Vietnam Travel News

What is the magic of Ben Thanh Market that induces travel literature to list it as one of the main attractions of Ho Chi Minh City?

Three resorts along the central coast of Vietnam have been named to the list of the best 25 resorts in Asia, as voted by readers of the travel magazine Conde Nast Traveler.

Considered the focal point of Vietnamese culture and Vietnam’s economic powerhouse, HCMC boasts a range of hotels in diverse styles, designs and levels. The designs and styles can be divided into two architectural types: French colonial and modern.

Young people in Vietnam are spending their free time playing online games, writing blogs, socialising and shopping – is it a problem that they seem to have no time for traditional arts?

Five foreign gong troupes from Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Laos and Myanmar arrived in Pleiku city, Gia Lai province to attend the International Gong Festival 2009 from November 12-15.

 Artisan Ngoc Minh and his co-workers are busy completing his unique artwork – a map of Vietnam made from 1,000 dragons.

Traditional costumes of the Vietnamese people tend to be very simple and modest. Men wear brown shirts and white trousers. Their headgear is simply a piece of cloth wrapped around the head and their footwear consists of a pair of plain sandals.

Folk paintings are a combination of traditional cultural values with ancient artistic methods that have been created through the labour of past generations.

Green dragon is the name of a newly cultivated fruit. It is rather big, weighs from 200 to 500 grams, and has pink or dark-red colour. The ripe fruit looks like the kohlrabi cabbage and has an oval shape.

Sapa Market is in Sapa Town, Sapa District, Lao Cai Province.

Many communes in rural Vietnam feature countryside markets (cho que).
There are two main types of countryside market: the fair and the evening market. Fairs are held periodically.

Border provinces have rich tourism potential that has yet to be fully tapped, according to industry experts.

Ngay Van Hoa Viet Nam (Viet Nam Culture Day) was held in Russia’s St Petersburg with the purpose of introducing Vietnamese culture to Russians.

A project to collect old photos of Hoi An Town, which are currently preserved in local houses has been carried out in the central province of Quang Nam.