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Thanks to nice treat from nature, farmers in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta are granted a widely varied range of special food. Combing the natural ingredients, locals have created tasty and delicious dishes that can be found elsewhere. Tourists coming there in water rising season can have chance to experience the dishes such as a hot pot of linh fish served with …

Together with traditional folk games, Vietnamese folk arts have taken an important role in preserving and promoting Vietnamese cultural identity. Related: Vietnam Classic Movies Water puppetry Water puppetry comes from North Vietnam. This is a famous folk-art which is dated back to the 11th century. Villagers often performed water puppetry on occasions like festivals, lunar New Year, ceremonies… at the village’s …

Beside Tet Nguyen Dan as known as Lunar New Year, Vietnam has other dozen of traditional Tets, not to mention historical celebrations and holidays…. However, only 1/3 of them are public holidays when everyone gets the days off work. Traditional Tets: Tet Nguyen Dan – Lunar New Year Culturally, Tet Nguyen Dan is the most important event of the whole …

House to each Viet is something more than a place to live. It’s where the childhood memories of one person belonged to, where to find peace and happiness with our loved ones and the foundation to build our future. Outside of Hanoi: Ancient Villages Vietnam has a long-aged agriculture culture which requires a self-supplying system of villages. Unlike nomads, settlers …

Visiting the Central Highlands at the same time means that you can’t miss Gia Lai as one of your destinations. Talking of Gia Lai we talk about the blue Sea Lake in Pleiku which has been compared to the eyes of a young girl many times; about the scent of a highland coffee cup; and cultural festivals of highland ethnic …

Located in the north of Central Highlands, Kon Tum province is on the junction of Indochina. Kon Tum shares border with Laos and Cambodia and most of the province is high mountains of Truong Son range. Many rivers pass through this district such as Cai river, Se San River and Ba river. The capital city has the same name as …

Ba Be Lake deserves the name people have given to it – a pearl of northeast Vietnam. Just like a great escape to the land of opportunity, you can’t imagine what is waiting for you. Ba Be Lake is just like that, despite how much you try to picture the place; in the end, Ba Be will appear totally different. …

Besides bus, the train is the perfect choice to travel Vietnam from North to South. After 30 years of war, the rail line connected Hanoi to Saigon was re-opened on day 31st of December 1976. The event marked a new period of peace and developing for the country. Nowadays, the 1730km long system of the “North-South Reunification Line” has become …

The bus is considered as the cheapest and most convenient transportation means for long distances. Travelling by bus is much easier than before since the roads and the bus system both are improved and well-managed. Related: City Guide: Buses from the airport to downtown Interprovincial buses Each province and city in Vietnam has one or more major terminal, like in Hanoi …

The very renowned and unique condiment that must be used in every meal of Vietnamese is no other than Nuoc Mam, in English, Fish Sauce. Fish sauce is an amber-coloured liquid made from fermented fish and sea salt. Nowadays fish sauce is used commonly in Southeast Asia countries such as Thailand, Cambodia, Filipino, and Laos. Origin of Fish Sauce It’s …