{"@name":"Vietnam--Tradition-and-Today","@path":"/magnolia-travels/Vietnam--Tradition-and-Today","@id":"3d676477-eabc-4cbe-88b6-b77aa85a358a","@nodeType":"mgnl:content","isFeatured":true,"name":"Vietnam: Tradition and Today","description":"Discover the culture and everyday treasures of a rising phoenix","location":"Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam","tourTypes":[{"@name":"offPath","@path":"/tour-types/offPath","@id":"415025c6-e4b5-4506-9384-34f428a52104","@nodeType":"mgnl:category","body":"Riding on a big tour bus, eating tourist menus and taking pictures of the Eiffel Tower is not your idea of travelling. You want to find something new, and see things from a local point of view. With us, you can discover the local gems that most travellers never experience. ","name":"offPath","level":"level-1","description":"Unique holidays that take you off the beaten track ","icon":"jcr:6d5d576a-79f9-48d9-b141-6682f2eef585","displayName":"Off the Beaten Path","image":"jcr:272f75b9-ed87-4e0b-8bf3-15db217ba897","@nodes":[]},{"@name":"cultural","@path":"/tour-types/cultural","@id":"e007e401-1bf8-4658-8293-b9c743784264","@nodeType":"mgnl:category","body":"Holidays are for experiences, for discovering the greatest places in the world. Whether it’s the Great Wall of China or the Egyptian pyramids, you want to know all about them. And have you thought about visiting the ancient temples of Vietnam or the winding alleyways of Jerusalem?  We organize the best local guides and hotels, so you can just soak in all that culture.","name":"cultural","level":"level-1","description":"Experiences of a lifetime","icon":"jcr:58c420b6-fa30-4578-8af0-c062ba51e5fb","displayName":"Cultural","image":"jcr:a792164f-5a2a-4708-b3c8-62b48a578200","@nodes":[]}],"author":"Magnolia Travels","body":"<p>Vietnam is one of the world’s most exotic and culturally rich destinations. A gem among gems, it offers dazzling diversity for visitors. Yet what most find so fascinating is its capacity for change. This is nowhere more evident than in Ho Chi Minh City. Set on the Saigon river, the capital is the perfect example of progress and tradition living side-by-side. Grand colonial buildings stand alongside modern skyscrapers while Japanese cars share the busy roads with cycle rickshaws.</p>\n<p>We won’t just take you to the key sights, but also reveal the hidden stories that explain what makes Vietnam what it is today, and where it’s going.</p>\n<p>A two day tour of the Mekong delta (Vietnamese: Đồng bằng Sông Cửu Long "Nine Dragon river delta") will immerse you in a water-world maze where everything happens on the boats - even local markets which form every day from a raft of vendors boats. We’ll continue to the coastal town of Vung Tau in the Phuong district to relax and swim like the locals do.</p>\n<p>While there we’ll visit the storied White Palace, the historical old colonial villa of the french governor.</p>\n<p>Along the way, you’ll eat some of the finest food you’ve ever eaten, and we might even teach you to cook it too.</p> ","destination":[{"@name":"asia","@path":"/destinations/asia","@id":"7ec72c48-c33f-418e-b2ff-44cfb4bbb1f2","@nodeType":"mgnl:category","name":"asia","level":"level-1","icon":"jcr:75874ebc-eabe-4b24-8da2-92251ec7fcb3","displayName":"Asia & the Pacific","image":"jcr:20e4d7f7-3160-4670-9acb-5c87231088dd","@nodes":[]}],"duration":14,"image":{"@name":"vietnam_jan_16323513143_82062f3a9a_k","@path":"/tours/vietnam_jan_16323513143_82062f3a9a_k.jpg","@id":"jcr:1044b3b8-30b1-48fe-8078-832b6cef8fb5","@link":"/dam/jcr:1044b3b8-30b1-48fe-8078-832b6cef8fb5/vietnam_jan_16323513143_82062f3a9a_k.2026-04-19-18-02-29.jpg","metadata":{"fileName":"vietnam_jan_16323513143_82062f3a9a_k.jpg","mimeType":"image/jpeg","caption":"Vietnam leaf hat","fileSize":1190379,"height":1365,"width":2048,"title":"Vietnam leaf hat","format":"image/jpeg","coverage":"Vietnam","description":"Nón lá (leaf hat) of the Vietnamese people forms a perfect right circular cone which tapers smoothly from the base to the apex. Special conical hats in Vietnam contain colourful hand-stitch depictions or words while the Huế varieties are famous for their nón bài thơ (lit. poem conical hats). These contain random poetic verses and Hán tự which can be revealed when the hat is directed above one's head in the sunlight. Today, it has become part of Vietnam's national costume.","publisher":"Jan Haderka","rights":"by/2.0/","creator":["superuser"],"contributor":["Jan Haderka"],"subject":["Vietnam, person, hat, sitting"],"date":"2026-04-19T18:02:29.861+02:00","created":"2015-01-29T08:55:42.141+01:00","modified":"2026-04-19T18:02:29.861+02:00"},"renditions":{"960x720":{"mimeType":"image/jpeg","link":"/.imaging/mte/travel-demo-theme/960x720/dam/tours/vietnam_jan_16323513143_82062f3a9a_k.jpg/jcr:content/vietnam_jan_16323513143_82062f3a9a_k.jpg"}}},"@nodes":[]}