Monday, October 26, 2020

Rice Field

 

The photo by photographer Khanh Phan recorded a line of villagers carrying grass in their baskets back home for feeding. The tall grass looks like the waves. The field is home to snakes, frogs, fish and  a source of food for families. This is one of a collection of Aerial Photography Awards.

Fishing Boat

 

 
 
A photo by Photographer Duy Sinh depicts fishermen throwing fishing nets, accidentally forming a girl's face on the sea. This is one of a collection of winning aerial photos.  

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

3 Day Visit to Mu Cang Chai

 

What do you plan in a visit to Mu Cang Chai?

 
In addition to watching the rice terraces in ripe rice season, you bathe in hot mineral springs in Tram Tau, enjoy Tu Le nuggets, paraglide on Khau Pha Pass ...

Following is a 3-day visit to Mu Cang Chai:

Day 1: Hanoi - Tram Tau hot spring

Traveling 220 km from Hanoi to Tram Tau takes 5 hours, to ride a motorbike or  drive a car, you should go early to get to the place near noon then take a rest, eat and drink. 
 
Day 2: Khau Pha - Lung Mong Valley, Lap Thai
- Tu Le - Mu Cang Chai

Khau Pha Pass is the place where paragliding takes place every year, called the Bay Festival on the golden season. From here, you experience the thrills while enjoying the panoramic view of the Lung Mong valley during the ripe rice season. If you love, you should book a tour in advance to have a parachute jump.

Day 3: Mam Xoi Hill - Mong Ngua Hill - Hanoi

Only about 60 km from Tu Le to the center of Mu Cang Chai town, you enjoy many beautiful terraced fields. However, the most remarkable is still La Pan Tan, Che Cu Nha, Sang Nhu ...

Mam Xoi Hill is a symbolic image of the golden season of Mu Cang Chai for many years. The hill is located in La Pan Tan, more than 8 km from the town center, the road is in bad condition, you should stop and park the car and rent a motorbike taxi from the local people to take place. In addition, near the hill, there is a triangular flower garden and ethnic dress rental service for tourists to take pictures

 

The 7th Ho Chi Minh City Ao Dai Festival


 The 7th Ho Chi Minh City Ao Dai Festival is the opening event for the series of events in the campaign "Hello Ho Chi Minh City - Hello Ho Chi Minh City" deployed by the tourism industry in Ho Chi Minh City to stimulate tourism demand. after a long delay due to the effects of the COVID-19 epidemic.

Instead of being held in March each year, this year's Ao Dai Festival took place in October due to the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic. This is an activity to honor the traditional ao dai, as a meeting place for those who love the ao dai.

Through many stages of development, ao dai has continued to evolve continuously but always retains its traditional beauty of Vietnamese women.

Preserving and promoting the traditional beauty of ao dai is one of the important tasks in contributing to building an advanced Vietnamese culture imbued with national identity, while gradually spreading the beauty. Ao Dai is becoming the mainstream fashion trend of the majority of Vietnamese people ".

Ao Dai Festival will continue to become an endless inspiration in art and literature and a popular costume of Ho Chi Minh City people and international tourists when coming to Vietnam.

Colors of Happiness of the Opening Ceremony of Ao Dai

 

 
Ao Dai Collection "Colors of Happiness" by fashion designer Lien Huong has drawn the attention from Ao dai enthusiasts and professionals at the night of the 7th Ho Chi Minh City Ao Dai with a theme 'I love Vietnamese Ao Dai,'
 
The Covid-19 delayed this festival.
 
As one of the leading Ao Dai designers, honored for her effort to integrate Vietnamese culture into with dedicate language of local fashion, designer Lien Huong has always brought new breathe to contemporary trend for women. 

Monday, October 12, 2020

Rice Field viewed from above

 

 

If you visit the top of Sam Mountain at noon, at the end of the summer, on the streets of Hong Ngu, Dong Thap down Tinh Bien, An Giang, you will enjoy this view.

Heart-shaped House

 

Mr Da and Ms Thuy built a heart-shaped house on a river 25 years ago. Their happiness is a peaceful and poetic life. They can't imagine their house create a heart-shaped form when viewed from above and become popular all over the world. 

The photo by Alex Cao won Highly Recommended Award in the World Drone Competition, that describes a man leading a herd of buffaloes across his heart-shaped house, leaving muddy traits at the bottom of the river.

Thuy lived in Tinh Khue Commune and Da lived in Tinh Hoa Commune (formerly in Son Tinh District, now emerged to Quang Ngai City). They were only a few kilometers apart. She quitted the school at the 9th grade to sell chickens, helping her family. She is a smart, beautiful girl. 

During a wedding party of her friend, she met Da, sitting at the same table and opposite to her. Wearing red velvet pants and a white shirt with long hair is a fashion style at that time. She cheered with Da. From then, Da had fallen in love with her quietly. 

Every time, they went out together, Da always wore a long sleeve shirt and put his hands into his trouser pockets. Thuy had not paid attention to it. Later, one of her friend said that one of his hands was amputated since childhood. 

Thuy had many boy friends, but they could not end up with a wedding party. Some came from a silver-spoon family while her family was poor. There was no match. Others were not serious about the marriage. Finally, she thought about Da, who could bring to her a true love. Their happy ending love story ended up with a wedding. 

Sunday, October 4, 2020

Na Hang Lake, Tuyen Quang City

 

 
If you want to see the peaceful early morning in Na Hang Lake, 110 km from the heart of Tuyen Quang Province, let's go to a hill near the lake Na Hang, you will capture a peaceful and scenery landscape like the photo above, 
 
The iconic beauty of Na Hang lake is the mountain Coc Vai Pha, that nested in the lake. Coc in this expression means a pile to tie a buffalo. Na Hang is also known as a natural ecological area with a unique beauty of nature. 
 
The photo above depicts a peaceful early morning on Na Hang Lake in Lam Binh and Na Hang Districts, about 110 km from the center of Tuyen Quang City. Na Hang is the confluence between the two rivers Gam and Nang. Around the lake are majestic mountains and a lonely boat sailing along two sides of the lake.
 

Rice Field Season in Moc Chau

 

 
Rice field season in Moc Chau is time for photo hunters to snatch shots of breathe-taking scenery of nature. Impressive rice fields in Moc Chau in September and October is an example. 
 

 

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