Cruise ships are popular in Ha Long Bay. Photo by Shutterstock/namanh British magazine Woman and Home labeled Ha Long Bay one of the most mentioned global cruise destinations on Instagram. Based on analyzing two million photos taken on various cruise ships around the world and posted on the photo sharing network, the weekly lifestyle magazine...
Ban Gioc Waterfall in Cao Bang Province near the border with China is one of the most beautiful sights in Vietnam Photo by VnExpress/Thanh Tung Microsoft network MSN has included two Vietnam waterfalls in its list of 15 most charming cascades in the world. It describes Ban Gioc Waterfall in the northern province of Cao...
Walk, boat or trek to explore Vietnam’s largest fresh water lake and its natural and cultural environs. It’s a wholesome threesome. As the name Ba Be suggests, the lake is actually made of 3 smaller lakes – Pe Lam, Pe Lu and Pe Leng; and it is fed by three rivers – Ta Han, Bo...
CNN has named Ha Long Bay among 25 most beautiful places in the world. Photo by Shutterstock/hoangnam Ha Long Bay is one of the three natural wonders in Asia to break into CNN’s list of 25 most beautiful places on the planet. The other two are Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in China and El Nido...
Depending on the time of year, the colors of rice terraces in Mu Cang Chai vary from emerald green in late spring and summer to golden yellow in October when the rice ripens. Photo by Shutterstock/Hung Anh U.S. magazine Condé Nast Traveler has chosen rice terraces in Yen Bai Province as one of “the most...
Tam Son Valley has been breast-fed by a heavenly angel whose milk has given it cool climate and delicious produce. And the angel’s tears flow as the Mien River, which nurture the rice fields and gardens till today, according to a legend popular among the locals. Tam Son Valley is located in the northern province...
Ha Long Bay, one of the famous natural wonders in the world, is captured from above. Photo by VnExpress/Meo Gia U.S. news site Business Insider has named Ha Long Bay among 35 most incredible places on the planet. The famous bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh and terraced rice fields in Indonesia’s Tegalalang...
The Vietnamese capital is 15th in a list of 25 best destinations the travel website TripAdvisor picked for this year. TripAdvisor wrote: “The charming Vietnamese capital has aged well, preserving the old quarter, monuments and colonial architecture, while making room for modern developments alongside. Lakes, parks, shady boulevards and more than 600 temples and pagodas add...
An aerial view of Hue Imperial Citadel, a major tourist attraction in the former capital Hue in central Vietnam Photo by Shutterstock/anhuy British travel magazine Rough Guides has included Vietnam’s ancient capital Hue in its list of six lesser-known Asian destinations. Located on the central coast, ancient capital Hue, which once witnessed the glories and...
Vietnamese cuisine is among world’s most favorites of globetrotting foodies. Photo by Shutterstock/Dmytro Gilitukha A YouGov survey finds Vietnamese food ranked among top 15 favorite cuisines in the world. Vietnamese cuisine’s rising popularity has pushed it slightly ahead of Hong Kong and Taiwan to rank 13th among 34 most popular cuisines in the world. YouGov is an...
