In a city of oversized lattes and mild Americanos, a tiny cart serving Vietnamese phin (filter) coffee surprises and draws in New Yorkers with its strong and sweet taste.
TasteAtlas recommends six Vietnamese fried dishes ranging from spring rolls to sticky rice-wrapped chicken, naming four of them in its Asia top 100 deep-fried dishes, and recommending the other two for their standout flavors.
Pho Thin Bo Ho, the 70-year-old Hanoi eatery known for its rich broth, is preparing to leave its home as redevelopment reshapes the edge of Hoan Kiem Lake.
Paris’s Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum, said it would raise ticket prices for most non-EU visitors, meaning U.S., British and Chinese tourists among others will have to pay US$37 to get in.
Hanoi welcomed 30.94 million visitors in the first 11 months of 2025, a 22.1% year-on-year increase and the highest figure on record while tourism revenue climbed 20.7% to VND120.6 trillion (US$4.57 billion).
Vietnam is set to have 33 airports with a total capacity of 297 million passengers by 2030, according to a newly adjusted master plan from the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).
Before leaving Ha Long for Germany, Andreas Scholz wrote a letter and gave an envelope containing VND10 million (US$380) to a hotel owner, requesting that the money be used to purchase rice for people affected by recent floods and natural disasters.
A Chinese tourist has died after falling from a height at Kansai International Airport’s T1 terminal building in Osaka, prompting police to launch an investigation.