Vietnam Won 2020 World Travel Award

 

 

 

Recently, Vietnam has surpassed its neighboring countries including Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea and Thailand to claim the awards. 

This is a 2020 World Travel Contest. The results were based on votes cast by travel industry professionals and the public, with the nominee gaining the most votes in a category named as the winner. Individual Vietnamese companies however won several awards in smaller categories. National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines won "Asia's Leading Airline – Premium Economy Class 2020", while Bamboo Airways was honored as "Asia's leading regional airline."

The World Travel Awards was first launched in 1993 to acknowledge excellence in the travel and tourism industry. Heralded as the "travel industry's equivalent of the Oscars" by The Wall Street Journal, the awards are handed out based on votes by the public and travel professionals across the globe.

Ha Giang Is a Year-End Destination.

 

 

 

The year-end is time to visit Ha Giang Province as you would admire flowers in bloom in the rocky plateau. During your trip, you should not miss the below destinations that represent its characteristics such as nature, culture, and people. 

 

Flower fields, the deepest river canyon in Vietnam is a suggestion in your visit. 

 

Pao's House is a traditional house that is selected as a location in film Pao.

 

The palace of family Vuong is a residence of the Meo King that is known due to prominent architectural work built in 1898. 

 

Dong Van Plateau is a geopark recognized by UNESCO. The rocky mountain stretches in many hills.

 

 

Purpletop Farm in Hanoi

 

Purpletop Farm, a hot post for instagrammer

A farm in Long Bien District includes 70,000 purpletop plants growing across 12,000 square meters of field, the Long Bien Flower Plateau, which is by far the largest purpletop operation to be set up in the city. As you may know, purpletops, or purpletop vervains, are a flowering plant popularly grown across the world thanks to its beauty and symbolic meanings.

 

In Vietnam, the plant is primarily found in the northern mountainous resort town of Sa Pa, where several hills are covered by the stunning purple flowers.

Da Lat in Winter

 

Dalat in the Evening

The photographic collection "Da Lat in Winter" by young photographer Tran Ngoc Anh (also known as Py Tran), who lives and works in Dalat. The author said that from the end of October of this year to March of the following year is the best time to "hunt" the cloud, when this city enters winter, dry and cold weather.

Rice Field

 

The photo by photographer Khanh Phan recorded a line of villagers carrying grass in their baskets back home for feeding. The tall grass looks like the waves. The field is home to snakes, frogs, fish and  a source of food for families. This is one of a collection of Aerial Photography Awards.

Fishing Boat

 

 

 

 

A photo by Photographer Duy Sinh depicts fishermen throwing fishing nets, accidentally forming a girl's face on the sea. This is one of a collection of winning aerial photos.  

3 Day Visit to Mu Cang Chai

 

 

What do you plan in a visit to Mu Cang Chai?

 

In addition to watching the rice terraces in ripe rice season, you bathe in hot mineral springs in Tram Tau, enjoy Tu Le nuggets, paraglide on Khau Pha Pass ...

Following is a 3-day visit to Mu Cang Chai:

Day 1: Hanoi - Tram Tau hot spring

Traveling 220 km from Hanoi to Tram Tau takes 5 hours, to ride a motorbike or  drive a car, you should go early to get to the place near noon then take a rest, eat and drink. 

 

Day 2: Khau Pha - Lung Mong Valley, Lap Thai
- Tu Le - Mu Cang Chai

Khau Pha Pass is the place where paragliding takes place every year, called the Bay Festival on the golden season. From here, you experience the thrills while enjoying the panoramic view of the Lung Mong valley during the ripe rice season. If you love, you should book a tour in advance to have a parachute jump.

Day 3: Mam Xoi Hill - Mong Ngua Hill - Hanoi

Only about 60 km from Tu Le to the center of Mu Cang Chai town, you enjoy many beautiful terraced fields. However, the most remarkable is still La Pan Tan, Che Cu Nha, Sang Nhu ...

Mam Xoi Hill is a symbolic image of the golden season of Mu Cang Chai for many years. The hill is located in La Pan Tan, more than 8 km from the town center, the road is in bad condition, you should stop and park the car and rent a motorbike taxi from the local people to take place. In addition, near the hill, there is a triangular flower garden and ethnic dress rental service for tourists to take pictures
 

The 7th Ho Chi Minh City Ao Dai Festival

 The 7th Ho Chi Minh City Ao Dai Festival is the opening event for the series of events in the campaign "Hello Ho Chi Minh City - Hello Ho Chi Minh City" deployed by the tourism industry in Ho Chi Minh City to stimulate tourism demand. after a long delay due to the effects of the COVID-19 epidemic.

Instead of being held in March each year, this year's Ao Dai Festival took place in October due to the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic. This is an activity to honor the traditional ao dai, as a meeting place for those who love the ao dai.

Through many stages of development, ao dai has continued to evolve continuously but always retains its traditional beauty of Vietnamese women.

Preserving and promoting the traditional beauty of ao dai is one of the important tasks in contributing to building an advanced Vietnamese culture imbued with national identity, while gradually spreading the beauty. Ao Dai is becoming the mainstream fashion trend of the majority of Vietnamese people ".

Ao Dai Festival will continue to become an endless inspiration in art and literature and a popular costume of Ho Chi Minh City people and international tourists when coming to Vietnam.

Colors of Happiness of the Opening Ceremony of Ao Dai

 

 

 

Ao Dai Collection "Colors of Happiness" by fashion designer Lien Huong has drawn the attention from Ao dai enthusiasts and professionals at the night of the 7th Ho Chi Minh City Ao Dai with a theme 'I love Vietnamese Ao Dai,'

 

The Covid-19 delayed this festival.

 

As one of the leading Ao Dai designers, honored for her effort to integrate Vietnamese culture into with dedicate language of local fashion, designer Lien Huong has always brought new breathe to contemporary trend for women. 

Rice Field viewed from above

 

 

If you visit the top of Sam Mountain at noon, at the end of the summer, on the streets of Hong Ngu, Dong Thap down Tinh Bien, An Giang, you will enjoy this view.

Heart-shaped House

 

Mr Da and Ms Thuy built a heart-shaped house on a river 25 years ago. Their happiness is a peaceful and poetic life. They can't imagine their house create a heart-shaped form when viewed from above and become popular all over the world. 

The photo by Alex Cao won Highly Recommended Award in the World Drone Competition, that describes a man leading a herd of buffaloes across his heart-shaped house, leaving muddy traits at the bottom of the river.

Thuy lived in Tinh Khue Commune and Da lived in Tinh Hoa Commune (formerly in Son Tinh District, now emerged to Quang Ngai City). They were only a few kilometers apart. She quitted the school at the 9th grade to sell chickens, helping her family. She is a smart, beautiful girl. 

During a wedding party of her friend, she met Da, sitting at the same table and opposite to her. Wearing red velvet pants and a white shirt with long hair is a fashion style at that time. She cheered with Da. From then, Da had fallen in love with her quietly. 

Every time, they went out together, Da always wore a long sleeve shirt and put his hands into his trouser pockets. Thuy had not paid attention to it. Later, one of her friend said that one of his hands was amputated since childhood. 

Thuy had many boy friends, but they could not end up with a wedding party. Some came from a silver-spoon family while her family was poor. There was no match. Others were not serious about the marriage. Finally, she thought about Da, who could bring to her a true love. Their happy ending love story ended up with a wedding. 

Na Hang Lake, Tuyen Quang City

 

 

 

If you want to see the peaceful early morning in Na Hang Lake, 110 km from the heart of Tuyen Quang Province, let's go to a hill near the lake Na Hang, you will capture a peaceful and scenery landscape like the photo above, 

 

The iconic beauty of Na Hang lake is the mountain Coc Vai Pha, that nested in the lake. Coc in this expression means a pile to tie a buffalo. Na Hang is also known as a natural ecological area with a unique beauty of nature. 

 

The photo above depicts a peaceful early morning on Na Hang Lake in Lam Binh and Na Hang Districts, about 110 km from the center of Tuyen Quang City. Na Hang is the confluence between the two rivers Gam and Nang. Around the lake are majestic mountains and a lonely boat sailing along two sides of the lake.

 

Rice Field Season in Moc Chau

 

 

 

Rice field season in Moc Chau is time for photo hunters to snatch shots of breathe-taking scenery of nature. Impressive rice fields in Moc Chau in September and October is an example. 

 

 

Terraced Rice Field in Sunset

 

Terraced Rice Field

Perhaps at the end of the day is the best time to see the terraced rice field when sunlight shines on the terraced rice field full of golden rice. Mu Cang Chai is the leading destination in 2020 according to CNBC.

Colorful landscape from above

 

 

 

At the beginning of October, the rice field is ripe and golden the Quay Son River. This is one of the photo collection of photographer Cao Ky Nhan. The collection depicts the scenery from the north to the south of Vietnam, especially life style and rhythm of rural regions. 

Moc Chau

 

If you travel to Moc Chau, you should get up at 4:30 am, ride a motorbike to Hang Kia, Pa Co. This place is 40 km from the center of Moc Chau. Then you would enjoy the sunshine in time from 5am to 6am. 

If you don't want to get up early, you have homestay near here. In the early morning, you can enjoy a sea of clouds in a sky.

Ru Cha - Hue Tourist Destination

 

Ru Cha

If you travel to Thua Thien - Hue in early September, you would see patches of green leaves turn yellow in a thick mangrove forest like the photo above.  

 

Ru Cha seems to be an impressive seasonal transition picture, expanding 5 hectare, and provide an opportunity for young people who love ecotourism. When leaves turn yellow, they will fall off quickly, particularly in heavy rains or strong winds. Therefore, visitors should take advantage of this opportunity to enjoy the scenery.  

Sa Pa - Lao Cai

 

 

Sa Pa

Where do you plan to go from mid August to early September? The terraced fields in Sapa is a must in your plan, if you want to see gradually turning golden rice fields that have captured the attention of professional photographers across the country. 

You don't worry about the accommodation here because homestay, long-built hotels, and lots of tourist service are at your disposal. 

To travel to Sapa, you have many options such as rental of a motorbike, self-driving car or booking a bus.

 

Homestay Ha Giang

 

 

 If you want to travel to Ha Giang Province, September and October are time for this. You can't miss the scenery of golden rice fields that have attracted thousands of photographers and selfie enthusiasts. For accommodation, you stay in one of the above homestay. There are some natural springs and waterfalls where you swim in turquoise water under sun shining to relax yourself from the hustle and bustle of the city. 

 

Mam Xoi Hill

 

 

Mam Xoi Hill

 Only about 60km from Tu Le to the center of Mu Cang Chai Town, there exists many terraced fields. Mam Xoi hill is one of these examples. The hill which nestles in La Pan Tan, 8km from the town center, has attracted thousands of visitors and many professional photographers as it is a symbolic image of golden rice season in Mu Cang Chai.

The road is difficult for transportation, you should rent a motorbike of local people to explore the hill. There is a triangle follower garden and ethnic dress rental service near the hill where you rent to take photos here.