Moc Chau plateau in the northern mountainous province of Son La has been listed as one of my must-visit places since I read something about farmers working on Moc Chau’s vast, beautiful tea plantations. But it was not until last summer I had managed…

A privately-owned carrier is slated to offer services between Hanoi and the northern city of Ha Long in September using seaplanes, allowing passengers to have an aerial view over Vietnam’s iconic Ha Long Bay. Hai Au Aviation expects to inaugurate the service on September…

A Vietnamese photographer has just released photos taken from a seaplane that show the stunning panoramic view of Ha Long Bay in northern Vietnam. Hai Dong, a local photographer, took the pictures on Monday morning when he traveled on a seaplane from Hanoi to…

Vietnamese citizens at home and abroad and expats in Vietnam are all welcome to take part in a photo competition to commemorate the 20th anniversary of UNESCO recognition bestowed on Ha Long Bay in northern Quang Ninh Province. The competition, “Ha Long Bay –…

According to the Mother Nature website, the terraced fields in Sapa, Vietnam are ranked among the top 30 most beautiful places in the planet, along with the Maldives and Angkor Wat. According to Mother Nature, many mesmerizing scenes can be found throughout Southeast Asia,…

Muong Khuong market is one of the largest and most important market of the local ethnic groups living here. This big market with a wide range of ethnic groups: Hmong, Dao, Nung, and merchants from other ethnic groups who come all the way to…

A Vietnamese tourism and cultural festival is scheduled to take place in two cities of South Korea in September, the Vietnamese Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism announced Thursday on its website. The “Le hoi Du lich-Van hoa Viet Nam tai Han Quoc 2014”…

A Vietnamese cultural week is currently taking place in two Cambodian cities, with the objective of cementing ties between Vietnam and Cambodia, the Vietnamese Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism said Tuesday on its website. “Tuan Le Van Hoa Viet Nam Tai Campuchia” (Vietnamese…

The specific cultural beauty of Dao ethic people drew many local people and visitors to the Dao ethnic cultural festival in Tien Yen district, the northern province of Quang Ninh. Especially the beauty of Dao ethnic women through singing, embroidery, traditional clothes performances and…

Moon cakes are an indispensable part of Vietnamese people’s celebrations of the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is held annually on the 15th day of the eight lunar month. There are two types of moon cake; banh nuong (brown baked cake) and banh deo (snow skin…