(Vietnam Tourism Review) - Pham Van Ngot probably wishes he had heard of community tourism a little earlier in his life. Born in 1962, one of a large, struggling family in Ca Mau province at the Southern tip of Viet Nam, he was a tough existence but he survived mainly through fishing and bee...

(Vietnam Tourism Review) - Not even a bidding war would have persuaded Phan Van Duc to sell. The 71-year-old always believed his Ba Duc Ancient House was unique. The address - 155 An Loi hamlet, Dong Hoa Hiep commune, Cai Be district, Tien Giang province - might suggest otherwise but Mr Duc knew...

(Vietnam Tourism Review) - You can’t get much further away - and further removed - from the Van Don district of northeast Viet Nam than Finland. Climatically, culturally and in just about every way you can think of, the two places are polar opposites. Yet Pham Hai Quynh, who has split his...

(Vietnam Tourism Review) - Tran Van Truong is an unlikely hero if ever there was one. And the shining example of what a drastic career change can do. A former teacher and office worker, the 58-year-old from Thanh Hoa went from pushing a pen to being decorated as a serial saver of lives.