Tet festival, or Vietnamese New Year, is the most important holiday celebrated in Vietnam. It takes place at the beginning of the lunar year and marks a time for families to gather together, honor their ancestors with offerings, and enjoy traditional [Read more]

Despite some petty theft and road safety issues, Vietnam remains a generally safe country for all types of travelers. The country has also been praised for its effective response to the COVID-19 outbreak, with a low number of confirmed cases compared [Read more]

Vietnam dong is the first and theoretically the only official currency for any common transaction in the country. According to government regulation, all prices for services and commodities must be in quoted in VND [Read more]

If you are planning to visit Vietnam from abroad, a visa will be one of the first things you need. This article will give you some helpful information about getting visa for Vietnam. Get ready for Authentic Vietnam! [Read more]

The area now known as Vietnam has been inhabited since Paleolithic times and primitive agriculture was practiced here around 10 thousand years ago. It is said that the beginning of Vietnamese civilization dated back around late Neolithic, Early Bronz [Read more]

When it comes to religion, most Vietnamese people consider themselves non-religious. However, their spiritual life is dominated by a mixture of ritual and belief, harmonized with the Vietnamese traditional belief. [Read more]

The ancient Vietnamese people were first known simply as the Lạc or Lạc Viet in recorded history. Archaeological evidence of the Bronze Age Dong Son Culture suggests the ancient Vietnamese people were among the first to practice agriculture. [Read more]

Traditional Vietnamese cooking style focuses on the freshness of the ingredients and the great combination of the dishes. Fish, chicken, pork, beef, and various kinds of seafood are widely used in Vietnamese cuisine. [Read more]

The Vietnamese language is a very difficult one to learn. Being a tonal language, with regional variations, it is nigh on impossible for a short-term traveller to get their mouth and tongue around some of the pronunciations  [Read more]

Vietnamese art has a long and rich history, the earliest examples of which date back as far as the Stone Age around 8,000 BCE. With the millennium of Chinese domination starting in the 2nd century BC,  [Read more]

Festive activities are living museums in which typical cultural values of the nation have been preserved for centuries. Traditional festivals constitute a form of cultural activities, a spiritual product which the people have created and developed du [Read more]

When it comes to eating and drinking, Vietnam has never been a more attractive place. In some well-known tourist spots such as the capital city Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City…you can easily find numerous choices of food that are acceptable to the internatio [Read more]