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The fresh breeze floating off the forest on Va Hill dispels the scorching heat of early summer. After travelling 50km by motorbike from the centre of Ha Noi under the unrelenting sun, I am glad to finally get to the Va Temple to be welcomed by a green century-old forest. Va Hill is known in [...]
Ha Noi Transport Services Corporation (Transerco) general director Nguyen Phi Thuong spoke with the newspaper Kinh te va Do Thi (Economic and Urban) about efforts to encourage public transport use. Passengers queue at Cau Giay Bus Station. The transport sector is pulling out all the stops to get more commuters back on public transport [...]
Due to the critical shortage of kindergarten places in Ha Noi, parents will be forced to draw lots this year – instead of queuing for hours from the crack of dawn as in previous years. The casting of lots has been tried before at the country’s top kindergartens such as Chu Van An, Kim Lien [...]
Viet Nam was developing green architecture to curb environmental pollution and offer sustainable living conditions, said Nguyen Tan Van, chairman of the Viet Nam Association of Architects (VAA), at a seminar in Ha Noi on Saturday. Going green: Vo Trong Nghia’s wNw bar in Binh Duong Province, a model of green architecture. — File [...]
The Government Office has requested Hanoi and HCM City authorities study a proposal to ban private cars from the inner city for five hours per day. A ban on private car is hoped to ease traffic jams The proposal was sent by enthusiastic amateur traffic policy developer Mai Trong Tuan to the Government Office, Ministry [...]
The Dong Xuan Joint Stock Company has launched additional five tours using environmentally-friendly electric cars to help domestic and foreign visitors discover Hanoi’s Old Quarter. The tours will take visitors around Hanoi’s ancient streets and trade villages to give them an insight into the spiritual culture of the locals. Visitors will also have a chance [...]
Carolyn Shine, an Australian musician who moved to Hanoi in 2002, has released a travel memoir entitled “Single White Female in Hanoi”, which has sold about 2500 copies, good for a small press publication. Even so, the interest she has just sparked in Vietnam is out of all proportion to its sales. After the book [...]
The 2012 Ciputra Hanoi – Vietnam International Challenge badminton tournament ended in Hanoi on April 1. The week-long event attracted 300 outstanding players from 24 countries and territories around the world, who completed in five events: men’s singles, womens’ singles, men’s doubles, womens’ doubles, and mixed doubles. As many as 48 Vietnamese players took part [...]
This is the time for mountain-ebony flowers (hoa ban), a symbol of Vietnam’s northwestern region but you can enjoy the beauty of hoa ban on Bac Son Road, Hanoi. [...]
Coming straight from their Australia/New Zealand tour – including a headlines grabbing performance at the Sydney Mardi Gras, MEN will hit Hanoi with their signature mix of dance, punk and pop on March 11. According to a press release from Club for Arts and Music Appreciation (CAMA), “riding the razor’s edge at the intersection of [...]