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The Hanoi Department of Tourism, in cooperation with SGO Travel Co. Ltd, will offer seven attractive tours from Hanoi to Bac Giang Province, with daily departures from Wednesday to Sunday,  for domestic and international travelers.   Bac Giang Province will corporate with neighboring localities, including Hanoi to build more new tours in the locality. Photo: congluan.vn Accordingly, the seven newly launched tours consist of one-day and two-day, and overnight tours, offering travelers exciting experiences in Vietnamese culture, history, and spiritual beliefs. These tours will depart from downtown Hanoi to natural attractions, handicraft villages, and pagodas in Yen The, Viet Yen, Luc Ngan, and Son Dong communes in Bac Giang province. It is said that the local great potential for tourism development has not been properly exploited. With the advantage of its geographical location, only 60 km from Hanoi, Bac Giang has a developed transport infrastructure, so...

local resident gets a haircut at a roadside barber shop set up on a small street in Hanoi. A man takes a nap when waiting for customers. Each cut at a street barber takes 20 to 30 minutes and costs only VND50,000 to VND60,000, equivalent to between US$2.2 and US$2.6. This elderly man has been working as a street barber for more than 10 years. Street barbers can earn a living with only a minimal set of tools. Typically, they set up by hanging a mirror on a tree or a nearby wall. It is an interesting experience to sit on the sidewalk in the morning whilst breathing fresh air and smelling fragrant flowers flowing through the streets and going for a haircut. Several customers drink cups of tea on the pavement as they wait their turn. The post Hanoi home to unique street barbers appeared first on Vietexplorer.com . View more from VietExplorer: Hue’s art space in the fo...

A series of cultural, culinary, musical, seminar and cinema activities about Vietnam were organized in France under a program named “Vietnam rendezvous on stage”. Recently, the Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac museum in Paris, France, a meeting and dialogue between a number of French-Vietnamese artists and the audience took place about efforts to preserve and promote the spirit, Vietnamese identity in works and research. On this occasion, the audience and Vietnamese culture enthusiasts had the opportunity to listen to the life stories, thoughts and professional experiences of speakers such as Eva Nguyen Binh, Ambassador and President of the French Institute; Clément Baloup, comic author; and artist Hom Nguyen, in each work. Attending and speaking at the dialogue were the presence of Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang. The exchange took place on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations and the 10th anniversary of the st...

A dream Mai, originally from Ninh Binh Province in northern Vietnam, wrote “The Mountains Sing” as a way to spread Vietnamese literature and culture by recounting the story of a Vietnamese family’s journey through the twentieth century, including their trials and tribulations during the French Colonial period, the separation of the North and the South, the Vietnam War, and the present day. Her inspiration for the novel was a deep frustration that language barriers were a major obstacle for international readers who wished to access Vietnamese literature.  The books on Vietnam that English-language readers did have access to were primarily about the Vietnam War and written by Western writers who gave their Vietnamese characters little-to-no voice, using them mostly as background characters. Mai also felt that Hollywood movies often depicted Vietnamese women as victims or “blank characters,” without the ability to make their own decisions. For many years, Mai and vari...

The signing ceremony of cooperation between IIG Vietnam Education Organization and College Board Organization (USA) was held with the participation of leaders of agencies and departments, representatives from the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) ), the US Embassy and Consulate in Vietnam, the US Office of Education (Education USA), and high schools. Within the framework of cooperation, IIG Vietnam will establish and manage SAT, PSAT, and AP test centers authorized by the College Board not only in major cities but also in other provinces of Vietnam. Candidates can be students from public and private schools or independent candidates. Representatives of IIG Education Vietnam and the College Board Organization (USA) signed a cooperation agreement. Photo: Vietnamtimes IIG Vietnam and College Board will cooperate to organize training sessions for AP teachers, counselors, and administrators in Vietnam. This is to meet the needs of schools and to provide education admi...