China set in the mid autumn

A China set that is served with moon cakes has just sold in a market. The moon cake does not matter, the way to enjoy is important. The cake is served with hot strong tea along with sharing daily chore among family members. That is a pleasure people want to enjoy.

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The western Nghe An Province

The western Nghe An Province in the northern Vietnam still retains a primeval region where inhabitants live on farming, fishing. The life of people lacks basic facilities of education, health care. 

This place is one of the projects corporate social responsibility activities target to leverage inhabitants' standard of living. Along with the support of local authorities, many companies have developed projects to train local people a livelihood and to provide them with a basic understanding of health care to protect themselves from deadly diseases. 

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China set to be served with moon cakes

A China set that is served with moon cakes will be sold in a market this mid-autumn. The mid-autumn is coming on August 15th of the lunar year. It is the time the adult offers moon cakes to their bosses to gain their favors in a job. For children, their parents buy them lanterns to take a parade from this end to other of an alley.  

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A class fallen down caused a dozen of students to be injured.

A class in Dong Da School, Lam Dong Province, Vietnam, fell down on 26 August 2017, causing the injury of 10 students whose learning was under way.

The school was built in 1956, including 20 classrooms. The board of directors of school reported to the Service of Education of Lam Dong Province the downgrade of school and suggested the cease of its operation. But there is no reaction from this service. In fact, the school rebuilt some classes that used to be offices with the unqualified material. It has not confirmed yet that the collapsed classroom is one of the rebuilt ones.

Luckily, all students are all in a piece after hospitalizing.

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Ceramic dishes are served with mid-autumn cakes

The mid-autumn is coming around. It is time mid-autumn cakes are made and lanterns are produced. A ceramic set has just launched on this occasion to serve in tea and cakes after a meal in a Vietnamese family. Tiny cakes sit on nicely decorated dishes on a dinner table represents an enjoying style of a customer. The style matters, the cake is a means to enable people to gather, to share after a work day.

Couples of chop sticks are put behind dishes are highlights in the photo.

The mid-autumn falls on 15 August of the lunar year. In the beginning of the month, bakery shops are preparing to make moon cakes. A lot of kiosks are established along main streets to sell these cakes.  

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Da Nang Fantasy City

The contest "Da Nang Fantasy City" pulled participants from every corner of a country to post photos, video or create contents that circle around the beauty of the city. After over a month, the contest was closed and there are 30 pieces of work that come to the final.

This one of the co-creation approaches to promote Da Nang City. 

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Da Lat City

Da Lat is a tourist city in the highlands of Vietnam, a destination for domestic and international tourists in greeting seasons. The picture above depicts the valley of love, a must tourists should miss out.  

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Land slide in Hau River

A land slide occurred in Hau River, southern Vietnam, on 22 August 2017. This incident drowned nearly a dozen of houses in the river. 

A victim related that her house including a daughter, a son and her at that moment, drowned in the river. She and her daughter didn't know to swim. Luckily, the son swam to rescue both of them. 

The land slide is a phenomenon that has frequently happened in the southern Vietnam due to illegal exploitation of sand at the bed of a river. The local government has ignored this violation.   

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Van Long

Van Long is the natural reserve in northern Vietnam. It is home to flora and fauna that rarely exists in Vietnam.



Tourists take a small boat to travel along a small stream to discover the mystery of the nature.

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Na Hang Lake

Na Hang Lake sits in Tuyen Quang Province. It means the final field in the language of ethnic minority Tay. Tourists sails on the tranquil water to enjoy greenery trees along two sides of the lake.

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Cam Ranh Island

Cam Ranh Island is the strength of tourism of Khanh Hoa Province, the Middle of Vietnam. The industry of tourism has not developed yet in this region, thus, it still retains primeval nature.

The photo above depicts a coastal scene at sunset.

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Valley of Love

Valley of Love is one of the gripping destinations in Da Lat City that has pulled domestic and international tourists in greeting seasons. tThe Valley of Love used to be covered by circular pines, a place for newly married couples to enjoy a honeymoon week. 

Nowadays, it has been exploited by the tourism that deprived of its primary beauty of nature. In addition, the local government doesn't have any strategy of foresting.

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Floating season in the western Vietnam

The photo above depicts the floating season in the western Vietnam. It is a pleasure to sail on channels, streams under shading trees. Sailors are rural girls in rustic wears. This is a tourist attraction for city dwellers who want to stay away from the hustle and bustle of a modern city to enjoy friendly environment.

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Power shovel is used to save human being

A flood hits Son La Province. A Tua's wife is sick but she can hospitalize as her residential area is isolated by a flood. In such a difficult situation, he comes up with a wisdom. A power shovel is used to bring him and his wife to pass over a stream.

People in this area lack minimum living conditions: health care, education. That is why they are ill-educated and live on farming from generation to generation.

A photo above tells a reality story in this region. A wife is severely sick and her husband finds any solution to bring her from a far remote house to a hospital in a flood. In such a risky setting, people express real a love.

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Flooded Son La Province

A flood hits Son La Province, northern Vietnam, causing the damage of material and human life. The population in this province is the majority of ethnic minority people who are living sparsely and under poor condition of living.

In the following post, a woman is sick. Her residential area is flooded, thus how can she hospitalize?

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Sapa's golden season

Sapa stands in golden rice fields in autumn. It is the time for crop harvest. Under the sun shining, Sapa is dyed with golden, dotted with some ethnic minority girls who go to the field to collect paddles. It is time for tourists to go visit this region as the climate is cool enough and immense fields turn golden, spanning to the horizon.

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Ha Long Bay

Ha Long Bay is one of the most compelling destinations that has drawn the attention of tourists. It sits in the northern Vietnam, A sampan takes tourists past islands named under their shape. However, locals try to make use of them to do business in the field of tourism, they don't think about how to preserve the environment.

Reflection

It looks like a fabric painting by a talented artist. In fact, A bridge that connects two sides of a river reflects on a turquoise water on the sunset. A serene scene arises in a setting without a silhouette of a person. This is one of the tourist attraction in Taiwan.  

Ban Gioc Cascade, Vietnam

Ban Gioc Cascade is one of the most magnificent scenes in Vietnam. It sits in the northern Cao Bang Province, Vietnam. The falls occur in the Quay Son River, following idyllic pastoral scenes of rice fields and bamboo groves. A road running along the tops of falls leads to a stone market that demarcate the boundary between China and Vietnam.

My Son Temple, Vietnam

My Son Temple Complex is one hour and a half drive from Hoi An Ancient Town, a tourist destination in the Middle Vietnam. My Son stands one of the circular collection of historic ruins. These sites were built in dedication to the Hindu god Silva. They sit within a valley that spans 2 km and are flanked by burial ground of royal family members and national heroes. 

A painting of Ha Giang Province

A stream meanders through terraced fields and woods, creating a painting of nature. This is home to ethnic minority people. Tourists find homestay during a visit here to provide an opportunity learn about the local culture.

Silhouette

A fisherman is sailing on turquoise water on sunrise. Three crows accompany him on a trip. It seems he starts with his fishing so early that other fishermen still sink into deep sleep. Silhouettes of a fisherman and crows reflex on the river that creates a painting of nature.  

Terraced fields of rice in Ha Giang Province, Vietnam

Terraced fields of rice represent the colour of clay. This is the time after rice crop harvests, farmers take a rest or prepare another seeding. Terraced fields are typical images in northern Vietnam, This photo is a terraced field in Ha Giang Province, home to ethnic minority groups who live on farming and livestock husbandry. For time being, most young people quit their traditional industry. Some work as tourist guides to help tourists in tours in this area and ask them to buy some of their traditional items. Others leave their homeland to work in a big city. Some of the girls are trafficked to China where they become both wives and maids.

Rice fields in An Giang, Vietnam

Rice fields taken a photo from above represent different coloured strips of rice dotted with green trees. This is a common image of rice fields in the southern Vietnam.

Looking at the picture, you see golden strips and different green strips that represent ripe rice and newly seeded fields.

Ta Pa Mountain, An Giang Province, Vietnam

Ta Pa Mountain sits in An Giang Province, the southern Vietnam, a spectacular painting that is welcoming all tourists who want to stay away from the hustle and bustle of a city.

 A tour to An Giang Province brings to people a sense of a rustic countryside. A tourist takes a small boat to sail on a stream that meanders under trees, listens to birds' chirping. It is really a pleasure.

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Community tour, Vietnam

Japanese tourists are planting trees in Can Gio District, southern Vietnam. This is a kind of tourist trip that helps a local community prevent floods. Tourists have an opportunity to live and work with local farmers, to lend their hand to the community to clean the environment of livelihood. 

Under guidelines of staff of a foresting project, tourists learn how to plant a tree. On top of that, they live in friendly, rustic atmosphere of local inhabitants. 

Huong Giang River, Vietnam

Two girls in white long dress, Vietnamese traditional wear, on a boat goes on the Huong Giang River. Huong Giang means perfume river that is located in Hue, the Central Vietnam. Hue is proud of Huong Giang River and Ngu Binh Mountain, tourist attractions.   

One of the girls holding a bouquet of flowers sits in front. Both of them may go on a pilgrimage to pray for serenity.

Vietnam closeup: Bay Nui Mountain, An Giang Province, Vietnam

Vietnam closeup: Bay Nui Mountain, An Giang Province, Vietnam: Bay Nui Mountain or Seven Mountains is in An Giang Province, the southern Vietnam. Summer is the time for back packers to discover the reg...

Bay Nui Mountain, An Giang Province, Vietnam

Bay Nui Mountain or Seven Mountains is in An Giang Province, the southern Vietnam. Summer is the time for back packers to discover the region of Bay Nui Mountain, rice fields extending to the horizon. They experience a rustic life and hospitality of villagers as well.

Inhabitants in An Giang Province live on farming and livestock husbandry. After rice crop harvests, it is time for them to do some errands at home, prepare for another seeding season. In this period, they organise an ox race, a traditional game designed for diligent farmers who want to show off their well-fed animals.

Community tourism, Vietnam

The above photo depicts Japanese tourists are joining foresting in a tour that helps a local community plant trees to prevent floods in Can Gio District, Vietnam. This type of tourism has attracted the interest of international tourists who want to come to learn about a way of living in a local community, to experience the manipulation of local trades.

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Rice fields in An Giang Province, Vietnam

Rice fields in An Giang Province, southern Vietnam, spanning from this edge to the other, bordering lines of green trees create a painting of nature. In the coming harvest crops, golden rice fields extend to the horizon. It is a time for village people to toil and moil in the fields under the scorching sun but full of laughter and calls.

Provinces in southern Vietnam are views as a country's rice stock that provide food both across a country and exportation.

Tuyen Lam Lake, Dalat, Vietnam

Tuyen Lam Lake is in Dalat City, the Highlands region of Vietnam. Lines of circular pines go along two borders of the lake, far away are hills.
Nowadays, Dalat City is no more a tourist city. The urbanization deprives of its green environment that is replaced by residential areas.
It is really a disappointment for those coming back to Dalat to revive their ancient souvenirs. On top of that, the local government does not have long-term projects to retain this city as a tourist place.  

Ta Pa Lake, An Giang Province, Vietnam

Ta Pa Lake in An Giang Province is circled by grandiose cliffs. The turquoise water reflects the beauty of nature.

Ta Pa Mountain is one of the seven mountains in this region. Tourism has not been developed yet, thus back packers will discover the serenity.