My homeland Ben Tre

"My homeland Ben Tre" is one of the winning photo collection paints the panorama socio-cultural life, economic strength of Ben Tre Province, especially products from trees and coconuts, the main speciality of Ben Tre Province. The photos show the beauty of the traditional professions, festival activities as well as daily life in this land. Also, the fact is that Ben Tre people are gentle and hospitable.

Coming to this land, you may participate in a coconut festival, a cultural event honouring coconut trees, products made from this tree, and workers in coconut-related industries.

Today's Hoi An

Plentiful visitors to Hoi An Ancient Town makes it a bustling place of business, gradually losing original features of its tourist attraction. The change in owners of old houses rapidly makes Hoi An disappear the native "breath".

On the evening of 12 December 2019, Hoi An was again named by the world as the Asian Cultural Destination at the 2019 World Tourism Award Ceremony. This is the 4th title this city received. Honoured with the 'rain' title, many managers in Hoi An city have had a concern about the fragile reputation.

According to a survey, out of more than 600 ancient houses, 155 are currently used for business. To serve the business, house owners have made a profit of the most area, narrowing down a living space to make more displace of goods. Also, 115 among 470 old houses have been changed owners, even some old houses transfer from 2 to 5 owners. Business people who bought houses have a general trend, taking space for goods display. As a result, many places of worship and spaces for daily life have regularly changed or removed. 

This leads to intangible cultural values associated with monuments such as beliefs, lifestyles, cultural activities to be sunk in silence.

If you liked to check in 'miniature' Sapa

The highland district of Binh Lieu, Quang Ninh Province, is considered as a 'miniature' Sapa, where you take favourites photos. It has mountains that meander like the backbone of a dinosaur.

You may not know about a very different Quang Ninh Province that tourists rarely visit. That is the highland district of Binh Lieu border. The weather and climate in Binh Lieu is the reason for people to call it Sapa. Summer temperatures here are usually 4 - 6 degrees lower than other places, and the snow falls in winter.

As a tourist, you should know Binh Lieu is always in beautiful seasons, but late autumn and early winter are still the most beautiful occasion. When zooming around, you will the small villages on the edge of a forest faintly shrouded in mist, looming the Dao and Thai girls fluttering in the brilliant ethnic traditional dress; or golden terraced fields, fragrant with glutinous rice. Any visitors will not forget taking beautiful photos of the northwestern mountainous region.

Coffee shop in Saigon

A coffee shop with green leafy walls, two indoor and outdoor areas and the space of a bar brings relaxing feelings. It is a favourite place of Ho Chi Minh City dwellers because of the feeling of relaxation from the greenery on the wall. The first impression is the large porch with leafy walls just outside the shop.

The green wall behind the shop is installed with automatic sprinklers and misting systems, making the air here cool, even without air conditioning. Its interior style combines modern and classic features. The menu includes coffees, smoothies, juices, alcohol drink and cakes.

What tourist activities are on the Dam River!

The submerged area near Tam Ky possesses a pristine landscape dotted local dinghies. Reed area, River Da area of Tam Thang commune has a natural area of about 18 hectares, with the beauty of many trees such as reeds, sedge, lotus and water-lily.

Dam River flows smoothly between the reeds and rushes. According to historical documents, Dam Rive and reed area relic with Ky Anh Tunnel is a revolution base area of eastern Tam Ky area during years of revolution. Reeds are mostly overgrown with the water of 1.6 meters deep, so during a war, only terrain-savvy people could use anti-pole boats to go along small ways, leading reed areas.

On rainy days on Dam River, the local people catch snails from 1:30 am to 6 am in the morning, in addition to their additional income from fishing, raising ducks and growing lotus.

What do you know about Dam River in terms of tourism? Recently, fishermen of the wharf of Dam River have joined a 12-member rowing cooperative group to serve you participating in fishing activities, removing fishing nets on the river and visiting fishing villages in this area.

Miss Supranational Anntonia Porsild

 

Anntonia Porsild, a 22-year-old Thai model, surpassed 76 contestants to win the crown in the Miss Supranational final, in the morning of December 7.

Anntonia is the first beautiful Thai to be crowned Miss Supranational. She cried when hearing the result the host announced and received congratulatory hugs of Namibian contestant, who won the 1st runner-up. Anntonia received a crown from her predecessor Valeria Vazquez and a reward of $35,000.

The newly-crowned Miss Supranational has two Thai and Danish bloodlines, 1.73 meters, currently a fashion model. She used to be the top ten in the contest of Thailand's Face version. She has experienced a year of her hometown's success in international beauty contests - winning Miss International and ranking the 3rd in the competition of Miss Grand International.  

In the Q&A of the top 5, the Thai beauty answered intelligently and fluently a question about her big challenges in life. She thinks that people are not treating together well enough. She says "We do not spend time enough understanding other people's personalities and judging their appearance. If we form an opinion about a person in various aspects, the world becomes great and people will be much happier.  

Hoa Binh Lake

Hoa Binh reservoir was constructed after the building of a hydro-electric embarkment dam to prevent Song Da River to build the tank. This is one of the largest artificial pools in Vietnam, with a length of 230 km, extending from Hoa Binh Province to Son La Province.

The blue lake is surrounded by high mountains, vibrant and diverse vegetation with many large and small islands such as Ha Long on land. Hoa Binh has drawn the interest of visitors thanks to its unexploited nature and greenery. Along the lake accommodate many Muong, Tay, Thai and Dao ethnic minority people, who live on farming and growing.

Especially when you come here, you can not only enjoy the majestic and poetic beauty of nature but also experience the community-based tourism models. You can't find any hotel or resort here but enjoy a few days at stay homes of these groups. Your visit would contribute to the livelihood of these people. Also, it provides opportunities for you to learn more about traditional stilt houses with cultural practice rich in national identity and the lifestyle in this region.

Thuan Viet traditional fashion collection

Designer Thuan Viet has just launched the first-ever collection of rural fashion named 'Chiec ao Ba b
Ba" (long sleeve, buttoned-down dress). Miss Universe of Vietnam H'hen Nie participated in posing for this album.

The collection is inspired by the rustic lady's shirt, close to the Vietnamese countryside. What makes the collection stand out with this simple name is the mix of hot colours and vivid hand-drawn motifs, describing a daily life of a farmer.

The combination of velvet material makes Ba Ba shirts catch up with modern fashion. Besides, the theme Mai-Lan-Cuc-Truc embroidery and elaborate attachment are also used to refresh the image of a familiar Ba Ba shirt.

Thuan Viet fashion collection was an opening performance of Asian Kids Fashion Week 2000 that was taking place on November 21 and 22 with the participation of Miss Universe of Vietnam H'hen Nie.

This is the 3rd edition of Asian Kids Fashion Week in Ho Chi Minh City. This year, this fashion event attracts 20 collections of different designers coming from 12 countries in Asia such as Japan, Korea, China, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Myanmar and Vietnam.

The 30th Seagames in the Philippines

Miss Earth 2017 Karen Ibasco accompanied Myanmar's sports delegation

The 30 November 2019 is the opening ceremony of the 30th Seagames in the Philippines. 11 beauty queens are highlights at this event when walking with the parade of sports teams of the Southeast Asian Countries. 

This is a great effort of the Philippines to organize sports competitions among countries. The host country has built the over-$250-million New Clark City Complex for 18 months. The quality of this work completely meets the most stringent requirements, including athletic stadiums, water sports centres and athletes' villages. 

However, the 30th Seagames has faced a traffic problem. The traffic congestion is not only an obsession of the people of the host country but also sports teams of the countries. Many teams are late for their rehearsals before official competitions.

H'hen Nie clad in bà ba suit

H'hen Nie is wearing a bà ba suit ( a long sleeve, buttoned-down silk shirt), which is a fashion icon of the women in southern Vietnam. The first image of Miss Universe Vietnam clad with a country-side traditional suit surprises many people and receives a lot of appraisals of her fans.

On her personal page, she uploaded her new series of photos which is quite different from previous ones that show her fashion style at showbiz events

The photo is a hit on social media to attract the attention of viewers. Many commented the suit highlights the gracefulness and slenderness of a girl. The "long legs" appears in three rural traditional dresses with her long feminine hair.

This is one of the new designs of Thuan Viet. Nie wrote on her Facebook to thank him for bringing peaceful and simple features to the countryside fashion style. She loves these clothes because they represent the rural characteristics and simplicity of Ba Ba shirt.

These images promote Vietnamese girl's tradition suit that may sinks in silent for years.

Is it Vietnamese or Chinese traditional dress?

China's fashion brand Harbin Fashion Week released a collection of Chinese traditional dress, named 'a new innovation' in 2018, that looks like Vietnamese ao dai. Its founder Zhang Zhifeng declared his point-of-view that his collection emphasized the beauty and dignity of traditional Chinese clothing.

Accordingly, in the Spring-Summer Fashion Week 2019 in Bejing, opening on October 25, 2019, Ne Tiger has launched many fashion collections that include ao dai which has irritated the Vietnamese. It shows the reproduction of Vietnamese traditional long dress, but the firm was proud of its "creativity" of designers.

Recently, many comments on the online forum accusing the move of Ne Tiger with Vietnamese dress and national costumes, which is like a second cow's tongue plot in the field of culture and fashion.

Y Ty is home to Sapa

Have you heard of Y Ty, sitting 360 km (224 miles) north of Hanoi, Vietnam. After collecting golden rice crops, the highland community of Y Ty is the best-known tourist attraction because is covered with a sea of white clouds, a place for cloud hunting.

Choen Then is a 300-year-founded village and home to around 50 ethnic minority families who live on farming. You can't see any hotel or resort, but spend some days at some homestays where you learn more about the culture and tradition of this region.  

On these cold days, clouds swoop down over empty fields, valleys, and villages. It brings to you a feeling that you seem to walk in white clouds, enjoying magnificient scenes of mountains. 

Buu Minh Pagoda

Buu Minh Pagoda sits in the north of Pleiku. The above photo depicts the pagoda standing next to coffee plants in bloom. The plants flower two or three times in December and March, which lasts around ten days.

This is one of the photo albums by Phan Nguyen, which showcases the magnificent and scenic landscape of Gia Lai Province. Gia Lai is known for coffee, pepper, rubber and mighty waterfalls.

Nghe An Province

Nghe An Province sits in the East-West Economic Corridor in the connection with Myanma, Thailand, Lao and Vietnam. Nghe An is one of the tourist attractions. In Nghe An would visit you many resorts, Pu Mat National Park, and UNESCO-recognized Western Nghe An Biosphere reserve with primitive rain forest. 

Bay Mau Coconut Forest

A small boat accommodates two passengers only to go along ever-green coconut forest which is named Bay Mau Coconut Forest. This is a popular tourist attraction, only two miles away from Hoi An Ancient Town. Coconut is a typical tree in Mekong Delta regions, where many local people live on the kind of tree, for instance, they produce coconut candies, a speciality of Ben Tre Province. Thus, Bay Mau Coconut Forest is a version of the Mekong Delta region in Middle Vietnam. Rarely know visitors about this tour. This is a must-visit destination in your upcoming plan once coming to Vietnam.

Long Coc Tea Hills

Long Coc tea hills sit in the northern province of Phu Tho. The best time to take its snap falls by the sunrise when mist gently rolls in the air and shrouds hills. Local people live on tea farming, a main source of income.

Collection of Ao Dai (long dress) by Chung Vo

A collection of ao dai by designer Chung Vo, which has just launched in a fashion market, has attracted a significant number of enthusiasts. The collection is named "She of designer Chung Vo" and most well-known fashion models: 2017 Vietnam Universe Queen H'hen Nie, Supermodel Hoang Yen, 2018 Earth Queen Phuong Khanh, Model Minh Tu, 2015 Universe Queen Le Hang ...

My A is the main fabric of this dress. Chung wants to introduce Vietnam's traditional material to the market. It was used to be popular in the '70s.

Ta Pa Rice Field

A photo depicts a rice field after crop harvest. Ta Pa Hill sits in An Giang Province, southern Vietnam. The locals live on growing paddles, their lives much depend upon the climate, particularly raining. The population includes the Khmer People who have hospitality. When you visit this region, you will meet smiling children, friendly adults who enthusiastically help you in your tour.

Life here is pure, natural and keeps away from the hustle and bustle of a city. This is the reason why the influx of visitors comes in An Giang in greeting seasons. 

Sapa on sunrise

A rice terrace field nests in the middle of a range of mountains in Sapa that draw the attention of photographic enthusiasts. Sapa is a small town in Lao Cai Province close to China border, a tourist attraction where visitors come on year-end days to enjoy snow which covers this region. Also, Sapa is home to many tribal communities which provide opportunities for travellers to learn more about the culture and lifestyle of ethnic minority people.

The above photo depicts a boy who is leading to a buffalo to a field, followed by his parents. They are harvesting a rice crop. Far behind them is their cottage house.

Ao Dai Collection Lien Huong

Ao Dai designer Lien Huong has just released a collection of ao dai, presenting ancient constructions of Ho Chi Minh City, named as Saigon oi. Known as a fashion designer specialised in painting flowers on ao dai for 25 years old, Lien Huong has made a breakthrough in their trend by introducing a new style of design.

On the background of an ao dai, Lien Huong creates the remembrance of long-standing buildings such as Notre Dame Cathedral, Post Office, Rex Hotel, Ben Thanh Market, People's Committee Ho Chi Minh City...

Lien Huong revealed that she did not only show her feelings towards the city but also her pride over being its citizen. 

Vinh Trang Pagoda

At the heart of Vietnam's Mekong Delta sits a gorgeous, immense pagoda which is a must for Buddhist worshippers in a tour of pilgrimage every year.  One of the traits the pagoda has attracted the attention of worshippers is the exquisite temple and large garden, surrounding this sacred place. 

Giant Buddhist status towers over an ornate garden in the magnificent sanctuary, decorated with carved and gilded wood. The pagoda is home for abandoned children and donations from local and international helpers. 

H'hen Nie showed up in the wedding of Miss Universe Thailand

H'hen Nie was a bridesmaid for the wedding of Ning Sophida, Miss Universe Thailand. Nie used to join Miss Universe 2018 along with Sophida, Miss Universe South Africa Tamaryn Green, Miss Universe China, Miss Universe Indonesia Sonia Fergina Citra. This information was posted on Nie's Facebook that has drawn the attention of Nie's fans. On the post, Nie clad in blue sexual dress has spellbound thousands of her fans.

Nie said in her post that she was proud of participating in this important event of her Thai friend. On this opportunity, she offered Sophida a Vietnamese long dress that honours identities of a slender, attractive silhouette of the Vietnamese girl. 

Buddhist Le Vu Lan Festival

Quan Su Pagoda is one of the top 3 pagodas in Hanoi where many Buddha worshippers go to pray on Le Vu Lan Festival. The festival falls in the 15th of the 7th month of the lunar calendar. It is an opportunity for people to pray for their parents and great, great grand-parents, both living or passed away.

Upon arrival, worshippers wear white followers for those whose parents have died and red flowers for those whose parents are still living. They pray the best for living ones and for the deceased's souls to be at peace. A prayer says when their parents are dead, they go to the west where the sun sets. Fruit-Laden tables are displayed for those who died and look for the way to the west; now, they are hungry.

Miss Universe Pia Wurtzbach visited Hoi An Ancient Town.

Miss Universe 2015 of the Philipines Pia Wurtzbach posted some photos about her visit to Hoi An Ancient Town that has drawn the attention from more than 9 million views. Wurtzbach spent a lot of time strolling downtown to admire River Hoai, sipping coffee at a lovely coffee shop, and enjoying authentic food at Faifo Restaurant.

Also, she wore  Vietnamese traditional long dress and a conic hat that are Vietnamese girl's identity. On her post said she to thank for warmly welcome of local people and Hotel Allegro. Hopefully, she will visit it in a not-too-long-distant future.  

An Giang Province

Looking from the top of Sam Mountain, An Giang Province, you see an immense rice field leading to Chau Doc City. This area attracts thousands of pilgrims due to sacred places, including temples and pagodas. The majority of Chinese here creates a strong influence. Also, you would explore Islamic, Indian and Khmer influences in visits to religious places. 

In addition, this site is a landmark that reveals historical crimes in which the Khmer Rouge made a cross-border raid into Vietnam and massacred thousands of innocent Vietnamese inhabitants. 

Homestay in Da Lat City looks like a wilder nest.

Da Lat City has emerged as a tourist destination in Vietnam. Many homestays look like a wilder nest and offer you a genuine local emersion. Known as a romantic city, Da Lat is a must-visit for the Vietnamese and foreigners to go for weekends. Tourist season booming typically falls on holidays. This is why many homestays have developed, and each of them owns a unique construction style that satisfies small-budget travellers and has turned them into loyal clients. 

Thai teacher in a weird appearance makes confidence in a class.

Thai English teacher in a unique appearance creates the curiosity of the public and boost confidence among his students. Teacher Theeraphong Meesat, 29 years old, has taught at the Prasartratprachakit High School in Ratchaburi Province.

With a grey wig like Lisa's one from the popular K-pop band and eyelash made from a feather duster, he struts into his class to start an English hour. Students used to dislike English as they made lots of mistakes in reading and writing and felt less confidence in writing.

After a time learning English with Theeraphong due to their curiosity, they now think that English is full of fun. They call him Bally and more of them feel eager to learn English as it is less boring. 

Music Is the Best Medicine.

The 108 Military Central Hospital in Hanoi turns to music in treating its patients that mostly include injured soldiers and war invalids. This is one of the most prestigious hospitals in Vietnam as its capacities that stand out span the entire medical spectrum.

In an effort to ease patients' mental lives, the hospital has put a piano in the lobby and called for good-willed and volunteer musicians to play traditional or patriotic songs. Though it's hard to bury all feelings attaching to missing one's family or military unity, musicians' melodies appease patients' longing.  

The photograph courtesy of Tuoi Tre Online

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The best times to visit Ha Giang Province

A kid on a bicycle on the way back home after a school is a familiar picture in a rural area in Ha Giang Province. Ha Giang Province offers you the best times to tour this region. Peach and plum seasons in January, February and March bring you an opportunity to explore the picturesque landscape in which you learn about the lifestyle of ethnic minority people.

The love market takes place in April when you find ancient lovers come to meet each other. They have fallen in love for a while. However, they couldn't end up with marriage due to the complications in their lives. True love inspires them to meet again after a separation. When the one-day market closes, everyone returns their home with their husbands, wives, and children with others' jealousy.

Ha Giang Province

Ha Giang is the most exquisite landscape in Vietnam's frontier and fantastic scenery of limestone pinnacles as well. It is enjoyable to explore this city before heading out in the wild. Homestays offer you friendly accommodation.

Trekking and hiking are ones of tourist activities to admire picturesque farmlands climbing up to rocky and edged cliffs. Also, it brings in an opportunity to learn about the lifestyle of the region's ethnic minority people. 

Hue Imperial Citadel

Vietnam ranks the sixth of Lonely Planet's top ten must-visit destinations in Asia-Pacific this year. One of Vietnam's can't-miss visits is Hue City. As the UK Travel Magazine advertises that bookended by Saigon's vibrant energy and the historic ambience of Hanoi, central Vietnam offers tourists a diverse region.

Hue's authentic cuisine showcases its variety of gastronomy and imperial legacy. The Imperial Citadel witnessed the ruling, glories and falling of the Nguyen Dynasty, the last king to rule the country. 

Homestay in Ha Giang Province

Homestay in Lo Lo Chai Town, Ha Giang Province offers you a window of opportunity to live with a local community and learn about their lifestyle, culture, and customs. Rural life has attracted a lot of visitors' interest. Due to the aid of finance coming from different sources, Lo Lo Chai has developed this kind of business to give you a chance to learn about the culture and tradition of this region. 

Dalat Homestay

Homestay in Da Lat City is a booming business which brings in much profit to locals. Competing with many hotels that sit in the centre of the city, homestays offer visitors unique identities such as locating in a suburb separate from the hustle and bustle of town, or nestling between hills and valleys where people live near nature.

Due to mild weather with 14,600 hectares of growing land, Da lat takes use of its advantage in agriculture to offer you tours to its farms. You will select fruits you want to give your loved ones as a souvenir or buy for yourself. Or you can admire various kinds of flowers in gardens to take selfies.   

Huong River

Huong River, or River of Perfume, sits in Middle Vietnam. It flows past many historic sites, including a citadel where you learn about the ancient architect. Hue City is proud of Huong River as it represents an identity of this province. A visit to this province is incomplete without taking a boat along this river.

It has many names such as Lo Dung, Linh, Dinh, Kim Tra, Huong. Huong has originated from the scent tourists feel on a journey along this river. Also, Huong River is an inspiration of poetry which has spellbound poets. It associates with the cultural life here, including ca Hue, skiff racing.

Hue Museum

Hue Museum has connected many social systems such as national and international associations, communities, universities to promote Hue historical identities. Through these social platforms, they have conveyed their messages, word of mouth, press release to make activities about this relic known all over the world.

Hue Museum has developed social media to advance diversity, encourage people of colour to join and contribute to the aspects of culture, art and museums. These people take advantage of digital and online tours, opportunities of sharing, talking, being training in terms of culture.

Tuyet Tinh Cave

Tuyen Tinh Cave sits in Ninh Binh Province in northern Vietnam. Vietnam is known for beaches and seas, and Buddhist pagodas but mountains account for one-third of Vietnam. Trekking in these regions attracts climbing enthusiasts to find windows of opportunity to overcome heights of mountains.

Da Lat in sunset

Da Lat City, under a view of a heartbroken girl, becomes gloomy and pessimistic. A fisherman, on the way back to his home village after a hard day fishing, feels burnout and expects to join his family's dinner along with children.

Those who come to Da Lat City once want to revisit it. Da Lat brings to tourists moments of relaxation, living near steep hills, valleys, and lakes. Nowadays, travellers find many homestays which have mushroomed across Da Lat. 

An Hien Garden House

An Hien Garden House is a wooden one, one of architectural heritage, that sits in an ancient land. An Hien is the first item when tourists visit Hue Province, Middle Vietnam. It converges the quintessence noble and traditional folk colour, An Hien is one of seven can't-miss gardens.

Its location is ideal, looking down the Perfume River and being near Thien Mu Pagoda. It brings in natural harmony, intact landscape and architectural features.   

Homestay in Vietnam

Homestay is a kind of business that has grown in many suburban Vietnam. It has drawn the interest from international and domestic tourists and has brought a source of income to local owners. Homestay provides travellers with experiences in living mountainous areas, surrounded by rivers, lakes. In other words, they stay near nature, are harmanised with rural life, have opportunities to meet farmers, and experiece growing in farms.

The rate of rooms is around US$ 7 to US$ 10 per day. A room includes a fan, a hammock, bamboo beds. A cook serves them with fast domestic food. Many like this kind of accommodation as they like to live far away from hustles and bustle of a modern city. 

Ta Xua Natural Reserve

Ta Xua, a mountain reserve in Son La Province, is an off the beaten path. It is untouched by tourist commerce, thus retains hallmarks of the natural beauty. The only way to explore this region is to take a motorbike on routes, running through mountains and reserves starting from Son La to Nghia Lo.

Also, Ta Xua is home to Thai ethnic minority who ranks the third most prominent ethnic group in Vietnam. Their population accounts for 2% of Vietnamese one. Their Identities include women's garments and houses on stilt, an effective design to help inhabitants from floods and dangerous animals. 

Tam Coc Cave

As the name says, Tam Coc means three caves, the most attractive destination, in Trang An Complex, northern Vietnam. It sits 90km away from Hanoi, capital of Vietnam has become one of UNESCO's heritage sites.

It is also a place for shooting famed films such as Kong: Skull Island or Indochine that brought many job opportunities to locals and has inspired lots of tourists who want to see magnificent scenes in the films.

Tam Coc features specular canals, karst rock formation, golden rice field stretching along endless canals as is seen as an unspoiled nature.

Playing Wheels

This is one of the most stunning Instagram photos. It depicts children tossing wheels on sand dunes at sunset after a working day, helping their parents in farming. A toy is simply a used wheel.

Vietnamese Farmers Join Hands To Protect The Environment

In cope with deforestation and illegal hunting, many farmers in Hau Giang Province have formed a group to protect Luu Ngoc Hoang Nature Reserve, hailed as "the lung of the Mekong Delta in southern Vietnam. This nature reserve was established in 2002 with a hope of maintaining a natural habitat for several species of animals native to Vietnam. It spans 2800 hectares and accommodates 300 different species of plants and animals.

Seeing the reserve as their second home, they organise regular patrols across the forest to prevent illegal intruders and lumberjacks. They burn beehives to take honey which is the main income of these farmers. An owner of 20 beehives earns up to USD 1,700, a significant profit for rural life in Vietnam.

Many families, in low living condition, seek ways to make money by cutting down trees or illegal fishing. This group of farmers come up with solutions to help families in need live on farming.  

Film "The Third Wife" ceased releasing at box offices

"The Third Wife" is a painterly drama that draws cinematographic enthusiasts into a cloistered world of an 18th-century family whose is a landowner. Through the running time, viewers would experience every moment of touch, be it tolerated, happy and feared. The film starts at a remote, lovely stretch of a river-run valley, 14-year-old May gets married to the old landowner as the youngest of his three mistresses. He desires another son as two other older wives fail to give birth. Later, May is pregnant that brings to her husband happiness and hope. In the meantime, she feels her true sexuality when living closely with Xuan, the second free-spirit wife who falls in love with her husband's son and engages in secret affairs with him.

The film illustrates injustice suffered by Vietnamese women in the feudal regime and old customs such as child marriage, gender prejudice, and polygamy. It won many prestigious awards, including Best Asian Film at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. The indie movie has commercially shown in 28 countries and territories before screening in Vietnam.

After a few days of release at many national cinemas raised a controversy. Under critics' point-of-view, suggestive scenes between a 13-year-old girl and an old man are wholly against the ethics of the Orient. The release of The Third Wife has received such public criticism that producer Ngoc Tran decided to cease screening in the local country. Since she does not want to create an impact on the young actress's personal life and family. According to Ngoc, the film does not deserve to be deliberately criticised. Instead, public criticism should turn on child sexual abuse in reality. Also, shooting these scenes were undergone with the witness of the actress's parents. At the moment, there are a lot of pros and cons of a ban on this film.

Vietnamese Model Criticized for a Scanty Gown at Cann

Vietnamese Model Ngoc Trinh's appearance in the Cann Film Festival has drawn the public attention, not for her beauty but her black revealing gown that leaves little to the imagination. A 29-year-old lady is brimmed with confidence to pose in front of many cameras at the screening of a German film "A Hidden Life". The U.K. tabloid Newspaper Daily Mail said the Vietnamese star was in an ensemble that was cut so high that made us wince.

Her appearance in "the most sensitive" suit has raised social media users' criticism in the home country. A high-rank officer said Ngoc Trinh is not representative to Vietnam to participate in a famed activity as she did not star any film that was previewed. Her attendance was quite her business. However, her clothes were inappropriate for Vietnamese customs. Some said this is her intention that shows an objectional behaviour and "scandal causing" attempt, one of the tricks celebrities want to draw the public attention to her.

Tra Que Vegetable Village

Sitting near the centre of Hoi An Ancient Town, a well-known resort city in central Vietnam, Vegetable Village Tra Que used to be seen as a top can't-miss destination in South East Asia, ranked by French daily morning Le Figaro in 2015. It nests in the Cam Ha Commune, northeast of Hoi An, UNESCO's world heritage site recognized in 1999.

This small village consists of nearly 220 households and more than half of them live on farming, occupying 40 hectares, to grow organic green produce to supply Hoi An Town and neighbouring provinces. The outstanding of their vegetable features natural colours, tastes, and flavour that have spellbound gastronomic enthusiasts. The know-how of this attraction is that farmers don't use manure or chemical fertilizers but a sort of algae existed in the ground around Tra Que Village. Thus, Tra Que's vegetable is highly appreciated due to its freshness, tastiness and safety. The last attribute is a great concern of people as Vietnam now has a growing rate of cancer.

The Sxth Festival of Ao Dai (Long Dress)

The Ao Dai Festival that began with an impressive variety of colourful fabric, designs by 26 local and international designers wowed thousands of city people and enthusiasts. This festival featured many celebrities, high-rank officers, and ambassadors of events, especially, H'hen Nie's presence who sealed the top five place at the Miss Universe contest.

The procession was planned in the morning with the participation of thousands of performers and audience as well. The final round would take place in the evening of the same day on pedestrian street Nguyen Hue,  Ho Chi Minh City.

Fishing on Hon Yen Islet

This is one of the stunning collection of photographs by Lesman Tran Bao Hoa. This piece depicts the scene of fishermen pulling out fishing nets to catch anchovies, considered as a Vietnamese condiment, fish sauce.

It is not until night falls, groups of fishermen catch out fishing nets to fish anchovies. The piece of work is full of toil and moil. It ends around 9 p.m., then they come back to their village.

Hearing a tip-off of a friend, a native of this islet that it is time for canary's migration, the author of this collection came to Phu Yen Province to snapshot these impressive moments of this migration and daily life on the beach.

The photograph courtesy of VN Express