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Happy Lunar New Year! Chuc Mung Nam Moi!

Happy Lunar New Year! Chuc Mung Nam Moi!Send a free eCard to celebrate Tet.

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The Vietnamese Zodiac

* * * * * Send a "Chuc Mung Nam Moi" card * * * * * In Vietnam, the calendar was devised based on...

Vietnam Barbara Cohen / Huu Ngoc

Ho Chi Minh's residence, Hanoi.

A day visiting Uncle Ho and my new Hanoi family

One morning I woke up and decided to pay my respects to Ho Chi Minh, the revered father of modern...

Vietnam David Calleja

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Vietnamese Names

Vietnamese names put the family name first followed by the middle and given names. Take Pham Van ...

Vietnam Global Directions Inc.

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Hanoi's Old Quarter: The 36 Streets

As the oldest continuously developed area of Vietnam, Hanoi's Old Quarter has a history that span...

Vietnam Barbara Cohen

Shop Til You Drop - Hanoi, Vietnam

When friends visit my apartment back home, they've admired the exquisite lacquerware bowls, ceram...

Vietnam Samantha Coomber

Nang Cafe - Hanoi Vietnam

Hanoi Coffee Culture

Be sure to have a cup or three of coffee when in Hanoi...

Vietnam Allison Dinh

A barbershop on the streets of Hanoi

The Streets of Hanoi

Crossing the street in Hanoi is an act of faith and an experience you won't ever forget.

Vietnam MaryLou Driedger

Healthy Black Smiles

On my early visits to Vietnam, I was quickly impressed by the spontaneous warm smiles of the Viet...

Vietnam Barbara Cohen

Bobby Chinn, outside his restaurant in Hanoi.

The Pharaoh of Fine Dining in the Far East

He's hot. He's hip. He's Bobby Chinn, Hanoi's most sought-after chef. And the restaurant that bea...

Vietnam Celeste Heiter

Shanghai Old Street, Shanghai, China.

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Mid-Autumn Children's Festival

Mid-Autumn Children's Festival or Tet Trung Thu is a wonderful time to visit Vietnam. The festivi...

Vietnam Barbara Cohen

The Bun Cha Obsession

Our roving artist/photographer/author falls in love with bun cha and takes us on a culinary tour ...

Vietnam Qui Duc Nguyen

Water Puppetry in Vietnam: Better than the Muppets

Puppetry has a long and varied history that spans the globe, but only in Vietnam do puppets slice...

Vietnam Steven K. Bailey

Scattered throughout the Old Quarter are pagodas and temples such as the Huyen Thien Pagoda at 54 Hang Khoai. These places of worship are quite active even today, and people of all ages may be seen especially during auspicious lunar days. Tourists may walk into the pagodas, and are welcome to take pictures.

Walking Hanoi's Old Quarter

If you only have time to do one thing in Hanoi, we recommend that you take the time to walk throu...

Vietnam Lisa Spivey / Albert Wen

Countryside on the dike road from Hanoi to Dong Ho village.

A motorbike day trip around Hanoi

A day tour around Hanoi, visiting Dong Ho village and But Thap pagoda.

Vietnam Hiep Nguyen Dinh

The Bookworm: Hanoi's First and Only English-language Bookshop

Trips to Hanoi used to be strictly BYOB-Bring Your Own Books. Whatever you wanted to read you had...

Vietnam Steven K. Bailey

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Vietnamese Fold Tales: The Peasant, the Buffalo and the Tiger

If you want to learn about the Vietnamese, it seems to me that there's no better way to do it tha...

Vietnam Steven K. Bailey

Beyond the Sorrow of War

A man volunteers to fight a war ostensibly to defend his country against foreign invasion. He aba...

Vietnam Kenneth Champeon

Ca Tru Music

The Exotic Sounds of Ca Tru

Ca tru music sounds strange to the uninitiated. Clicks and clacks accompany the centuries old bal...

Vietnam Barbara Cohen

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