The Hanoitimes - TripAdvisor has announced its list of the top 10 museums in the world, and the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City is on it. The War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City has been named among the top 10 museums in the world, according to a list released by TripAdvisor, a US travel and restaurant website company. The War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City. “The Vietnam War is examined at this powerful museum in Ho Chi Minh City, through often disturbing images and objects including a guillotine, brought to Vietnam by the French,” TripAdvisor wrote. War Remnants Museum first opened to the public in 1975. Once known as the “Museum of American War Crimes”, it's a shocking reminder of the long and brutal Vietnam War. Graphic photographs and American military equipment are on display. There's a helicopter with rocket launchers, a tank, a fighter plane, a single-seater attack aircraft. It has more than 20,000 artifacts, images and … [Read more...] about War Remnants Museum in Vietnam among world’s best ones
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Hanoi tops Hello Magazine’s 7 best destinations in Asia for backpackers
Hello, a UK weekly magazine has announced its annual list of Asia’s best destinations for backpackers. Tran Quoc Pagoda, Thanh Nien road, Tay Ho district, Hanoi. Photo: Hello Magazine. Hello Magazine has just named Hanoi the number one city on its seven best destinations in Asia for backpackers. Ideal for travelers on a tight budget, Vietnam's capital city is one of the cheapest destinations for backpackers. “Not only is accommodation and food reamarkably affordable, but you’ll be spoiled for choice of things to see and do in the city, which has a mix of Southeast Asian, Chinese and French influences,” Hello magazine wrote. Hoan Kiem Lake, Hai Ba Trung Temple and Hoa Lo Prison Museum are just three of the popular attractions, while backpackers often spend their evenings gathered at Bia Hoi (draft beer) bars across Hanoi, where you’ll find the cheapest beer in the world, the magazine added. On the list, Hanoi is followed by Luang Prabang (Laos), … [Read more...] about Hanoi tops Hello Magazine’s 7 best destinations in Asia for backpackers
HCM City listed as third best Asian tourist spot in 2018
Foreign tourists at the War Remnant Museum in HCM City (Photo: VNA) Hanoi, (VNA) – “Though it has long been heralded as a hip destination, Vietnam’s southern supercity somehow keeps getting cooler” is how Lonely Planet describes Ho Chi Minh City which it has named the third best place to visit in Asia this year. The US-based travel guide book publisher listed Ho Chi Minh City alongside places like Busan (the Republic of Korea), Uzbekistan, Western Ghats (India), Nagasaki (Japan), Chiang Mai (Thailand) and Sichuan (China) in the “Best of Asia 2018: the Asian Destinations You Should See Now.” With more than 3.83 million foreign arrivals in the first half of this year, the city continues to soar up the popularity charts, seducing globetrotters with its local music scene, craft beers, street food, and nightlife. “Aging apartment blocks are being colonised by vintage clothes stores and independent coffee shops, innovative breweries … [Read more...] about HCM City listed as third best Asian tourist spot in 2018
HCM City named among best Asian destinations to touch down this year
The War Remnants Museum, one of the tourist attractions in HCM City. — VNS Photo. Viet Nam News HCM CITY — HCM City ranks third in a list of the 10 best places to visit in Asia in 2018 released this week by UK travel magazine Rough Guides. With more than 3.83 million foreign arrivals in the first half of this year, the city continues to soar up the popularity charts, seducing globetrotters with its local music scene, craft beers, street food, and nightlife. “Ageing apartment blocks are being colonised by vintage clothes stores and independent coffee shops, innovative breweries….and it appears this buzzing Asian megalopolis is in no danger of going out of style,” the site said. International visitors to HCM City spent $145 a day on average and stayed for 5.21 days last year, according to a survey carried out by the city Department of Tourism and Statistics Bureau. The South Korean city of Busan topped the list, followed by … [Read more...] about HCM City named among best Asian destinations to touch down this year
“Bookworm” attracts English-language book lovers
Young book lovers are looking for books at Bookworm (Photo: VNA) Hanoi, VNA – “Best English bookstore in Hanoi,” or “A heaven for bookaholics” are two among the comments of foreigners who have visited Bookworm, a bookshop filled with English books in Hanoi. Located at 44 Chau Long street in Hanoi’s Ba Dinh district, Hanoi, Bookworm boasts several rooms with well-organised shelves full of all genres and types of books, from novels to books on politics, economics, arts and culture. Books on Vietnamese culture (Photo: VNA) The bookstore opened in Hanoi in August 2001 by Australian author Pam Scott as a book exchange for expat readers of English language books. Hoang Van Truong, a Vietnamese avid reader, bought back the business in 2006 and managed the bookshop until now. Hoang Van Truong, Bookworm's owner (Photo: VNA) Despite being re-located several times, the bookstore has become a favourite destination for … [Read more...] about “Bookworm” attracts English-language book lovers