Alpha Travel Insurance, a U.K.-based leading provider of low cost holiday insurance for gap years, conducted a research to come out a list of 25 most ideal destinations for a year’s break, based on analyzing 10,000 #gap year photos posted on Instagram and matching them to destinations around the world. To little surprise, Hoi An, one of the country’s most hailed travel destinations, ranked 15th on the list, which was topped by New York, followed by Australia’s Sydney, Bali in Indonesia, Rome in Italy and France’s Paris. 2018 marks a thriving year of Hoi An as the world heritage site has continuously got a bunch of accolades from global travel magazines, helping to retain its popularity on global tourism map. The ancient town in central Vietnam last June ranked second among the list of 10 safest and most exciting places on earth for solo travelers. The list was compiled by travel editors at Momondo, a U.K. based travel site. U.S. travel site … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s centuries-old town is where to go on your gap year
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Watch people go fishing for a living in central Vietnam
By Di Vy  August 4, 2018 | 04:11 pm GMT+7 On a central Vietnam island that is still not prominent on the tourism map, it is fun to watch locals do their thing. Phu Quy, 120 kilometers (74 miles) from the famous resport town of Phan Thiet in the south-central province of Binh Thuan, is yet to become a big tourism draw. So fishing continues to be the main vocation of the island’s residents, and these boats are their lifeline. People are up early to receive the catch that is brought in at dawn. There are many seafood selling points scattered along the coast of Phu Quy Island. Bai Phu is one of the busy fish distribution points on the island, especially during the windy season. The coracles on the beach are yet to go into action. Traders still wearing their motorbike helmets hasten to pick out freshest baskets of fish as a boat docks at a wharf in Bai Phu, around three kilometers from the Phu Quy Port. Traders and the occasional tourists … [Read more...] about Watch people go fishing for a living in central Vietnam
Vietnam’s maps named UNESCO’s Memory of World
The maps and itinerary of an envoy’s journey to China dating from the 18th century have been officially announced as a heritage Memory of the World at the 2018 General Meeting of UNESCO’s Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific. The meeting took place on May 29-31 in Gwangju, the Republic of Korea attracting 125 representatives from 28 countries. The panel considered 12 dossiers from eight countries including Tuvalu, Myanmar, China, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea, Australia, the Solomon Islands and Viet Nam. Hoang Hoa Su Trinh Do (The Envoyship Journeys to China – literally translated as maps and itinerary of the envoy’s journey to China) belonged to the Nguyen Huy family in the central province of Ha Tinh. With writings, drawings and maps, the book recorded the diplomatic relationship between Vietnam and China in the 18th century through journeys of Vietnamese envoys. It was compiled and edited by Nguyen Huy Oanh (1713-1789) based … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s maps named UNESCO’s Memory of World
Vietnam looking into motive of Chinese group behind controversial nine-dash line shirts
A group of Chinese tourists entering Vietnam wearing T-shirts with a Chinese map that violates Vietnam's sovereignty has caused uproar among local public and won global headlines, prompting top tourism officials to urge for actions, but Khanh Hoa Province said it needs time. Police at Cam Ranh International Airport caught 14 Chinese tourists wearing T-shirts with a nine-dash line, a demarcation that claims most of the 3.5-million-square-kilometer South China Sea as China's territory, on Sunday. They ordered the tour company, which is based in the nearby resort town Nha Trang, to have the visitors take off the outfit and confisticated all of them. Nguyen Viet Dinh, the province's deputy police chief, said investigators are clarifying the motive of the Chinese group, who said they bought the T-shirts at a market at home. They were scheduled to stay in Nha Trang for five days. "We have to investigate and collect enough evidence before we can draw a conclusion and decide how to handle the … [Read more...] about Vietnam looking into motive of Chinese group behind controversial nine-dash line shirts
Vietnam province puzzled with nine-dash line T-shirts brought by Chinese group
A group of Chinese tourists entering Vietnam wearing T-shirts with a Chinese map that violates Vietnam's sovereignty has caused uproar among local public and won global headlines, prompting top tourism officials to urge for actions, but Khanh Hoa Province said it does not know what to do. Officials in the central coastal province said they are aware that it's illegal for someone in Vietnam to demonstrate the nine-dash line, which claims most of the 3.5-million-square-kilometer South China Sea as China's territory, but there are not yet specific legal regulations to handle the situation. Tran Son Hai, the province's vice chairman, said this was the first time Chinese nationals were caught wearing the controversial outfit to enter Vietnam. The province has an etiquette guide for tourists and a code of conduct warning them against spreading false information about Vietnam's history and culture, but nothing specifically about the nine-dash line. The line has been met with strong opposition … [Read more...] about Vietnam province puzzled with nine-dash line T-shirts brought by Chinese group