H'hen Nie shines on the catwalk.

After claiming the Top 5 Miss Universe 2018 organised in Thailand, H'hen Nie strutted the catwalk in the event of the Autumn Winter 2018 fashion show, designed by Cuong, Do Manh.

H'hen Nie is an impressive success of an ethnic minority person who rose from scratch. She refused to get married at an early age under her mother's obligation that she revealed later after Hhen's Miss Vietnam Crown Winning. With her tan skin along with her athletic figure, H'hen Nie has attracted the attention of the public

The photograph courtesy of Tuoi Tre Online

Lang Son City

Lang Son is a small mountainous city in northern Vietnam and a city of Lang Son Province as well. It is bestowed scenic beauty along with breath-taking caves that have attracted the attention from international and local tourists annually. In addition, it owns poetic countryside like an above photo that depicts a rural life in flower blossom. This is a simple, healthy, and free-worry life of local people.

Lang Son is also home to many ethnic minority groups such as Nung, Hoa Mong, and Kinh Dao. It is why it organises lots of traditional festivals that are held from January to April of the lunar new year to retain their own culture and promote their tourism in the province. The meaningful ideas of these festivals are building, praying for prosperity and happiness of a family.

The photograph courtesy of VN Express Online

Phu Quoc Island

Phu Quoc, sitting off the coast of Cambodia, is an unassuming best-retained island. The reason that Phu Quoc still keeps its beauty of nature is mostly uninhabited areas at the moment although it is made of 28 small islands where most of the tourism activities take place and some luxury resorts are built to serve the increasing number of international and local tourists.

One of the must-see places in Phu Quoc Island is Hon Xuong that is considered as Robinson Crusoe's island because it can be accessed by a boat. Due to no accommodations on this site, tourists have to stay in the open air by camping on the beach to enjoy picturesque waters.

Phu Quoc spans 150 km of ice-cream soft sand and includes 20 un-exploited beaches that have attracted the attention of tourists in Asian countries nearby.

The photograph courtesy of Tuoi Tre Online

Bao Loc City

Bao Loc City is home to green tea and coffee on which most of the local people live on. Someone explains the name of Bao Loc or B'Lao City that means low flying clouds or goodness. Bao Loc is also home to ethnic minority people Ma.

Things to visit in Bao Loc City include Dambri Waterfall that is considered as a gem of Bao Loc's tourism. The photo above depicts the beauty of nature that the waterfall has spellbound thousands of international and local tourists annually. A moving story of love originating from this fall. A K'Ho girl had to leave the sweetheart that made her shed tears at a stream to the death and her body turned into rocks. K'Ho People named the fall Dambri that means "waiting" in their own language.     

The photograph courtesy of VN Express Online

Hoi An Ancient Town is celebrating UNESCO's 19th recognition on the world's heritage

Hoi An Ancient Town is celebrating UNESCO's 19th recognition on the world's heritage on December 4, 2018. It gains UNESCO's noble nomination as Hoi An still combine the construction styles of Japan, China, and Europe that creates its unique characteristics. The town reflects a well-preserved complex of wooden frame houses with red tiles and yellow walls, an open market, a ferry quay, and ancient temples. Street front buildings make convenient customer's access while their backs facing a river provide easy loading or off-loading goods from boats.

Hoi An used to be Southeast Asian Trade port dating from the 15th to 19th century, which is a vital route among countries of Southeast and East Asia and the rest of the world. At present, it is one of the must tours for international tourists who come to Vietnam if they want to learn about one of UNESCO's heritages in Vietnam. 

The photograph courtesy of Tuoi Tre Online

Pagoda Buu Minh in Pleiku City

Pagoda Buu Minh was established in 1936 to meet the need of religious belief of the people in Middle Vietnam. Before building the pagoda, the most venerable spent more than 10 years to do research on the construction styles of pagodas across the country and the ones of Japan, China, and Korea as well.

Nowadays, the pagoda is one of the tourist attractions in tours to Gia Lai Province as it contains historic relics and is nested in a huge green tea fields.

The photograph courtesy of VN Express Online

Impressive Celebration of a match win

Vietnam has created a surprise by claiming the Asian Football Federation Cup (AFF) of 2018 after beating Malaysia in the second leg final at the national stadium My Dinh with the presence of 40,000 football fans. After the last whistle was blown this match, millions of Vietnamese erupted with joy, going out in streets across the nation by motorbikes, carrying flags with a yellow star and red background.

The Thai media is very impressive with the above photo that demonstrates the Vietnamese's passion and love for football as this is the second time AFF Champion of Vietnam.

The photograph courtesy of Soho News Online

Suoi Vang Lake

Suoi Vang Lake is an ideal place for international and local photography professionals who want to captivate breathe-taking images. Suoi Vang Lake belongs to Dalat City, which is considered as a city of flowers as its climate is cool all year around.

This is one of the collections of photos that depict Dalat in late year. It is a time for international and local tourists to enjoy the beauty of nature. Dalat has more attracted people in October and November.

The photograph courtesy of Tuoi Tre Online

Vietnam won the Asian Football Federation Cup Champion for the second time

Vietnam's victory in the Asian Football Federation Cup final made big cities such as Hanoi, Saigon, and other localities virtually a sea of red. Million football fans erupted with joy, pouring out into streets to celebrate Vietnam's win. Right after the last whistle at the Vietnam-Malaysia clash at the national 40,000-seat stadium had blown, an impressive audio-visual feast, with red colour covering every corner of streets along with a bizarre sound of vuvuzela-like horns, took place across the country.

This is what said as "di bao", literally translated as "going like a storm", in Vietnamese. That is, Vietnamese people go out into streets by motorbikes with their national flags, a yellow star on the red background, carrying anything that can make noises. In addition, thousands of people standing on two sidewalks to welcome these people. This is a way the Vietnamese celebrate their win of the national football team at any important football tournament.

The photograph courtesy of Tuoi Tre Online

Xuan Huong Lake

At dusk is a beautiful time at Xuan Huong Lake, which reflects as a clear mirror the romantic scenery of Da Lat City. It's also the time for local people to stroll around the lake on the spruce shaded roads to breathe fresh air. Xuan Huong is said to be translated from the French noun. Someone said the lake is circled with fragrant trees and grass so they took that name.

Walking around the lake and pine hills, you pass the green lawns stretching through many of Da Lat City's tourist attractions such as Da Lat Flower Park, Yersin Park, Cu Hill. That's why newly-married couples make honeymoon trips in this area.

The photograph courtesy of Tuoi Tre Online

Kim Lien Relic Complex

Kim Lien Relic Complex retains many memories of President Ho Chi Minh, which have attracted thousands of visitors to come to learn about his life. It converses historical relics of the childhood and his family's members. It consists of two main parts:

Sen Village is home to his family's members that includes many thatched cottages where visitors find interior furniture like wooden beds, bamboo beds, hammock and alter.

The Worship House is the one of President Ho Chi Minh's grandfather, where is used as an altar with

Kim Lien Relic Site will be developed to become a tourist attraction. A group of experts will study the technical facilities of Kim Lien Complex and do research about ties between the local community and the site.

The photograph courtesy of VN Express Online

The Vietnamese erupted with joy after Vietnam beat the Azkals

Millions of Vietnamese football fans poured out into streets from every corner of the country to celebrate the victory of the home side after Vietnam knocked out the Azkals at the second leg semifinal of the 2018 AFF Cup Champion. This triumph helps Vietnam advance in the final match against Malaysia, who has just defeated Thailand in a choking match on Wednesday 5 December.

This is the first time for Vietnam to advance to the 2018 AFF Cup Champion in a decade and it is why Vietnam seems to be on a national festival that people regardless of age, sex, local or international people who are living and working in Vietnam took participation at.

On the first leg semifinal at Bacolod, Filipino's national stadium, Vietnam defeated the Azkals at the score of 2-1 that made Coach Eriksson's team determine to beat Vietnam with a hope to enter the final with Malaysia. However, with current human resources, Eriksson couldn't turn the situation. At the result, his side had to suffer the loss of 2-1 score. However, his coaching talent has made a great change in the Azkals's qualification that will be demonstrated at the Asian Cup 2019.

The photograph courtesy of Thanh Nien Online

Tea Plantation

The Vietnamese live on farming and one of the well-known agricultural products is green tea. The photo above depicts a cottage in a green tea plantation in Da Lat City. Dalat has a long history of tea planting. At first, local people planted some tea trees in their neighbourhood or picked up tea leaves in the forest. After the departure of the French administration, they invested in this industry by doing research and expanding their growing areas that lead to the increase of their tea quality.

The most growing regions are Thai Nguyen Province in northern Vietnam or Lam Dong Province in central highlands. There are three popular kinds of tea that include black tea, green tea, and oolong. The second is the most favourite drink for Vietnamese. The green tea is processed to scent jasmine or lotus or pandan tea that is served after a meal.

A question for a foreigner is how to buy a bag of delicious tea. It is hard to find our a solution as most of the tea companies are small- or medium-scales ones that don't stand out in the complicate market of Vietnam. The best way is that you visit the tea plantation that is known to see in person how they grow and to find how quality they are and directly purchase from farmers.

The photograph courtesy of Tuoi Tre Online

Mangrove Forest Ru Cha

The photograph above describes the pristine beauty of Mangrove Forest Ru Cha, which is nestled in Tam Giang Lagoon, Middle Vietnam. In late October, trees turn grey-white that gives an impression of the forest covered with snow. Ru Cha is touted as a tourist attraction for those who want to stay from stuffy city life and earsplitting atmosphere to enjoy a tranquil place, poetic landscape.

The forest brings to you a moment of relaxation as it is circled by lakes, channels and endowed with a diverse ecosystem, including a wide range of fauna and flora. In addition, it gives an opportunity to take a boat on a small river in the middle of the forest to learn more about the harsh life of fishermen, to enjoy the untouched natural beauty and the authentic cuisine of Middle Vietnam.

In terms of climate change, The Worldwide Life Fund (WWF) sponsored a two-year project (2014-2015) on planting more than 23,000 mangrove trees on the coastal area to retain biodiversity here.

The photograph courtesy of Tuoi Tre Online

Thuy Khue Street

Thuy Khue Street is one of the streets in Hanoi, which still preserves old features like village gates and moss covered roofs of temples or communal houses dotted in a modern coat of the urbanization. High-rise buildings and villas have developed to replace front street gardens and village houses. However, thanks to huge trunks and their large foliage, Thuy Khue still retains its ancient look and give cool shapes to pedestrians in the scorching days. In addition to this, a large number of village gates clusters in a section near a market. An interesting thing is that none of them looks alike; some are recently restored, others are colourfully faded.

Each gate bears a different name that is a short but intimate name like Gieng, Hau, Chua. They are intimate as they are names of persons. The gates exist from generation to generation of residents dating back thousand years.

The photograph courtesy of VN Express Online

Hoi An Ancient Town

Hoi An was once a Southeast Asian port in the 16th and 17th century and also a museum of the construction styles. Luckily, it still preserves Chinese temples, Japanese-designed bridge, French construction style houses, and old canals.

You should miss walking along Hoi An Riverside where many colourful lanterns float, creating an interesting atmosphere. For those loving beaches, it offers two lovely beaches 5 km far away from the town centre.

Hoi An is also known for Middle Vietnam gastronomy, shopping, skilful tailors who make a suit in a short time.

Two things about Hoi An Ancient Town make you unforgettable is that the town is too small to walk around and its traffic is nowhere near as big as a big city. on roads are pedestrians, bikes, and bicycles.       

The photograph courtesy of Thanh Nien Online

H'Hen Nie supports Vietnam in the 2018 AFF Suzuki Cup

The 2018 AFF Suzuki Cup has come to the semifinal that includes fours teams: the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, and Malaysia. On Saturday 1 December 2018, Thailand is going to fight against Malaysia and on Sunday 2 December 2018, Vietnam will play guest to the Philippines on the first leg of the semifinal.

The soccer fans of the four countries are earnestly waiting for two important matches. Vietnam is taking the lead of the group with three wins against Laos, Malaysia, and Kampuchea and a goalless draw with Myanmar. Meanwhile, the Philippines ranks the second in the other group with two victories over Singapore and Timo Leste and two draws with Indonesia and the current AFFcup champion Thailand.

The photograph courtesy of Soha Online

Epson International Pano Award

This is a piece of art by amateur professional Chin Leong Teo, Singaporean, describing two Vietnamese girls clad in ao dai (white long dress), traditional costume, carrying baskets on their shoulders. It is also one of more than 5,000 entries of the Epson International Pano Award contest, which has drawn the attention of 1,251 professionals and enthusiasts around the world. This prestigious competition is dedicated to the craft and art that showcase the panorama beauty.

Founded by Australian landscape photographer David Evans with the support of Epson Australia, the competition has developed thanks to photographic professionals and enthusiastic sponsors. In other words, it has grown on the love and passion of the art. It gives an opportunity to showcase winning pieces of art or top score entries. 

2018 award pool worth over $50,000 includes $20,000 cash.

The photograph courtesy of Tuoi Tre Online

Storm Usagi hit the mainland in Vietnam

In the early afternoon of November 25, 2018, storm Usagi weakened into the tropical depression, then into a low-temperature zone and approached the south-central and southern Vietnam, with unleashing winds at 60 to 90km per hour and gust at up to 130km an hour.

Usagi, which is considered as the ninth storm to hit Vietnam this year, has made its circulation, combined with an enhanced cold front. According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorology Forecasting, it was anticipated to bring heavy downpours to provinces in south-central and southern Vietnam from November 25- 27.

Storm Usagi has hit Ho Chi Minh City with showers in this city. The local administration has encouraged residents to stay indoors. Ba Ria - Vung Tau Province was battered by torrential rains and strong gusts that is flooding many streets and breaking lots of trees, paralyzing the traffic system of the city. Nha Trang, Cam Ranh, and Khanh Hoa Provinces have also suffered from the same situation.

The photograph courtesy of VN Express Online

Lingerie fitting "angel" Lee Haneul

Lee Haneul recently visited Hoi An Ancient Town in Vietnam that had attracted the local media attention. Haneul along with her group took advantage of a stay at this town, exploring its beauty of the architectural building that combines features of China, Japan, and Vietnam, its authentic cuisine as well as posing for photographs to post on her social media.

Haneul is well-noted as a lingerie fitting model after grabbing the international and national attention due to the lingerie commercial. With her innocent face and graceful body that is fit to woman's underwear, nightwear apparel, and bikini, she becomes more popular in this industry. In fact, her shoot after shoot has gone viral on her Website that has hooked more fans than ever.

The photograph courtesy of VN Express Online

Savour Vietnam

This photograph is one of thousand entries for the competition "Savour Vie3tnam", which is organised by Tuoi Tre Newspaper and Saigon Tourist, Ho Chi Minh-based tourist company. This contest launched in 2017 and has lasted till 2018 that has drawn the attention of thousands of professionals and enthusiasts inbound and outbound. The total value of these awards USD 30,100.

This event inspires authors to promote to international visitors cultural identities, landscapes, and people, including more than 8,100 photos, nearly 900 articles, and at least 180 video clips that laud the culture, history, cuisine, and traditional heritage.

The photo collection of Ban Gioc Waterfall by Le Duc Thanh won the first prize, the second prize was the piece of art "Cat Ba from atop" by Le Ngoc Binh, and the third prize was "Northwestern Region in May" by Nguyen Anh Tuan.

Photograph courtesy of Tuoi Tre Online

A tour to a countryside in VIetnam

The Vietnamese in the countryside live on farming, a characteristic of an agrarian society. If you make a tour of the countryside, you would see uninterrupted green paddy fields, hear cries of farmers to call their neighbours to go to work. The iconic image of a Vietnamese farmer is a man with a conic hat following a water buffalo on rice fields. All contribute to a living picture of a rural area.

For those getting tired of hustling and bustling as in a big city, wanting to avoid skyscrapers, crowded restaurants, and air pollution, the countryside is one of their best choices. They would enjoy a life to the fullest and be surrounded by hospitable people who always give a hand to others.

Different areas have their identities in the style of life and human characteristics. For those living in the lowlands, their livelihood is to grow rice, raise livestock, and make traditional crafts. Thanks to favorable weather condition, they often have good harvest crops that help them earn much more. Thus, their lives is easy, in other words, they don't need to work hard. For those living in Central Vietnam, they suffer from a lot of natural disasters annually that makes their lives harsher. This may be a good thing that makes them diligent, hard-working. Their lives are full of difficulties in livelihood. 

The photograph courtesy of Thanh Nien Online

Sarah Tran

Sarah Tran is Vietnamese Australian has earned millions of dollars thanks to ads on Instagram. On this handle, she shares the know-how of make-up that hooks thousands of people. In addition to posts about beauty, Sarah uploads photos about travel she has made in different countries in Europe and Asia.

Recently, she and her boyfriend travelled to Vietnam, particularly in Hoi An Town, where she shared her feelings about her meeting and talking to peddlers who have lived from the old town being stricken by poverty (luckily, not destroyed by the war) to the town developed by tourism. This trip may be considered a root-finding one as her mother is Vietnamese. She also visited Tra Vinh Province in Southern Vietnam where she sailed on small channels meandering along two sides of coconut trees which brings a cool shade.  

In a post on Instagram, she wrote her feeling about Hoi An Ancient Town in terms of scenery and gastronomy. A moment of sipping Vietnamese coffee (called iced coffee in Vietnam), she felt she was dying or living her life to the fullest. This city is the most picture perfect place that she encourages everyone to come early if they want to avoid the crowd.  

The photograph courtesy of Tuoi Tre Online

Gia Rai Province

Gia Rai is one of the provinces in Middle Vietnam which is home to Jarai People. They live in slash-and-burn cultivation, that is, they cut off trees for land to grow. In their community, the village chiefs and the oldest take roles of running their community. They make a decision in any issues arisen in their village.

There is a community house called Rong where all traditional activities are organized to retain the long-standing rituals that they want to transmit to their following generations. In the matriarchy system, a girl decides to get married to a man she falls in love with. The man follows his wife to live with his wife's family and has no rights to inheritance. The wife is the main bread maker in a family.

In their custom, if the husband dies, his wife has a right to get the brother-in-law and vice versus. All dead relatives are buried in the same place. They think died people turn into the ghost. Thus, there is a grave-leaving ceremony in which they sing and dance to invite the dead to move to a new house.

The photograph courtesy of VN Express Online

Bao Loc Town

Da Lat City is known by over the world due to the mild climate and beauty of nature. Not far from this city, Bao Loc Town has also attracted tourists with its own charm. Recently, more people have come to Bao Loc Town as it hosts cool climate, endless green tea plantations, and romantic waterfalls.

Tourism has developed in this town that leads the rapid growth of homestay. Many farmers have built homestays around lakes or tree houses that hook the interest of young couples or families wanting to live near nature.

An activity that may draw the attention of tourists is to ride a bicycle around green tea fields or along waterfalls on the off-beaten track.

The photograph courtesy of Tuoi Tre Online

Rice Field

This is one of the selection of 107 pieces of art in the photography contest that was organised in 2018 by the Magazine Vietnam Heritage. The exhibition took place from November 2nd to 11in Hanoi. 

These photos describe the beauty of nature and rural life in far remote regions in Vietnam, which promote tourism. 

The image above depicts the scene of working in a rice field in the morning of the ethnic minority people who live on farming. Since the development of tourism in their area, some of their children who can speak English work as tourist guides that bring to them a considerable livelihood.    

The photograph courtesy of Tuoi Tre Online

Prenn Waterfall

Prenn Waterfall is one of the must-visit lists in a tour to Dalat City that sits at the gateway of this city. Once there was an upstream village that bears the name of Prenn. It is why this fall takes after Prenn. From a height of 9 meters, water falls down into a stream, creating a white curtain of a fairy. In 1960, there was a small-scaled zoo that included elephants, bears, pythons, monkeys, tigers, bears, deer, and etc...

The area of Prenn Waterfall used to cover pine forest and primitive trees that account for 90% of this region. Since the development of tourism, the local people have deployed it by building cable car service, suspension bridge, stilt houses and lots of means of entertainment. It is why Prenn Waterfall has now lost its beauty of nature.

However, the positive point is to bring many kinds of activities such as riding ostriches or elephants who take you through creeks, lakes or forests. For those who want to discover the history, it is an opportunity to explore a complex of temples whose kings used to rule Vietnam. 

The photograph courtesy of VN Express Online

Cathedral in Kon Tum City

The cathedral in Kon Tum City is one of the long-standing religious constructions in Middle Vietnam that is combined Roman architecture style with identified local construction, the stilt house. The church includes four rows of pillars: two rows in the room and two near walls. All are made of precious wood like rosewood and ironwood.

The interior decoration is skillfully created by local talented artists, combining the European style that has spellbound inland and outbound tourists. In an overall view, the church generates an impression of a giant cross.

The establishment of this church started from the evangelization of missionaries in this region. The first thing they did was to build this church with trees and leaves. The preaching from scratch was full difficulties as they could speak in the local language. However, with perseverance and patience, they overcame problems to introduce Christianity to local tribes who are now very pious believers.   

The photograph courtesy of VN Express Online

Fishing in the sunrise

Vietnam is gifted with numerous mountains, diversity of waterways that provide a livelihood for locals and fishing pleasure to locals and tourists. Another kind of a job that helps locals earn some more money is to pose for fishing photographing. The photo above is one of the illustrations for this kind of business.

The photograph courtesy of Thanh Nien Online

Fishing on the sunset

This photo is one of the collections of young photographers who catch scenes in their pleasure time. They spend tons of time perfecting their artwork. Unfortunately, some take photos of what they create for a purpose of exhibition or sales, they don't judge pieces, leading to their artwork is overlooked that makes an unsuccessful pitfall in their career. In other words, a perfect shooting would bring a chance of getting into the attraction of the audience or increasing the opportunity of selling it.

Firstly, although how perfect of your camera you've had, you should pay attention to some tricks like uneven lighting, incorrect colours, and undesired shadow.

Secondly, people often take photos leaned up against walls and shoot from downward corners. You should find the neutral coloured wall (that is white, grey, and black that will do a good job) and hang your artwork at the height where the very centre of it is parallel to the position of your camera. 

The photograph courtesy of Tuoi Tre Online

Pollution in Hoi An Ancient Town

Hoi An Ancient Town reflects a blend of cultural melting-pot where you discover the construction style of China, Japan and Europe. Dating back from 15th to 19th century, Hoi An used to be a small scale trading port, a connection with Southeast Asia, East Asia and the rest of the world. Thanks to the fusion of many cultures, Hoi An still retains its original universal values that have attracted the attention of local and international tourists.

A problem that has arisen at present is pollution that is reviewed in some tourist sites such as well-known TripAdvisor, for instance, a reviewer commented that according to some locals, the quality of water is still very bad due to the waste sewage of nearby plants. They warned tourists from swimming

According to Numbeo, the world's largest database of user contributed data about cities worldwide, the air pollution reaches the index of 82.25, dissatisfaction with garbage and disposal 93.75, and drinking water pollution and inaccessibility 81.25.

The photograph about features a long-standing pagoda in Hoi An where newly-married couples who take photos as their souvenirs can't standing the stink rising from the polluted channel.     

The photograph courtesy of VN Express Online

Experiences in Ha Giang Province

Ha Giang, one of the northernmost provinces of Vietnam, is gifted with magnificent mountains and endless rice paddle terrace fields. You can travel in Ha Giang all year around, however, the best time to go is the blooming seasons when you are surrounded with many colours of flowers such as purple colour of buckwheat flowers, pink colour of cherry blossom, and white colour of plum and pearl flowers. It is also known for trekking on passes and slopes where you stop on top of them to contemplate the natural beauty that seems to be a reward for you.

Another interesting thing you would enjoy is to stay at villagers' houses for the rest during a journey. You would be received with the hospitality and friendship of the minor ethnic people. In addition, Ha Giang features primitive caves as many places here have not been developed in terms of tourism. Thus, the discovery would bring unexpected things and adventures to tourists.   

The photograph courtesy of VN Express Online

Yen Trung Lake

Yen Trung, a deep and romantic lake and a weekend gateway for locals, is known as a Da Lat miniature in Quang Ninh Province. The lake is surrounded by pine trees hanging out under the wind that cover roads leading to the lake. They are supposed to be a professional guide for visitors coming here. The climate in Yen Trung Lake is as mild as the one in Da Lat. The turquoise water in the lake is clear and as flat as a mirror.

Fortunately, Yen Trung has not been exploited to develop tourism in this province. Thus, it still retains its natural beauty and green environment that attract local and international tourists.    

The photograph courtesy of Thanh Nien Online

Pu Luong Naturar Reserve

Pu Luong Natural Retreat which sits about 160km southwest Hanoi is considered as a weekend getaway for locals. Pu Luong features verdant rice terrace fields where farmers toil and moil from early in the morning till sunset, pristine forest and lush green valleys. It is also an ideal place of biodiversity. Pu Luong means a high peak in a valley in Thai language.

Pu Luong is one of the off-the-beaten-path places in Hanoi where you enjoy trekking and multi-day hikes among rice paddy fields and forests. Pu Luong is home to the ethnic minority people who live on stilt houses and are very hostile and willing to invite travellers into their houses for a cup of tea. 
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 The photograph courtesy of VN Express Online

Notre Dame Cathedrale

Saigon Notre Dame Cathedrale, which was established in the 1880's by the French, is considered as a stronghold of Catholicism in a Buddhist country like Vietnam. The church took the name after the Virgin Mary statue that was built in front of the church. The Virgin Mary statue was told to shed tears in 2005 that created a scandal that hooked the attention of thousands of Catholic worshippers from every corner of the country to come to witness or to pray for the good. However, the Catholic community refuted this incident. 

Saigon Notre Dame Cathedrale was constructed with red bricks that were imported from Marseille. On the top of the church, it exists six bronze bells that still ring to tell the time to people. A small piece of a garden sits in front of the church where the Virgin Mary Statue stands. 

The church serves religious masses not only for locals but also for expats. Now it is under restoration by the Catholic community.    

The photograph courtesy of VN Express Online

Then-and-now Vietnam

The photo above describes the before-and-after Vietnamese girl. The Vietnamese girl is known for a long dress and a conic hat shown in the lefthand side of the photo that has attracted the attention of international tourists to visit Vietnam. However, most of them have mistaken for it. It would say that the image of a Vietnamese girl clad in a long dress mostly appears on calendars and papers only. 

The righthand side photo is a current image of a Vietnam girl. Due to the western influence and following the existing trend, the Vietnamese have lost their unique traditional clothing that had spellbound millions of people as their long dress embodies their gracefulness of the silhouette. 

The photograph courtesy of VN Express Online

Vinfast Vehicle

Vinfast has created a breakthrough

 in Vietnam’s automobile industry

Vinfast conglomerate came in the Paris Motor Show to show off its brand new sedan and SUV. The first is named the Lux A2.0 and the latter Lux SA2.0, which have drawn the car fans as they contain letters and numbers instead of a name like Cadilac.

The ambitious fledging automaker has plucked Australian senior engineers who ever helped Fords, Holdens, and Toyota and now help kickoff the newcomer Vinfast. Those engineers are highly regarded in this industry.

Australia is known for the cutting edge car industry that has produced many talented engineers and designers. Many of them have relocated due to the redundancy and uncertainty about the future of this field in this country.

Vinfast Vice President Roy Flecknell revealed at the show that the flexibility and broad knowledge are vital to Vinfast’s first-two-year development.

In addition to the Vinfast car show, the media attention presence of football star David Beckham has created a surprise and has hooked the interest of car enthusiasts. It is an impressive highlight of a high profile marketing campaign for their premium vehicle. David Beckham is known for driving all manners of luxury rides from Range Rover, Porches, Bentleys and Rolls-Royces, saying that it’s incredible to produce vehicles such as Lux A2.0 and Lux SA2.0 in short a space of time.

Vinfast has not only made a miracle for Vietnam but also has spell-bound the world in terms of the automobile industry. 

Hue City

Hue used to be a formal imperial capital sitting in Central Vietnam. It is located along the bank of the Perfume River, one of the landmarks of Vietnam. Tourists would find the footprint of one-time political, cultural, and religious centre through ancient constructions and monuments that have been changed or worn less or much with time. However, with its historic values, Hue is recognised as one of the world heritage sites by UNESCO.

If you are a history buff or a person who wants to discover the exotic culture, Hue definitely stays in your top list of a tour in Central Vietnam because it is an opportunity to learn about the vanished Vietnamese feudal empire, the complex of monuments, shrines, tombs, and pagodas that have spellbound thousands of tourists.

A top list of a tour may be Hue Citadel which scatters along the Perfume River, occupies a large and bound area that protects a royal imperial and comprises royal palace, shrines, and an inner city. It takes a day to discover this mysterious complex.

What to do in Hue is a question in your mind when arriving in Hue. In addition to visits to tombs, pagodas, you will find moments of relaxation lying on a white silky sand beach, twinkling in sunshine with blue ocean.

A coffee shop above is a place for a tourist to take a rest in a middle of a trip. It is designed under a rustic construction that creates a rural environment.

Da Lat City is known as a city of flowers, a place for honeymooners. It attracts the interest of tourists thanks to beautiful waterfalls, lakes that sit in lush, green valleys. Da Lat City used to be under the management of French Administration, thus, it retains French construction villas. Da Lat City is also noted for a city of thousands of pine trees. It is gifted with the mild climate quite different from most of the other regions in Vietnam, a temperature country. With such of these advantages, Da Lat City is always overwhelmed with tourists on holidays like Christmas, New Year, and Lune New Year. As a result, many homestays have mushroomed recent years that helps travellers with much more choices in terms of accommodation.

In addition to the beauty of nature, Da Lat is home to coffee, tea and rubber plantations that extend to the horizon. Those who love Da Lat City name it a city of love, a city of poetry, and a green city. These names prove that Da Lat City is a must in an itinerary of your tour in Vietnam.

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Sapa is a must in your itinerary

Sapa today changes completely into a tourist centre in northwest Vietnam, quite different from a hill station it used to be in 1922. When coming to Sapa, you discover spectacular cascading rice terraces, surrounded by hills and mounts that tour all of their sides. Standing on a hill and looking down, you are thrilled with views subdued by thick clouds rolling across the peaks and hill tribe people who fill their town with their colourful clothing.

Sapa is quite changed as the tourism has developed to meet the requirement of tourists. However, thanks to building height restriction, Sapa still retains its skyline thrusting upwards. Once launching yourself in Sapa, don't miss its love market, a single's night imaginable.

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A UN model of sustainable construction in Vietnam

The Green One United Nations House (GOUNH) in Hanoi, which was inaugurated in 2015 with the presence of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, indicates the Growth of Viet Nam and UN cooperation in terms of sustainable development. The GOUNH staff has been encouraged to work in a way of green behaviors by reducing printing, replacing plastic products and using means of public transport. As a result, GOUNH achieved a third of their energy reduction target by boosting solar water heating and smart environment control. The appropriate fixture also generates a 42% reduction of water use. In addition, the building uses solar panels to collect power energy.

After three years putting into operation, the GOUNH has been acclaimed by international community with a lot of awards. This is a sustainable model in which innovative models and sustainable management practice represent foundations to meet sustainable development goals. GOUNH is considered as a typical, successful building of the cooperation between Vietnam and UN. 

Hoi An Ancient Town

Hoi An is known for its ancient construction style. When the night is falling, all-kind lanterns are lightening the town. You come here not only to discover long-standing houses but also enjoy authentical foods of middle Vietnam.

The photo above illustrates a typical restaurant in Hoi An Town with ancient furniture which seems to be made for some decades ago.

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A Horse-Drawn Carriage

Before 1965, a horse-drawn carriage was commonly used in Vietnam's big cities. It was a public transportation then. A carriage is pulled by a horse and a rider sits in its front part. A carriage maximally contains 4 pax. 

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Da Lat City

Dalat City in the early morning is a time to capture romantic, beautiful photos. It is not only a tourist attraction for local and international travellers but a place for photographic enthusiasts to satisfy their hobby.

To experience these sceneries, an advice for tourists is to rent a motorcycle to drive around the city and its suburban.

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Long-Standing Church in Kontum

An over-100-year church in Kontum, middle Vietnam was built from 1913 to 1918, a mix of Roman style construction and stilt house of Bana. Bana is the ethnic minority people in this region. The church was made of wood. It is not only a religious place for Christian but also a tourist attraction.   

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Cajuput Forest Tra Su

Cajuput Forest Tra Su offers you tours on creeks meandering between two sides of cajuput which provide more cooling shades, particularly on sunny days. You could also discover customs of ethnic minority people Khmer and Cham, their mosques in this region.

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The Park near Prenn Waterfall

Da Lat is known as a tourist attraction and noted for hills, valleys that draw the attention of thousands of loving couples or those who want to enjoy honey-moon voyages. The photo above depicts a small park near Prenn waterfall where students organize open-air activities in summer.

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Coffee shop in Hoi An Ancient Town

A coffee shop is found the off beaten path in Hoi An Town. A small alley leads to this shop whose owner decorate it with the yellow, colourful lanterns to create a cosy atmosphere.   

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