• Blue blooded 

    07/11/2010 05:00

    The tomb of King Le Thai To, or Le Loi, the founder of the Le Dynasty (1428- 1788), in Thanh Hoa Province Lam Kinh has an unmistakable royal bearing. It is said to be one of the capitals that Vietnam has had in its long...

  • Get stuck 

    07/11/2010 05:00

    Xoi (sticky rice), makes for a cheap and easy Saigon breakfast Nguyen Thi Kiem, who is now nearly 80 years old, sells xoi at the corner of Pasteur and Le Thanh Ton streets in Ho Chi Minh...

  • Shopping in Dong Van stone plateau

    Shopping in Dong Van stone plateau

    18/10/2010 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge – Dong Van is not only a newly-recognised global geological park but also a tourist attraction in Vietnam. Let’s go shopping at Dong Van market. This is the market of ethnic minority people like H’mong, Dao, Tay, Nung, Lo Lo,...

  • Four million international visitors arrive Vietnam

    Four million international visitors arrive Vietnam

    18/10/2010 05:00

    Vietnam welcomed nearly four million foreign arrivals between January and September of 2010. This number is a huge increase compared to previous years: up 34.2 percent from last year’s figure, according to statistics from the Vietnam National...

  • Dong Van stone plateau

    Dong Van stone plateau

    18/10/2010 05:00

    The plateau was recognized by the UNESCO as one of the 77 geological parks in the world and the second in Southeast Asia on October 3. The park covers four districts of Meo Vac, Dong Van, Yen Minh and Quan Ba, totaling over 2,300sq.km, with nearly 250,000 residents. Up to...

  • In the urban jungle

    In the urban jungle

    15/10/2010 05:00

    Hung Ky pagoda is a unique heritage of Hanoi, says Thanh Thu For decades, the two iron doors at the front of Hung Ky pagoda on Hanoi’s Minh Khai street have been wrapped in chains. All around the growing urban jungle has encroached on the site. There are townhouses,...

  • A path to somewhere

    A path to somewhere

    15/10/2010 05:00

    It takes some getting to, but a bamboo-lined dirt road makes it worthwhile A long bridge across the Ma River is just one of the picturesque features on the trip to the Suoi Muong bamboo path If it’s all about the journey and not the...

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