If art and architecture matter more to you than beaches and beer, Hué will be high on your Vietnam must-visit list. The capital of the Nguyen emperors, Hué is packed with temples, tombs, palaces and pagodas – or at least the remains of those that successive armies didn’t manage to completely destroy. Foodies won’t want [...]

A large, brackish, coastal lagoon, about 20 km long and up to three km wide. The lagoon extends in a northwest-southeast direction parallel to the coast, and is separated from the sea by a sandy ridge formed by coastal deposition. The northern end of the lagoon is the mouth of O Loan River; both the [...]

More commonly known by its shortened name Tết, is the most important and popular holiday and festival in Vietnam. It is the Vietnamese New Year which is based on the Lunar calendar, a lunisolar calendar. The name Tết Nguyên Đán is Sino-Vietnamese for Feast of the First Morning, derived from the Hán nôm characters Tết [...]

Famous Kinh Bac (related Bac Ninh area) is the land of ancient stories, the legend of special cultural identity. Because of this tradition that this is one of the countryside possesses many folk festivals in Vietnam. The festival is many people are most interested Lim festival in Lim town of Tien Du, Bac Ninh province. [...]

Vietnam have many festivals in a year. This post introduce some special in this country: 1. New year festival (Tet Nguyen Dan) One year, the Vietnamese have more holidays, Tet. But Tet Nguyen Dan (on the first of a lunar month) is the largest so on Tet Ca. This is the end of crops, all [...]