Cathrin’s Blog: Zwischen Traditionen und Moderne
The city of Tây Sơn is 40 kilometers north-west of the center of Hanoi, in the former province of Hà Tây, which belongs to the Greater Hanoi since 2008. Because of its strategic location on the Red River on the outskirts of the capital Sơn Tây was in his history...
“A very humble wise medicine man lived in a village. Every day he was in search of healing herbs and plants for the sick. One day he found the sacred plant Tiên Thảo Linh Chi, who gives eternal youth and beauty. Villagers hearkened them and asked the medicine man’s permission...
There are different possibilities to reach the island of Quan Lan by boat. We opted for a crossing of the ferry from the small town of Cái Rồng. The town is located in the south of the island Vân Đồn in Quảng Ninh province, 220 kilometers north-east of Hanoi. Vân...
Autumn is in North Vietnam often called the golden season. This has mainly two reasons. The first is the weather. The sun lets itself in autumn look usually more often than at other times of the year and the precipitation is at normal conditions very small. It is not so...
Today I am with you in the area of Hanoi again a bit off the usual tourist routes on the go. The community Thung Nai is located about 100 kilometers south-west of the capital, and about 25 kilometers from the provincial capital of Hoa Binh. As there in the 1980s...
Six bridges cross the Red River in the city of Hanoi. The Long Biên Bridge is the oldest of them. It was constructed by the builder of the Eiffel Tower Alexandre Gustave Eiffel. The construction of the bridge began in 1898 and lasted until 1902. More than 3,000 Vietnamese workers...
Most of the streets and alleys of the old quarter of Hanoi are named after the goods were sold there earlier. One of the few exceptions is the Phố Lãn Ông. This street was named for the medic and writer Hải Thượng Lãn Ông (1724-1791), whose original name was Lê...
“Vietnam has gradually improved its quality for tourism and has won the hearts of many international visitors. Vietnam is an ideal destination for tourists and a safe country.” (Nguyễn Mạnh Cường, stellvertretender Direktor der Vietnam National Administration of Tourism) Last year, 6.02 million foreign tourists visited Vietnam. This was an...
Yesterday I was with Lan almost the whole day on the way in the Hòa Bình province located in the west of Hanoi. At Kim Bôi district we looked for some eligible plots for my street children project. I almost decided one, but there is no hurry. For the negotiations...