Refinance 15 year

One of the most popular features of Tet (Lunar New Year) celebrations in Ho Chi Minh City is the transformation of Nguyen Hue – a popular pedestrian street – into a floral bonanza. This year’s flower street will open to tourists starting 7:00 p.m. February 9 until 9:00 p.m. February 15. The first day of the coming Year of the Buffalo falls on February 12. … [Read more...] about HCMC gets busy with welcome party for Lunar New Year

In 1805, Gia Long, Emperor of the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945), started to build a citadel in France’s "Father of the Fortress" Vauban-style with its signature layers of defense and 24 fortresses. The citadel, with a perimeter of 10 kilometers, was originally made of earth but later reinforced with brick walls and its completion was announced by Gia Long’s successor, Minh Mang, in 1832. … [Read more...] about 200-year-old royal pavilion returns to resplendence in Hue

HCM City (VNA) – “Mot thoang Viet Nam” (Vietnam at a Glance), a tourism park recreating the beauty of Vietnam’s thousand-year-old traditional culture located on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City, was reopened on January 16 after 10 years. Every section of the 20-ha facillity in Cu Chi district tells its own story, said Director Tran Thi Tuyet Nga, citing the Hill of Eggs as an example, saying it tells a folk legend of Lac Long Quan and his wife Au Co who gave birth to a brood of a hundred eggs from which a hundred of children hatched and became the ancestors of all Vietnamese people. Visitors to the park can also observe on-the-spot the traditional making of “do” (poonah) paper, printmaking, and the sericulture. Traditional houses of people from various parts of the country with different styles of architecture are also recreated here to offer visitors a glimpse of the Vietnamese living spaces./. … [Read more...] about Tourism park reopens to restore Vietnam’s thousand-year-old culture

VnExpress's Hope Foundation has initiated a campaign to bring relief aids to communities hit by floods and landslides in central Vietnam. Hope Foundation is inviting all VnExpress readers and well wishers to contribute to this effort. For more information regarding donation methods, kindly refer to this link. … [Read more...] about Floods, landslides take 102 lives in central Vietnam

From the afternoon of October 28 to early morning the next day, Kim and other men used hammocks and tree branches to carry three people from the landslide spot to the Tra Leng commune’s clinic, 15 kilometers away. It took them three hours, having to navigate past dozens of landslide spots. Those walking in the front used knives to cut fallen trees and open a way for those behind them. … [Read more...] about Unbearable grief grips landslide survivors in central Vietnam