Silhouette

A fisherman is sailing on turquoise water on sunrise. Three crows accompany him on a trip. It seems he starts with his fishing so early that other fishermen still sink into deep sleep. Silhouettes of a fisherman and crows reflex on the river that creates a painting of nature.  

Terraced fields of rice in Ha Giang Province, Vietnam

Terraced fields of rice represent the colour of clay. This is the time after rice crop harvests, farmers take a rest or prepare another seeding. Terraced fields are typical images in northern Vietnam, This photo is a terraced field in Ha Giang Province, home to ethnic minority groups who live on farming and livestock husbandry. For time being, most young people quit their traditional industry. Some work as tourist guides to help tourists in tours in this area and ask them to buy some of their traditional items. Others leave their homeland to work in a big city. Some of the girls are trafficked to China where they become both wives and maids.

Rice fields in An Giang, Vietnam

Rice fields taken a photo from above represent different coloured strips of rice dotted with green trees. This is a common image of rice fields in the southern Vietnam.

Looking at the picture, you see golden strips and different green strips that represent ripe rice and newly seeded fields.

Ta Pa Mountain, An Giang Province, Vietnam

Ta Pa Mountain sits in An Giang Province, the southern Vietnam, a spectacular painting that is welcoming all tourists who want to stay away from the hustle and bustle of a city.

 A tour to An Giang Province brings to people a sense of a rustic countryside. A tourist takes a small boat to sail on a stream that meanders under trees, listens to birds' chirping. It is really a pleasure.

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Community tour, Vietnam

Japanese tourists are planting trees in Can Gio District, southern Vietnam. This is a kind of tourist trip that helps a local community prevent floods. Tourists have an opportunity to live and work with local farmers, to lend their hand to the community to clean the environment of livelihood. 

Under guidelines of staff of a foresting project, tourists learn how to plant a tree. On top of that, they live in friendly, rustic atmosphere of local inhabitants. 

Huong Giang River, Vietnam

Two girls in white long dress, Vietnamese traditional wear, on a boat goes on the Huong Giang River. Huong Giang means perfume river that is located in Hue, the Central Vietnam. Hue is proud of Huong Giang River and Ngu Binh Mountain, tourist attractions.   

One of the girls holding a bouquet of flowers sits in front. Both of them may go on a pilgrimage to pray for serenity.

Vietnam closeup: Bay Nui Mountain, An Giang Province, Vietnam

Vietnam closeup: Bay Nui Mountain, An Giang Province, Vietnam: Bay Nui Mountain or Seven Mountains is in An Giang Province, the southern Vietnam. Summer is the time for back packers to discover the reg...

Bay Nui Mountain, An Giang Province, Vietnam

Bay Nui Mountain or Seven Mountains is in An Giang Province, the southern Vietnam. Summer is the time for back packers to discover the region of Bay Nui Mountain, rice fields extending to the horizon. They experience a rustic life and hospitality of villagers as well.

Inhabitants in An Giang Province live on farming and livestock husbandry. After rice crop harvests, it is time for them to do some errands at home, prepare for another seeding season. In this period, they organise an ox race, a traditional game designed for diligent farmers who want to show off their well-fed animals.

Community tourism, Vietnam

The above photo depicts Japanese tourists are joining foresting in a tour that helps a local community plant trees to prevent floods in Can Gio District, Vietnam. This type of tourism has attracted the interest of international tourists who want to come to learn about a way of living in a local community, to experience the manipulation of local trades.

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Rice fields in An Giang Province, Vietnam

Rice fields in An Giang Province, southern Vietnam, spanning from this edge to the other, bordering lines of green trees create a painting of nature. In the coming harvest crops, golden rice fields extend to the horizon. It is a time for village people to toil and moil in the fields under the scorching sun but full of laughter and calls.

Provinces in southern Vietnam are views as a country's rice stock that provide food both across a country and exportation.

Tuyen Lam Lake, Dalat, Vietnam

Tuyen Lam Lake is in Dalat City, the Highlands region of Vietnam. Lines of circular pines go along two borders of the lake, far away are hills.
Nowadays, Dalat City is no more a tourist city. The urbanization deprives of its green environment that is replaced by residential areas.
It is really a disappointment for those coming back to Dalat to revive their ancient souvenirs. On top of that, the local government does not have long-term projects to retain this city as a tourist place.  

Ta Pa Lake, An Giang Province, Vietnam

Ta Pa Lake in An Giang Province is circled by grandiose cliffs. The turquoise water reflects the beauty of nature.

Ta Pa Mountain is one of the seven mountains in this region. Tourism has not been developed yet, thus back packers will discover the serenity.  

Hoan Kiem lake, Vietnam

Hoan Kiem Lake sits in the centre of Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. Hoan Kiem means returning sword. The photo above depicts the reflection of a red bridge on the lake.

Son Doong Cave, Vietnam

Son Doong Cave is bordered with Laos' boundary, one of the largest passages in Vietnam. A photo features primitive scenes of nature that is one of the tourist attractions. 

A school girl on the way to school

A school girl in a white long wear, pushing a bicycle on a ground path, bordering two lines of green grass, under yellow flower trees is a common scene in rural areas in Vietnam. The whiteness of long dress represents virtue, ignorance of a teen age girl who just thinks of schooling.

Nowadays, under the influence of western fashion style, rarely Vietnamese girls go out in this traditional clothes. The image of this dress may be seen on occasions of the festival.

Pho, Vietnamese specialty.

Pho is a beef soup, one of Vietnam's specialties that includes beef, chisel, rice noodle, soup. Beef is rarely done. Put a bit of juice of a lemon. If the soup is flat, add some black soybean sauce. If you want the soup is chilly, put some red sauce. Then enjoy Pho. What a food! 

Vietnamese girls in white long dress

A white long dress is a school uniform of teenaged girls. They have to wear it on the first day of a week to stand for a flag. This wear represents the virtue, innocence of a girl. A long dress and a conic hat commonly represents the image of Vietnam.

Nowadays, due to the influence of western fashion style, young girls have shunned the traditional clothes that highlight the gracefulness of a slender body.

Ha Long Bay, Vietnam

Ha Long Bay is one of the tourist attractions in Vietnam where Director of Film and Producer Jordan Vogt-Roberts determined to film Skull Island 2017. It is in northeast Vietnam and is noted for emerald water with limestone islands. 

Junk boats are common means to transport tourists to these small islands in this bay. The intense exploitation of tourism has influenced on the beauty of nature in this area.  

Lam Tuyen Lake

Lam Tuyen Lake is 6km from the south of Da Lat City that sits in the Highlands region of Vietnam. It is one of the tourist attractions as the climate is mild. Hardly knows anybody about the name of this lake. Lam stands for forest and Tuyen represents streams that combine a setting in this area.

Dalat City is a destination for tourist to hit on greeting seasons.

The New York Times and Wall Street journal in a fight against Google and Facebook

Under the growing dominance of Google and Facebook on online ad and distribution, the New York Times, Wall Street journal and small new papers are banding as a trade organisation to ask Congress for a limited antitrust exemption. This New Media Alliance (NMA) expects to have a concrete meeting with Google and Facebook to find necessary solutions to secure the availability of local journalism. 

The discussion circles around a fair share of revenue and data, subscription models and protection for publishers' intellectual property. Even though two giant online news distributors and publishers find new revenue streams and build contents designed for their platforms like Accelerated Mobile Pages and Instant Article, publishers still concern about a rocky relationship with both platforms as more content-including fake news flow through them. This year, Google and Facebook gain a $83 billion jump in revenue, including Facebook's growth of 32.1 percent and Facebook's growth of 14.8 percent.   
The existing media competition laws prohibit publishers to negotiate with platforms at a large scale. The formation of MNA is an intriguing move and indicative of two online news distributors' clout. It is the duopoly of Google and Facebook that publishers surrender their content and play by their rule on how news and information is displayed, prioritized, and monetized. These rules have given rise to a fake news that is hard to discern from real news.   


The New York Times and Wall Street Journal in fight with Google and Facebook