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Hành trình: Hà Nội – Ngọc Sơn Ngổ Luông, tỉnh Hoà Bình, cách Hà Nội khoảng 150 km – Hà Nội Tiếp tục đọc “Tour du lịch sinh thái cộng đồng KBT Ngọc Sơn – Ngổ Luông”
VietNamNet Bridge – Leaving Ngoi Village, a beautiful and pristine village on the banks of Hoa Binh Lake, we were eager to discover Lung Van.
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| Joy: Children play in Lung Van. — VNS Photo Bach Lien |
We set off on our trip to the northern mountainous Province of Hoa Binh in the early hours of the morning.
Lung Van is a highland commune in Tan Lac District. It is still unaffected by tourism with its spectacular natural scenery and the unique culture of the Muong people. Tiếp tục đọc “The lost land of the Muong”
VietNamNet Bridge – It takes Doan Thi Xuyen, 31, three to four hours a day to climb up a trail leading to Ta Lu Dang kindergarten in a village in the northern mountainous Yen Bai Province to teach the local kids.
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| Teacher Doan Thi Xuyen helps a student put on her backpack. |
The steep and narrow trail leading to Ta Lu Dang Village in Xa Ho Commune can be found around five kilometres from the township of Tram Tau District. The district, one of the poorest in the country, has over ten makeshift schools that face great challenges. Of these, the Ta Lu Dang kindergarten encounters perhaps the most significant obstacles to success. Tiếp tục đọc “Mountaintop kindergarten fights tough odds”
The caves are part of an exploration tour to become available in 2018
By Tuoi Tre NewsSeptember 24, 2017, 11:25 GMT+7
| A photo taken inside Over Cave at the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Quang Binh Province. Photo: Jungle Boss |
The tourism department of central Vietnam’s Quang Binh Province has just concluded a survey of a new tourist route across three natural caves in the province’s Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park.
The caves – Dai A, Over and Pygmy – are part of the Vom cave system in the park’s ecological restoration zone. Tiếp tục đọc “Three new caves to open to tourists at Vietnam’s Phong Nha-Ke Bang”
By Tuoi Tre News
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| An officer points at the part of a pine tree where a hole was drilled to add herbicide. The incident has happened since late June in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong. Photo: Tuoi Tre |
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| Workers at Thủ Đức Water Company check the operation system. In addition to clean water supplied by companies like this, people in many residential areas use groundwater for their daily activities due to a shortage of tap water. — VNA/VNS Photo Ngọc Hà |
Viet Nam News HCM CITY — With warnings about the ill effects of groundwater on users’ health and possible land subsidence due to overexploitation of water, 10 years ago HCM City authorities had adopted policies to reduce the use of groundwater.- Tiếp tục đọc “Groundwater use continues in HCM City”
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| Group music: Folk artisan Vàng Sín Phìn (third from left) practices the Thu Lao people’s melodies with women in the village. — Photo baolaocai.vn |
Although the northern province of Thai Binh is not quite a renowned destination in Vietnam’s tourism map for breathtaking beaches, it is home to fantastic and striking islets, arousing the curiosity of a huge number of local and foreign tourists and those embracing a passion for sea tourism.
Con Den (Black Islet), Con Thu (Thu Islet), and Con Vanh (Vanh Islet) are among the most impressive islets in the province worth a visit for travelers longing for a place without earsplitting noises and with a tranquil space and poetic landscapes to escape the noisy and busy atmosphere and hide from the scorching heat these days. Tiếp tục đọc “Exploring the untouched beauty of islets in Thai Binh”
Hai Phong serves as a pleasant base when visiting other north-eastern spots such as Cat Ba and Halong Bay.
In Hai Phong, there are many places worth visiting and these include temples, shrines, pagodas and mausoleums. There is also a beach and communal house that tourists often frequent. The town is also known for a handful of festivals, including one which involves buffalo fighting. Tiếp tục đọc “Top attractions in the northern port city of Hai Phong”
The authorities in Hue City have started to restore an old wooden house for tourism.
The garden house of Doan Kim Khanh on 145 Van Xuan Street, Kim Long Ward, was built in the 20th century.
It is highly regarded for cultural values with the old wooden beams. Some details have been changed in order to meet the modern lives.
After over 100 years and lack of funding, the house has shown signs of deterioration. Tiếp tục đọc “Hue restores 100-year-old house for tourism”
The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has shown its determination to teach swimming to students as many drowning cases are reported every year. However, the biggest problem is the lack of pools, and money to build pools.
The Binh Thuan provincial education department seems to have found the solution to this problem by calling for private investment. Nguyen Van Linh School in Binh Thuan province, for example, has borrowed money from the Binh Thuan Books and School Equipment Company. Tiếp tục đọc “Binh Thuan to build swimming pools for schools under BOT mode”
The village of Ong Hao in northern Hung Yen Province has a national reputation for its tradition of making drums for the mid-autumn festival each year.
 A local craftsman prepares wooden board to make the drums. Tiếp tục đọc “Village of Ong Hao preserves the art of drum-making – Những người giữ lửa làng nghề làm trống Trung Thu” |
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| An aerial view of Son Tra Peninsula in Da Nang, central Vietnam. Photo: Tuoi Tre |
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Although the Mid-Autumn Festival is still half a month from now, thousands of local and foreign tourists are rushing to the lantern quarter on Luong Nhu Hoc and Phu Dinh streets in HCMC’s District 5 during the weekend to admire the beauty of sparkling lanterns in different shapes and vibrant colors, pose for stunning photos and immerse themselves in the joyful and jubilant atmosphere. Tiếp tục đọc “Early Mid-Autumn colors at District 5’s lantern street”
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