Hue Festival 2012 “Cultural Heritage with Integration and Development – The Rendezvous for Historical Cities”

Hue Festival 2012, the international event being held for its seventh edition in Thua Thien Hue Province is set as the highlight for the National Tourism Year 2012. It is also to commemorate the 325th anniversary of Phu Xuan (Hue) when it was chosen as the capital of “Dang Trong” (the southern region of Vietnam) by Lord Nguyen Phuc Thai, and later as the country’s capital under the Tay Son Dynasty and the Nguyen Dynasty.

Huong pagoda Festival – spiritual time

The beautiful verse describes scenic spot of Huong Pagoda, designated by UNESCO as a world cultural heritage site, which makes one can’t help having the feeling that is one were lost in a world offairies. Huong Son attracts visitors not only with its wonderful landscape, but also with its sense of philosophy embodied inside its splendid caves, of which Huong Tich and Tuyet Son are the most impressive.

Peach flowers bloom for Tet

HA NOI — With only less than three weeks to go to the Tet holiday, gardeners in Ha Noi’s Nhat Tan and Phu Thuong flower villages are doing the final pruning on their peach blossom trees as this year’s favourable weather conditions have ensured blossoms at just the right time.

Vietnam’s most challenging foods

To much of the world they’re pests to be exterminated or animal parts to be thrown out; in Vietnam they all go into the cooking pot.

There is a local Vietnamese saying that when a man encounters a new animal, his first question is: “Is it dangerous?” and the second question is: “Is it edible?”

The Vietnamese are adventurous eaters, and they’re not afraid to eat the whole animal, blood, guts and all. Here are six Vietnamese dishes to chew over.