Thirty five years after the American War, I had an opportunity to travel on the old Ho Chi Minh Trail with some friends from Ha Noi. The scenery is breathtaking and the atmosphere is peaceful and poetic. This reminds me how beautiful the country is.
Transporting goods along Ho Chi Minh trail to a Southern war [...]
Vietnam Airlines will add hundreds of flights to its major domestic routes this summer
National carrier Vietnam Airlines Saturday announced it would add 826 flights to its major domestic routes this summer as travel demand is expected to surge sharply.
Over the next three months the airline will increase its flights linking Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City [...]
Foreign visitors at a market in the northern province of Lao Cai
Foreign arrivals in Vietnam in the first five months rose 37.7 percent to 2.2 million on the strength of promotion campaigns and some regional developments.
Ho Chi Minh City accounted for more than half of the total figure with 1.3 million arrivals. In May alone the [...]
More and more people are choosing vegetarian food as a healthy alternative to their normal meat-laden diet
Goi cuon chay (vegetarian spring rolls) served at a vegetarian food buffet in Van Canh Restaurant, 184 Calmette Street, Nguyen Cu Trinh Ward, District 1, HCMC
There is no dearth of plants in a Vietnamese meal – salads, steamed or fried [...]
Hanoi’s old cafés are more than cultural icons; they are reflective spaces that carry the capital city’s spirit
A corner of Hanoi-based Lam Café, which is a famous place because it is patronized by famous artists
I know him well and I see him often sitting at that particular café as I pass by.
I know that he [...]
Using an artificial luminous shrimp to lure cuttlefish
When night comes, silence descends on Phu Quoc Island in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang.
But out on the water, hundreds of fishing boats turn on their lights to lure the fish and transform the sea into a bustling town.
Being out there among them has become popular [...]
The 14th annual Southern Fruit Festival will take place from June 1 – 16 at the Suoi Tien Cultural Park in Ho Chi Minh City.
The 14th annual Southern Fruit Festival will take place from June 1 – 16 at the Suoi Tien Cultural Park in Ho Chi Minh City.
This year’s festival will attract participants from [...]
Heading into Halong Bay on a 30-foot junk boat for a lunch of freshly caught seafood. The first bite was wonderfully crunchy and just a little salty.
In fact, if you didn’t mind the skinny legs, you might not even have noticed that you were eating grasshoppers. After the grasshopper appetizer, there were choices of grilled [...]
Heading into Halong Bay on a 30-foot junk boat for a lunch of freshly caught seafood. The first bite was wonderfully crunchy and just a little salty.
In fact, if you didn’t mind the skinny legs, you might not even have noticed that you were eating grasshoppers. After the grasshopper appetizer, there were choices of grilled [...]
I didn’t mind that I missed queuing to see Ho Chi Minh in his mausoleum though I would have liked to have seen the palace he never lived in and the simple peasant homes he preferred.
Bikes, scooters and cars battle it out on Hanoi’s crowded streets. Photo / AP
Instead, I was sitting on the red [...]
