Mossy Season in Ly Son Island

 

 Mossy Season

From the end of December to April, the rocky beaches of Ly Son Island are covered with green moss hidden in the waves. This season, along the embankments on Ly Son Island, the rocks near the shore are covered with green moss. 

 

In the morning, the color of moss blends into the morning mist, the boats in the distance are flickering. Waves fluttered along the coral reef with sparsely grown moss. A coral reef is covered by dense moss. 

Green moss turns yellow on rocks in the early sunlight, next to it is the basket boat of fishermen near the shore. In addition to moss, visitors also take pictures with seaweed species washed ashore Ly Son. Ly Son Island is about 30 minutes from mainland Quang Ngai province by motor boat, inherits unique geological and cultural heritages. 

 

Over the years, the island has attracted domestic and international tourists. Every New Year and New Year's Day, visitors come around up to thousands of people per day. This year, due to the Covid-19 translation, the number of visitors decreased. From the 28th to the 6th of the new year, the total number of tourists was just over 2,000.

Sand Dune Phan Rang

Sand Dune Phan Rang

Outdoor photo exhibition "Dalat Rendezvous" has been held on March 25 - May 9, organized and curated by photographers Phan Quang and Ly Hoang Long. This photo exhibition has 47 photos of 5 authors: Ngo Trung Dung, Tran Bao Hoa, Nguyen Van Thuong, Pham Huy Trung and Dong Lam Thanh Tung.

The immense sand slopes in Phan Rang become works of Pham Huy Trung. He also recorded the beauty of trees every summer in Hoi An until the pink roses bloom when spring comes along the lake in Bao Loc, Lam Dong.

Long Bien Bridge

 

Photo Exhibition "Dalat Rendezvous"

Outdoor photo exhibition "Dalat Rendezvous" has been held on March 25 - May 9, organized and curated by photographers Phan Quang and Ly Hoang Long. This photo exhibition has 47 photos of 5 authors: Ngo Trung Dung, Tran Bao Hoa, Nguyen Van Thuong, Pham Huy Trung and Dong Lam Thanh Tung. 

Author Ngo Trung Dung (Hanoi) brings to the exhibition with the photo series "Long Bien Bridge". Mr. Dung is a financial accountant who loves composing photos of Long Bien Bridge. 

The pace of life is slow in the rainy night that stops all activities at Long Bien Bridge. “Long Bien Iron Bridge was completed in 1902, now is over 100 years old. The bridge is still not a relic but still alive, immersing in the rhythm of Hanoi. 

Hang En Waterfall

 

 Hang En Waterfall

Hang En, 54 m tall, is considered the highest, most beautiful and most mighty waterfall in the Central Highlands. During the dry season, it is 20-30 m wide. Its spray creates plenty of rainbows.

Buu Minh Pagoda

 Buu Minh Pagoda in the morning mist

The pagoda next to a tea field is a famous spiritual tourist spot in the Central Highlands. The road goes across pines, Lake of Tea, Buu Minh Pagoda, Ngo Son field, and Chu Dang Ya volcano is considered the most beautiful tourist route in Gia Lai Province.  

Coffee flower is blooming season on the fields and the tower of Buu Minh pagoda is looming in the distance.  

Each year, coffee flowers usually give a crop about 2-3 times, from December to March next year, each time lasts from 7 to 10 days.  

Early morning is an ideal time for you to "hunt" for coffee flowers. Thanks to the soil characteristics of fertile basalt red soil, this land has become one of the “coffee tree capitals” in the Central Highlands.

Muong Tac Field

Muong Tac Field

If you made the trip to the Northwest after the Lunar New Year, you would witness the hustle work scene of ethnic peope in Muong Tac field in Phu Yen district, Son La. The 1600ha Muong Tac Field is the 4th largest field in the Northwest. 

Immediately after Tet, people of Muong and Thai ethnic groups in Quang Huy, Huy Thuong, Huy Ha communes ... of Phu Yen district enthusiastically plucked and transplanted rice with a cheerful and enthusiastic atmosphere.  

Gradually, the muddy fields were filled with green color of young seedlings. In the spring, they went to the fields to cultivate rice, they all expected to have a rich and full rice crop again.

2021 Expedition Tour in Son Doong

 

2021 Expedition Tour in Son Doong

"Son Doong 2021 expedition tour in Son Doong has attracted a number of around 1,000 visitors who register for a tour in July." said Mr. Nguyen Chau A, director of Chua Me Dat company (Oxalis Adventure) - the only agency operating Son Doong tour. He added that the tour still has about 30 vacant seats, which are being booked but have not been completed due to the lack of the information of bookers. 

In addition, from now until August, there may still be guests canceling the tour. After August, the tour will stop because of the flood season and reopen in 2022. Of the nearly 1,000 registered visitors, 95% are Vietnamese tourists, the rest are foreign visitors, currently living and working in Vietnam. Tourists are among the age of 18-29, 30-40 and over 40. 

Currently, Son Doong tour still applies the stimulus price of 58,200,000 VND. Mr. A said that the company's 2-day expedition tours this year are all between 30% and 50% full. An adventure tour of 4 days 3 nights in Son Doong cave stays at level 6 of adventure, the highest in the tours the company is managing. 

The government of Quang Binh Province permits to organise a tour of a maximum of 1,000 customers to the cave per year. To ensure safety, each tour includes a maximum of 10 tourists, with 30 waitresses, including cave experts, guides, safety assistants, chefs and porters. Tourists should be in good fitness and have experience in trekking. 

Son Doong, the world's largest cave, possesses magnificent stalactites, underground rivers and sinkholes. Especially you find a forest with green vegetation and many unique creatures. At the end of the journey, you will have conquered a 90-meter high stalactite wall, called "The Vietnam Wall". 

In 2020, the company welcome nearly 7,000 tourists to cave tours, a decrease of 50% compared to 2019. The number of Vietnamese tourists is more than 6,000 people, 3 times higher than the previous 9 years of operation when international tourists often accounted for 80% of the total number of tour visitors. 

Conic Hat

A story behind the conic hat

One of the icons of Vietnam is a conic hat. During a business trip in Indonesia, wearing a lotus leaf hat,

Ms. Lan was praised by many international friends and surprised with such unique product. "So I asked the question right away: why are the products so beautiful, but the market is still few, and the designs are not diverse yet?" - said Lan. 

 

After that, she started to study specific materials from which a conic hat is made in Hue, then looking for traditional craft villages in her hometown to connect with more artisans. When coming to the craft villages in Hue, Ms. Lan found that the products here, although they are valuable because they require effort and skills of workers, are sold at low price and need upscaling designs. Many households in Hue cannot live with traditional occupations and have to do other jobs to make a living.

 

"The craft village, therefore, less artisans are younger, only middle-aged, old people stick to their jobs. Understanding that, I tried to import many orders, cooperate with artisans to do more. products on request. After having the goods in hand, I began to transform and commercialize them, turning them into fashion products "- Ms. Lan shared. 

 

Hats, handbags, wallets are adorned by a team of tailors, art painters, and fashion stylists. Ms. Lan wishes to turn these items into trendy fashion accessories, catching trends and the quality is also more guaranteed to match the price of the user. 

 

Within less than 1 year, she had many wholesale orders for sale at home and abroad, she confided: "That is why farmers in the craft village have a long-term supply. People in Pho Trach village have a better understanding of the native products to preserve the environment to grow lotus leaves, and many people return to their traditional profession ".

 

It's an example that connect the livelihood to the environment.  

 

Long Coc Tea Hill

 

Long Coc Tea Hill

The photo depicts Long Coc tea hills in the northern province of Phu Tho, which are shrouded in mist. Long Coc, 112 kilometers from Hanoi, is known as a tourist destination that consists of numerous smaller hills covered in tea plantations. 

The most wonderful moment to selfie is before the sun rises when the mist rolls around gently in front of you. Most of inhabitants live on tea farming, an important occupation and the main source of income for local people. A tea plantation here extent to the horizon, and measures around a hectare.

 

 

Mangrove Ru Cha

 

Mangrove Ru Cha

Thousands of tea trees in the Mangrove Ru Cha are blooming bright yellow, attracting thousands of visitors. Mangrove Ru Cha nests in Thuan Hoa Village, Huong Phong Commune, Thua Thien Hue province is home to thousands of ancient trees. 

Many kinds of birds migrate to forests of more than 5 hectares during the rainy season. Populations of plants densely sprouted, with bright yellow flowers mixed with patches of green trees. This is also the place where shrimp and fish in the lagoon migrate during the breeding season. 

The Mangrove Ru Cha is about 10 km from the center of Hue City, and its free admission for sightseeing makes it a popular destination for many people. Many middle-aged women, clad with traditional ao dai (long dress), come here to take pictures as a souvenir. The scenery in the forest is also chosen by many young people to take pictures. 

Every day, people living in the neighborhood, go to the mangrove for fishing. Many also earn additional income for renting boats.