Khau Pha Pass in Yen Bai Province may be said to be a beauty waiting for travelers to explore when they are on the way.
In late autumn and early winter, northern farmers harvest a worm that lives in the silt of coastal fields. The worm is known as ‘ruoi’, a precious gift from heaven.
If you were to ask an expat living in Ha Noi 100 years ago what they most associate with Ba Vi, you’d probably get the same answer as today.
Located in My Duc district, Hanoi, about 70 km southwest of Hanoi capital city, Huong (Perfume) Pagoda is a cultural-religious complex, consisting of Huong Tich Cavern, which was described in 1770 by Lord Trinh Sam as the most beautiful cave in the country.
In 2015, Dang Tien, a critic, wrote me that he had just found a painting of the Perfume river by Bauchaud, a French artist, in 1902. The beautiful painting vividly depicted women from the market waiting to get on the boat by the Perfume river. The painting later appeared on the cover of the special issue of the Song Huong Magazine (Perfume River Magazine) in March 2015.
Mau Son is a majestic mountain range stretching over the two districts of Cao Loc and Loc Binh in Lang Son Province. Located about 180km from Ha Noi, Mau Son has been a popular tourist destination since the 20th century, with cool weather all year round.
"Dinosaur Spine”, the beautiful path to the milestone No. 1305, has recently become an attractive destination for various tourists to the border district of Binh Lieu.
Son Tra Peninsula with its peak at some 700 meters above sea level is called the “green lung” of the coastal city of Danang. In autumn, this peninsula is even more attractive to travelers who want to indulge themselves in the purity of the peaceful nature, particularly at sunrise. We have recently made such a trip to Son Tra peak.
The Dong Thap Muoi (Plain of Reeds) region in the Mekong Delta is just hitting the peak of flooding season, a time for the southern province of Long An to show off the charming natural beauty of its vast wetland areas.
Salad rolls are an ubiquitous treat in the Southwest. Visitors here are well spoiled for choice of lots of salad rolls from their name to ingredients and recipes. Deploying available ingredients in the wild, delta inhabitants create a number of unique salad rolls, remarkably nimtrees, Sesarma crabs with bulrushes or coconut tubers.