Vietnam welcomes 2024 in grand parades

DEC. 31, 2023 People flocked to downtown areas of Hanoi, HCMC and other cities across Vietnam to join New Year’s Eve firework shows and countdown events Sunday night. Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta (GMT+7)

A photographer’s journey to Sa Pa’s cherry blossoms

By Linh Huong December 26, 2023 | 09:50 am GMT+7 vnexpress Traveling along Highway 4C to Sa Pa Town in the northern highlands, visitors are greeted by rows of cherry blossom trees standing out against the green tea hills. In the final days of December, as one journeys approximately 7 kilometers from O Quy Ho Pass […]

Vietnam’s vibrant 2023: a pictorial review

By Minh Nga December 26, 2023 | 01:26 pm GMT+7 vnexpress See how Vietnam navigated the tumultuous currents of 2023 in a series of images capturing moments of both sorrow and joy, highlighting the unique and everyday moments of life. Crowds fill Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street in downtown Ho Chi Minh City for the countdown to […]

Thi Nai Lagoon: an aquatic wonderland in central Vietnam

Saturday, September 09, 2023, 12:46 GMT+7 Covering a 5,000 hectares, Thi Nai Lagoon is known as the “green lung” of Quy Nhon City and is considered a hidden gem in Binh Dinh Province. The lagoon’s year-round greenery gives it the feeling of an aquatic wonderland.

The spruces

Sapa corner Happy Friday, Brothers and Sisters! How are you doing? Do you like pine trees? If yes, you definitely need to visit Sapa at least once. There are many kinds of pines here. A mong them, spruce is most common and we can see it everywhere in Sapa. The spruces have conical shape. They […]

Christmas in Sapa

Sapa corner Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today is Christmas. I’m celebrating Christmas. How is Christmas celebrated where you live? In Sapa, Christmas this year is quieter compared to previous years. Because of Coronavirus pandemic, there are no festival events, and not many visitors came here on Christmas Eve. However, I still feel the joyful Christmas […]

A trip to the Oolong tea hill

Sapa corner Dear Brothers and Sisters, How’s it going? What’s the weather like where you live? Sapa is in winter. It has been cold, foggy, and rainy for nearly one month. But last Sunday, it was warm and nice, so I decided to get up early, and ride to the Oolong tea hill in the […]

“Who am I?” – part 2

Saigon corner Hello brothers and sisters, I’m Vietnam terminalia catappa, people also call me tropical almond but I like terminalia catappa better. I’m seven and a half months old. Thanks to sunshine, rain, wind… and chị Hương’s care and love, my leaves are green and my stems are strong. I’ll be taller and bigger than […]

Church of Jeanne D’ Arc

Bảo vệ Hiến pháp và luật pháp Saigon corner Dear brothers and sisters, On Hung Vuong Street in District 5 of Saigon, the Chinese Vietnamese District, stands the Church of Saint Jeanne d’Arc (Joan of Arc), the national heroine and patron saint of France.

Murals on the wall of the old cemetery

Saigon corner Dear brothers and sisters, Phan Liem street in District 1 was one of four streets that made a block which was Mac Dinh Chi cemetery. After 1975, Mac Dinh Chi cemetery was cleared to make room for what is Le Van Tam park today. (See Mac Dinh Chi cemetery’s history here >>). The […]