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Hoe Nhai, also called Hong Phuc, is one of the large ancient pagodas in the Thang Long Citadel. The Pagoda was built under the Ly Dynasty (1010-1225) on an area of 3,000m2 on present-day Hoe Nhai Street, Hanoi. The space of the Pagoda is shaded by areca and lush green Bodhi trees. The Pagoda consists [...]
The number of foreign tourists to Vietnam in August reached 315,000, up 16 percent over the previous month, reported the General Statistics Office (GSO). The increase was thanks to the effective implementation of tourism demand stimulus measures, said the GSO. Most of Vietnam’s key tourism markets saw growing numbers of visitors, with Japan taking the [...]
A visitor enjoys an ice-cream cone at the Tri Nguyen AquariumA visitor enjoys an ice-cream cone at the Tri Nguyen Aquarium Magical sea creatures, breathtaking colors and a world of wonder await visitors to the Tri Nguyen Aquarium on Khanh Hoa Province’s Bong Nguyen Island. Situated five kilometers south of the beach resort town of [...]
Lovers tour Thu Le Lake on swan boats in Thu Le Park. Tran Van Bang laughs with joy when a little ca ro (anabas fish) gets caught in his hook. The 57-year-old war veteran comes every weekend to Thu Le Park (along Kim Ma Street) to fish, which has been his hobby since he was [...]
Ma Le commune in Ha Giang province is inhabited by a colourful community of Giay ethnic people, who cling to traditional ways and shun modern medicine. Driving through a rocky plateau amongst the mountains of Ha Giang province, I find the small village I have been looking for — Ma Le commune of Dong Van [...]
Sacred to Vietnam’s millions of Buddhists, Yen Tu Mountain in Quang Ninh Province boasts breathtaking scenery along with hundreds of temples, other man-made structures, and religious objects. On the top of sacred Yen Tu Mountain looking down. A Vietnamese saying warns that “Though you practice charity and do good deeds for a hundred years, you [...]
Three Indochinese countries and Japan are committed to joining forces to lure more international tourists. The goal was the focus of last week’s Hanoi-based video seminar on promoting the Mekong River basin by Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia and Japan tourism leaders. The meeting took place amid the countries tackling the global financial crisis and growing [...]
Visitors disembark from a high-speed tourist boat at Cham Island. HCM City travel agencies reported an increase in one-day trip bookings for this week’s National Holiday – a bright spot in a tourism industry lagging because of the global economic downturn and fears of the spread of swine flu. The September 2 National Day falls [...]
Nằm ở bờ phía Tây, Ghana là một trong những quốc gia của châu Phi sử dụng ngôi ngữ là tiếng Anh. Đất nước này cũng được thiên nhiên ban tặng cho những cảnh đẹp nên thơ cùng nền văn hóa cổ xưa giàu bản sắc. Ghé thăm thị trấn Cape Coast của Ghana. Ảnh [...]
Tại thời điểm này, Bahamas là nơi quy tụ của hơn 80 người đẹp trên thế giới về tranh tài để tìm ra chủ nhân danh hiệu Hoa hậu Hoàn vũ thế giới 2009. Nhiều du khách đã lên kế hoạch đến Bahamas vào những ngày tới để trực tiếp theo dõi đêm chung kết [...]