For the New Year’s Festival, people not only prepare traditional dishes and fruit as offering to ancestors and but also buy flowers and ornamental plants to decorate their houses. The atmosphere of Tet is clearly shown by the early flower markets.
Tranh Khuc Village in Duyen Ha Commune of Thanh Tri District, Hanoi is known throughout the country for its traditional craft of making Banh chung (square glutinous rice cake). At present nearly 200 households in the village are involved in making Banh chung to supply the markets on the occasion of Tet (New Year Festival).
With its shimmering, blue ocean beach, grand hotels and tourist friendly spas such as Hon Ngoc Viet (VinPearl), Hon Tre (Bamboo Island) or Hon Tam (Silkworm Island), or the Hot Spa Tourism Centre, the city of Nha Trang in Khanh Hoa Province in Southern Vietnam is a tourist Mecca. But apart from all these quality spots, visitors to the area have the opportunity to step…
Dong Ho folk painting, the hundred-year-old painting genre in Vietnam that has been famous both domestically and internationally for its bright colours and unique beauty, is falling into obligation because of the change of people’s taste. To preserve the traditional craft, artisan Nguyen Dang Che has spent several years holding on to the art and establishing the Dong Ho Folk Painting Cultural Centre.
Nestled on the peak of a small hill in the center of the central coast city of Nha Trang, Chanh Toa Church, or Nui (Mountain) Church, is an imposing architecture, standing superbly under the endless sky and above the ocean.
People may be amazed when seeing a little girl in a red neckerchief, Phung Thi Trinh, leading a group of foreign tourists through the ruins of the Cham religious site of My Son, a World Cultural Heritage Site in Duy Xuyen District, in the central province of Quang Nam.
It is called “floating market†for an obvious reason. On a vast and boundless water surface, hundreds of boats, big and small, gather together and create a floating place for trading activities. The market is on all day, but is most spirited in the early morning. Boats of different sizes and shapes thread their way along the waterway in an atmosphere of truly high-spirited, fun…
When Spring arrives, Tay Bac (the entire north-western region of Vietnam) seems to be awaken after a long sleep with peach and Ban flowers blooming. It becomes more bustling and animated with traditional festivals and markets of the ethnic groups, attracting many visitors both at home and abroad.
Ngu Xa Village, located west of the former Thang Long capital (present-day Hanoi ) has practised the craft of copper casting for more than four centuries. Through the village’s ups and downs, the local artisans have preserved this traditional craft with their wholehearted devotion. Among them, artisan Nguyen Van Ung and his offspring have become famous for having turned out various sophisticated products that demonstrate…
Yang Bay Tourist Area in Y Bay Tribe, Khanh Vinh District, Khanh Hoa Province, is suggested as an ideal site for tourists to celebrate the Tet holiday and discover this area that is endowed with magnificent waterfalls, blue lakes and splendid scenery.
Muong ethnic people in the northern province of Hoa Binh tend to celebrate their new crops with the pomp and circumstance of the events. While breezes are rustling the yellow stubbles remaining in the rice fields, the Muong in Hoa Binh are busy preparing for their New Rice Feast.
Combining the poetic charms of its wild scenery and the simple daily lives of its people, “Heaven’s Gateâ€, as people often call Simacai, is becoming more and more attractive to travellers. Si Ma Cai is located in a remote mountain area of Lao Cai Province, at the far end of a road near the border with China and is inhabited by ethnic people.