• Ha Noi pagodas lure visitors with rich historical offerings

    07/08/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – The Tay Phuong and Thay pagodas were among destinations Rett Townsley, a third year recreation management student at the Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, visited during a tour of suburban Ha Noi. Intrigued: A visitor looks...

  • The island of storks and night herons

    07/08/2009 05:00

    Around 30km from Hai Duong city, Chi Lang Nam stork-night heron island occupies the middle of 4ha An Duong Lake. While other stork gardens like Lang Giang in Bac Giang province and Lap Thach in Vinh Phuc province are owned by individuals and facing...

  • Hoi An - a living museum

    07/08/2009 05:00

    Located along the Thu Bon River, the ancient town of Hoi An in Quang Nam province is an ideal destination for both domestic and foreign visitors. In the 16th and 17th centuries, the town was called Faifoo. It was then a port town familiar to merchants from...

  • Tranquil mountain hideaway

    07/08/2009 05:00

    A tourist poses at Tien (Fairy) Creek on Dinh Mountain in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau Dinh Mountain, also known as Bong Lai (Heaven) Mountain, is located just over 30 kilometers from the famous beach town of...

  • Da Lat Flower Festival rescheduled for next year

    07/08/2009 05:00

    Tourists stroll a flower street at the 2007 Da Lat Flower Festival in the Central Highlands town The third Da Lat Flower Festival will be delayed until New Year’s Day 2010 to coincide with activities marking Hanoi’s...

  • Hoi An to host Japanese exchange

    07/08/2009 05:00

    The historic town of Hoi An will mark its ten-year anniversary of UNESCO world cultural heritage recognition with a Vietnam-Japan cultural exchange program next week. The seventh Vietnam-Japan...

  • Airbus 320 bursts two tires in emergency landing

    07/08/2009 05:00

    Two rear tires of a Vietnam Airlines Airbus 320 burst Friday as it landed at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City. The Airbus 320 of national carrier Vietnam Airlines that had two rear tires burst Friday while landing at the Tan Son...

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