Quang Nam province is going to support and advance grant about VND 2 billion to restore the relics at risk of collapse in Hoi An ancient town. World Heritage Site Hoi An has 1360 relics including 1068 ancient houses, 11 old wells, 23 communal houses, 38 family temples, 19 pagodas, 43 temples, 44 ancient tombs, and particularly 1 bridge. There …
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Vietnam has 4 best tourist destinations in Asia in 2013
Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh city, Hoi An ancient town and Ha Long Bay are selected to be the most attractive Asian tourist destinations in 2103 by visitors on travel website TripAdvisor. Ranking at 14th out of 25 most attractive Asian tourist destinations is Hanoi capital. According to the visitors, Hanoi won over them by ancient beauty of the temples, pagodas, …
Read More »Explore Hoi An countryside with buffalo tour
After the success of “ a day as fisherman” tour in Thanh Nam peaceful village, Hoi An Eco Tour continues to leave a strong impression in the heart of tourists when offering a new unique tour: buffalo tour of ecological village. With this new means of transportation, visitors will enjoy the strange sensation of visiting ecological area in Cam Thanh fishing …
Read More »Farming tourism in Hoi An
Coming to Hoi An, tourists could select for themselves the interesting ways to explore unique cultural and people. Besides ancient town of a busy trading port in the past with shimmering colors of lanterns in the street on full moon nights, Hoi An’s countryside is also full of specific cultural features of Vietnam that draws a lot of tourists, particularly …
Read More »Unique sculptures from bamboo’s root in Hoi An
The bamboo sculptors Do Huynh Phuong in Hoi An completely made the foreign media admire at his talented hand. Romanian newspaper has just released an article about the charming and unique beauty of sculptures on the bamboo’s root of the sculptors Do Huynh Phuong. His artistic career began accidentally. Mr. Do Huynh Phuong accessed to wood carving from the age …
Read More »Hoi An’s beauty in Quang Nam Heritage Festival
In the sparkle of multi-coloured lanterns and bustle of visitors, Hoi An ancient town became more lively than ever with various activities before opening ceremony of Quang Nam Heritage Festival. In the evening of 21 June, one day before inaugurating Quang Nam Heritage Festival, thousand local people and visitors flocked to Hoi An ancient town to merge into the appeareance …
Read More »Opening ceremony of Hoi An Tourism Information Center
Hoi An city’s People’s Committee has just coordinated with UNESCO to hold an opening ceremony of Hoi An Tourism Information Center . This is the results of cooperation between the European Union-funded ESRT Programme, UNESCO and Quang Nam Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism. Tourism information center will provide visitors with general view about Hoi An’s culture and history, helping them determine …
Read More »My Son tower and Hoi An ancient town to open free to tourists
In framework of Quang Nam Heritage Festival taking place from this 22 to 26 June, tourists are free to visit My Son tower and Hoi An ancient town, two world’s heritage sites in Quang Nam. Two heritage sites are the center point of almost cultural activities, art, conferences, exhibition during the festival. Many activities are held at the same time …
Read More »Cao Lau, traditional food of Hoi An
There is a big debate on the origin of Cao Lau. While someone say that Cao Lau is the product of Japanese because it has something similar to Ice noodle in Ice Udon, others think that China is the home of it. However, Chinese people in Hoi An do not agree with this idea. Wherever the Cao Lau comes from, …
Read More »Hoi An, World Heritage Site
Hoi An Ancient town is situated 30 km from Danang city to the Southeast, 60 km from Tam Ky city to the Northeast. Hoi An used to be international trading centre by sea on the Eastwest area in the 16th and 17th centuries. It was the busiest trading port in Dang Trong region of Vietnam under the reign of Nguyen where …
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