Full Moon festival and the atmosphere at Hang Ma street
Tet Trung Thu is one of the most important festival in Asian culture in general and in Vietnam in particular. It’s also called reunion festival or Children’s festival in Vietnam and…
Street crossing in Hanoi-don’t step back
The first thing a tourist might notice when setting the first steps in the city of Hanoi must be the traffic. Yes, it’s not a new topic but an open…
Hoa Sua, the signal of autumn in Hanoi
Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, has its own charms in each season, but for people who live in or once visited this city, autumn is the best period of the…
Dong Ho painting-art of daily life
Dong Ho painting, full name Đông Hồ folk woodcut painting is a line of Vietnamese folk painting originating in Đông Hồ village (Song Hồ commune, Thuận Thành District, Bắc Ninh Province). With the…
Lotus in local people’s live and West lake’s lotus
Every summer, in a corner of Hanoi, lotuses bloom covering a part of West lake with their bright pink. Being one of the biggest city in Vietnam, people would usually…
Tet holiday in Vietnam: offering food and ghost money
Unlike the West, Asians specially value worshipping ancestors, therefore, there are so many customs and rules in worshipping of Vietnamese people. Today we will see the 2 major items in…
Vietnamese Tet-the most important event of the year
The most important occasion in a single year of Vietnamese people, Tet Nguyen Dan or Tet celebrations occur mostly in 4 days which is the 30th of the last month…
Tet Doan Ngo-the day for wiping out human’s inner worms
Also called “Tết giết sâu bọ” (literally translated as Festival for “Killing the human’s inner worms”), Tet Doan Ngo is one of the most significant celebration of Vietnam. What is it? Occurring annually…
Cam Ly waterfalls, a legend of Da Lat
If you ever come to the city of dream-Da Lat, you must have visited Cam Ly waterfalls, the pretty waterfalls carrying the tender beauty of a maiden. The magic combination…
10 hidden gems in Hanoi
Hanoi is a bustling city with so much to do and see. Yet, sometimes people miss some of the best things Hanoi has to offer whilst ticking off all the…