Ha Long Bay ranks 16th in a list of 26 “places that look like they have been taken out of fairy tales” according to US-based website BuzzFeed Travel. “Also known as ‘Descending Dragon Bay’, Ha Long is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and popular tourist destination in Quang Ninh, Viet Nam,” it says. “This natural …
Truong Van Phuc has traveled to the northern provinces of Viet Nam by motorbike with his friends many a time. However, a 15-day bicycle trip from Ha Noi to Ca Mau, the southernmost point of the country recently made the 24-year-old fall in love with cycling. Borrowing a giant bike from a friend he met …
Many rivers in Viet Nam are dirty with pollution. It comes from factories, farms, homes and other places. This problem could be controlled by the country having better laws to protect the rivers. Experts decided at a special meeting that this was what should happen. The pollution has mostly been caused by untreated wastewater discharged …
HA NOI (VNS) — It’s 5am and people are still sleeping, but Nguyen Thi Nga (not her real name) gets up and prepares lunch to take with her to work at a tailor’s shop in Ha Noi’s Quan Su Street. She has been employed there for nearly a year. The work not only provides Nga, …
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