Mai Chau is a vision in every season. In spring, it is a lush, bright green while in autumn, just before the rice harvest, it turns golden. Nowadays, people should count themselves lucky to get the chance to see such colors because before 1993 Mai Chau was an isolated farming town whereas now, it is […]

Nowhere in Vietnam is changing as fast as Danang. For decades it had a reputation as a provincial backwater, but big changes are ongoing. Stroll along the Han riverfront and you’ll find gleaming new modernist hotels, apartments and restaurants are emerging. Spectacular new bridges now span the Han river and in the north of the […]

Graceful, historic Hoi An is Vietnam’s most atmospheric and delightful town. Once a major port, it boasts the grand architecture and beguiling riverside setting that befits its heritage, but the 21st-century curses of traffic and pollution are almost entirely absent. Whether you’ve as little as a day or as long as a month in the […]

Dalat is Vietnam’s alter ego: the weather is spring-like cool instead of tropical hot, the town is dotted with elegant French-colonial villas rather than stark socialist architecture, and the farms around are thick with strawberries and flowers, not rice. The French came first, fleeing the heat of Saigon. They left behind not only their holiday […]

Each competitor will cook four dishes – appetizer, meat, seafood and dessert – within 150 minutes. As scheduled, a series of programmes will be held in the city to promote tourism from June 20 to 27. The park is also a venue for a photo exhibition of nature and landscape, a vintage Vespa scooter display, […]

Pattaya is a city on Thailand’s eastern Gulf coast known for its beaches. A quiet fishing village as recently as the 1960s, it’s now lined with resort hotels, high-rise condos, shopping malls, cabaret bars and 24-hour clubs. Nearby, hillside Wat Phra Yai Temple features an 18m-tall golden Buddha. The area also features several designer golf […]

Phuket is among the world’s finest beach destinations, with fine white sands, nodding palm trees, glittering seas and lively towns. It has something for any taste and budget, with hundreds of hotels to choose from, a wide choice of dining and partying options. Aside from visiting the fantastic attractions of Thailand’s biggest island, you can […]

Chiang Mai is a city in mountainous northern Thailand. Founded in 1296, it was capital of the independent Lanna Kingdom until 1558. Its Old City area still retains vestiges of walls and moats from its history as a cultural and religious center. It’s also home to hundreds of elaborate Buddhist temples, including 14th-century Wat Phra […]

Bangkok – Thailand’s capital, is a large city known for ornate shrines and vibrant street life. The boat-filled Chao Phraya River feeds its network of canals, flowing past the Rattanakosin royal district, home to opulent Grand Palace and its sacred Wat Phra Kaew Temple. Nearby is Wat Pho Temple with an enormous reclining Buddha and, on […]

Visit gentle central strip, famous scenic unspoiled nature and magnificent – Quang Binh, tourists should not overlook certain caves incredibly unique and magnificent, the pride of the people here. Owning many cool cave system is such ingenious sculptural paintings of natural hand, Phong Nha, Son Doong Cave, Tien Son … has made countless tourists stupor […]

Chay Lap Homestay is situated in a peanut and maize farm in Central Quang Binh. Rustic Chay Lap stands beneath towering limestone cliffs that are a feature of the beautiful World Natural Heritage site of Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park. The mountains are home to the rare Ha Tinh langurs. Paradise Cave (Hang Thien […]

The Pu Luong limestone landscape is an area of outstanding beauty, culture interest and high biodiversity value stretching from Mai Chau in the North to West to Cuc Phuong national park in the South East. It is blessed with rich forest, limestone panoramas, magnificent rice terraces and breathtaking scenery. Located in Thanh Hóa Province, about […]