Trekking routes across the Karst plateau of Dong Van Town, situated in northeast Ha Giang Province, have become increasingly popular since being recognized as part of the Global Network of National Geoparks (GGN) in 2010.
Long ago, each street in Vietnam's capital, Hanoi, specialized in a specific trade, as artisans from villages in the red river delta settled in the capital to supply wares to the royal citadel of Thang Long.
Hoan Kiem Lake (Vietnamese: Ho Hoàn Kiem, meaning "Lake of the Returned Sword" or "Lake of the Restored Sword", also known as Ho Guom - Sword Lake) is a lake in the historical center of Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam.
Since 1992 UNESCO has been granting "world image" status to ancient documents that is deems invaluable to human heritage. This program has been trying to find, preserve and catalog valuable documents scattered throughout Vietnam, where time, warfare and other social upheavals have taken their toll on important records To date, UNESCO has designated two types of documents in Vietnam as worthy of "World Image" status.
Now in my thirties, I have clear memories of curling up on my grandfather's lap, back when I was a small child. He'd sit on a old wooden bed and smoke a china bowl pope, his ancient shriveled hands breaking grilled tofu into pieces and dipping the morsels into salt.