Poet’s corner

Named after one of the brightest stars of Vietnamese poetry, Nguyen Du is a romantic Hanoi street with a number of street side cafe's, a lakeside view and milky flowers trees. LookAtVietnam - Named after one of the brightest stars of Vietnamese poetry, Nguyen Du is a romantic Hanoi street with a number of ca phe via he (street side cafés), a lakeside view and hoa sua (milky flowers) trees. A man of culture The Vietnamese poet Nguyen...

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How choose the best adventure destinations

The world is big, if you search for unusual travels, you’ll have to search for unusual places…After the first tutorials on planning an adventure tour and choosing an adventure company, it’s the turn of choosing a destination.Offroad riding, Ho Chi Minh Trail, VietnamHow to choose the right destinationIt’s not easy to choose the right destination. We could talk with our friends, read news papers, internet etc…but generally you’ll find only well known,...

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Step by step guide to organize your adventure vacations

Last day my friend Gabriele went to Australia for his wedding travel…I told him: “How did you organize your trip?”He answered: “Sure I’m a travel agent. I know what to do”.I’ve never been to Australia and I’m not a travel agent, so I’ve decided to do a little search in Google and try to organize it by me…what a confusion!Trekking Fansipan Mt, Sapa, VietnamHere you are a scheme that can help you in many situations.You can avoid my mistakes and...

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Hanoi in the sunset

VietNamNet Bridge – The capital city looks very romantic from above. Lang Ha street. The West Lake. Thanh Nien Road. Long Bien Bridge. Hanoi flagpole. Hoan Kiem Lake. Source: ...

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Ca Mau Cape marks edge of Vietnam

LookAtVietnam - Visiting the Ca Mau Cape, the southernmost point of Vietnam, visitors will see an entangled network of canals and houses on stilts, as well as both a sunrise and sunset across the sea.Ca Mau Cape is located at Vietnam’s southernmost point, about 120km from Ca Mau city. It takes about 2.5 hours from Ca Mau city to Ca Mau Cape by high-speed boat. Ca Mau Cape is the only place on the Vietnamese mainland where tourists can see the sun...

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Sofitel Legend Metropole voted as world’s coolest new hotel

VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi-based Sofitel Metropole Hotel has made the Cond Nast Traveler Hot List 2010, the publication’s annual list of the “66 coolest new hotels in the world”. The hotel, over 100 years old, spent over US$20 million in renovations, over the past four years. Its Le Spa du Metropole, which opened in April, also received recognition as one of the world hottest spas in this year. The hotel has received...

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Sapa in new transplanting season

LookAtVietnam - Taking advantage of early rains, Sapa farmers are growing rice seedlings. This is the only rice crop in this area.The transplanting season is the most beautiful in Sapa, so photographers and tourists have flocked to this mountainous area. Source: Dan Tri...

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A good night for the roses

The flower market around Hanoi Hoan Kiem Lake welcomes visitors with freshly-bloomed flowers Vietnam isn't known for its flower markets, but maybe it should be. Early each morning, the streets around Hanoi s Hoan Kiem Lake are the site of small, slow flower parades. Vendors circle the lake on bicycles full of roses, lotuses, daisies and many other flowers.They leave behind their buds sweet scent mixing...

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One more zoo in Hanoi

As of April 1, Thien Duong Bao Son park on Lang-Hoa Lac Road will open six new entertainment venues, including a zoo and an oceanic exhibition zone. The area for butterflies at Thien Duong Bao Son Zoo. Nguyen Truong Son, chair of Bao Son group, detailed the rare animals at this zoo from Africa, including white lions, white tigers, yellow tigers, hyenas, panthers, rhinos, and zebras. The wildlife rescue centre presented some species of endangered...

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Phu Quoc Island is a quiet place to get some rest in Vietnam

Mango plantations, sandy beaches - perfect after 10 days of cyclingPhu Quoc Island, Vietnam — my outdated Vietnam guidebook devoted a scant two columns on its last page to obscure Phu Quoc Island, but it was enough to assure me that it was the perfect place to put up my feet and do nothing after 10 days of cycling around the country.Phu Quoc Island, VietnamPhu Quoc, less than an hour's flight from Ho Chi Minh City - formerly Saigon - is just 15...

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Evening sun in northwestern Vietnam

After chilly days, sunlight blazes in the northwestern mountains, providing spectacular scenes. Pham Bang shares. VietNamNet/...

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Up to highlands, getting lost in nature

LookAtVietnam - In the summer, going to the highlands must be an ideal option for tourists to getting closer to nature and escape from the hot and muggy of the tropical summer in HCMC. Visiting magnificent waterfalls, poetic vegetable and flower gardens and strolling around endless pine hills will be nice experiences in Dalat, the city in mist and pine trees.Prenn Waterfall, or so-called Tien Sa Waterfall, about 10 kilometers from Dalat City, is...

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Summer in Kon Tum

The Central Highlands province of Kon Tum shares borders with Laos and Cambodia. Nguyen Ngoc Vinh traveled to Kon Tum and captured interesting moments there. VietNamNet Bridge – Kon Tum Province lies in the Central Highlands region of Vietnam and shares borders with Laos and Cambodia. It has an area of 9,934 square km and a population of approximately 330,000. The economy is primarily agricultural. The name Kontum comes from the name of a village...

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