Wandering through Vietnamese culture with Huu Ngoc

Many foreign friends have been greatly impressed by their visit to Hoi An, a cultural and historical legacy that has no equal in Vietnam, a living museum of art and architecture, a human vestige rarely ...

The capital city of Ha Noi is well on its way to becoming a modern metropolis. Throughout the historical course of development from autumn 1010 to the historic year 1954, and over the past 30 ...

One is reminded of the famous quip by the French gourmet, magistrate Brillat Savarin: “The destiny of nations depends on the way they feed themselves” (Physiology of Taste, 1825). 

Travel guides give this advice: “Pedicabs can be found at every street corner in Vietnam and are the most practical means of urban transport.” How many foreign tourists have any interest in the fate of ...

When you think about it, Vietnamese has six tones (or accents) that makes foreigner have a hard time to really pronounce right. It is somewhat an illogical grammatical error. But it is not only the ...