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Get the most out of Vietnam’s biggest city by choosing a great base: from Graham Greene’s old haunt to a boutique bolthole with views over the Saigon river Ma Maison A pocket of France in a remote corner of Ho Chi Minh City, Ma Maison is a welcoming place to stay, run by a French-speaking...

A ball wrestling game, called Khanh Ha, is organized every forth lunar month for unmarried men in Bac Giang Province. Interested parties head to Van Ha Commune, Viet Yen District to be teamed up before the game, which is held on the 12th to 14th days of the lunar month (this year: May 10-12), according...

Hue is brimming with tourists as tens of thousands have flocked to the province and surrounding area for the five-day holiday, starting on April 30, said Phan Thanh Hai, Director of the Hue Relics Preservation Centre. Over the past three days, the Hue Relics Complex has welcomed over 62,000 holiday-makers, including 8,700 foreigners, earning a total of VND3.8 billion...

It is believed that without visiting Ananda Temple, you cannot be said to have visited Bagan, Myanmar. Ananda temple is considered to be one of the most surviving masterpieces of the Mon architecture with the finest, largest, best preservation of the Bagan complex. Dropping a visit here would become the most wonderful selection for travelers...

Some are everyday wear, others for special occasions but all of these hats are distinctive. Do you know where they originate from? Scroll to the bottom for the answers.     Answers: 1. Spain 2. Vietnam 3. Wales 4. Peru 5. The Netherlands 6. Afghanistan 7. Mexico 8. Russia 9. Turkey 10. Australia Source: theguardian.com

Nothing beats spending the day relaxing and working on your tan on an idyllic Koh Larn or Coral island, Thailand. Considered as the natural heaven, Koh Larn deserves to be great stop for travellers once coming to the west of Pattaya. Coral Island, indeed like its name, offers peaceful and immaculate sandy beaches with thousands...

Burmese Tea Leaf Salad or Lahpet Thoke is the greatest choice for tourists to experience once heading for Myanmar. Lahpet would widely be reflected by the following popular expression in Myanmar: “Of all the fruit, the mango’s the best; of all the meat, the pork’s the best; and of all the leaves, Lahpet’s the best”....

Myanmar is a country well-known for its many golden Buddhist pagodas. The most famous and tallest one is the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon. It is said that no visit to Myanmar is complete without a paying a visit to Shwedagon Pagoda. Considered one of the wonders of the religious world, the magnificent Shwedagon was built...