A path of camels across the sand

SkyPixel has just announced the winners of the annual aerial photography contest and results are breath-taking. The competition that ran from October to December 2017 has drawn the submission of 44,000 professionals and enthusiasts from 141 countries.

The above photo that won a consolidation prize photo by Abdullah Alnassar depicts a path of camels across the sand.

The photo courtesy of Sky Pixel

Asian Kid Fashion Show 2018

A group of 7 Asian designers from different Asian countries joined to organise a Kid Fashion Week of 2018 in Ho Chi Minh City that has drawn the attention of the public and interested people. It is not only a stage for talented designers to appease their passion but also for kid models to satisfy their desire of being a future model.

A group includes designers of Vietnam, Thailand, India, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Kanzathstan.

The photo courtesy of Tuoi Tre online

Festivals in the beginning of the year in Binh Duong Province

Binh Duong Province receives the influx of visitors across the country who goes for religious pilgrimage. Binh Duong organises activities to welcome tourists to these events. In the first month of the lunar calendar, Unicon dance groups perform openly in main streets. 

The Photo Courtesy of Tuoi Tre online

Conic Hats

In a tour in Vietnam, a Dutch tourist Chris Schalkx realized a collection of photos to depict the simplicity of Vietnamese's daily life. These photos were posted on the tourism Instagram snapshot, Britain's Guardian Newspaper. These snapshots captured scenes of a daily life in Hanoi City, Hoi An Ancient Town, Ninh Binh Province, and Ho Chi Minh City. 

The above photo was taken in Hoi An Ancient Town where he found ancient styles of construction. A vendor of conic hats displays piles of hats that were painted with colourful followers.  

The photo courtesy of Tuoi Tre online

Turn off the light for Earth Hour

This year, Earth Hour falls on 24 March. At present, the mass media in all cities and towns across Vietnam mobilizes the public to join this campaign by turning off all lights for 60 minutes or more for "a green life".

With a motto "Go more green", the Ministry of Industry has just launched a campaign to raise awareness of the public on the environmental sustainability. It is an event participated by the whole world.

There will be commitments of households, businesses, and organizations to turn off lights to save electric energy. Last year, Vietnam saved 471,000 kwh on Earth Hour.

The photo courtesy of Tuoi Tre online

8 March marks gaps between man and woman minimize.

Gap

Gaps between man and woman are reduced or the equality of their rights increases. It is their continuous struggle for their current stand in the society. The above photo depicts a match between male and female wrestlers that took place in Vietnam. 

A dramatic wrestling match between male and female wrestlers took place 2 March in a festival in Van Tra Village, An Dong Town, An Duong District, Hai Phòng City, Vietnam. Wrestlers Thu, Nguyen Minh challenged to fight a male one who later accepted her words. The rule of this tournament is regardless age, weight and height but requires strength and determination. Winning is wrestling an opponent to touch his/her back on the ground.

As a result, Thu won the match.

The photo courtesy of ANTT

Ao Dai (long dress) and conic hat

The collection of Ao Dai and conic hat by designer Ngo Kien Huy that took place in the festival of Ao Dai on the pedestrian street Nguyen Hue attracted the attention of the public due to white long dresses, white paddy bushes and white conic hats.

The goal of this event is to honour Vietnam traditional dress and gracefulness of Vietnamese girl's silhouette. On the white ground of Ao Dai, pigeons that represent the peace are painted in the blue colour that embodies the environment. The message the designer wants to convey is to build a world free of a war. 

The photo courtesy of Thanh Nien online

Tet in the Highlands

The photo features a scene of Tet (the Lunar New Year) in Highlands. Two ethnic minority girls in traditional wear are looking down at a stream meandering along a valley. Tet is an opportunity for children to clothe traditional dresses to go along with their parents to entertainment places in a community.

The Photo Courtesy of Tuoi Tre Online

An Influx of Worshippers Jostle to Burn Incenses in Thien Truong Temples

On the first days of March (the 15th of January of the lunar calendar), people crowded pack at some temples to pray the best for their loved ones. Around the midnight of the eve, thousands gravitated to some main pagodas across the country. They elbow out of the way to burn a bundle of incense and ask for some ash which deems good luck.

Some temple organised a ceremony of opening royal seal after which people ask for a seal on a paper as a sign of good luck. A phenomenon of crowding at some sacred places created thefts and robberies. Many people had lost their money or personal papers due to religious visits.

The photo courtesy of Tuoi Tre News

Ao Dai Parade (Long Dress Festival) on 4 March 2018

The fifth Annual Ao Dai Festival is taking place from 3 to 25 March 2018 in Vietnam to honour the gracefulness of Vietnam traditional dress. The participation in this event includes female school students across Ho Chi Minh City, women unions, actors, and artists clothing long dresses. On 4 March, in a pedestrian street Nguyen Hue, thousands of women in various colour dresses gather in groups to gravitate to the heart of the city.

The photo courtesy of VN Express online

A Huge number of people went to Thien Truong Temple

In the beginning of March, it is time for Budhist worshippers to gravitate to temples to pray the best for their loved ones and families. Early the morning, the influx of people jostled to pagodas to burn incence to get some ash as a sign of good luck to keep at their home.

The photo courtesy of VN Express

Lantern Festival

After Tet, the Lunar New Year, comes another important event, Lantern Festival that falls on the 15th of January of the lunar calendar. Again, worshippers flow to pagodas to make offerings to pray the best for their loved ones and family.

One of the meanings of this festival is that a king was crowned and went out to visit the public on that day.

The photo courtesy of Thanh Nien online

A True Love Story

A true love story makes a hit on the Facebook between a man with a deformed face due to eye cancer and a girl. The man, named Po, has suffered from the cancer terminal, waiting for the scythe of death. A girl, named Atittaya Chumkeaw, posted her photos and her sweetheart on a social media to celebrate three years of their love that makes netizens admire their true love.

Atittaya calls Po Mr Fat and her love towards Po has never changed even though his face is deformed terribly. In messages on the Facebook, she said she has encouraged and helped him overcome physical pains due to cancer.     

The Photo Courtesy of Thanh Nien online

An Ecosystem Area in Dalat City

The photo depicts a scene of an ecosystem area Hoa Son Dien Trang that nestles in a valley 8 km away from Dalat City. Tourists find the serenity and simpleness of nature. Recently, Hoa Son Dien Trang has been posted on a social media by young people.

The Photo Courtesy of VN Express

A Flow of People Comes Back To A City After The Lunar New Year

After the Lunar New Year or Tet, a sea of people came back to a city from every corner of the country. A phenomenon happens annually when a quantifier of people go to their native villages to spend some first days of the Lunar New Year.

Tet is an opportunity for the Vietnamese to reunite their families. Though living or working far from home, they all return to their parents' houses to visit their relatives, next-door friends. It is a moment that helps them live slow, set all daily concerns aside, enjoy the happiness with their loved ones. It is why people leave the big cities on the Lunar New Year to go to the suburban.

The Photo Courtesy of Thanh Nien online

Dalat City

Dalat City is a place for international and local tourists to spend their holidays in the end or the beginning of a year. Visitors remind Dalat City not only of a variety of flowers but also meandering and sloppy streets. Every Lunar New Year, a sea of people comes to Dalat to spend some first days here. This year, they went by their own cars that generated a congestion. People like Dalat City as it is western-like cool and full of cherry blossom.

In the Lunar New Year is a time for tourists to find attractive the cherry blossom in the city.

The photo courtesy of VN Express

Interesting secrets of a long house of Ede People

A longhouse is a place to live for the Ede people, an ethnic minority group, who observe the matrilineality. Recently, Miss Vietnam of 2017 H'Hen Nie is proud of her family who lives in the matrilineality in which a girl makes a decision in her marriage and gets married early without preparing a couple's life. H'Hen Nie strongly criticizes this custom (early marriage) that creates an impact on a girl's education. They are not educated enough to land a job to earn their livelihood. As a result, they only make both ends meet.

A 40-meter house was built in a garden of the Museum of Ethnology, Vietnam, that is based on the model of a house of Ms H'Dach Eban constructed in 1967, in Buom Me Thuoc City, Dak Lak Province. The main door is towards the north. There are two staircases: one is called female and the other male.

The above photo depicts male and female staircases. The right one is the female staircase that includes a crescent and a breast of a woman that embodies the matrilineality. This staircase is used by visitors and women.

The photo courtesy of VN Express

Religion Pilgrimage for Huong Pagoda

Early in the morning, around 3 A.M. a sea of religiou pilgrims take small boats to go to Huong Pagoda to avoid overcrowding. Depending to the size of boats, tickets vary from USD 6 to 7. Each boat could transfor around 14 people without a life jacket. People seem not to care about their life.

A baby in the arms of her mother is sitting on a boat without life vest. There is no rule of local authorities to protect the security of visitors. The Lunar New Year is the time for people flow to the pagoda to say prayers to wish the best for their loved ones, families for the whole upcoming year. On these days, around 50,000 people come to this temple.

The photo courtesy of VN Express

Ethnic Minority Little Girls clad in traditional dresses

Two little girls in traditional dresses of the ethnic minority people are walking on a road to their friends' houses on the Lunar New Year. For them, the Lunar New Year is one of the main events in a year. Rich or poor, they spend these days visiting their friends, relatives, and loved ones and set all of the chores aside during this time.

The above photo is one of the photo entries for a contest driven by SaigonTourist, a Vietnamese tourist company, to promote the tourism in Vietnam. The competition happens from 15 August 2017  to 31 March 2018 with awards worth more than US$ 300,000.

The photo courtesy of Tuoi Tre online

Sword Lake in Hanoi

A photo of Hoan Kiem Lake (Sword Lake) in Hanoi was taken for two decades ago to depict a man sitting on a bench in a quiet afternoon. The lake is a place for those looking to get away from hustle and bustle of a city and surrounds Ngoc Son Temple (Temple of Jade Mountain), a pagoda nestled in the centre of a small island.

 Ngoc Son Temple is an original architectural ensemble where tourists have to pass a red painted bridge Huc to enter. The bridge has 32 circular pillars made from concrete, on the other hand, floor and railing of the bridge were made from wood. Its red colour looks striking against on blue water under the bridge.

Ngoc Son Temple is crowned with Buddhist worshippers on the first days of the Lunar New Year. They come to say prayers for best things for their families, loved ones.

The photo courtesy of VN Express