Pho, a rice noodle soup is a staple of Vietnamese cuisine. The soup includes rice noodles, thinly sliced meat and clear broth made by simmering beef bones, oxtails, flank steak, serving with onions, basil, lemon or lime, bean sprouts and peppers. There are several varieties of Pho such as Pho Bo, containing beef, and Pho Ga, containing chicken.

Dalat Flower Festival 2012

“ Da Lat –Flower Festival City” is the title of the 5^th Dalat Flower Festival 2012 that will be held from 30^th Dec 2011 to 03^rd Jan 2012 in Dalat city with many exiting activities.

Vietnam Railways History

The first line of Vietnam Railways was constructed in 1881 with the length of 71 km linking Sai Gon and My Tho. Then the Trans-Viet line was operated in 1936. Up to now, railways network has made a rapid leap compared with the starting period in term of its scale and operation capacity. Vietnam Railway network consists of 7 main lines linking and passing through over 35 provinces and cities with difficult terrains.

With over 125 years of operation, Vietnam Railways has continually been developed and grown to become a State-owned corporation operating and maintaining all the infrastructure of the national railway network.

Travel  tips in Vietnam

Food

I Vietnamese food often comes as a wonderful surprise! It has a very distinctive style, although it is also clearly influenced by Chinese and, to a lesser extent, French cuisine. Freshness is of paramount importance so ingredients are bought fresh from the local market on a daily basis.

Travel tips in Vietnam

Passport

Each Passenger must be in possession of a valid which must be valid for more than 6 months after the return date of travel. Passport number, date and place of issue, and birth date are now required to confirm services. Names on your airline tickets must match the first and name listed on your passport.

Ninety red-head cranes have arrived at Tram Chim National Park in the southern province of Dong Thap this month, 27 more than last month and 23 more than last March, Nguyen Van Hung, the head of the national park announced over the weekend.

Hung said the good numbers of birds returning to the park could be the result of the Hydrology Management Project sponsored by the World Wildlife Fund and Can Tho University’s improvements to the park’s ecosystem plus Dong Thap Province’s assigning of over 100 soldiers to protect the park, which has reduced poaching and forest burning.

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VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign visitors who go to Vietnam under the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism’s (VNAT) promotional program from now to the end of the year will be exempted from visa fee.

The VNAT has just made public this program, which benefits citizens from all countries and territories who enter Vietnam in tours.

Tipping for good service is not expected but is always appreciated in Vietnam. It is customary, though not compulsory, to tip tour guides and drivers at the end of a tour. Hotel and station porters should also be tipped.