"Rock, Paper, Scissors, Shoot" Collection

Children's Ao Dai Fashion 

As Ao Dai designer for 20 years, for the first time, designer Lien Huong launches a collection of children's ao dai. The collection consists of 10 shirts with three main colors: blue, yellow and red with lovely and playful drawings typical of Mid-Autumn Festival such as "star-shaped lanterns and carp-shaped lanterns", "swan-shaped lantern and butterfly-lantern lantern " 

In addition to the traditional images, there are also images of modern times children such as images of rabbits, pigs, stars or planets of the solar system ... put on delicate and skillful dress. All the lovely drawings printed on the ao dai of the soft, cool silk are made by the creative designer of Lien Huong

Ms. Trisha Vo, a creative director of the company, shared about the special reason for Lien Huong Ao Dai about this Ao Dai collection for the first time: "I nurtured a plan to carry out a children's collection three years ago, but I haven't found any inspiration yet. Until recently, when my son came back to tell my mother, designer Lien Huong that our school will be holding a Mid-Autumn Festival and you are preparing unique costumes to attend the festival. 

And so we got to work, from sketching the first line to finishing in three weeks. Designer Lien Huong also shared about the collection name: "Mid-Autumn Festival does not take place in a day or a session. The mid-autumn festival is a series of days; starting from the beginning of the eighth lunar month, the children in the village gathered to make lanterns and play games together. In order to know which team wins or loses, children often play 'rock, paper, scissors, shoot game'."

As such, designer Lien Huong named the collection 'Rock, Paper, Scissors, Shoot".

Mu Cang Chai in the Morning

 

 

 

Mu Cang Chai is a mountainous region with many famous terraced fields. Depending on the time of year, the rice fields have different tones of colors. It is about 280 km from Hanoi.  

 

The most beautiful places to see rice in Mu Cang Chai are: Three communes of La Pan Tan, Che Cu Nha and Di Xu Phinh. In Yen Bai, you can combine your journey to explore Mu Cang Chai and Tu Le.

Rice Fields in Y Ty

 

A Rice Field in Y Ty, Lao Cai Province

Y Ty belongs to Bat Xat District, nested at an altitude of nearly 2,000 meters above sea level, and is covered with frost all year round. When the rice is ripe, this land has a impressive beauty that has spellbound tourists and professional photographers.  

The road to Y Ty is more difficult than Sa Pa. Some places are recommended to you to watch the rice field in Den Sang valley.

Nghe Tinh

 

In the days before the Lunar New Year, the village in the western part of Nghe An Province was filled with the white color of plum blossoms. 

The photo describes the daily life of the Mong people in Muong Luong Commune. Muong Luong has an altitude of 1,500 m above sea level, this place is considered as "the heaven gate" of Nghe An, 300 km from Vinh city. 

In winter, the temperature here is lower than the plain. This place becomes the destination of many people to visit and admire the beauty of nature. Plum blossoms take place in many places, lasting through the Lunar New Year. When these flowers fall, the fruit develops. Vegetable garden planted by villagers right under the plum tree adds more beauty.

Spring in Y Ty

 

 

 

Around January 10, the first snowflakes fell in the highlands of Y Ty. The cold air continued to strengthen, and at Y Ty the temperature dropped below 0 degrees Celsius. This was the first time in the winter-spring 2020-2021, there was snow. under the influence of a long cold air wave. 

 

If you come to take photo, check-in from the weekend. Villages of Y Ty such as Mo Phu Chai (photo), Phin Ho, Trung Chai, Phan Can Su are places where significant snow falls on the night. A girl from the Ha Nhi ethnic group is fascinated by the white snow scene. Snow formed thick layers, covering the grass and branches on the ground. 

 

As noted by local people, snow is about 3 cm thick. By 10am on January 11, the snow stopped falling. Tourists enjoy covering the roadside snowman. The pine tree in the snow looks like a European winter scene.

Dong Thap Province

 

Dong Thap is a southwestern province known to many people through the poem "Thap Muoi is the most beautiful lotus flower". If you are from Saigon, you can spend 2 days exploring. But from other provinces, it will take you more time to go all the beautiful places and delicious food in this country. From December to April is the time the land is sunny, suitable for outdoor activities.

Transportation in Dong Thap is quite affordable for a taxi, motorbike, motorbike taxi, ferry boat. You can rent motorbikes in Cao Lanh and Sa Dec cities for between US$5 to US$10 per day.

Ninh Binh Province

 

Ninh Binh

Less than 100 km from Hanoi, Ninh Binh inherits many beautiful landscapes suitable for those who have a passion to explore and selfie. The top beautiful places in Ninh Binh are Cave Mua, Van Long Lagoon, Tam Coc - Bich Dong, Trang An - Bai Dinh, Cuc Phuong Reserve which have spellbound many domestic and foreign tourists. 

If you visit Ninh Binh Province, you can take a boat to explore the cave system, take a lunch break in the cool foliage houses and enjoy popular traditional dishes.

The beauty of Simplicity

 

In the days nearly Lunar New Year, when the South is still full of golden sunlight, the North always has to face bone-chilling northeastern winds. Recalling a past period of the 60s - 70s and earlier, you see that life was very poor at that time, not everyone had enough warm clothes to wear. The simple cotton shirt was considered a dream outfit of the poor in the city. 

No matter how hard and difficult life was, everyone tried to save up for themselves and their loved ones to afford a new cotton shirt for Tet holiday. The poor wore cotton and denim. The richer people put on brocade and velvet ones, particularly luxurious velvet-colored blouses,

But no matter what fabric it was, the cotton shirt was still an art piece, bringing the feeling embodied in stitching and the cultural quintessence of the old Hanoi people. There was a time when it seemed that the tufted cotton shirt associated with the memories of the old Hanoi people was forgotten, because the flow of fashion has made people change their minds in dressing to keep pace with current trends of fashion. The image of the old cotton shirt only appears in a very few long-standing tailors in Ha Thanh land and Van Phuc silk village. 

In recent years, with a love for traditional values, the Vietnamese recall culture of the past, a number of tailors and designers have revived the tufted cotton shirt with a new look, bringing it to life, coming closer to the modern life and fashion world.

Spring Trip with Ao Dai

A collection of ao dai for both men and women with extremely graceful and elegant designs has just released. Traditional cultural motifs have made the collection create a strong impression. 

The collection focused on main colors of Tet such as red, yellow, green .. . along with golden dragon, crane, bird, and lion. The highlight of the collection is the meticulously printed and drawn patterns. 

This is not only considered as a creativity but also a special feature for Vietnamese ao dai to be more powerful and elegant.

The beauty of Son Doong Cave

The photo describes the beauty of Son Doong in the rainy season. Due to the weather conditions, you don't see the bright light coming from cave holes. Hang En is the third largest cave in the world, discovered and announced in 1994. There is a large lake with natural turquoise color. 

 

From the mouth of the cave, you have to go down to the bottom about 80 meters down with a rope. The road is steep, dark and slippery, taking you about 2 hours to travel. In Son Doong cave, the terrain is extremely diverse, you will see many narrow and slippery roads.

 

Some points, you have to wade through cold water, in the narrow gap just enough an outstretched arm, and moves in complete darkness, with the help of a flashlight. 

 

Son Doong is about 9 km long, 160 m wide and has a ceiling height of 200 m, large enough to accommodate a 40-storey building. The stalactite block is called the "Wedding Cake". In the cold weather, water pouring down from above makes the road slippery. The scene is very ghostly with misty mist like cave clouds. 

 

Son La In Spring

 

 

 

 

 Another year is coming around. It is the time for flower blooming throughout hills. Since the beginning of December, Moc Chau is covered with white color.

The picture describes a daily life of Hmong People, who are living in Moc Chau. Two Hmong girls carry flowers on their back under plum blossoms in Na Ka Village, a place local visitors call "Spring Paradise" in the middle of a mountain, about 16km from the town center of Moc Chau Farm.