A six-ton, 12-meter long whale was found dead in Truong Sa (Spratly) Island and brought to Ly Son, Quang Ngai Province to be buried. The carcass was found floating on the water by a fisherman while working on Thursday and brought the animal’s body to his home town in order to be buried. Because of […]
Visitors to Hoi An are charged with a ticket entry in order to raise funds for its preservation, but the rude way that the new rule is being imposed is what tourists have been protesting about. Hoi An has been recognized as a world heritage site by UNESCO since 1999. Located in the coastal […]
The Rong (Dragon) Bridge of Danang received the highest recognition for Outstanding Engineering Accomplishment in the Structural Systems Category by winning the Grand Award in the 2014 Engineering Excellence Awards (EEA) held on April 30 in New York. The EEA is a yearly contest conducted by the American Council of Engineering Companies of New York […]
Hat Boi opera, or more commonly known as tuong, is a several hundred year old art genre in Vietnam which is considered one of the most unique classic cultural class because of its purpose and ability to express spirituality. Boi was imported into Vietnam by a Chinese singer. But it was originally created by Dao […]
The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) is looking into the issue of discrimination after a number of Vietnamese tourists reported complaints against Thai customs officers in the Poipet and Aranyaprathet border connecting Thailand and Cambodia who asked them to present a certain amount of cash and take their pictures holding the money next to […]
Amid the ongoing squabble in the East Sea, travel agencies have reported a huge spike in vacation arrivals at beaches and islands. Among the attractions that enjoyed the increased number of visits include Ly Son , Hoang Sa-Bac Hai fleet museum, Hang Pagoda and the flag tower, and the Cham Islands. This, according to many, […]
The row between the Communist neighbors over the South China Sea has raised tension on several parts of Vietnam. Vietnamese mobs set ablaze a number of foreign factories and vandalized industrial zones in the south of the country in an overwhelming protest towards the Chinese oil drilling in a part of the South China Sea. […]
If you want to learn about culture yet don’t want to rough it up, then your ideal destination is Indochina where both tradition and luxury converge to give you a unique experience of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia that you’ll always remember. In order to see the provincial life in Vietnam’s countryside firsthand, one has to […]
Con Dao National Park was formally rewarded the title of International Wetland Area and Vietnam’s first sea Ramsar Site by the Ramsar Convention Secretariat. It is the 2,203rdRamsar Site in the world and Vietnam’s sixth. Con Dao National Park is located at the Southern coastal province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau, or about 80 kilometers off […]