There’s no better place to let the time roll away than on the waterfront

Hanoi’s 20 lakes are renowned for bringing the city a sense of beauty and an old-world atmosphere.
As the capital continues to develop, with mega-shopping complexes and fast food chains popping up left and right, Hanoi’s lakes have retained their peace [...]

Time: From the last day of previous year to 3rd day of 1st lunar month
Tết, is the most important and popular holiday and festival in Vietnam. It is the Vietnamese New Year which is based on the Lunar calendar, a lunisolar calendar.
Tết is celebrated on the same day as Chinese New Year though exceptions arise [...]

Combining the poetic charms of its wild scenery and the simple daily lives of its people, “Heaven’s Gate”, 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 [...]

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
The 15-year-old student is confident, professional [...]

For the La Chi people, forests are both a sacred place to worship their ancestors and a place to heal rifts through open dialogue.
It is basic psychology that venting one’s feelings, particularly discontent, disagreement and anger, can have a cathartic effect.
This is not easy to do in the modern world, where stress and tension are [...]

Catherine Denoual moved from Paris to Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon, without any plans or expectations, but she’s since absorbed the burgeoning metropolis’ energy of growth and renewal like a sponge.
Her husband found work here in 1995, and at the age of 35, Catherine quit her job as a fashion editor to [...]

An Giang Province’s bustling border town showcases the diversity of the Mekong Delta: Vietnamese, Chinese, Khmer and Cham cultures all in one.
From the top of Sam Mountain, you can see the whole of Chau Doc Town and Tinh Bien District, and even all the way to the That Son (Seven Mountains) range in the distance.
At [...]

Nguyen Hue Boulevard will once again be transformed into Ho Chi Minh City’s Flower Street for the coming Lunar New Year.

An ocean of flowers, including apricot blossoms, the southern region’s traditional Tet flower, and bonsai will be brought in from different regions of Vietnam to flood the avenue from February 11 to 16.
Fresh flowers from [...]

About 25 kilometers north of the central coast city of Nha Trang, Ba Ho tourist site is unfamiliar and strange yet fascinating.

The site, located in Ninh Ich Commune, Ninh Hoa District, is a stream flowing from a height of 660 meters and creating three lakes, one at a height of 600 meters, one at [...]

Plum flowers in Bac Ha, Lao Cai province, have blossomed nearly one month before the lunar New Year due to the warm weather, according to meteorological experts.
In the last two weeks, Villages in Bac Ha have become covered in the white colored plum flowers.
Travelers are flocking to Bac Ha to admire the blooms ahead of [...]

Duc Hanh boats along the Giang river into the heart of Pu Mat National Park in search of one of Vietnam’s most reclusive hill tribes.
The Dan Lai hill tribe located in a remote part of Nghe An province is of unknown origin – is this Vietnam’s 55th ethnic group?
Who are the Dan Lai? With a [...]