June is hot, not only because of its summery temperature but the rising heat from the celebration of many festivals all over Vietnam. ...READ MORE

Life developments, mass tourism in a destination often seem as the threats to the nature and cultures themselves. Especially in developing countries like Vietnam, the preservation was insufficiently effective. However, in the recent years, the government has focused more on developing sustainable tourism. At the lower level, there have been many inspiring projects with great effort to preserve the culture. One of them is “Tet Mong Xuong Pho” or “Mong’s New Year on the street” ...READ MORE

Vietnamese might not traditionally celebrate Christmas, but driving or wandering the streets of Hanoi will leave one thinking that Santa Claus will soon be coming to town. There are many Christmas things for locals, expats, and visitors to take part in including midnight mass, Christmas dinners, and Christmas decorating. ...READ MORE

Footprint Travel and friends had the opportunity to take part in an inspection trip facilitated by Vietnam’s Responsible Travel Club to the little-known Coto Island in Northern Vietnam. ...READ MORE

It’s quite common for those coming to Hanoi to experience the sites inside the city such as Ho Chi Minh complex, temple of literature, museum of ethnology and so on..but these sites are becoming touristy and there have been hundreds of travellers visiting them daily, which made the atmosphere at these sites to be not a visit but a hustle, we at Footprint wish that there were some sort of capacity limit on each day or time of the visit so that our visitors do not have to face these issues. ...READ MORE