• A better mountain festival

    31/01/2009 05:00

    Despite the cold weather, pilgrims flock to the Perfume Pagoda to pray for a happy year. Organizers expect to attract some one million visitors this spring. Local authorities have cleaned up Hanoi’s Perfume Pagoda...

  • Hanoi’s imperial palace opens to visitors

    31/01/2009 05:00

    A well dated back to the 15th century found in the relics of Hanoi imperial palace The capital opens its imperial palace for the first time this year, starting January 29 to February 9 (January 4 to 15 according to the...

  • Bathing with herbs in Sa Pa

    31/01/2009 05:00

    After spending an entire night on the Hanoi-Lao Cai train ride followed by a one-hour trip in a car to pass over gently-sloped winding paths, I arrived in Sa Pa at sunrise. Extracting essential oil from medicinal herbs. Le Dinh Thong, a...

  • Ba Be strives for world heritage status

    30/01/2009 05:00

    Ba Be National Park is an abundant bioreserve area containing the world’s only fresh-water karst lake and several rare species of fauna and flora. This year Ba Be National Park celebrates its 5th anniversary as an ASEAN Heritage Park. Ba Be Lake, a 450ha...

  • “Going Back to the Roots” and discovering Northwestern Vietnam

    30/01/2009 05:00

    Phu Tho province was chosen to head the organising team that will run the 2009 ’Going Back to the Roots’ tourism programme. This is the second time that the province will be heading up this organising team. The 2009 programme has been given the theme...

  • Artisan blazes trail on new silk road

    30/01/2009 05:00

    Over the centuries, Van Phuc silk, made using traditional hand-weaving and hand-dyeing techniques, has captured the loyalties of customers across the country. A silk shop in VanPhuc Village However, things are about to change. Nguyen Huu Chinh, a...

  • Like a rock

    30/01/2009 05:00

    Head of Linh Quang Pagoda Cultural Relic Management Board Do Kim Long stands beside the pagoda’s grand bell, cast in 1795 An old pagoda has passed the tests of time, surviving fires and harsh weather....

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