Category Archives: Travel

Ms. Nguyễn Thị Thanh The “Lunch Lady”

Commentary: If ones does one’s job well, no matter where one is, people will hear about thanks to the words of mouths. Ms. Nguyễn Thị Thanh has set up a worldwide reputation about her cuisine that most tourists want to … Continue reading

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Vietnam Builds The Highest Buddha Statue

On November 28, the Vietnam Record Organization awarded a certificate for the highest Amitabha Buddha statue in Vietnam in Tong Lam Lo Son Temple, Vinh Phuong commune, Nha Trang city, Khanh Hoa province. The 44.8m high Amitabha Buddha statue, the … Continue reading

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An Bang Village, A City of The Dead: A New Trend of Wealthy Vietnamese Invest In Their Resting Places

In the 1990s, the luxurious graves at An Bang Village cemetery in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue earned it the moniker, “City of the dead.” The cemetery has grown in the last two decades, and given its … Continue reading

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Vĩnh Nghiêm Pagoda- A Very Special Temple In Saigon

Besides two Buddhism prayer books with over 21,000 words inlaid with gold, Vĩnh Nghiêm Temple in Binh Tan district, Saigon has many other special things. The temple holds two Vietnamese records: The largest ironwood doors carved with 20 Buddhism characters and … Continue reading

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Vietnam’s Two Buddha Statues Become Asian Records

Two Buddha statues, in Cam Mountain in An Giang Province and Ta Cu Mountain in Binh Thuan Province, have been recognized as record-setting in size by the Asia Book Of Records. The Maitreya Buddha on Cam Mountain in An Giang … Continue reading

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