Mornings in Mui Ne are drinking coffee while teams of conical-hatted fisherwomen slowly drag long nets into the beach for a few baskets of tiny fish. It’s the ocean life - fishermen, water sports and luxury resorts. But there is another side to Binh Thuan Province. Nguyen Hoi Street in Phan Thiet turns into a beautifully sealed 90km long country road called National Road 28,…
Vietnam has been working on a dossier of Xoan singing, a folk strain of northern Phu Tho Province, to be submitted to UNESCO for recognition as an “Intangible Cultural Heritage in need of Urgent Protectionâ€.
To ethnic people in the highlands the Dak Bla River, the nation’s only river with backward flow, remains the one constant in the ever-changing world.
The Serepok River north of Buon Ma Thuot in Dak Lak Province has farmland on one side and the Yok Don National Park on the other.
If Sapa is the most famous tourist spot in Lao Cai Province, then maybe Bat Xat is the new rising star of this northern mountainous province. And when visiting this most primitive area, the Den Sang love stream is a must if you have a romantic bone in your body.
A new exhibition entitled Chan Dung Hanoi (Hanoi Portraits) is giving a broad overview of the capital city's contemporary art scene at the Maison des Art.
How many times have you careered past it on your way to work or a cafe date with friends and thought ‘wow’ as you gazed at the splendid architecture for a brief few seconds before continuing toward your destination?
Han barrage is the epic center of many small, beautiful streams flowing down from the Dai Lanh Range. Located in Hao Son Hamlet, Hoa Xuan Nam Commune, Dong Hoa District in Phu Yen Province, it is a wondrous spot where people can see many stones uniquely shaped by turtles crawling on the water surface or stones with very smooth surfaces that could seat a handful…
A group from the US expressed their excitement when they related their trip to Ho Village, 20km northwest of Sa Pa.
Since the first days of Vietnamese civilization, the nation’s 54 ethnic tribes have added their vibrant colors to Vietnam’s highlands, plains and coastal areas. Through historical ups and downs, some ethnic tribes have left their territory or mingled with other tribes and gradually lost their unique social and cultural traits.
Like Lung Cu in Ha Giang Province at Vietnam’s northernmost point and Dat Mui in Ca Mau Province at the most southern, Mui Dien in Phu Yen Province is the most easterly part of the country for tourists. The top of the 26 meter lighthouse is the first place in Vietnam to catch the rays of the sun at dawn.
People in Thach Xa Commune, Thach That District, Hanoi have made lively dragonflies from bamboo, which resemble almost exactly the real thing, diversifying the treasure of folk toys of Vietnamese people. An outstanding feature of the bamboo dragonfly is that from the pointed beak on its head it can balance on a spot as small as the end of a finger, the corner of a…