A day floating on Cai Be market

admin April 27, 2010
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TweetWith the newly opened HCMC-Trung Luong expressway, Tien Giang Province is now just over 40 minutes drive from HCMC. Tourists who like eco-tourism will find many places in Tien Giang Province that will interest them, including the Cai Be floating …

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Laotian monks’ daily walk

admin March 30, 2010
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TweetThe monks filed past us silently, their bright saffron robes cutting through dawn’s haze like a beacon. The only sounds were the chirping of birds and the clicking of tourists’ cameras photographing the monks on their tak bat, Lao for …

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Holding the fort

admin March 24, 2010
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TweetThe Ho Dynasty might have lasted only seven years, but parts of the family’s citadel built in Thanh Hoa province’s Vinh Loc district still stand, writes Sy Chuc. When the Tran Dynasty fell from power in 1400, a high ranking …

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Bobbing on delta river

admin February 19, 2010
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TweetOver two million tourists at home and abroad flocked to the western provinces in the National Tourism Year, held in Can Tho city in 2008. And in 2009, around 750,000 tourist arrivals were found present on  the Mekong Delta River. …

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Hanoi: land of lakes

admin February 17, 2010
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TweetThere’s no better place to let the time roll away than on the waterfront . Hoan Kiem Lake, which is the heart and soul of Hanoi, means “Lake of the Returned Sword”, in reference to the legend surrounding fifteenth century …

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