At 11:30, I headed out to try and purchase some plants for my new home. As I crossed the bridge into town, I noticed gates closing, feet up, and streets emptying.

The monthly celebration of the festival in Hoi An is sort of like a magical affair that leave tourists with happy memories.

During my trip to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, last November I got acquainted with a group of convivial Mong boys working on a labor contract. They had come from various villages scattered in Mườ [ … ]

Togetherness: Archaeologist Nishimura Masanari introduces artefacts displayed at the newly opened Community Archaeology Museum in Kim Lan Village. (Photo: VNS)A museum of ancient pottery has [ … ]

 My first morning in Vietnam I was extremely jet lagged after a twenty hour journey from Chicago.  I stumbled blurry eyed down the streets of the backpacker district and hopped int [ … ]

Vietnam’s friendly people, its food and, especially, its natural landscapes are the things that stay in the minds of young British people when they return to the UK. Mathew, a 21-year-old fr [ … ]

Fantasy island: Cham Island, several kilometres offshore from the central city of Hoi An, is the furthermost possession of the old Cham Empire that once dominated the region. The empire stre [ … ]

People go fishing at Bach Dang Wharf in HCMC’s District 1 in an afternoonThe Saigon River has a host of tributaries, of which many have remained heavily polluted but some have been cleaned u [ … ]

Christmas in Hanoi a bit strange; it is a foreign holiday in Vietnam, but everyone seems to get into the festive spirit and thoroughly enjoy themselves.

 I was born in Hanoi - the capital of Vietnam – which has been a paradise from my earliest childhood. Here the weather makes you feel like being in a land of peace and gentleness, where [ … ]