Life of Viet Nam, Hanoi (2026)

28/08/2019

Traditional markets were more than centers of commerce. Since the women(including beautiful young girls) were both the buyers and sellers, young men often meandered through the markets to check out the prospects, as this ca dao notes:

Wise men seek wives in crowded markets
Wise women seek husbands in large military units

One famous tale recounts how poet-statesman Nguyen Trai was strolling through the market when he noticed a young woman selling rush mats. The vendor’s beauty so captivated Nguyen Trai that he is said to have addressed her with this quatrain in seven-word meter:

Where are you and your mats from?
Stacked,single-are any still for sale?
What age have you reached this spring?
Are you married yet? How many children?

Much to his amazement, the beautiful vendor responded with her own extemporaneous quatrain:

I’m here from Tay Ho selling mats
You needn’t ask whether I’ve sold out
My spring years have just reached sixteen
I’ve no husband, you ask about children

Nguyen Trai took the pretty vendor, Nguyen Thi Lo, as his wife. Although this may be apocryphal, the details of the couple’s death are historical. Nguyen Thi Lo’s beauty, charm, and literary talent also enchanted King Le Thai Tong, who often visited the couple. The King died suddenly the day after such a visit. Nguyen Thi Lo was accused of regicide. She and Nguyen Trai were executed in 1442. In 1462, King Le Thanh Tong rehabilitated the couple’s reputations. Nguyen Trai’s home at Con Son in Cong Hoa Commune, Chi Linh District, Hai Duong Province about seventy kilometers east of Ha Noi is a national heritage site.

26/08/2019

From lush, rugged mountains, shimmering paddy fields, and beautiful beaches to river deltas and remote tropical islands, Vietnam has stunning natural landscapes, as well as vibrant cities both ancient and modern. Its geographical diversity is reflected in its varied peoples and regional cultures.

HO CHI MINH CITY

Hot and frenetic, the moped-filled streets of Vietnam's largest city and commercial capital are the most dynamic and cosmopolitan in the country. More famously known as Saigon, the former French capital city offers a wealth of grand colonial buildings and a wide range of sights. From brightly colored pagodas to humble mosques and ornate Hindu temples, fascinating museums, busy markets, street food stalls, cafes, bars, and restaurants, there is a buzzing atmosphere both day and night.

- Best for Colonial architecture and a vibrant culture
- Home to Jade Emperor Pagoda; Cao dai Holy see
- Experience Riding a moped around the city, as the locals do

MEKONG DELTA AND SOUTHERN VIETNAM

You are never far from water in this region, the rice bowl of the country. Here you can get a glimpse of authentic rural life. Experience one of the famous floating markets or simply cruise down the river past brilliant-green rice paddies and villages of floating or stilt houses. Relax on the golden sands of the rugged tropical islands that lie off the coast, or spot some birdlife in the wetlands.

- Best for Discovering rural Vietnam
- Home to Can Tho; Con Dao Islands
- Experience A boat tour along the canals around Vinh Long

SOUTH CENTRAL VIETNAM

Famous for its white sand and azure sea, the coastline of South Central Vietnam has a string of beach resorts where there are ample opportunities for watersports and diving. Further north is deserted stretches of unspoiled sand. The cooler uplands of the interior house tiny villages sprinkled over the rugged landscape, populated by many indigenous minorities. The region also has beautiful lakes, coffee plantations, and Yok Don, Vietnam's largest national park, home to a huge number of flora and fauna.

- Best for lazing on the beach and diving
- Home to Nha Trang; Dalat
- Experience Sampling the excellent Highlands coffee; visiting the hill tribe villages of Tur and Ako D**g

CENTRAL VIETNAM

Some of Vietnam's most famous archaeological sites and best-preserved historic towns can be seen in this region, which is steeped in history. Here you can enjoy some of the best vegetarian cooking in the country and the sophisticated imperial cuisine of the former royal capital Hue. Head into the Central Highlands to visit some of the sites of the most significant battles of the Vietnam war, along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. With the oldest karst mountains in Asia and numerous cave systems and underground rivers, Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park is truly awe-inspiring.

- Best for Learning about Vietnam's history and culture
- Home to Hoi An; Hue
- Experience Visiting some of the major battle sites of the Vietnam War

HANOI

A melting pot of cultures, the oldest capital in Southeast Asia is a sprawling city with an ancient center and a French colonial quarter surrounded by sleek skyscrapers and interspersed with parks and tranquil lakes. The cultural heart of Vietnam, Hanoi is the birthplace of the nation's most delightful theatrical format, water puppetry. Discover Vietnam's history and culture at a range of superb museums, concert venues, and theaters. Every backstreet is full of small kitchens where you can pull up a plastic chair and indulge in authentic, delicious street food among the locals.

- Best for Museums; shopping for silk; lacquerware and handicrafts; water puppet theater
- Home to The Temple of Literature
- Experience Wandering the atmospheric streets of the Old Quarter

NORTHERN VIETNAM

Karst outcrops form a dramatic seascape in Halong and Bai Tu Long bays and Cat Ba island and stretch inland to Ba Be and D**g Van, while the stunningly beautiful coastal landscape has golden beaches and coral reefs. The Red River Delta is lined with ancient temples and pagodas, while to the south are the tropical forests of Cuc Phuong National Park. The real joy of visiting this region, however, is the chance to venture into the remote hills in the north and northwest and encounter the diverse hill-tribe peoples and dramatic upland scenery.

- Best for Stunning karst landscapes at sea and on land
- Home to Halong Bay; the Perfume Pagoda
- Experience A homestay with hill people at a stilt house in the Mai Chau Valley

22/08/2019

REASONS TO LOVE VIETNAM

With its rich history, diverse cultures, dynamic and charming cities, and stunning landscapes, Vietnam offers a wealth of sights and experiences. Superb food and welcoming people add to the many reasons to visit.

1. Nature and Wildlife

In Vietnam’s stunning national parks you can explore the coastline, mountains, rivers, and jungles, and the world’s biggest cave. Look out for birds, elephants, monkeys, deer, dolphins, and other wildlife.

2. Street food in Hanoi

Try a steaming bowl of Pho noodles at one of the many street food spots in Hanoi. Goi Cuon(Spring rolls), Banh Tom(Shrimp patties) and Banh Cuon(steamed rice rolls) are other delicious, healthy staples.

3. Cruise in Halong Bay

Take a boat trip around the steep, jungle-covered limestone outcrops jutting out of an azure sea in one of the most beautiful bays in Southeast Asia.

4. River Boat trip through paddy fields

Chug gently up Mekong River on a boat from Ninh Binh to Tam Coc, traversing verdant rice paddies with a backdrop of dramatic karst mountains.

5. Colonial architecture in Ho Chi Minh City

Stroll along the grand streets of Vietnam’s capital, where France’s legacy of imposing colonial buildings is stamped on a varied and vibrant cityscape.

6. Hoi An

Wander or cycle through the narrow streets of the beautiful, laid-back historic town of Hoi An past well-preserved traditional Chinese and French architecture.

7. My Son ancient temple ruins

Don’t miss the fascinating, vegetation-cloaked ancient temples and towers-known as Vietnam’s Angkor Wat that rise up through the jungle at My Son.

8. Nha Trang Beaches

Vietnam’s most popular beach destination, Nha Trang is replete with beautiful stretches of sand and excellent accommodations, with some great dive spots just a boat ride away.

9. Water Puppet Theater

The most Vietnamese of art forms was originally performed in rice paddies and village ponds. See a show at Hanoi’s highly acclaimed Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre.

10. Historic Hue

The faded but atmospheric citadel, palaces, pagodas, and tombs at Hue reflect the glories of imperial Vietnam under the Nguyen Empire. Take a stroll by the Perfume River at sunset.

11. Con Dao Archipelago

Relax on the golden beaches and enjoy the fresh air and remarkable nature on the remote string of Con Dao islands, most of which form a national park.

12. Traditional Markets

Colorful, noisy, and vibrant, a traditional market is the best place to get an authentic feel for local life and the art of haggling.

20/08/2019

Where are other ancient markets? What characteristics did the ancient markets share?

Apart from Ha Noi, other famous market cities during the 17th century were Pho Hien in Hung Yen Province(northern Vietnam), Hoi An in Quang Nam Province (central Vietnam), Thanh Ha in Thua Thien Hue, and Gia Dinh(southern Vietnam).

Markets, whether large or small, began to appear near transportation routes. D**g Xuan Market in Ha Noi, D**g Ba Market in Hue, and Ben Thanh Market in Ho Chi Minh City are all located near once busy river wharves. During ancient times, these markets spread over open areas without walls or huts. More recent markets built on those same sites now have a central building surrounded by shopping streets. Stalls and stands fill the central building, while greengrocers, fishmongers, and butchers sell their wares from bamboo baskets or makeshift stalls outside the market building.

The traditional market represented the industry and dynamism of Vietnamese women in Confucian society, which encouraged ambitious men to study for the mandarin examinations and discouraged their involvement in the trade. While the Confucian scholars studied, their wives not only shouldered the housework and reared the children but also traded in the market to support their families.

The image of hardworking women pervades Vietnamese literature. Tu Xuong(1870-1907), a famous Vietnamese poet, described the work ethic of Vietnamese women in these seven-metered lines from “My Beloved Wife”:

Trading all year on the riverbank,
She supports her husband and five children.
A stock fishes in the expansive plain,
Rippling the water at the busy wharf.

Nothing symbolizes the hardship, resilience, patience, and skill of Vietnamese women better than simple shoulder pole. Like an archer’s bow, the broader shoulder pole curved slightly and had a notch at each end. The shoulder pole was bendable like a bow but broader and flatter.

A Vietnamese writer once saw a shoulder pole hanging on a wall in the home of a Vietnamese woman living in a foreign country. The woman had hung it to remind her of the days she once carried goods to a village market in Viet Nam. The bamboo strips that once supported the heavy baskets swaying beneath the pole had worn its two ends smooth.

18/08/2019

WELCOME TO VIETNAM

With its golden beaches, lush green mountains, jungles, fertile river deltas, ancient pagodas and temples, and delicious cuisine, Vietnam is a fascinating country of diverse landscapes and peoples. Whatever your dream trip to Vietnam entails, we gonna give you something make you should traveling in our country.

As well as the famous picture-perfect Halong Bay, Vietnam has a wealth of other natural beauty to savor. Enjoy spectacular vistas from the north’s dramatic mountains at Sapa, laze on long stretches of pristine, palm-fringed sands by an azure sea on the east coast, and inland, trek through the rugged jungle of the cool central highlands.

Meanwhile, in the south, watch the rich birdlife and bucolic rural landscape of the Mekong Delta from a riverboat, or chill out offshore on the remote and beautiful Con Dao Islands. The human landscape is no less varied. Explore the ancient temples and pagodas dotting the capital Hanoi, try a steaming bowl of Pho noodles at a bustling night market, or stroll the moped-clogged streets of Ho Chi Minh city with its imposing French-colonial architecture.

Between the two main cities lies the country’s most spellbinding historic sites that include the grand ancient capital of Hue, reminders of the Vietnam War in the Demilitarized Zone, the weathered ancient Cham temples rising from the jungle at My Son, and pretty, pastel-colored French and Chinese buildings in Hoi An.

Just a little information for you-travelers want to explore our lovely country. We really hope you gonna love it as a Vietnamese and we are offering the street food tour in Ha Noi if you interested in Vietnamese cuisine, check this link to book a tour with us: Lifeofvietnam.com

12/08/2019

Vietnam’s Geography

Lying on the eastern part of the Indochinese peninsula, Viet Nam is a strip of land shaped like the letter “S”. China borders it to the North, Laos, and Cambodia to the west, the East Sea to the east and Gulf of Thailand to the west and south.

Lying on the eastern part of the Indochinese peninsula, Viet Nam is a strip of land shaped like the letter “S”. China borders it to the North, Laos, and Cambodia to the west, the East Sea to the east and Gulf of Thailand to the west and south.

The country’s total length from north to south is 1,650km. Its width, stretching from east to west, is 600km at the widest point in the North, 400km in the South, and 50km at the narrowest part in the Central, in Quang Binh province.

The coastline is 3,260km long and the inland border is 4,510km. Viet Nam is also a transport junction from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.

Offshore, Viet Nam’s territory includes thousands of islands and islets scattered along the coast. Among, the largest archipelagos are Truong Sa(Spratley Islands) and Hoang Sa(Paracel Islands).

10/08/2019

Who are the legendary founders of trade in Viet Nam?

Chử Đồng Tử and Tiên Dung are the hero and heroine of one of Viet Nam’s most beautiful love stories. A temple dedicated to them stands alongside the Red river d**e downstream from Hanoi and about 5km downriver from Bat Trang village.

Chử Đồng Tử and Tiên Dung are the hero and heroine of one of Viet Nam’s most beautiful love stories. A temple dedicated to them stands alongside the Red river d**e downstream from Hanoi and about 5km downriver from Bat Trang village.

Chu D**g Tu’s family was so poor that he and his father shared a single loincloth even though his father had told Chu D**g Tu to keep the garment for himself.

One day, Princess Tien Dung, a daughter of the 18th Hung king, went boating on the Red River, escorted by her maids and soldiers. Chu D**g Tu was fishing naked. Seeing her boat coming down the river, Chu D**g Tu ran up the bank and dug a shallow hole to hide under the sand until the regal boat passed. Tien Dung found the scenery so entrancing that she ordered the boat’s skipper to anchor alongside the river bank and told the servants to build a changing room from poles and cloth. The princess entered the makeshift shelter undressed and started to rinse herself with cool river water.

As fate would have it, the place Tien Dung had chosen to bathe was over Chu D**g Tu’s hiding place. Her bath water splashed on the ground and washed away the camouflaging sand. Startled by the naked young man at her feet, Tien Dung demanded an explanation.

Chu D**g Tu recounted his story.

“I’d vowed never to marry,” Tien Dung said,” but now that I’ve met you through this strange twist of fate, I can no longer counter Heaven’s will”.

Soon, Chu D**g Tu and Tien Dung became husband and wife.

The king was furious. He disowned his daughter as soon as he heard of her marriage to a pauper. Tien Dung remained in her husband’s village and traded the regal goods from her boat for the couple’s daily necessities. Every day, Chu D**g Tu fished while his wife went to market. In this way, the couple scratched together enough to live.

One day, a trader stopped at their house and described a wealthy southern port town overflowing with goods. The couple decided to set sail in that direction. From that point on, they traveled from one seaport to another, buying and selling.

The temple to Chu D**g Tu and Tien Dung in Binh Minh commune, Khoai Chau District, Hung Yen Province stands amid bamboo in a lovely riverside landscape that reflects the lover’s story and their trading voyages to distant lands.

07/08/2019

"Ha Noi"

The “City within the River’s Bend,” was founded by Emperor Ly Thai To in AD 1010, near Co Loa, the ancient capital of the first Viet state dating to the 3rd century BC. Ly Thai To structured this city, then known as Thang Long, around the massive citadel.

The “City within the River’s Bend,” was founded by Emperor Ly Thai To in AD 1010, near Co Loa, the ancient capital of the first Viet state dating to the 3rd century BC. Ly Thai To structured this city, then known as Thang Long, around the massive citadel.

To the east of this, a settlement of guilds was established to serve the needs of the royal court. By the 16th century, this area had developed into Hanoi’s celebrated Old Quarter. The arrival of the French in the 19th century marked a period of reconstruction, as they tore down parts of the citadel and some ancient temples to make way for the new European quarter. However, this cultural vandalism was compensated for, to a large extent, bequeathed the city.

During the First Indochina War, the city’s central districts escaped largely unharmed, and subsequently, in 1954, Hanoi has proclaimed the capital of independent Vietnam. Sadly, this was not the end of its violent history as it was then plunged into the conflict emerged as an elegant, cultured, and affluent city, where museums and galleries coexist with chic shops and fashionable restaurants.

It’s better to understand when you accompany the local guide in Hanoi, not only about history, also is a great chance to immerse yourself in the food in the ancient city.

Check this link to book the tour with us: http://lifeofvietnam.com/

30/10/2018

Fansipan - Indochinese house

Fansipan is the highest mountain in Vietnam, and also the highest in the three Indochina countries, which is called the "Indochinese house" 3,143 m high in Hoang Lien Son mountain range.
Fansipan is about 9 km southwest of Sa Pa town, bordered by Lao Cai and Lai Chau provinces in northwestern Vietnam. In the local dialect, the mountain is called "Hua Xi Pan" and means giant stone plate.

For those who travel Sapa tour, Fansipan peak is a tourist destination can not be missed on arrival. On the way to conquer Mount Fansipan, visitors will discover the fascinating system of animals and nature of the Hoang Lien Mountains. There are many Hoang Lien trees, a precious medicine, precious woods, birds such as chicken, bears, monkeys, chamois, birds and etc.
According to experience travel Sapa from here to the height of 700m is the tropical belt with dense primary forest. From 700m upwards is a layer of seedlings, such as pơ-mu, about 50-60m high, up to several hundred years old to be conquered by tourists and not forget to take photos for the trip. Pơ-mu is known as the gold mine of Lao Cai. Beside pơ-mu, there are many kinds of rare wood such as: willow, sam, red pine. Fansipan has been raining for a month. Interspersed with coniferous forest, are azaleas, orchids, brilliant sunflowers. For almost four seasons, Sapa is full of flowers, such as: flowers, peony, etc. are rare flowers in the delta. The azaleas have four genera with two dozen different species. In our country there are 111 orchids and 643 species, Fansipan alone has 330 species.

When you reach the height of 2,400m, you will feel the harmony with the forest where you can feel the cloud on your hand. From the height of 2.800m, clouds suddenly disappear, clear sky, clear blue. Only the wind blows the vegetation to stick to the stone. Covering the ground is dwarf trees, the shrubs are about 25-30cm low, the whole tree is bare, the tops are a little fluttering. Interlaced are some trees in the family sedge, rose, Hoang Lien trees. The wind blowing uninterrupted, the climate is cold.
On the high point of 2.963m milestone mark in 1905 the French came to the top. Elevation is a giant stone, which is populated by small stones like a table. Fansipan Peak there! The local dialect called "Hua-si-pan", meaning giant stone plate lying warp.

To reach Sapa you can start from Hanoi to Lao Cai by train on a distance of 333 km; from Sa Pa to Sa Pa by car through 38 km. And Visitors to the "rooftop of Indochina" takes only 15 minutes, with the system of cable cars in the world's most modern.

And this is the end of this episode about Fansipan.
I’ll see you next time!
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21/10/2018

Hue
cre by Quang Nguyen

http://lifeofvietnam.com

13/10/2018

We’re here in Thong Nhat park for a massive festival, you see, for all i know, they're organizing a festival about the food called is : Le hoi van hoa am thuc Hanoi. In English, that is : Hanoi cuisine culture festival. So, what are they have ? Are you guys in the mood ? Just kidding. Without further ado, I'm gonna tell you guys what is the truth. It's kind of festival that's show you our traditional food, such as : Stuffed sticky rice cake, Kebab rice noodles, Stuffed pancake, Steamed sticky green rice,Toy figurine.Besides, some kind of Vietnamese folk games such as : Mandarin square capturing, Stilt walking, shulttlecock kicking, Hopscotch. Yesterday, I've just stopped by and sightseeing and they have just organized. In there, the fake which is a massive problem in Vietnam nowadays, it will not exist there, it’s real quality and have not to haggling or bargain. Just taste it and if you like, please carry it to your house. To summarize, unless, you guys do not like Vietnamese cuisine, please check it out and don't missed anything when you guys existing in Hanoi.
And feel free to send me some assistance to find out more about all of them.
That's it! I'll see you next time.
http://lifeofvietnam.com/hanoi-cuisine-culture-festival/

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