Spring Comes to Hoi An Old Streets

The beauty of Hoi An ancient town when spring comes through the lens of photographer Phan Cong Nguyen.
February 06, 2022 | 09:31

Phan Cong Nguyen, the administrator of a Facebook group "Review Hoi An" group, has been wandering around to record the beauty of Hoi An ancient town as spring comes.

Nguyen was born in Nghe An and has lived in Hoi An for five years.

Considering the ancient town his second hometown, he often takes photos of Hoi An and posts them on his Facebook group.

Spring Comes to Hoi An Old Streets
All the streets of Hoi An put on new shirts as spring comes. (Photo: VN Express)
Spring Comes to Hoi An Old Streets
Urban construction workers water flowers on Bach Dang street. (Photo: VN Express)
Spring Comes to Hoi An Old Streets
Bustling life on Tran Phu street. (Photo: VN Express)
Spring Comes to Hoi An Old Streets
Spring seen with nostalgic colors on Bach Dang street. (Photo: VN Express)
Spring Comes to Hoi An Old Streets
"When taking the picture of a girl holding flower lanterns near Hoi An's iconic bridge, I felt the warmth of Tet," Nguyen said. (Photo: VN Express)
Spring Comes to Hoi An Old Streets
Morning dew covers An Hoi bridge which crosses the romantic Hoai River. (Photo: VN Express)
Spring Comes to Hoi An Old Streets
A couple admire lanterns in Hoang Van Thu street. (Photo: VN Express)
Spring Comes to Hoi An Old Streets
An old man cycles toward a red gate on Chau Thuong Van street. (Photo: VN Express)
Spring Comes to Hoi An Old Streets
The coffee shop lies at a corner of Chau Thuong Van street. Colorful lanterns are used as decoration for Tet. (Photo: VN Express)

Hoi An was recognized by UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage in 1999.

In July 2019, Hoi An was elected by the Travel and Leisure travel magazine as the most attractive city in the world that year. Q

It is also the first tourist site in Vietnam honored by Google Doodle.

To welcome this year's Tet, many activities were held, such as the "Spring tourism in Hoi town" program which started to welcome tourists on Feb. 4. Q

The program introduces visitors to tangible and intangible cultural values of the ancient town, Tra Que vegetable village, and Thanh Ha pottery village.

It takes great efforts from the local authority and people over the last two years to reopen Hoi An tourism.

After testing negative for Covid-19, the first foreign visitors under the pilot “vaccine passport” program took a tour around the ancient town on Nov. 11.

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