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Da Lat is known as the most beautiful city in the central highlands with romantic natural landscapes, lovely French villas, fresh air, beautiful waterfalls and gorgeous lakes.
 Lang Biang Mountain in Lac Duong District is around 12km from the centre of Da Lat City. Tiếp tục đọc “Top destinations in Da Lat” |
Choi Chnam Thmay is the traditional New Year of the Khmer people living in the Mekong Delta. It takes place from April 13 to 15, bringing crowds to pagodas to worship Buddha. Traditional customs like bathing the Buddha statue, and wearing wish bracelets, as well as music and dance performances, are also offered.
People attend an offering worship at Xoai Xiem Thmay Pagoda. Tiếp tục đọc “Khmer New Year Festival wishes for lucks” |
VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi at night is the most beautiful time. If you find it hard to sleep, step outside and listen to the night sound and see a Hanoi with a quiet and old look.
What are the destinations for tourists at night in Hanoi?
Go wherever you like, through familiar streets to see how quiet Hanoi is at night. Afterwards visit Hoan Kiem Lake and go along streets of the Old Quarter.
Besides Hoan Kiem lake and the Old Quarter, you can visit Ba Dinh square, West lake. Opera house, Ngo Quyen Street, Long Bien bridge, Quang Ba flower market, Long Bien night market, and many other places.
Shops serving food at night in Hanoi:
– Night shops near Dong Xuan market
– Beef noodle at 27 Hang Ngang street (from 3 pm to 5 am)
– Chicken noodle at intersection of Hang Bo and Luong Van Can (5 pm- 11 pm)
– Fish noodle in Hang Dau street (24/24 service)- sticky rice (5 am- 1 am next day)
Besides these places, in night markets sell porridge, noodle soup. Tiếp tục đọc “Travelling Hanoi at night”
Updated : 04/19/2017 19:01 GMT + 7
While a considerable number of Vietnamese travelers are planning their trips online, few local travel companies have tapped into this lucrative market, insiders said at a conference on Tuesday.
Websites or online services helping travelers to prepare for their trips via a mouse click is “a gold mine left unexploited” in Vietnam, experts have said at an event jointly held by Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper and Google.
Trinh Quang Chung, industry manager of Google Asia Pacific, said Vietnam currently has 47.7 million Internet users, most of whom search travel information, destinations and other related services as part of their daily habit. Tiếp tục đọc “Online trip planning market remains untapped in Vietnam”
Spectacular views of Ninh Binh northern province where the blockbuster “Kong: Skull Island” was filmed, have impressed tourists through flycam perspective.
 The Trang An Tourism Complex in Ninh Binh has been recognised as a World Heritage site by UNESCO. It is home to limestone mountains 31 lakes connecting to each other through 48 caves. Tiếp tục đọc “Stunning beauty of Ninh Binh through flycam perspective” |
Full article and beautiful pictures for every city on CNN(CNN)Sidewalk vendors, push carts, holes in a wall — even in cities with rich reputations for fine dining, some of the best meals are on the streets.
Tiếp tục đọc “Best 23 cities for street food — from Mumbai and Miami to Marrakech”
Authorities in Bangkok have banned street food from the capital’s major roads, causing an outcry in a city famous for its affordable roadside cuisine.
In a move criticised by locals and culinary enthusiasts, thousands of vendors selling dishes such as spicy prawn soup and papaya salad will disappear by the end of the year in the interests of “order and hygiene”, according to city hall. Tiếp tục đọc “The best street food on the planet, but Bangkok bans its roadside stalls”
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| Soft light: A lantern made with nipa palm paper.VNS Photo Công Thành |
Young entrepreneurs have come up with a creative way to have visitors to Hoi An City take part of its famous nipa palm forest home as souvenirs, Hoai Nam reports
Trương Tấn Thọ, 39, earns a living making traditional paper.
Apart from the famous dó (poonah) paper, his firm in Hoi An City, called Giấy Việt (Vietnamese paper), also makes paper from the pulp of bamboo and mulberry trees.
A few years ago, Thọ hit up on the idea of using the stems of the nipa palm (called water coconut in Viet Nam), found in profusion in the area, to make paper and paper products, using the know-how he had acquired in making traditional paper with local materials. Tiếp tục đọc “New product papers over an old tradition”
Updated : 04/14/2017 16:51 GMT + 7
Ho Chi Minh City leaders met with local tourism companies on Thursday to discuss ways to meet a target of welcoming seven million international visitors this year.
The southern tourism hub received 5.2 million foreign holidaymakers in 2016 and experienced a 15 percent jump in tourist numbers during Q1 2017, though experts are still unsure the city will meet such a lofty goal.
In the Jan-Mar period, more than 1.5 million international visitors spent holidays in Ho Chi Minh City, but Bui Ta Hoang Vu, director of the municipal tourism department, said the quarterly growth must be more than 20 percent for the seven-million target to be met. Tiếp tục đọc “Ho Chi Minh City rebuilds tourism strategy to meet 7 million int’l arrivals target”
A market for street vendors has been put into operation for over one year at Pham Van Hai Market in HCMC’s Tan Binh District.
Some 20 households have been approved by local authorities to run business at the market at night time, which helps reduce encroachment on public pavements by street vendors.
It is expected that more spaces will be set up at other districts in HCMC to help street vendors run business.
 The market is open from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. daily at Pham Van Hai Market in Tan Binh District in HCMC Tiếp tục đọc “Bustling scene at a market for street vendors in Saigon” |
VietNamNet Bridge – Though some Chinese travelers have caused problems, Vietnam has said that it will roll out the red carpet to travelers of all nationalities.
Chinese have flocked to Vietnam in recent days as they have been prohibited to travel to other countries.
Entering Vietnam with passports, staying in Vietnam and working without work permits, some Chinese are distorting Vietnam’s history and sovereignty.
The Voice of Vietnam (VOV) reported that Da Nang City authorities have seized thousands of posters from Jeep Tour, a tourism company in Ngu Hanh Son district. The posters introduced tours provided by Jeep Tour, in which the Vietnamese ‘East Sea’ was written as ‘China Beach’. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam still seeks Chinese tourists despite ongoing problems”
Updated : 04/03/2017 20:01 GMT + 7
Editor’s note: Quang Kiet, a frequent visitor to Phu Quoc, has found many ‘negatives,’ one of which is the mushrooming number of resorts on the ‘pearl island’ just off southern Vietnam.
I would visit Phu Quoc almost every year, thanks to the marvelous natural beauty there, particularly the beaches, and the great seafood and friendly, hospitable islanders.
But I have come back from my latest trip with mixed feelings – the joy of seeing the island’s constant development is accompanied by sadness and worry. Tiếp tục đọc “Booming resorts, littering, rip-offs among ‘negatives’ of Phu Quoc tourism”
TTCT – Rừng, động vật của Việt Nam sao phải để các tổ chức nước ngoài tài trợ bảo tồn? Sao người Việt không làm điều đó?
Những câu hỏi ấy đã thôi thúc một nhóm thanh niên và câu chuyện duyên nợ với voọc Sơn Trà của Trung tâm bảo tồn đa dạng sinh học Nước Việt Xanh (GreenViet) bắt đầu.
Căn nhà hai tầng chật chội ở đường Thành Vinh 1, nằm sát chân núi Sơn Trà, là nơi làm việc của hơn 10 người thuộc GreenViet đã hơn năm năm nay. Tiếp tục đọc “Những người đắm đuối vì voọc Sơn Trà”
File photo of Malaysian members of parliament meeting in Kuala Lumpur. (Photo: AFP/Tengku Bahar)
Parliament was adjourned after the Tourism Tax Bill 2017 that was tabled by Tourism and Culture Minister Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz was passed with a big majority.
When winding up the debate for the bill, Mohamed Nazri said revenue from Tourism Tax would be in the region of RM654.62 million if the overall occupancy rate for the 11 million ‘room night’ in the country can achieve 60 per cent. Tiếp tục đọc “Malaysian parliament passes Tourism Tax Bill in record session”
VietNamNet Bridge – Artists from South Korea have given Tam Thanh fishing village in central Quang Nam Province a new look with colourful murals.
In early June 2016, Tam Thanh Village in Tam Thanh Commune was chosen for an art project as part of the Korea Foundation Community Art Exchange Programme held by the Korea Foundation and the UN-Habitat Vietnam to improve living conditions and introduce more art to the public.
Five artists from the South Korea, 12 volunteers and many Vietnamese students have given the walls of about 100 houses a new face. Tiếp tục đọc “Tam Thanh – the fishing village of murals”
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