Vietnam Travel Guide

After one month in yellow, loc vung trees on the banks of Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi, blossomed last night, turning the area around the lake into a sea of red.

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Ha Long Bay and Cuu Long river, a tributary of the Mekong River, have been selected among the world’s 100 destinations for couples

Ha Long Bay and Cuu Long river, a tributary of the Mekong River, have been selected among the world’s 100 destinations for couples by the France L’internaute online magazine. The selection is based on three criteria, the romance, literary characteristics and the differences.

The magazine also encourages couples to visit Vietnam at least once in a lifetime because the country has a peaceful and beautiful landscape with hospitable people.

Colorful tulip flowers are the highlight of spring flower festival which was held at Tao Dan Park, Ho Chi Minh City. A beautiful shoot of tulip flowers taken by Giang Vy Hung:

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There are many ways to compare Quy Nhon City (Binh Dinh Province) with others, but Binh Dinh People’s Committee Chairman, Vu Hoang Ha, has his own comparison when saying: “Quy Nhon is like a fairy, who after years of secluding herself came out of her palace and joined in the ordinary life, and this made her more attractive.”

Quy Nhon was allowed by the Government to upgrade from a provincial town to a city level. At present, the City covers an area of 216,44 sq. km, from Binh De Pass in the North to Cu Mong Pass in the South, with a population of 250,000 inhabitants. The local area, relating to Sa Huynh Culture (dating back to 2,500 B.C), had been the capital of the Champa Kingdom for five centuries and the native land of many talented and famous personalities.

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Annually, HCM City’s “Ong do” (those who teach Han script and also calligraphers) gather on Pham Ngoc Thach and Nguyen Thi Minh Khai before Tet festival.

Pham Ngoc Thach has become the “street of ong do” for four years and the “ong do” must wear traditional costumes (ready-to-wear turban and ao dai). Those working on Nguyen Thi Minh Khai road look less professional, as some wear traditional outfits and some others even wear western clothes.

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Brilliant decorated streets for upcoming Tet festival, crowded shopping malls and flowers for Tet spread all streets, Hanoians prepare to wrap Chung cake… Tet is coming to the town.

Hoan Kiem Lake (more…)

Yang Bay Tourist Area in Y Bay Tribe, Khanh Vinh District, Khanh Hoa Province, is suggested as an ideal site for tourists to celebrate the Tet holiday and discover this area that is endowed with magnificent waterfalls, blue lakes and splendid scenery.

Tourists have fun in a cool stream in Yang Bay Tourism Area in Khanh Hoa Province. (more…)

Cherry flowers have been blossoming in recent sunny days in the foot of Hoang Lien Son Mountain range, covering Sapa in the light pink of the flower. Photo: Ngoc Bang.

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A record number of 1,000 chung cakes will be wrapped and boiled in one big pot this week and delivered directly to underprivileged children in Quan Ngua Stadium on the occasion of the Lunar New Year Festival.

These are special presents for disadvantaged children to welcome New year. Recipients will include children in orphanages and centres for handicapped children and children infected with HIV/AIDS or suffering from other serious diseases.

The record-setting chung cake pot is part of the “merciful Tet” programme to be held in Hanoi from February 5-7 by the Ha Lan media and tourism company with support from non-governmental organizations in Vietnam, the Hanoi Society for Preventing and Combating HIV/AIDS, and a number of foreign embassies. (more…)

It’s nearly 2 weeks left before Lunar New Year 2010; all the streets of Hanoi are covered with cherry trees, kumquat trees and hundred kinds of flowers. A shoot of Hanoi streets uploaded on VNE:

Thousands of cheery trees and kumquats are taken to Hanoi (more…)