HANOI – Signs at two patio cafés here in my walkable patch of Tay Ho District have caught my eyes. Perhaps they are signs of change. First, I noticed some curious words scrawled on a white-board lunch menu: a dish that featured “false dog…
The authorities of a north-central province, which is home to Son Doong Cave- the world’s current largest grotto, are working to readjust admission fees to some of its tourist attractions. Truong An Ninh, office chief of Quang Binh Province’s People’s Committee said on Friday…
Visitors to Ho Chi Minh City can now search for where to go and what to do at a brand new tourist assistance station downtown. The station, in front of the Opera House, has a touch screen of 47 inches that can connect to…
“Com nam” (a Vietnamese rice dish pressed into cylinder or sphere shape) is sold in small alleys in Hanoi by vendors. This dish is very familiar with Vietnamese people. In the past, “com nam” was regarded as a popular meal of Vietnamese farmers. “Com…
An ecological tour in Hoi An lets tourists cast fishing nets and row coracles like a real local. Video credit: Nguyen Dong/VnExpress English subtitle: Thanh Nien News
Vietnam’s tourism authority has asked the central province of Quang Binh to bring entrance fees at its world famous caves back to the original level, following a steep increase heavily protested by travel agencies. The move came with bad timing, as Vietnam was in…
Can Gio listed among top 100 sustainable tourism destinations HCM City Can Gio Mangrove Forest is listed among the Global Top 100 Sustainable Destinations or in other words the world’s greenest holiday destinations. It was drawn up by making open calls on social media…
Four new records for food are expected to be set at the Tet (Lunar New Year) flower festival in a Mekong Delta city, known as the delta region’s largest flower growing area, next month. The Vietnam Book of Records (Vietkings), which recognizes extraordinary local…
A French photojournalist/photographer has lived in both his home country and Vietnam for nearly three decades, taken hundreds of photos, and helped develop the Southeast Asian country’s photography. Nicolas Cornet has worked for several European newspapers, including “Le Monde,” and shuttled between France and…
Blankets of cloud and midst covering mountain ranges and beautiful valleys in winter entice both domestic and foreign travelers to the north-western region of Vietnam. The region is also attractive to those whose have adventured the mountainous region once or several times as it…
