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Saigon as the city is still frequently referred to is Vietnam’s largest city. It is a fast-paced city full of contrasts as street vendors selling fruit and vegetables can be seen next to glitzy western-style bars and boutiques. Saigon’s history is only 300 years old. In 1859 the city was captured by the French and [...]
Tay Ninh, near the Cambodian border, is home to the unique Cao Dai sect, whose patron saints include Joan of Arc, Victor Hugo and Winston Churchill to name a few. The religion is a hybrid of Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism and Christianity. The Cao Dai Temple at Tay Ninh has been described as a Walt Disney [...]
The Peanut is back. The band of four brothers that began rocking Sai Gon audiences more than four decades years ago has reached an agreement to perform every evening at the Palace Sai Gon Hotel under their first name. Forty-four years ago, the four brothers created a psychedelic pop/rock band called Peanut. The band [...]
Ten female painters from Hanoi and Saigon will introduce their latest 100 paintings at the “Colors of Hanoi-Saigon” exhibition in HCM City. These are their last artworks featuring various topics: still-life, landscape and feelings about the people and the lands where painters visited. These works also vary in materials, with oil, lacquer, ceramic, [...]
Tay Ninh, near the Cambodian border, is home to the unique Cao Dai sect, whose patron saints include Joan of Arc, Victor Hugo and Winston Churchill to name a few. The religion is a hybrid of Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism and Christianity. The Cao Dai Temple at Tay Ninh has been described as a Walt Disney [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – More than VND3 trillion (US$150 million) will be invested in the second phase of the Dai Nam Tourist Site, announced the Dai Nam Joint Stock Copmany on July 1. “The company will focus on building a miniature of Vietnam and a miniature world,” said Dai Nam Director-general Huynh Uy Dung. “The second phase [...]
Much has changed, but much has stayed the same as Hanoi’s famous old quarter weathers the storms of modernity A foreigner stops by a ceramic shop in Hang Be (raft) Street which dealt exclusively in rafts in the old days Hanoi’s old quarter doesn’t seem so old. Brand new motorbikes, SUVs and even busses zip [...]
Foreign MICE (meeting, incentive, convention, exhibition) tourists have begun returning to Vietnam after one year’s interruption due to the global financial crisis. According to some travel firms, hotels and exhibition centres in HCM City, in the last year, the number of MICE tourists was very modest and some companies had no MICE clients. This yea, [...]
Viet Nam needs to develop a modern tourism sector, based on its advantages in nature, culture, geography, politics and people, said Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan. Tourists visit the Royal Palace in the central city of Hue. (Photo: VNS) Vietnamese tourism must become a key Southeast Asian, Asian and global destination, he said, addressing [...]
Located in the east of Ba Vi Mountain Range in Ha Tay District in Hanoi, Thien Son-Suoi Nga (Son Mountain-Nga River) is famous for splendid sceneries with silver-carpet-like waterfalls and misty, dense forests on the mountain slopes. A view of Ha Son Lake in Thien Son-Suoi Nga in Ba Vi National Park in Ha Tay [...]