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.