Vu Lan Festival (Vietnamese Mother's Festival, Ghost Festival)

Some people call Vu Lan Festival, others name Ghost Festival as souls are in search of mercy. And a lot of others Vietnamese Mother's Day. Whatever it is. the day takes place on the 15 of July of the lunar year (September 5, this year). As the second largest festival in Vietnam after the Lunar New Year, it is a nation-wide celebration among families, businesses.

In Buddha's belief, the seventh month of the Lunar New Year is a month of spirits.Wandering souls are believed to return to their families. 

A legendary story has suggested that Buddha's disciple named Muc Kien Lien saw that his deceased mother was tortured in the hell. According to Buddha's advice, he gathered monks and devotees to pray for his mother's relieve. Thus, the meaning of the festival is to show gratitude and appreciation towards parents and help ancestors' wandering souls return the earth.

On this day, Buddha followers go to a pagoda, wearing a white rose, to pray for their decent parents, particularly their died mothers.

For further information, visit the following link: Vu Lan Festival.

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Facial expressions on the opening day of school

After three-month summer vacation, the first day of schooling is the hardest day of some of our kids. They don't like going to school but stay away from school to play with their next door friends. When their parents take them to school, they don't want their parents to leave them at school. Crying, shouting are common scenes on that day. 

Here are some facial expressions of such kids. 

 

If you are curious to know more facial expressions, visit the following link (the content is in Vietnamese) Facial expressions on the opening day of school

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Ly Son Island

Ly Son Island sits in Quang Ngai Province, Middle of Vietnam. It is one of the relics the local government needs to have approaches to preserve primeval characteristics. 

The industry of tourism here needs developing to satisfy the want of tourists. Unqualified tourist services don't know to promote tourism products in the region. Tourist guides just bring tourists to a destination and return them to hotels that make them bored with a tour. 

In addition, the local government must restrict the height of buildings in this region that causes the bad impact on a scenic landscape of Ly Son Island.

However, tourists are paid off with crystal clean waters full reed wildlife, sandy beaches plus green garlic fields and spectacular volcanic scenery.  

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Van Long Nature Reserve

Van Long Nature Reserve in Ninh Binh Province offers a tourist a scenic landscape and rural life. Set amid glorious limestone outcrops, this tranquil reserve comprises reedy wetland. It is also the last refuges for endangered langurs because the wetland keeps predators and poachers at bay.

Along with Trang An scenic landscape, Tam Coc-Bich Dong National Park, Van Long Nature Reserve is seen as an overland equivalent of Ha Long Bay, named one of the world's wonders, with imposing nature, limestone cliffs, and green fields. Van Long has 33 caves of various sizes but some of them are openly public.

Ecotourism Park Van Long

Ecotourism Park Van Long is one of the destinations the filming group of Kong: Skull Island, an American monster adventure-action film, decided to shoot some Vietnamese scenes, complex of mountains and rivers in the northern Ninh Binh Province. 

The appearance of Ninh Binh Province sites would promote the tourism in this region. In the northwest province is National Park Cuc Phuong that is noted for green valleys, mountains, and conservation centers. 

A visit to this province is a must in a tour in Vietnam a tourist comes to Vietnam. People would discover the beauty of nature that is partly described in the film Kong: Skull Island.   

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Eco Palms House - Mountain Retreat Sa Pa

Sa Pa is one of the attractions in Vietnam, particularly in greeting seasons and a new year. The photo above depicts bungalows people find in rice terraced fields. September is time for people to enjoy golden rice in fields. These bungalows look down at these golden fields, giving fantastic views of nature: sky, mountains, fields.  These fields are dotted with ethnic minority people clad in colorful wear that is an opportunity for professional photographers to compelling images.  

Sapa is home to ethnic minority people who live on farming, husbandry. Nowadays, the industry of tourism has been developed in this region, Many women who can speak a little bit of English become tourist guides to help international tourists in the sightseeing, in return, tourists purchase their handicraft products. 

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Bach Ma National Park

Bach Ma National Park (White Horse National Park), 40 km from Hue, Middle of Vietnam is a place for those interesting in discovering the beauty of nature. People trek in the forest that spans to the horizon.

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China set in the mid autumn

A China set that is served with moon cakes has just sold in a market. The moon cake does not matter, the way to enjoy is important. The cake is served with hot strong tea along with sharing daily chore among family members. That is a pleasure people want to enjoy.

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The western Nghe An Province

The western Nghe An Province in the northern Vietnam still retains a primeval region where inhabitants live on farming, fishing. The life of people lacks basic facilities of education, health care. 

This place is one of the projects corporate social responsibility activities target to leverage inhabitants' standard of living. Along with the support of local authorities, many companies have developed projects to train local people a livelihood and to provide them with a basic understanding of health care to protect themselves from deadly diseases. 

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China set to be served with moon cakes

A China set that is served with moon cakes will be sold in a market this mid-autumn. The mid-autumn is coming on August 15th of the lunar year. It is the time the adult offers moon cakes to their bosses to gain their favors in a job. For children, their parents buy them lanterns to take a parade from this end to other of an alley.  

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A class fallen down caused a dozen of students to be injured.

A class in Dong Da School, Lam Dong Province, Vietnam, fell down on 26 August 2017, causing the injury of 10 students whose learning was under way.

The school was built in 1956, including 20 classrooms. The board of directors of school reported to the Service of Education of Lam Dong Province the downgrade of school and suggested the cease of its operation. But there is no reaction from this service. In fact, the school rebuilt some classes that used to be offices with the unqualified material. It has not confirmed yet that the collapsed classroom is one of the rebuilt ones.

Luckily, all students are all in a piece after hospitalizing.

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Ceramic dishes are served with mid-autumn cakes

The mid-autumn is coming around. It is time mid-autumn cakes are made and lanterns are produced. A ceramic set has just launched on this occasion to serve in tea and cakes after a meal in a Vietnamese family. Tiny cakes sit on nicely decorated dishes on a dinner table represents an enjoying style of a customer. The style matters, the cake is a means to enable people to gather, to share after a work day.

Couples of chop sticks are put behind dishes are highlights in the photo.

The mid-autumn falls on 15 August of the lunar year. In the beginning of the month, bakery shops are preparing to make moon cakes. A lot of kiosks are established along main streets to sell these cakes.  

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Da Nang Fantasy City

The contest "Da Nang Fantasy City" pulled participants from every corner of a country to post photos, video or create contents that circle around the beauty of the city. After over a month, the contest was closed and there are 30 pieces of work that come to the final.

This one of the co-creation approaches to promote Da Nang City. 

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Da Lat City

Da Lat is a tourist city in the highlands of Vietnam, a destination for domestic and international tourists in greeting seasons. The picture above depicts the valley of love, a must tourists should miss out.  

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Land slide in Hau River

A land slide occurred in Hau River, southern Vietnam, on 22 August 2017. This incident drowned nearly a dozen of houses in the river. 

A victim related that her house including a daughter, a son and her at that moment, drowned in the river. She and her daughter didn't know to swim. Luckily, the son swam to rescue both of them. 

The land slide is a phenomenon that has frequently happened in the southern Vietnam due to illegal exploitation of sand at the bed of a river. The local government has ignored this violation.   

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Van Long

Van Long is the natural reserve in northern Vietnam. It is home to flora and fauna that rarely exists in Vietnam.



Tourists take a small boat to travel along a small stream to discover the mystery of the nature.

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Na Hang Lake

Na Hang Lake sits in Tuyen Quang Province. It means the final field in the language of ethnic minority Tay. Tourists sails on the tranquil water to enjoy greenery trees along two sides of the lake.

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Cam Ranh Island

Cam Ranh Island is the strength of tourism of Khanh Hoa Province, the Middle of Vietnam. The industry of tourism has not developed yet in this region, thus, it still retains primeval nature.

The photo above depicts a coastal scene at sunset.

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Valley of Love

Valley of Love is one of the gripping destinations in Da Lat City that has pulled domestic and international tourists in greeting seasons. tThe Valley of Love used to be covered by circular pines, a place for newly married couples to enjoy a honeymoon week. 

Nowadays, it has been exploited by the tourism that deprived of its primary beauty of nature. In addition, the local government doesn't have any strategy of foresting.

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Floating season in the western Vietnam

The photo above depicts the floating season in the western Vietnam. It is a pleasure to sail on channels, streams under shading trees. Sailors are rural girls in rustic wears. This is a tourist attraction for city dwellers who want to stay away from the hustle and bustle of a modern city to enjoy friendly environment.

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