Hoi An World Heritage

Hoi An, a World Heritage Site, opened its first solid waste treatment plant yesterday. The plant, in Bau Oc Thuong hamlet in Cam Ha Commune, was built at a cost of VND77 billion (US$3.7 million), most of which coming in the form of ODA credit f-rom the French Government....

Come to Hoi An, you could recognize a rather special performing of yo-heave-ho. Floating on Hoai river in the lyric space of the moon light, cultural boats’ artisans retort inspiredly with reminding melodies. Yo-heave-ho is still maintained in lives of Quang people, especially to Hoi An......

Ho Chi Minh City-based NhaVietCorp started the construction of the first “terra-cotta cultural park” in Vietnam on July 11th at Thanh Ha District, in the central city of Hoi An....

A project aimed at protecting "stone" crabs living in the Cham Island area of Hoi An city, situated in the central province of Quang Nam, has recently been approved by local authorities....

56 cultural and historical items, relating to the formation and development of the old town of Hoi An in Quang Nam Province have been presented to the Hoi An Centre of Cultural Heritage Preservation and Management....

According to Organizing Board of Viet Nam – Japan cultural exchange event in Hoi An, the 9th exchange festival this year will be held on 02 days ( August 20-21, 2011) with a lot of impressive activities....

The best time to visit Hoi An is f-rom February to April. The weather this time is really comfortable and not much rain. Every year has 2 distinct seasons: rainy season ( August - December) and dry season ( January - July)....

Lanterns of lively colors are what tell Hoi An and other parts of the country apart. At night, the façades of many old houses, stores and restaurants on the pedestrian-only streets are lit by lanterns, creating a fanciful view When in the ancient town of Hoi An in Quang Nam Province, you may wonder......

Since 1989, Hoi An Centre of Heritage Conservation and Management co-ordinated with domestic and foreign departments and organizations have carried out lots of researches on archeaology ; tens of thousand items with diversity in types and shapes as well as materials have been discovered....

Cam Nam Village, just a stones throw f-rom the heart of Hoi An’s Old Quarter, typifies the sort of gastronomically experience available to people not afraid of straying f-rom the uninspired menus of the lollipop cute cafes dotting the river’s banks....

There is no one in Hoi An City in Quang Nam Province who doesn’t know Joanne Stewart’s freeswimming school for kids....

Second only to rice, noodles are undeniably synonymous with delicious Asian cuisine. Although every diameter, make, and shape of noodle can be found f-rom China to Singapore, not all noodles are cre-ated equal....

The 9th Hoi An - Japan cultural exchange day – 2011 will be a colourful festival with activities such as Kimono, Aodai performance on Kimono materials and se-lecting Miss Kimono Hoi An....

The Hoi An Center for Monuments Management and Preservation has completed a survey and announced a list of 80 ancient wells in Hoi An, the ancient town bathed in the glistening lights of colored lanterns and surrounded by ancient heritages in the central province of Quang Nam. The authorities then......

People know Hoi An City is a world cultural heritage site with ancient houses and an ancient town. To me, spending a day in Hoi An, I find out that the city is worth to visit not only by its ancient cultural and historical works but also by rustic images of craft villages living hard with ups and......

About three kilometers f-rom the ancient town of Hoi An, the Dua nuoc (mangrove palm) forest in Cam Thanh Commune in the central province of Quang Nam has become a much sort after tourist destination....

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has recommended to the Government to earmark 11 trillion VND (526 million USD) for conserving relics in the next five years to catch up with the backlog under a national culture programme....

Till April 4th, 166 millions VND has been contributed by offices and departments in Hoi An city to help Japanese people damaged by earthquake and tsunami. Hoi An Youth Uni-on has called upon Hoi An people and tourists to collect 72.6 millions VND, 306 USD, 960 bath…...

“Always beside you!”, “Be brave! Try your best! We are always beside you,our Japanese friends!”, “ Believe in overcoming, future is always bright” were written messages on 3 big pieces of cloth of 2m length and 1.5m width. On March 18, 2011, the campaign for sending messages, encouraging Japanese......

In Hoi An, spring is announcing itself, in all its living pomp and majesty....