In 1070 King Ly Thanh Tong founded this temple to pay tribute to education and to those of high academic achievement. Six years later, it became home to Hanoi's first university.
Nearly a 1000 years later they have installed an ATM, much to the shock of the local residents....
After months of being woken by a 4am barking chorus, the guilt of eating dog meat slowly fades....
More food tasting at Highway4
Smoked Dog with Lemongrass
Tiger Prawns in Coconut Milk
Salted Pork Loin
Chicken Supreme filled with a Trio of Mushrooms
Ostrich Stomach and Green Peppercorns
Squid Satay
As the temperatures plummet to the mid 30's, Highway4 have unveiled their new winter menu.
The name of the menu in Vietnamese is 'Beautiful People Crocodile' which, well, doesn't really translate into English....
Breaded Tiger Prawns
Goose and Red Apple Claypot
Pho Cuon (Beef, Prawn or Mushroom)
Ostrich Ribs and Eggplant Claypot
Smoked Buffalo
Pigeon stuffed with Pork and Black Pepper
The prawns, goose, pho, eggplant and buffalo are thoroughly recommended.
The last Asian Cup game to be held in Vietnam and possibly the best. Saudi were excellent with 4 Viv Andersons in defense and had hired hundreds of Vietnamese to support them..
A tight game right down to extra time and penalties but Japan were the deserved winners.
Despite losing 4-1, as the final whistle went the loudest cheers were from the Vina fans. UAE had just beaten Qatar and secured Vietnam a place in the quarter finals...
3-1 Japan.
Despite skyward gazes and constant shouts to "Allah", the UAE had a Jihad of a game against the Nihon. Where's God when you need him, eh?
Pictured are the threee Japanese goals...
