Tets festival in Hoian

New Year in Hoi An is so strange, many lanterns were hung up everywhere. In the street, people hang lanter to say good bye the old year and welcome the new year, wish the new year they will be more prosperous.

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Hochiminh City celebrated Tets festival by Hoian Lanterns

In Hochiminh City, people has been hanging a lot of Hoi An lanterns to welcome New Year such as Nguyen Hue Flowers Road (Đường Hoa Nguyễn Huệ), Đồng Khởi Street, Lê Lợi Street… Hoian Lanterns are also appear in Sai Gon Cafe, Restaurant or people’s home.

They appear also at Kymdan Showroom, Cotton Showroom, etc… It shows that, this year the Vietnamese use Vietnamese goods Read more

Hoi An nice shots

Conveniently located slap-bang in the middle of the country, Hoi An breaks up a journey between the North and South nicely, and as a result, few visitors come to Vietnam without passing through the town. But it is so much more than just a stopover or a tourist trap.

Once an important trading port, but no longer significant by the time of the American War, Hoi An was spared the wartime devastation that so many other towns suffered. As a result its historic buildings have been preserved in a way that is rarely seen elsewhere in Vietnam, and (aside from the trappings of tourism) it really does feel like a place where time has stood still.
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Hoi An will celebrate New Year with fireworks

In this new year of the Tiger (Canh Dần Year), the Hoi An government will celebrate the Tets Festival with so many activities, including fireworks festival (begining at the midnight of the end day of year at three places in the city) and a kiss festival with over 1000 lovers at Hoai River Square. Travel2hoian.com will updated information as soon as possible.

To have more infomation about Hoi An Tets Festival: Download file Hoi An Old Town – Tiger Tets Festivel – PDF Version – Vietnamese hoặc Hoi An Old Town – Tiger Tets Festivel – JPG Version – Vietnamese

VAN LOI hotel

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Located on the romantic bank of Thu Bon river, Van Loi is a short stroll Hoi An Ancient Town

Our terraces offers breathtaking view of Hoi An, Marble Mountains, Cua Dai Beach, Cham island, Cham Island. We bring you the local culture, the natural environment and particularly the normal life of Hoi An people, that you can feel in every facet of our service. Read more

Vietnamese wedding in Hoi An

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The traditional Vietnamese wedding is one of the most important ceremonies in Vietnamese culture, with influence from Confucian and Buddhist ideologies. Hoi An is one of place live with so many thing of Vietnamese traditional culture. This thread talk about Hoi An traditional wedding, but you can imagine, in Vietnam, the wedding are like that.

While traditional clothes of Vietnam have always been very diverse depending on the era and occasion, after the Nguyen Dynasty women began to wear elaborate Áo dài for their weddings. These dresses were modeled after the Áo mệnh phụ (royal Áo dài) of Nguyen Dynasty court ladies. The style of the Nguyen Dynasty has remained popular and is still used in current-day Vietnamese wedding attire. The difference between the Áo mệnh phụ and the typical Áo dài is the elaborateness of its design. The former is usually embroidered with imperial symbols such as the phoenix) and includes an extravagant outer cloak. This gown is preferably in red or pink, and the bride usually wears a Khăn đống headdress. The groom wears a simpler male equivalent of the dress, often in the color blue.

Previous to the Nguyen Dynasty, it is likely that women simply wore fancy, elaborate versions of Áo tứ thân. Read more