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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 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 [...]
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 [...]
Photographer Pham Manh Cuong shares beautiful moments at Do Son beach, a famous tourist site in the port city of Hai Phong. Do Son is located 22 km away from Hai Phong city. Do Son was turned into a summer resort by the French in 19th century, after they established themselves in Hai Phong. Do Son [...]
Dan Tri newspaper discovers the wild beauty of a newly discovered grotto named Tu Lan in Minh Hoa district, the central province of Quang Binh. VietNamNet/DT
Visiting Sapa during the summer, visitors will enjoy the wild beauty, pure air and cool climate at famous waterfalls at the foot of the magnificent Hoang Lien Son Mountains. These waterfalls have become attractive tourist sites in Sapa, including Thac Bac, Cat Cai, Lanh, Tinh Yeu and Nam Cang. There are many other wonderful waterfalls [...]
For those who like to plan ahead, vacation ownership deals are now up for grabs in Vietnam, writes Son Tran. Sea Links Golf & Country Club in Phan Thiet has become one of the country’s first resorts to offer vacation ownership. You can purchase a vacation ownership contract for $12,000-$15,000 for a term of 20 [...]
Local residents offer tourism services and visitors turn into local fishermen – that’s the ethos on eco-tours initiated by 29-year-old Tran Van Khoa, who was born into a fisherman’s family and who used to work in Hoi An’s Victoria Hotel as a receptionist. First throw: A tourist tries to net fish at the Cua Dai [...]
A German television crew from Medien Kontor will visit Vietnam in July to make a documentary about Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh, said the park’s director Luu Minh Thanh. Phong Nha cave will be introduced in a documentary film made by German television Medien Kontor. The [...]