In the first four months of 2016 alone, Ho Chi Minh City received 1.8 million foreign tourists. This is equivalent to an annual 14% increase in visitors entering the city and a VND34 trillion (US$1.52 billion) in tourism revenue. In April of this year, over 402,000 visitors from all over the world arrived in Ho […]
The 9th Danang International Firework Festival was celebrated last April 30, 2017 at Han River. With the theme “Shining Marble Mountains,” Vietnam forged partnerships with different countries to make the festivity more elegant and memorable. A unique, extravagant fireworks display opened the ceremony set up by teams from Vietnam and Austria. An art performance was participated […]
Le Nguyen Vy is a famous artist in Vietnam known for his photography printing on stones and leaves. Today, he has made another name to himself as he became the first artist in Vietnam to print photographs on shells, a very difficult medium for the art, but something which he succeeded in and continually developing. […]
Vietnam’s young tech start-ups are showing so much talent and potential that international financial giants are pouring in all their investments into the new sector with confidence of a big turnaround. In March 2016, multi-national companies like Goldman Sachs and Standard Chartered PLC increased their investment in the e-wallet MoMo operator by $28 million, while […]
Duyet Thi Duong, the oldest theatre in Vietnam, has been restored and is now operating again to bring back culture and art to Hue. The royal theatre was constructed in 1826 under the reign of King Ming Mang in which it became the primary performing art centre of the Nguyen Dynasty. But time and several […]
Tri An Lake is a man-made lake that may as well be a work of nature because of its outstanding view of the sun, sky and wind. Originally created to store water for the Tri An Power Plant in the Southern Dong Nai Province, it is also decorated with many natural sights which make it […]
An Australian who teaches English and has lived in Vietnam for the last nine years, Stivi Cooke was inspired to create the book “My Dad Is Awesome” to express his growing love for the country. “My Dad Is Awesome” is a cartoon book showing simple drawings, telling the story of a small Vietnamese boy who […]
The upcoming Hollywood movie ‘Kong: Skull Island’ went to Vietnam to shoot some scenes in one of its secretly idyllic site, a major event which brought unbelievable excitement among the locals after quite a while since the last several American productions visited the country for the same reason. The movie features a lake in Phong […]
Ha Long Bay in Northern Vietnam is a world-famous tourist destination because of its pristine beauty. Made up of thousands of islands, it is like an endless search for something new, if not magical, to be found in the place. And with the recent discovery of Bai Dong Island, or more popularly known as Mat […]
Con Vanh is an ecological tourism site which is a favourite tourist attraction because of several things: spectacular seven-kilometre long beach line, diverse mangrove forest, and cheap prices. The last part may be the determining factor, but the place is truly a natural masterpiece worthy of appreciation. Especially from April to July, visitors can fully […]