In the National Tourism Year 2013 on Red River Delta and tourism oriented development up to 2020, with a vision to 2030, Bac Ninh province focuses on developing specific tourism product that is tourism associated with Quan Ho Bac Ninh culture – cultural heritage intangible representation of humanity. According to statistics from tourism industry of Bac Ninh province, 80% of ...
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Bac Ninh in the spring
Traveling to Bac Ninh province, tourists can visit the ancient temples and pagodas, go boating on poetic Cau (Bridge) and Duong rivers, listening to folk songs. Get in and get around About 30km from the capital of Hanoi, Bac Ninh is an interesting destination for domestic and foreign tourists where is famous for Quan Ho folk songs. Visitors can go ...
Read More »Bakery Café in Hanoi
Hanoi has many types of café (coffee shop), such as street café, bar café, bakery café, takeaway café… Here are some suggest for tourists who would like to find a coffee shop serving foods and Bakery Café in Hanoi: 1. Joma Bakery Café Rating: 4½ / ««««« (TripAdvisor) Add: 22 Ly Quoc Su – Ba Dinh District – Hanoi – ...
Read More »Bat Trang Pottery Village – Thing to See in Hanoi Vietnam
History about Bat Trang Pottery Village Bat Trang Pottery Village is one of the oldest villages near Hanoi Capital, Vietnam. It was said that bout 700 years ago, some local people in Bo Bat village, Yen Mo, Ninh Binh province followed King Ly Cong Uan when he moved from Hoa Lu to Thang Long. These residents settled at the clay ...
Read More »Cat Ba Island in Vietnam
Not being imposing as Ha Long Bay, sacred as Yen Tu Mountain or full of entertainment services as Hon Tre Island, Cat Ba Island (in Hai Phong Province) is particularly attractive to tourists. Cat Ba, also known as Pearl Island, is the largest island of the total 1,969 islands in Ha Long Bay. There are mountains and forests, river and ...
Read More »Boat trip on Red River
Have you ever taken a boat trip on Red River? Yes, I did. It was really fantastic and impressive when sitting on small boat and sailing along the mother river. My trip started from the Long Bien Bridge, I did a walk along small sidewalk of the historical bridge which was bombarded by American aircrafts in 1967 and 1972. After ...
Read More »Community Based Tourism in the northern mountains of Vietnam
Community Based Tourism (CBT) has appeared inVietnam since 1997 and it has brought many benefits to local people after over 10 years of development. The northern mountains ofVietnam, which have spectacular natural sceneries and a lot of ethnics with variety of customs and habits, have advantages to develop tourism, especially CBT. CBT has many kinds, such as visiting ancient handicraft ...
Read More »Cay Ceramic Village
In the 15th – 16th century, Cay potteries are made in 2 villages Huong Gian and Ke Gian. Some specific characteristics of Cay’s products are similar to the potteries of Chu Dau village (Thai Tan, Nam Thanh, Hai Duong) such as: bowls and plates with antique patterns (hoa lam chan cao), bottoms of bowls are brown. Today, Cay ceramic village ...
Read More »CoTo Island – an ideal destination for summer holiday
CoTo Island with neglected white-sand beaches is an ideal destination for domestic as well as foreign visitors on summer holiday. In recent years, thanks to the upgraded means, traveling to the Island is more and more favorable. Visitors will come to CoTo by boat from Cai Rong port (Van Don District, Quang Ninh Province). There are 2 or 3 boat ...
Read More »Cultural Heritage Tourism Week 2013 in Ha Giang
From 19 to 23 November 2013, Ha Giang People’s Committee will organize the Cultural Heritage Tourism Week 2013 of ethnic minorities. This event will take place in several districts around Ha Giang province, from Quang Binh District to Quan Ba, Yen Minh, Meo Vac and Dong Van. This is an activity to honor the value of the intangible cultural heritage ...
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