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Binh Thuan Dragon Fruit GEOGRAPHICAL AREA The geographical area corresponding to the GI of Bình Thuận dragon fruit includes: districts of Ham Tan, Ham Thuan Nam, Ham Thuan Bac, Bac Binh and Phan Thiet city, Binh Thuan province. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND REPUTATION Dragon fruits which are...

GEOGRAPHICAL AREA The geographical area corresponding to the GI of Đoan Hùng pomelo fruit includes: Doan Hung district (16 communes), Phu Tho province. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND REPUTATION Doan Hung is a mountainous district in the north of Phu Tho province of the Northeast region of Vietnam...

Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Bean GEOGRAPHICAL AREA The geographical area corresponding to the GI of Buôn Ma Thuột coffee bean includes: districts of Cư M’gar, Ea H’leo, Krông Ana, Krông Buk, Krông Năng, Krông Pak and Buon Ma Thuot city, Dak Lak province. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND REPUTATION Coffee...

GEOGRAPHICAL AREA The geographical area corresponding to the GI of Mộc Châu Shan Tuyết tea includes: Moc Chau district (17 communes/towns), Son La province. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND REPUTATION Moc Chau old tree In Moc Chau highland of Son La province in the Northwest Vietnam, local people...

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND REPUTATION The “pearl island” of Phú Quốc is the Vietnam’s largest island located in the Gulf of Thailand, the southernmost area of the country. The island is famous not only for its beautiful beaches regarded as gems awarded by nature, but also for making traditional...

BITE SIZE: The Grumpy Dumpling's offerings disappear fast. Photos courtesy of the restaurant by Carlos Ottery There are always those, let’s call them traditionalists, that wince at the idea of fusion food. They break out in fever at the mere thought of pineapple on pizza or eating a dumpling...

The silk dress dating back to the Nguyen dynasty is on display (Photo: VNA) Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) – The Centre for Conservation of Hue Monuments in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on April 17 received two artifacts of the Nguyen Dynasty - a mandarin hat and a dress. The two artifacts...

Many foreign tourists have started returning to Vietnam since the country fully reopened on March 15. Here are four expensive travel experiences in the country for the well-heeled. Night of Love combo package for $27,000 Banyan Tree Lang Co in Phu Loc District in the central province of Thua...

Tourists flood May Rut Islet on Phu Quoc Island in southern Vietnam during the Lunar New Year holiday, February 2022. Photo by VnExpress/Phan Phuong Half a month ahead of the Reunification Day and May Day break, most hotels in tourist hotspots are already full and many people are unable to book...

An old villa on Hanoi's Tran Quoc Toan Street. Photo by VnExpress/Giang Huy Hanoi is putting 600 downtown villas built before 1954 on sale, the municipal People’s Committee said. The move is among policies made by the committee to manage and put public villas built before 1954 to use. All 600...

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn meets his Canadian counterpart Mélanie Joly in Hà Nội on Wednesday. Photo courtesy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs HÀ NỘI — Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn on Wednesday met his Canadian counterpart Mélanie Joly in Hà Nội during her official...

A roaming dog on the streets of Ba Đình District, Hà Nội, is captured by a special team. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — The capital plans to set up a team to capture stray dogs and suspected rabies-infected cases in each of its 579 communes, wards, and townships as part of efforts to curb rabies. The...

Tourism: Co Temple – A cultural historic monument Situated in Tan An Hamlet 2, Tan An Commune, Van Ban District, Co Temple is place to worship Princess of the Forest, the folk used to call her as the Mother of the Forest. In the broad masses of the people, she is called The Queen of the...

Province/City Capital Area (km²) Population Density (/km²) % Urban HDI Region Lao Cai province Lào Cai 6,383.9 614,595 96.3 21.0 665 Northeastern Location: Lao Cai is a border highland province in the Northwest of Vietnam. It is 296 km by train and 265 km by road away from Hanoi; it...

Dien Bien is home to 19 ethnic groups. Each ethnic group has its own characteristics of language, customs, culture, creating a colorful picture for Dien Bien culture. The working life has formed one of the unique traditional cultural features of the community of ethnic groups here. They are Xoe...

Province/City Capital Area (km²) Population Density (/km²) % Urban HDI Region Dien Bien province Điện Biên Phủ 9,562.5 490,306 51.3 15.0 545 Northwestern Natural area: 9,562.9 km2. Dien Bien is a mountainous border province in the northwestern region of the country with geographical...

Vietnam is divided into 58 provinces (Vietnamese: tỉnh) and 5 municipalities existing at the same level as provinces (thành phố trực thuộc trung ương). The provinces are divided into districts (huyện), provincial cities (thành phố trực thuộc tỉnh), and county-level towns (thị xã), which are...

North side Ha Long, Quang Ninh Province | 下龍灣 Thus the name, Vịnh Hạ Long (下龍灣), which translates as ‘Descending Dragon Bay.’ Located in northeastern Vietnam’s mountainous Quảng Ninh Province, Halong Bay has a total area of around 1,553 km² and consists of anywhere between 1,960 - 2,000...

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Dragon fruits are sold on a road in Go Vap District, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo by VnExpress/Hong Chau Watermelon, dragon fruit and other agriculture produce are being sold for VND 3,000-8000 ($0.13-0.35) per kilogram in HCMC and Hanoi since the China export situation remains grim. In HCMC’s...