A motorbike ride is the best way to take in the sights and sounds and taste the local cuisine in the less explored parts of Ho Chi Minh City. Tourists interested in this form of sightseeing can use backofthebiketours.com, whose name literally suggests riding…

Hoi An ancient city, the central province of Quang Nam, plans to restore 80 ancient wells, most of them locate on the north bank of the De Vong River near the Thanh Ha pottery village. Built in the 15th century by the Cham people,…

Some ethnic minority groups across Vietnam maintain customs and habits passed down over the centuries to mark the Lunar New Year festivities of Tet, from stealing for good luck to slapping women on the bottom. Washing hair by sour rice water The Thai Trang,…

Tet has yet to come, but the smell of it lingers in alleys throughout the country. For Vietnamese people, no holiday is as significant as Tet. It’s an occasion for family reunions, for worshipping the ancestors, for taking a once-a-year rest – and for…

From three simple ingredients, arrowroot starch, egg and sugar, villagers in the central province of Quang Ngai have turned them into special cupcakes that look like yellow apricot blossom. The cupcake, known locally as bánh thuẫn, is made all year round. It is particularly…

During Tet (the traditional Lunar New Year holiday), Saigon is always different as its streets are not as crowded as usual and one can see beautiful flowers, fruits, ornamental trees and revelers with beautiful clothes and smiling faces. In case your schedule for Tet…

Every house has a kitchen; every kitchen has its gods. And you’d better treat them well, because they are guardian angels/special agents sent from heaven. Vietnamese people adore their Kitchen Gods. They have a day just for them during the busy Tet festival. On…

Ambassador Camilla Mellander and all staff members at the Embassy of Sweden in Hanoi have made a three-minute video to send greetings to Vietnamese people for the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday.   The ambassador in a traditional ao dai conveyed her greetings and also joined…

Mai Cam Linh took her Indonesian boss to a cloth shop in Ben Thanh Market and ordered a piece similar to one just bought by a group of Vietnamese customers. But they were charged three times more. “Foreigners pay different prices,” the shop owner…

Many tourists are willing to wait in long queues and pay higher for a trip to explore the beauty of Son Doong Cave inside the Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh, a local newspaper reported. The…