NAPA: Living in Vietnam

NAPA supports Lao students in COVID-19 prevention

April 6, 2020

On March 31, 2020, implementing NAPA leaders’s instruction, the Department of International Cooperation, in collaboration with the Office of NAPA supported Lao boarding students for implementing the ...

Vietnamese New Year customs

January 8, 2019

Clean and decorate the home Homes are often cleaned and decorated before New Year’s Eve. Children are in charge of sweeping and scrubbing the floor. The kitchen needs to be cleaned before the 23rd ni...

Must-tried Vietnamese street food

February 1, 2018

Bún riêu cua (rice vermicelli soup with crab) Pronounced: ‘Boon reel kua’ Bún riêu cua is a rice vermicelli-based dish served in a sourish broth with crab cakes. Both the broth and crab c...

A guide to live in Vietnam

February 1, 2018

For those looking to make a big change by moving to Vietnam, you won’t be disappointed. The country has a low cost of living, the culture is vibrant and expats can easily support whatever lifestyle t...

The Best Places to Go Backpacking in Vietnam

January 1, 2018

From the cascading rice terraces of Sapa, to the islands of Ha Long Bay, caves of Phong Nha, mountains of Da Lat, the sand dunes of Mui Ne, and the maze of rivers and rice paddies of the Mekong Delta...

Vietnamese traditional costumes

January 1, 2018

Traditional costumes of the Vietnamese people tend to be very simple and modest. Men wear brown shirts and white trousers. Their headgear is simply a piece of cloth wrapped around the head and their ...

Vietnamese holidays – Main holidays in Vietnam

January 1, 2018

Vietnamese holidays – Main holidays in Vietnam: With a thousand-year-old culture, Vietnam has several festivals and ceremonies throughout the year and according to the regions of the country an...

Food in Vietnam: 40 delicious dishes you’ll love

February 1, 2017

Vietnamese cuisine doesn’t win any points for complexity. Many of the most popular dishes can be made just as well on the side of the road as in a top-end restaurant. But it’s precisely t...

Meaning of Vietnamese New year

January 19, 2017

The festival which best epitomizes Vietnam’s cultural identity is Vietnamese New Year or Tet. Popular festivals play a major role as mirror and guardian of a nation’s cultural identity. In this aspec...

Lunar New Year (Tet)

January 15, 2017

Tết Nguyên Đán or Tet is the most important, popular holiday and also festival of Vietnamese people. Tet is celebrated for the arrival of the spring. Usually Vietnamese will be allowed to have five &...