High Safety and Happiness Ranking Makes Vietnam More Ideal For Travelers.

Safety and happiness prevail in all of 10 countries which is voted to be most perfect for single travelers.
 

Travel & Leisure Magazine recently published a list of 10 great destinations for solo tourists, based on two criteria: a happy nation and a safety region.


With these criteria, based on votes from visitors, the statistics of the Global Peace Index (Global Peace Index) and happiness index (Happy Plante Index), Vietnam rank sixth in the list, a higher ranking than other developed countries such as Germany, Japan, Sweden ...

“Street life is colorful and safe in Vietnam’s largest cities, whether you’re exploring Ben Thanh market in Ho Chi Minh City or heading for Hanoi’s massive Dong Xuan Market. Do tai chi with hundreds of others by Hoan Kiem lake before heading into the mountains of the Central Highlands, preferably on a trek with a local outfitter. Wind up with a stay on Phu Quoc Island for a taste of the classic Southeast Asian beach-bum lifestyle.” – said the magazine.

Rank 1^st  among top 10 perfect destination for single travelers is New Zealand. This country was praised as a safe country with lots of scenery like in paradise.
The next position belongs to Norway, Switzerland, Costa Rica, Austria, Vietnam, Chile, Japan, Sweden, Indonesia.

Visit The Museum of Ethnology, Hanoi, Vietnam - A Vietnamese Cultural Space

According to Trip Advisor - the world's leading travel site, Vietnam Museum of Ethnology received Certificate of Excellence Award to the for hospitality excellence.

 

Ranked No. 6 in the top 25 most fascinating museums in Asia, The Museum of Ethnology Vietnam is an ideal address for those who want to relax,  enjoy and explore the art culture of Vietnam

 

Museum of Ethnography Vietnam Hanoi is about 8km far from the center of Hanoi. Built in 1997, this museum to become an attractive attraction to domestic and foreign tourists with exhibits display, reflecting all aspects of tangible and intangible culture, traits in life and the creativity of Vietnam ethnic minority. 

 With the area of 2500m2, the building was specifically designed with very unique architecture. Stairs inside the building are designed with the typical handrail staircase of the northern ethnic minorities. Many ethnic minority information are displayed in the museum according to language such as the Kinh people, the the Tay, Thai, and Ka Dai ethnic group, Mon - Khmer, Cham, Hoa, Khmer ...

 

Museum store and display many cultural artifacts of all 54 ethnic groups, including 27,000 artifacts Vietnam, including 23,000 artifacts on VN ethnic communities, others are artifacts of the peoples in Southeast Asia and other countries. The number of audiovisual materials is up to 11.000 in different topics. The objects are classified and display in different content, allow visitors to learn the life of the nation through their everyday items and more evocative unique culture of the minority.

 

With the display materials in a scientific way, combined with the activities in opening space for the museum such as water puppet performances, , craft demonstrations, organized ethnic festivals ... visitors never get bored when go to Vietnam Museum of Ethnology.

 Visitors can also visit the outdoor space, with the long house of the Ede ethnic groups, Ha Nhin people, Rong house of Highland people. Wide campus, green trees with beautiful gardens growing vegetables, planting medicinal plants, , village roads ... all gives the museum a breathtaking beauty.

The Stopovers On Vietnam World Heritage Road.

Six world heritage sites recognized by UNESCO along middle land of Vietnam all contain beautiful natural scenery and rich culture value, as well as its own national traditions. 

1. Ho Dynasty Citadel (Vinh Loc, Thanh Hoa) 

Starting at the ruined dynasty Citadel, located in Vinh Loc district, Thanh Hoa City and about 50 km, this heritage is the capital of Vietnam from 1398 to 1407. In the world heritage documents, the Citadel is described as a magnificent work of art by engineering and construction of large stones, with a combination of unique traditional building technique in Vietnam, as well as Southeast Asia during the late 14th century, early 15th century. When visiting the Lake, visitors usually take chance to  taste the tea cake Phu Quang – one of top 50 specialty Vietnam’s gifts, announced by Vietnam Record Organization


2. Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park (Quang Binh) 

Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park is located in the district of Quang Ninh, Bo Trach, Tuyen Hoa and Minh Hoa, 50 km to the northwest of Dong Hoi City. Besides the historical value of geology, topography, geomorphology, this national park is also well endowed with the gift of mystical majestic landscapes, hiding many mysteries of nature, caves, such as the splendid castle in the limestone mountain formed for hundreds of millions of years ago.


3. Hue Citadel Complex

 

Situated in the North side of Perfume River, the most important system architecture includes Hue Citadel, Royal Citadel of Hue, Hue's Forbidden City. All were nested, and symmetrically arranged on an axis along the longitudinal to the south side. Associated with the city, palaces, royal tombs there are Nam Giao, Xa Tac, Hon Chen Temple, Linh Mu Pagoda, Temple Tuy Van ... The structures associated with charming natural landscape, mountains, rivers…

Visitor can also experience the richness of Hue cuisine with typical dishes such as bun bo Hue, nem lui, banh bot loc ... and its taste is hard to forget easily.

4. Hue royal court music

 

Recognized by UNESCO as masterpieces of oral and intangible heritage in 2003, Hue Royal court music was performed in imperial palace on five important occasions during the reign of the Nguyen Dynasty. Hue Royal Court Music is a symbol of prosperity and longevity of the dynasty, including: ritual worship, music major court ceremonies, court dance, chamber music and opera.

Coming to Hue, visitors can enjoy Hue Royal Court Music in Duyet Thi Duong, Minh Khiem Duong, or on a boat along the river at night.

 
5.Hoi An (Quang Nam) 

 
Being a traditional trade port, Hoi An retains almost intact over a thousand architectural monuments such as streets, buildings, assembly halls, temples, pagodas, temples, churches, ethnic, ancient wells ... The architecture both reflects traditional sides of Vietnam and shows the integration of cultural exchanges with the East and the West. The streets in the old town are short and narrow, highly curved, horizontal run along the checkerboard style. Any travelers coming to Hoi An can recognize traces of time not only in the architectural design of each building everywhere, on the tiled roofed covered moss and plants; the gray moldy walls.

6. My Son Sanctuary (Quang Nam) 

 
Located in a valley about 2 km in diameter, surrounded by hills and mountains, the alpine circuit around 100 m to 400 m from the East of Truong Son through the capital to Tra Kieu, My Son Sanctuary is considered to

be in the center of the main temples of Hinduism in Southeast Asia and is the only legacy of this kind in Vietnam.

Although much time has turned some towers into ruins tower complex but the remained sculpture, architecture left these days still leave the historical stage style of Cham art, those masterpieces mark a time diluted commander of Champa culture and architecture of Southeast Asia.
My Son Sanctuary is recognized as World Heritage Site in 1999.