Hoi An World Heritage

The Nguyen Tieu Festival is a very special event for Asians. And for residents in Hoi An, it is time to display colored lanterns in the ancient town which attracts a large number of tourists every year....

French photographer Etienne Bossot’s exhibition “Beauty of Dust” has just been opened at 36 Tran Phu street (Hoi An city, Quang Nam). In order to help tourists understanding more about the land and people of the ancient town in daily life, works of Hoi An fartherland and habitants through......

Artist Bertrand Bellon’s ( Republic of France) specialized exhibition “Paysages” was opened at 46 Nguyen Thai Hoc street – Hoi An ancient town....

Hoi An one of the city have three major rivers that is Thu Bon river, Truong Giang river and Đe Vong river and with a mangrove forest of coconut water is a wonderful destination....

The “Farmer – fisherman” tour offering tourists a chance to catch fish and collect rubbish like real farmers on the Thu Bon River in Hoi An ancient town has attracted many international tourists....

Quang Nam province was supported by UNESCO Ha Noi office in organizing Pilot Heritage Guide Training programme and certification....

The Executive Committee of the Event said until 12 January 2011, 34 choirs including 30 international choirs f-rom Sri Lanca, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, Hongkong and 4 Vietnamese choirs have applied for participating in the 1st Vietnam International Choir Festival and......

The year 2010 is coming to the end. Hoian Ancient Town is exciting to welcoming the New Year 2011 with a lot of significant activities. At Hoian Museum of History and Culture( 06 Tran Hung Dao- Hoian), f-rom 21h December 31, 2010, the Youth Uni-on of Hoian City will begin dancing to welcome new year......

The 15th day of the seventh lunar month is the Buddhist version of the Christian All Soul’s Day, when the souls of those condemned to suffer in hell for their sins are freed for a day....

For centuries, the Whale Festival in Quang Nam Province has been considered to be the biggest water festival by the fishermen living there. It has been celebrated with the hope of bringing good luck when going fishing, and it is also believed that paying respect to the Whale God will ensure safety......

The Nguyen Tieu Festival is celebrated annually by the Chinese living in Hoi An on the 16th of the first lunar month of January, at Guangdong and Chaozhou Assembly Hall. Residents of the ancient city of Hoi An are always eager to welcome the Nguyen Tieu festival. On this occasion, people organize......

Like many festivals in Hoi An, the Long Chu Festival is steeped as much in cultural belief as it in religion. Long Chu festival is celebrated on the 15th of the seventh and eighth lunar month, when the new season is coming and the old one is leaving, and the entire climat is uncertain. It is held......

This festival falls on the 12th day of the second month of the lunar calendar, and is celebrated in Lady Thu Bon’s Palace in Duy Tan commune, Duy Xuyen district. It is a traditional festival of the ancient Cham Pa people that was inherited and is still kept nowadays....

Tet Trung Thu, as it is known in Vietnam, or the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival, is a wonderful ancient festival that revolves around children. The festival, held annually on the 15th of Lunar August in Hoi An, helps cre-ate the most c-harming and picturesque night of the year. It involves the customs of......

Kim Bồng Carpentry Village belongs to Cẩm Kim commune, Hội An city, Quáng Nam province. It is located on the right bank of Thu Bồn river, which flows through Hội An city. The north of this village is opposite to the ancient town of Hội An - A World Cultural Heritage Site....

The fishing Village Thanh Nam (also called Con Chai) is shaped by the beautiful Thu Bon River. Fishermen have come here for a long time to cast their nets and catch prawns, crabs and fish. The fishing village is still active nowadays, even with the appearance of modern fishing ships going to far......

Since it’s only 3 km away f-rom Hoi An ancient town, tourists will find it is very convenient to travel by land or river f-rom Hoi An to here. Located in a 50 hectares river islet, Thuan Tinh looks like a buoy floating in the lower section of Thu Bon river. Thuan Tinh is a typical ecological tourism......

Quan Thang is currently seen as one of the nicest ancient houses in Hoi An. It is over 150 year old and carries the architecture style of Hoa Ha, China. Throughout the years, the style as well as interior decoration of the house has been lovingly preserved. That helps us at least partly imagine the......

No one knows exactly when "Bai Choi" appeared. It is said this game was played during every Spring Festival in Thua Thien Hue Province around 400 years ago. Then "Bai Choi" lost its popularity and was almost forgotten, until the festival was revived after the former Feudal capital Hue and the......

“Banh xeo” is Vietnamese style crepe with whole shrimp, thinly sliced pork and bean sprouts. “Banh xeo” is a popular street snack in Vietnam, especially in the Central and the South of Viet Nam. The name means "sound crepe," the “ xeo” being an onomatopoeic word for the sound of the cooking process......