, a communal house, wharf and ancient houses. Nguyen Truong Thai captures the village: Tho Ha has been known as a famous pottery village in Vietnam. With very old houses… And ingenuous people. The village’s communal house. A [...]
The country’s travel hub of HCMC this year will spend around VND9 billion, or US$600,000, on tourism promotion activities, twice compared to the last year’s budget, an official said. The program will be first introduced to international visitors on the occasion of the international travel exhibition in HCMC this October. La Quoc Khanh, deputy director [...]
The Truong Giang Bridge, nearly 500m long and 1.8m wide, crossing over the Truong Giang River, linking Duy Thanh and Duy Nghia Commune, Quang Nam Province in Central Vietnam, is the longest bamboo bridge in Vietnam. Before the bridge was built, the local people living in the eastern area crossed over the river by taking [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – Captivated by the beauty of the scene, the deer stood transfixed, forgetting it had to return to the sacred forest. Destined to stay by the sea forever, it stands there still, admiring the view off the coast of Ha Tien Town by the southwestern border with Cambodia. Established 300 years ago, Ha [...]
Do Son Beach in Hai Phong City is a popular destination for domestic tourists. Tourist joint-venture enterprises have been allowed to host outbound tours. For the first time, tourist joint-venture enterprises will be allowed to host outbound tours for their customers, previously the sole domain of only Vietnamese companies. The move is part of a [...]
The recent recognition of Bai Mon (Mon Beach) and Mui Dien (Dien Cape) in central Phu Yen province as national landscapes has cast an extra shine over the coastal site that is always flooded with scorching sunlight in the summertime. The serene Mon Beach in the morning. Undoubtedly, the site is a real national treasure [...]
The coastal city of Nha Trang in Khanh Hoa province, with one of the 29 most beautiful bays in the world, is a favorite destination in the summer. Kien Trinh shares his views of the city. The Ponaga tower. The water in Van Phong bay. The Stone Church, the biggest church in Nha Trang. The [...]
If you’re desperate to escape the oppressive summer heat in Hanoi, the mountain town of Tam Dao offers a cool respite. The journey to Tam Dao begins at the foot of the mountain road that rises up at an ever increasingly precipitous angle. I drop the motorcycle into second gear and start to grind and [...]
Hoteliers and foreign-local joint venture tour operators have welcomed two new decisions from the Government that allow four and five-star hotels to remain open until 2 a.m. and tour operators to arrange outbound tours. The five-star Caravelle and Sheraton Saigon hotels in downtown HCMC. Four- and five-star hotels will be allowed to stay open until [...]
The lover’s city, Da Lat, not only presents beautiful and romantic landscapes, it also gives adventurers opportunities to explore, with a series of spectacular waterfalls, tall and dangerous cliffs, and forests to be discovered. Adventurers can hike a ten kilometer route at the foot of Prenn pass and difficult trails through the forest. To finish [...]