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Overview Located on a small peninsula on the East side of Hanoi West Lake, Tran Quoc Pagoda is regarded as...

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History  According to historical records, the pagoda started to be built in 541 on the bank of the Red River, outside of the Yen Phu Dyke and completed...

How the Vietnamese Artisan Creates Lacquerware: Woodcraft: The process of shaping lacquer products, which can be made of wood, coconut shell or horn material, is often called carpentry. Lacquer artists will...

A Glimpse into History Vietnamese lacquerware has a history spanning over 1,000 years, originating from the techniques developed in the Red River Delta. This ancient craft involves the application of...

Young Art – Ancient Technique Vietnamese lacquer painting – called "sơn mài” – is a young craft. It only started in the 1930ies under the influence of the...

Of them, arrivals by air account for 84.7 per cent (9.7 million), 13.8 per cent by road (1.6 million) and 1.5 per cent by sea (165,600). In August alone, the...

It offers 31 online exhibitions with 429 images and 15 videos on the cultures of ethnic groups in Viet Nam. According to the Viet Nam National Authority of Tourism (VNAT),...

Ben Groundwater, a Sydney-based travel writer, columnist and author with more than 20 years' experience wrote an article on Sydney Morning Herald, titled “You can’t leave northern Vietnam without...

1. Cu Chi Tunnels (Địa đạo Củ Chi) Location: Ho Chi Minh City Description: A vast network of underground tunnels used by the Viet Cong during the war. Visitors...

Where is Halong Bay Halong Bay, located in the Gulf of Tonkin (the Northeast of Vietnam), covers an area of 43,400 ha and includes over 1600 islands and...

When autumn comes, it goes along with the elegant aroma of a favorite type of long-grain snacks which enchants the soul of Hanoians as well as many pilgrims living...