Waterfall Ban Gioc

Waterfall Ban Gioc sits in Cao Bang Province, the northern Vietnam. It is noted for a magnificent waterfall in Vietnam and a must for tourists in a tour to Cao Bang Province. It contains a series of consecutive falls.

In a raining season from June to September, it is time to see water with a great volume falls down bringing alluvium to give fertile soil. 

More photos of Cao Bang Province.

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A mid-autumn lantern people are scared to buy

The mid-autumn that falls on August 15 of the lunar calendar is a traditional festival for children to hold lanterns going in a parade from the end of an ally to the other. In the evening, they kindle candles that are put inside a lantern. Along with their next door friends, they take a line, each of them holds a lantern and sing mid-autumn songs. That's a game of children on this occasion. 

Lanterns are produced in various forms of a fish, butterfly, plane, ship, but rarely a coffin with a cross at the end as featured in a photo above. Maybe, this is the first time such a kind of a lantern is produced by a weird idea. Who dares to buy such a kind of a lantern!

More photos on Lanterns.

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Colorful wear of ethnic minority people in Moc Chau

Moc Chau is home to ethnic minority people in the north of Vietnam. Their clothing is multi-colour. A picture features two girls in their traditional clothes, holding an umbrella, walking across an ever-green field that creates a beautiful painting of nature.

The ethnic minority people in this region is H'mong community who live on farming. Festival occasion like New Year is time for them to dress up nice clothes to go visit their friends. It is time for them to do away with works on a farm to take a break or do some errands at home.

More photos at Moc Chau.

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Kingdom of horse husbandry, Lang Son

Nearly 700 white horses are raised on plateau Khao Sao, Lang Son Province. This is home to ethnic minority groups of Tay and Nung who live on farming and husbandry. The climate here fits the rapid growth of these white horses whose annual average increase is about 25%.

Horses are raised in a free way. In the early morning, people let them go to a plateau, then take them to a barn afternoon. Thus, this approach doesn't need any care of them.

More photos about horse raising.  The content is in Vietnamese.

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Sunset on Tuyen Lam Lake, Dalat City

Tuyen Lam Lake is the largest lake in Dalat City, a must in a tour in this city. What does Tuyen Lam stand for? Tuyen means a stream and Lam a forest. Tuyen Lam Lake is a meeting between a forest and a stream.

A pleasure for tourists is that they rent a boat to go sightseeing around Tuyen Lam lake to discover green pine forest.

Dalat is now less cool than before. It is a pleasure to have a coffee in a small front shop under persistent rains in the evening.

More photos about Tuyen Lam, Dalat.

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National Park Bidoup, Nui Ba Mountain

National Park Bidoup sits in Nui Ba Mountain, the north of Dalat City, a familiar destination for backpackers. It consists of evergreen woodland, circular trees.

The photo above depicts a meandering trail through two borders of pines, orchids that seems to welcome any tourist. It is also a place for students to make a picnic in the summertime to refresh their mind before coming back to school after three-month break.

For more photo about National Park Bidoup, Nui Ba Mountain, visit the following link Bidoup.

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Nobody cares about the life of students in a far remote region

At the beginning of September is the first opening day of school. In a city, children are driven by their parents while in a far remote region children have difficulty in going to school. Travelling on road is very far. They cut down an initiative by taking a small boat like the one in the photo.

A group of students living in a neighbourhood go together. They don't wear any life vest. The stream is very swift. A careless action may make them fall into a stream that the grim reaper is waiting for them in the bed of a stream.

Education plays a key role in a student's life, giving them a bright future. But their life must be paid attention to.

For more photos depicting children's going to school by boat, visit the following photos

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Mum! Let me go

Kids like going out with their parents. Thus, every time they know their parents are going somewhere, they try to aks for following at any effort. This FB post illustrates this. 

The mother goes to market. She doesn't want to drive her child, but he insists on going with her by clinging the end of a motorbike to prevent her from driving. That post gets a hit on Facebook.

The child is clinging the end of a motorbike yelling fiercely. 

Some more fun photos on the following link Photos. The content is in Vietnamese.

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Sapa captured from above

Vietnam Run was held in Sapa, northern Vietnam that hooked the participation of thousands of people, including Vietnamese and expats. People have known Sapa through print, online media, and social media platforms. Now, this event gives participants on-ground experience that they spread by posting them or words of mouth.

Many feelings, photos of participants are passed on, generating participation advocate on social media.

For more photos, visit the following link Sapa. The content is in Vietnamese.

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Sapa Marathon

Sapa Marathon was organized in the northern Vietnam that has drawn thousands of participants, including Vietnamese and foreigners. This is a kind of co-creation promotion of Sapa's tourism. Photos which were taken during this event were posted on social media platforms and worth of mouth results in a great impact on the public in terms of tourism.

Sapa marathon is an idea that combines an aspect of sports and tourism promotion. Sapa has been advertised in print, online media and social media. This activity brings to people on-spot experience.

There is a collection of photos captured during this Sapa marathon. If you want to see, visit the following link Sapa Marathon. The content is in Vietnamese.


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Ngu Ho Cascade (Five-Fall Cascade)

Ngu Ho Cascade (Five-Fall Cascade) sits in National Park Bach Ma (White House), a place that still retains primaeval forests. Ngu Ho Cascade crashes down a pool of turquoise water under a canopy of foliage, a stop for tourists after a long trek in National Park.

National Park Bach Ma includes more than 1400 species of plants, rare ferns and orchids. It is a discovery of flora for tourists as it represents one-fifth of the flora of Vietnam. 

For more photos, please visit photos. The content is in Vietnamese. 

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A tour in the southern Vietnam

An ecosystem tour in the southern Vietnam gives a tourist a discovery of National Park Tram Chim (a green island of the red-headed crane) in Dong Thap Province. 

A tourist guide in traditional wear or rustic life clothes sits in the front end of a motor-boat to introduce scenes along two sides of a small river. 

For more photos of this national park, visit the following link photos. The content is in Vietnamese.

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Mu Cang Chai

Mu Cang Chai is captured from above, a majestic and beautiful rice terrace. Mu Chai Cang is a rural district of Yen Bai Province, northwest Vietnam. Every September, thousands of flocks of tourists pour into this rice terrace when rice turn golden and is ready for crop harvest. It's hard but warm-hearted life, home to H'Mong ethnic minority group.

From mid-September to mid-October is time for travelling, however, it depends on climate change. It is a window of opportunity for tourists to learn a rustic life, to enjoy sticky rice, a speciality of this place.

For more photos of Mu Cang Chai, visit the following link: Mu Cang Chai.

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Schooling in a far remote region

Is she a backpacker who is travelling on a swift stream to enjoy the beauty of nature? No, it's not true. It is a teacher in a far remote region who goes to the first day of school opening.

Wearing a school bag on the back, she doesn't put on a life vest and a boat seems to be almost sunk into a stream.

With a smile on her face, she seems to be unaware of a grim reaper that is waiting for her at the river bed if she falls down in water. On a riverside are some adults looking at her, even one takes a photo of her as if it is common sense to take a boat in such a setting.

Schooling is a noble job to help children on their path to a bright future. Thus, the safety of teacher's life must be paid attention. Nobody recognises it, even a local government ignores this issue while teachers play a key role in the national development. How poor for teachers in such a region.

For more photos depicting children's going to school by boat, visit the following photos

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Hoang Su Phi

Hoang Su Phi sits in Ha Giang Province, Every year, a rice harvest crop comes to around September. This year, it comes a little late that brings about an opportunity for backpackers to enjoy the sightseeing of rice terraced fields. 

A photo above gives an impression that some houses sink into green tides, a common sight in the northern Vietnam where ethnic minority groups live on farming, husbandry.

For more photos, visit the following link Ha Giang.

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Cottages in Cho Lon Town

The photo above is one of French Jack Garofalo collection (1923 - 2004). He is also known for a photo collection Harlem During Summertime 2004. A photo above describes a way of life of Chinese-originated Vietnamese who left their homeland to earn a living in a foreign country. A then traffic was sailing. Small boats are a means of transportation to transfer their goods from one place to another without the cost of fuel that is replaced by the labor force. Small, narrow channels bring economic benefit to inhabitants.

More photos feature in the following link photos. The content is in Vietnamese.

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A bizarre sign in Phu Quoc beach

A "second to none" sign "No lying on the beach Phu Quoc" caused a shock to tourists. Local restaurants put signs banning tourists lying on the beach Phu Quoc instead of renting their beach chairs. Due to the reaction of people, they had to pull out this sign.

Eco-friendly wild beach Phu Quoc offers resorts that include bungalows with a sea view. Tourists find some activities such as snorkeling, diving, and fishing on their own request.

For more information, visit the following link Tuoi Tre online.

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Pieces of rice fields

Pieces of rice fields captured from above are characteristics of Vietnam's farming. Ever-green pieces are paddies after a time of growing. In some pieces of land, people are bowing to put seeds. Pale yellow pieces are areas that are already seeded. Many spots on pieces are buddles of paddies to grow.

For more photos, visit a link photos.

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Ancient Cho Lon Town

French photographer Jack Garofalo used to live in a China town, Cho Lon. He has a collection of photos depicting a life of Chinese originated Vietnamese in 1960's. The photo above is one of his collection that features on VN Express online. The collection gives a brief description of Chinese culture of Chinese who left their homeland to earn a new life in another country, Vietnam. 

If you are more curious about this culture, visit a link Cho Lon Town. The content is in Vietnamese.

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Ethnic minority people Chi La

Before reading the small content that depicts the photo above, you take some minutes to think what it is. If you guest what it is, you cool man.

It is wet rice fields of ethnic minority people Chi La who live in the northern Vietnam. The majority of these people live on farming. The image above describes a wet rice field, a person is walking a narrow path meandering across a field.

Chi La People's houses are built on stilts. It includes three parts. The main part consists of an ancestor shrine. Each household has a gong and a drum to be used in ritual ceremonies led by a head of a family lineage.

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