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A history of Chau Doc[Code: 3629]

VietNamNet Bridge - It’s believed that Vietnamese people first started populating where An Giang province is today in the 16th century though there is scant evidence to verify this.  General Nguyen Huu Canh (1650-1700), who served under Lord Nguyen Phuc Chu, certainly contributed to the establishment of Chau Doc as it is today. His troops built whole communities and villages and the general’s deeds have not been forgotten and a number of streets, canals and...

Vietnam’s longest suspension bridge at night[Code: 3627]

VietNamNet Bridge – When night falls, Thuan Phuoc, the longest suspension bridge in Vietnam, crossing the Han River in the central city of Da Nang, surprises visitors with its magnificent beauty. Some visitors have likened the bridge to a fire dragon at night, and compared it to the famous Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, US. After six years of construction, the over 2km-long Thuan Phuoc Bridge crossing the Han River opened for traffic in the central city of Da Nang on...

Tour discounts expected to help stimulate tourism industry[Code: 3626]

VietNamNet Bridge - Local and foreign tourists to Vietnam will enjoy price discounts ranging from 30 to 50 percent of 99 tours around the country in the next two months. The discount programme initiated by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is part of the effort to attract more international tourists and promote local travel for the national tourism industry, which has seen a sharp decline in the number of travelers since early this year. Seven international travel...

TRAVEL IN BRIEF 1/8[Code: 3625]

Musician Hilary Scott to perform at Park Hyatt in HCM City Hilary Scott, from Missouri will provide live entertainment in the Park lounge of the Park Hyatt Sai Gon Hotel every evening, except Tuesdays, until October 10. Scott tours Asia as a solo artist and had extended engagements at Grand Hyatt in Seoul and Park Hyatt in HCM City. American singer Hilary Scott.His fiery performances offers a wide variety of music and original compositions, ranging from jazz and soul...

The merry clop of Cham weaving looms[Code: 3624]

VietNamNet Bridge – Everyday, a Cham woman called Gai sits by an old loom in her soil-walled house in My Nghiep Village to weave fabric. The work creates a merry clopping sound when the loom components hit together. An artisan sells Cham-style brocade products from My Nghiep village, Ninh Thuan province. (Photo: VNS) The simple but good-to-listen-to hollow sound goes echoing amidst the laughs and giggles of the children and the chatting of the adults in the...

Trek Xuan Son[Code: 3623]

The misty mountains of Xuan Son. VietNamNet Bridge - Located 150 kilometers west of Hanoi at the entrance to the magnificent Hoang Lien Son mountain range, Phu Tho Province’s Xuan Son National Park is a great natural retreat and trekking area.  With an area of 15,048 hectares, Xuan Son’s main attraction is a 1,300-meter high limestone mountain covered in dense jungle. Xuan Son forest has over 700 botanical species and 365 kinds of animals. The National Park...

For the old fashioned writer[Code: 3546]

A tourist selects pens at Nguyen Le Bao’s stand on District 1’s Le Loi Boulevard. He sells famous brand name pens for a good price. VietNamNet Bridge - Ho Chi Minh City, the economic hub of Vietnam, has many things to attract tourists, from places of interest and gastronomy to exclusive shopping venues. If you are willing to explore, many streets have unique sales booths. In downtown District 1 there are several of these - one of which is the pen and brush booth of Nguyen Le...

Gearing up for Festival Hue 2010[Code: 3541]

Hue Festival 2008. VietNamNet Bridge – The Hue Festival Centre on July 24 submitted the Hue Festival 2010 scheme to the administration of Thua Thien – Hue province and related agencies. Under this scheme, the Hue Festival 2010 will be held from June 5-13, 2010. This is a national tourism and culture event, which will feature the cultural identity of Vietnam and the central city of Hue in particular. anniversary of the Hanoi-Hue-Saigon relations as the three...

Spring rolls with a difference[Code: 3535]

One of the better-known food specialties is the pork rice paper roll which is a dish visitors should not forget to try. It is a kind of spring roll made with boiled pork. The meat must be taken from the rump of a pig which weighs exactly 70 kilograms. It is cut into slices not too thick and not too thin. Each slice has a layer of fat and skin at both ends, which is why it is called two-ended meat. The meat is considered delicious if it is fragrant, sweet and fatty enough. The fat must be...

Legendary beauty of Nui Coc Lake[Code: 3533]

Nui Coc Lake also surprises tourists by a mysterious legend of a romantic but tragic love story between a girl named Cong and a man named Coc. As the legend has it, the Cong River and Coc Mountain are named after the names of the ill-fated couple. The tourism zone of Nui Coc Lake covers a large mountainous area with natural landscape and exciting entertainment areas. The lake is surrounded by mountains, forest trees and green tea hills which help to make Nui Coc more like an artistic...

Cow market-day on stone plateau[Code: 3532]

VietNamNet Bridge – As most of the natural area on the stone plateau of the northern mountainous Ha Giang province is rocky mountain, local ethnic minority people earn most of their income from animal husbandry, especially the breeding of cows. The number of cows on sale at market-days is on the rise. Local people come here to buy calves to raise and bring them back to market-days for sale. Both cows raised for food and for field work are sold at the markets. The Meo Vac, Dong...

Entertaining nature retreat[Code: 3531]

A tourist takes pictures as a deer goes around at the Dam Long (Dragon Lagoon) tourist site, 70 kilometers from Hanoi’s center. VietNamNet Bridge – Whether it is a weekend getaway or a weeklong retreat, a 70-hectare ecotourism site located 70 kilometers to the west of Hanoi’s center offers the soothing respite that all working souls need. For those who are looking for an outing in the wilderness that does not stray too far away from the comforts of modern living, the Dam...

Zen monastery on Bach Ma Mount[Code: 3530]

VietNamNet Bridge – Truc Lam Zen monastery, the first of its kind in the central Vietnam, was built on the peak of Bach Ma, a beautiful range of mountains that forms the natural borderline between the central province of Thua Thien – Hue and Da Nang city. The monastery was built by senior monk Thich Thanh Tu from 2006-2008 and inaugurated in April 2008. Some amateur photographers captured the peaceful scenery around Truc Lam Zen monastery on the peak of Bach Ma in the...

Trekking up Chua Mountain[Code: 3529]

VietNamNet Bridge – The disappearance of two Raglai porters around lunch time warned us of the risks and challenges on the way to the peak of Nui Chua (Chua Mountain) as they shouldered foods for our dinner and breakfast as well as hammocks for us to sleep at night in the forest in the central region during our recent trip. Fortunately, we were able to find the ethnic porters after nearly an hour of searching and shouting. They were seen sitting by a pristine stream resting...

TRAVEL IN BRIEF 24/7[Code: 3528]

Later hours proposed for bars at luxury hotels All four-and five-star luxury hotels should be allowed to keep their entertainment facilities open until 2am, the Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism’s Hotel Department has said. Do Thi Xoan, head of the department, said Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung has approved a proposal by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to give incentives to a number of luxury hotels. The department has asked the Government to include...


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