The various awards that Long Thanh Golf Course has received over the years are testaments to the course’s quality. Long Thanh Golf Course is located in the southern economic triangle, about 40 minutes’ drive from Ho Chi Minh City centre. It was designed by Ron Fream – the founder of Golfplan-Fream & Dale Golf Course Architecture, with more than 35 years experienced in designing, building, and maintaining golf courses throughout the world. Of the over 350 hectares in land-scape area, the golf course has around 100ha for high lawn hills. Two thirds of its circumference is surrounded by branches of the Dong Nai River. Hence, it has very cool, fresh climate, with poetic natural scenery consisting of rows of palms, artificial pools and lakes, and tumbling falls. The grass for the course is Paspalum grass dedicated to golf courses, which not only helps golfers make exact shots but also contributes to making them feel more relaxed. At present, Long Thanh Golf Course is being...

Hanoi Opera House is scheduled to open tours from June 2017 to meet domestic and international tourists’ demand of visiting and learning about history, architecture and art. The tours aim to implement the policy of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on exploiting the Hanoi Opera House as a place to perform quality art works, preserve traditional art and build academic art works. The Department of Performing Arts, Hanoi Opera House and Vietnam National Administration of Tourism will offer two tours, including a Hanoi Opera House tour and a combination tour of Hanoi Opera House and art shows. Visitors will have an opportunity to be welcomed at the VIP room of the theatre, learn about history and architecture, visit the displaying room and enjoy art programmes. The programme will connect with other cultural activities at the Hanoi walking street, which is expected to become a special cultural attraction for tourists in Hanoi. Nhan Dan  

The club-subset of Glow Skybar, this posh little pleasure den packs some serious volume. Leave your after-work conversations for the rooftop bar and gather your friends around one of the plush lounge seating areas for a night of miming and serious dancing. With stellar service for paying patrons and a crowd to fit the budget, this one avoids the grungy feelings of Apo in favour of refined hard partying. Live performances are sensuous, fun, crazy and definitely flesh out the already-sleek atmosphere that just oozes cool. 13th Floor, President Place Building, 93 Nguyen Du, D1  +84 93 800 7529 facebook.com/playsaigon 9:30 p.m. to 3 a.m.