Many visitors and tourism firms have complained about the VND400,000 (USD17.60) package to enter the Hanoi Opera House. Hanoi Opera House was opened to tourists from September 6. The visitors can tour the opera house, enjoy tea and an art performance for VND400,000. Students and people under preferential treatment policy have half price entry. Other …
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The World Heritage site of Hoi An in the central province of Quang Nam has recently been ranked seventh among the world’s 15 best cities, voted by readers of the US travel site www.travelandleisure.com. For its annual World’s Best Awards survey, the website called on its readers to share their opinions on the world’s top cities …
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Hanoians enjoy late night walks around the Sword Lake the night the vehicles ban took effect September 1. Photos: Viet Hung/Zing Fences are raised to prevent vehicles from entering roads around the lake. The city has decided to save all streets around the iconic lake to pedestrians from 7 p.m. to midnight every Friday, Saturday …
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A visit demands a degree of effort: a climb of several hundred steps, a walk down an alley paved with bricks and stone, reveals a two-storey bell tower of eight elegantly corner-curved roofs. Known as the Bell Tower of Tram Gian, it still preserves its detailed art work, its supporting columns carved with intricate lotus …