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The Central Highlands of Vietnam is not only renowned for its culture of gongs and epics that the inhabitants tell by the fireside, but also for its wooden statues that are rustic and simple.
 Statuettes of wood installed in a garden of statues in the tourist village of Ko Tam, Town of Buon Ma Thuot. Tiếp tục đọc “The wooden statues of the Central Highlands” |
Tiếp tục đọc “Phát sốt nhà thờ màu hồng khiến giới trẻ đứng ngồi không yên”
Tuoi Tre News
Updated : 06/07/2017 16:17 GMT + 7
Residents of Ho Chi Minh City may be able to operate their businesses on local sidewalks for a fee, as part of a new proposal.
The municipal Department of Transport is gathering feedback from local experts and citizens on a proposal to rent the city’s sidewalks.
According to the agency, leasing local sidewalks for a fee will contribute to the city’s budget, which will then be used to upgrading streets and other traffic infrastructure. Tiếp tục đọc “Ho Chi Minh City mulls over sidewalk rental plan after ‘clearing campaign’ ends”
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| About 5.3 million international tourists have come to Việt Nam in the first five months this year, an increase of 30.8 per cent over last year’s figure.The Government has agreed to extend the visa exemption policy for citizens from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain and Italy. — Photo gtgt.vn |
The policy, which ends on June 30 this year, will be extended until June 30, next year.
Accordingly, citizens from the above-mentioned countries will not have to apply for visa if their stay in Việt Nam does not exceed 15 days. Tiếp tục đọc “Government extends visa-exemption policy for five countries’ citizens”
TTO – Nhiếp ảnh gia Huỳnh Phúc Hậu tự hào giới thiệu với mọi người rằng Lễ hội Đại kỳ yên đình thần Bình Thủy – xã Bình Thủy, huyện Châu Phú, An Giang – quê anh là… vui nhất Việt Nam.
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| Dẫn đầu đám rước là xe của Thần Du Vãng Cảnh đi vòng quanh xã. Ảnh: HUỲNH PHÚC HẬU |
Mỗi năm, vào ngày mùng 9 và mùng 10 tháng Năm âm lịch, người dân xã Bình Thủy, huyện châu Phú, tỉnh An Giang lại tổ chức Lễ hội Đại kỳ yên (cúng Đình) nhằm tưởng nhớ vị Thần Hoàng Bổn Cảnh có công lập làng.
Ngoài những nghi thức đám rước, cúng lễ… người dân xã Bình Thủy đã biến lễ hội quê mình thành những ngày vui chơi náo nhiệt với nhiều hoạt động như thể thao, đua thuyền, hóa trang… Tiếp tục đọc “Lễ hội Đại kỳ yên hóa trang tưng bừng ‘vui nhất Việt Nam’”
San Thang kermis is the largest of its kind in Lai Chau, bringing together the Dao, Mong, Thai, Giay and Lu ethnic people from across the northern mountainous province.
 Mong women from the communes of Ta Leng, Ho Thau and Sin Suoi Ho go to the market from the early morning. Tiếp tục đọc “A tour around biggest ethnic market in Lai Chau” |
Radio Coffee, Goc Hanoi, Lao Hac Quan, Nha Minh 80s and Café 81 in HCM City are known as nice places for groups, couples or anyone who like savouring a cup of coffee and indulging themselves in a nostalgic space full of items that date back decades.
 Radio Coffee on Hoa Sua St, Phu Nhuan Dist. Tiếp tục đọc “Five most nostalgic coffee shops in Saigon” |
Despite the lack of material possessions, children in the northwest highlands region remain innocent with the friendliest of eyes and equally pleasant big bright positive optimistic smile on their face.
 Children play spinning top game Tiếp tục đọc “Innocence of Vietnam’s mountainous children” |
When Ninh Binh is called to mind, people often think of the Phat Diem stone cathedral, the ancient capital of Hoa Lu, the Trang An tourism site and Bai Dinh Pagoda, but few are those who know that hidden deep in the secluded countryside beneath the mountains’ feet are churches representative of a religious tradition with exceedingly unique architecture.
Downstream from Nho Quan, on the road that leads to Cuc Phuong National Forest, is a unique architectural structure that was built entirely by the talented hands and ardent love of its priests. That is Chau Son Abbey in Phu Son, Nho Quan, Ninh Binh, near Hanoi. Tiếp tục đọc “Chau Son abbey is a rare jewel”
Hoi An is home to a number of must-see old assembly halls. If you plan a trip to the city, do not miss the following interesting places.
 Fukian assembly hall on 46 Tran Phu St. Tiếp tục đọc “Must-see old assembly halls in Hoi An” |
 Around 25km off the coast, Ly Son consists of Lon (Big) and Be (Small) Islands which cover nearly 10sq.km. Tiếp tục đọc “Ly Son – the pearl in blue sea” |
Updated : 06/01/2017 15:00 GMT + 7
A female customer was violently beaten on Wednesday by the owners of a store selling local delicacies in Da Lat City after attempting to return a bottle of mulberry juice she had been tricked into buying.
The victim suffered from flesh injuries and was taken to the hospital for treatment.
Tran Ngoc Bich, 44, was driving her niece around Da Lat on Wednesday when a man on a motorbike approached the pair and invited them to a local mulberry garden where he said they could buy freshly picked mulberries for VND20,000 (US$0.88) per kilogram Tiếp tục đọc “Buyer beaten for returning bottle of juice in Vietnam’s Da Lat”
The summer has arrived. Hanoi streets are becoming more and more colorful with the red of Flamboyant flowers, the yellow of Golden Shower flowers, and the purple of Crape-myrtle flowers.
Purple – the color of Crape-myrtle flowers, appears at the beginning of the summer. Crape-myrtle flowers are grown in crowded streets. Tiếp tục đọc “Colorful flowers in Hanoi summer” |
Bien Ho Lake in Pleiku city of Gia Lai province is a renowned tourist attraction which is considered as a “pearl” in the Central Highlands of Vietnam.
 Bien Ho, also called To Nung, was previously a giant volcano mouth in the north of Pleiku Tiếp tục đọc “Bien Ho Lake – a pearl in Central Highlands” |
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