Giang Mo lies at the foot of Mo Moutain, about 80km from central Hanoi. Approximately 100 families live here in their traditional stilt houses, tending rice paddies and gardens as they have done for generations. Getting to the remote location was not as difficult as we’d expected. There was no bumpy dirty road, no thick [...]
Have a hankering for moments of solitude when you feel one with nature, all alone on an uninhabited, beautiful island? If you do, the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has a few islets to offer for such an experience, 41 of them to be exact. The beach of Ba Hon Dam (three Dam isles) [...]
It may not look like it from the outside, but come springtime, Ba Chua Temple in Co Me Village, Bac Ninh Province, is a magnet for entrepreneurs who want to give their businesses a head start. Ba Chua Kho, 20 km north of Hanoi centre, is a typical Le Dynasty temple, with a three-door gate, [...]
I told a man in nearby Sin Ho Township that not long ago a British travel company (Gecko Travel) rated this place as one of the top five trekking destinations in Southeast Asia. He looked doubtful. A H’mong child in Nam Doong plays in her “playground.” To many Vietnamese, Pu Dao, a collection of [...]
Unlike most streets in Hanoi, the birds in Hoang Hoa Tham Street aren’t on skewers. The tree-lined street is alive with the sounds of songs as birds of all shapes and sizes sit in cages hanging from shop fronts. Caged birds are very popular in Vietnam, as they bring the sound of the countryside into [...]
Lac Lake is one of the largest natural lakes in Viet Nam and is considered by many to also be the most beautiful. Covering more than 500ha at an elevation of 500m, it is one of the most famous landscapes in Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands). Spectacular mountains and primitive forests surround the lake. Reflections of [...]
Masks cover your face and hide your identity, help you play roles of personalities and creatures who are different from you. However, they can also be objects of art that bring you face to face with yourself; and trigger different emotions within you. In the old central town of Hoi An, one store has such [...]
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