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Many travel companies introduce package tours to the northern area of Vietnam to local and international vacationers during autumn to take advantage of the cool and fine weather. Tan Dinh Trade and Travel Service Co., or Fiditour, has launched the “Hanoi in Autumn” packages with the central destination of the capital city of Hanoi. Visitors [...]
A trans-ASEAN motor tour, the first of this kind to pass though Viet Nam, started Wednesday. The tour is organized by Vinh Tan Tourism and Trade Company (Vyta Tours) with special permission from the prime minister. Nine tourists from the U.S, Canada and Norway will participate in the two-month tour through five ASEAN countries including [...]
When I was a child my world was the homeland around Cau Ke Market in Tra Vinh Province, green or yellow paddy fields waiting for the harvest season. It was not until my father took me to Ba Mi or Huu Thanh Commune in Vinh Long Province that I had the chance to see the [...]
Vietnam is a country with many legendary places of built during its long 4,000 year history. Among them is Con Son – Kiep Bac. Countless pilgrims and tourists around the country have made the journey to the sacred region of Con Son – Kiep Bac. Con Son consists of Ky Lan Mountain, Ngu Nhac Mountain [...]
Since the completion of Dam Mon-Co Ma Street, linking Van Thanh Commune of Van Ninh District in central coastal province of Khanh Hoa with National Road 1A, tourists can now travel from Co Ma Hill through the ancient mangrove forest of Tuan Le to this remote Dam Mon Peninsula. The road was built to promote [...]
Traveling along National Road 51 heading for the coastal city of Vung Tau, visitors can catch sight of an intersection on their right hand side laid eight kilometers from the greeting gate of the city. It is the entrance to the commune on Long Son Island where the complex of relic Nha Lon (large house) [...]
While the sun is still sleeping and it is not yet dawn with the weak light of the crescent moon, Lagi beach has been awakened by the noise of fishermen, shouts of salesmen and the murmur of couples. Lagi beach seems to be busy very early in the morning. About 200 kilometers from HCMC, the [...]
Taking a tour with the local boat people is the best way to enjoy the poetic beauty of the Perfume River in Hue. Rather than take a regular tour along Hue’s Perfume River with travel agents, I decide to do as the locals would do and go by sampan! I arrive at the riverbank before [...]
With royal ruins, limestone mountains, caves and crystal rivers, northern Ninh Binh Province has nearly everything a visitor could want. Around 100km south of Hanoi, the province offers a world of opportunity to explore nature, culture and history. Considered one of the original dia linh (sacred) lands, Ninh Binh has 975 notable sites, of which [...]
Visitors to Phu Quoc Island may not know that Phu Quoc pearls are said to be the best in the country, but they will certainly notice the abundance of pearl stores dotting the island. Despite the fame of Phu Quoc pearls, most pearls sold do not originate there, and are mostly cheaper fresh-water pearls. Connoisseurs [...]