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Haiphong cuisine is an exciting and flavorsome combination of Chinese and French cuisine with fresh seafood. The unique gastronomy of the port city has aroused the curiosity of people, who organize their own “food tours” to the city to enjoy its delicacies. A funky tour just for food A group of youth from Hanoi join the Haiphong Food Tour by train. Photo: Pham Duc Hung Taking a day tour to Haiphong by train to enjoy food is becoming a trend among young people in Hanoi. This trend is going viral as more and more photos and videos reviewing delicious Haiphong dishes have been uploaded on TikTok, Instagram, or Facebook recently. Seeing friends taking a train to Haiphong for food, Bich Phuong, 24, from Hanoi cherished the idea of making a similar trip next May Day. According to Phuong, it’s easy to travel to Haiphong from Hanoi. “Having street food on Haiphong sidewalks would bring the feeling of yesteryear as if we were somewhere in Hanoi’s Old Quarter,” she told The Ha...

The festival was originally held from the 10th to the 12th day of the second lunar month in order to pay tribute to the villages’ tutelary gods. This year the occasion will run from March 1 to March 3. Security officials are on hand to ensure traffic safety along Nguyen Trai road. The festival attracts both adults and children who come to enjoy the atmosphere. Since 1992, the festival has been restored and is held on a rotary basis, with a major festival taking place every five years. Recent times has seen the event postponed for three years consecutively due to the development of the COVID-19 pandemic. A procession of palanquin passes five villages. This year five palanquins gather in Quan Nhan village. In 2021 the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism officially recognised the festival of the five Moc villages as part of the country’s national intangible cultural heritage, thereby encouraging locals to...