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Tuesday, March 20, 2018
A Paddy Field in Mekong River Delta
Mekong River Delta is home to paddy fields, a store of rice for Vietnam. Rice used to occupy the first place in the development of a country but now stands after the positions of seafood and fruit. However, rice still plays a key role in Vietnamese households as is the main foodstuff in every meal.
The photo courtesy of Tuoi Tre online
Monday, March 19, 2018
Mekong River Delta
Making a tour to Mekong River Delta, a visitor finds images that depict fishermen are netting fishes, a common and interesting scenes.
Sitting on a motor boat, a tourist enjoy a glass of wine and fishing scenes, rural gardens and life, and a floating market.
The photo courtesy of Tuoi Tre online
Sunday, March 18, 2018
The Photo "Fishing" by Zay Yar Lin Won the First Prize of Skypixel Aerial Photography Contest
The photo "Fishing" by Zay Yar Lin won the first prize in the category of portrait in the Skypixel Aerial Photography Contest. A man uses a fishing tool to catch fishes in rive Inle, Myanmar.
The Skypixel photography is one of the premium photography community in the world. Its annual contest brings an opportunity to explore the unknown world and creates unique works of art from millions of professionals and enthusiasts from every corner of the world.
The photo courtesy of Tuoi Tre online
Saturday, March 17, 2018
Mua Cave, Ninh Binh Province
Mua Cave is one of the worthy sightseeing sites in Ninh Binh Province, northern Vietnam. On the top, a visitor has a panorama on endlessly extending fields at foot of a cave.
Mua Cave is a place for trekking to explore the beauty of nature and to have a panoramic view on limestone mountains.
Mua Cave means a dancing cave as a king considered it as a place to enjoy dancing groups performed here.
The photo courtesy of Tuoi Tre online
Friday, March 16, 2018
Duck Farming
An aerial photography always inspires us with unknown world and unique works of art from new brand perspective. Founded in six years ago, Skypixel contest is one of the premium aerial photograph communities with six millions of professionals and enthusiasts. As it is the well-known contest with the total rewards worth $90,000, it draws the attention of people from every corner of the world.
Vietnamese photograpers won two prizes in this competition. The above photo by Nhan, Cao Ky depicts raising ducks in the downstream of Ba River. Once in a visit to his home village, crossing a bridge above Da Rang River, he had an impression on the beauty of nature and decided to capture this scene with his flycam Mavic Pro in hand. The image describes a farmer are walking in the middle of a big number of ducks that represents the peace in the countryside.
The photo courtesy of Tuoi Tre online
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Dalat CIty in a blossom season
A photo is breath-taking viewers with multiple colour flowers. Plots of follows stand aside hills of circular pine trees that bring to visitors the beauty of nature in Dalat City, a Europe-looking city.
A scene of a field in the morning is covered with peacefulness and serenity.
The photo courtesy of VN Express
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
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
Monday, March 12, 2018
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
Sunday, March 11, 2018
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
Saturday, March 10, 2018
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
Friday, March 9, 2018
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
Thursday, March 8, 2018
8 March marks gaps between man and woman minimize.
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
Wednesday, March 7, 2018
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
Tuesday, March 6, 2018
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
Monday, March 5, 2018
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
Sunday, March 4, 2018
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
Saturday, March 3, 2018
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
Friday, March 2, 2018
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
Thursday, March 1, 2018
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
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