Phu Yen
Phu Yen is a coastal province in southern Central Vietnam, located between Cu Mong Pass and Deo Ca Pass. This is the land of heroic revolutionary traditions, with a good depth of history and a rich, diversified culture fulll of national identities. Phu Yen has a favorable geographical position, located on the main route of transport: the north – south National Highway 1A, the east – west National Road 25. It has a good transport network of railways, roads and sea routes, . . . connecting to Vung Ro sea port, Tuy Hoa airport, very convenient for business transport, economic development...
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Ba Ria - Vung Tau
Ba Ria - Vung Tau Area: 1,989.6 sq. km.Population: 926,3 thousand habitants (2006)Capital: Vung Tau CityAdministrative divisions:- Town: Ba Ria.- Districts: Chau Duc, Xuyen Moc,Tan Thanh, Long Dien, Dat Do, Con Dao.Ethnic groups:Viet (Kinh), Hoa, Cho Ro, Khmer... Geography Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province is located in the Southern Vietnam, to the northeast of the Mekong Delta. It shares its border with Dong Nai Province to the north and Binh Thuan Province to the east, Ho Chi Minh City to the west and East Sea to the south - east.Climate: There are two distinct seasons: the dry (from November to April) and the rainy ...
Can Tho City
Area: 1,401.6 sq. kmPopulation:1,139.9 thousand habitants (2006).Administrative divisions:- Districts: Ninh Kieu, Binh Thuy, Cai Rang, O Mon- Rural districts: Phong Dien, Co Do, Thot Not, Vinh Thanh.Ethnic groups: Viet (Kinh), Khmer, Hoa, Cham... Geography Cantho City is located in the center of the Mekong Delta. It is contiguous to 5 provinces: An Giang on the north, Dong Thap on the north-east, Hau Giang on the south, Kien Giang on the west, and Vinh Long on the east. Cantho has a complex of rivers and ...
Quang ninh
Area: 6, 099 sq. kmPopulation: 1,091.3 thousand habitants (2006)Capital: Halong CityAdministrative divisions:- Towns: Cam Pha, Mong Cai, Uong Bi; - Districts: Ba Che, Binh Lieu, Hai Ha, Dam Ha, Tien Yen, Van Don, Hoanh Bo, Dong Trieu, Co To, Yen Hung.Ethnic groups: Viet (Kinh), Tay, Dao, San Chay, San Diu, Hoa...
Geography
Quang Ninh is a mountainous and coastal province, with more than 80% of its area being made up of mountains and hills. The sea and island zone of Quang Ninh has a unique terrain. There are more than ...
Legends of Huong River
As a mild rhythm in the gorgeous symphony of Truong Son range, Huong River has become a special gem of this land. It is this river that embraces and shapes Hue, breeding the birth and the development of Thuan Hoa town, or Phu Xuan town later, and then Hue Old Capital, for over 700 years now. Especially, the river is embedded with numerous legends, ranging from that of its name to those of other historical figures. This is the source of inspiration for the festive program “Legends of Huong River” in Hue Festival 2008.The program ...
Rice cooking competitions (thi thoi com)
During Tet, a number of villages in northern and central Vietnam hold cooking contests that may sound simple, but follow strict and complex rules: Cooking in the wind and rain. Tu Trong Village, Thanh Hoa Province has a temple dedicated to the 11th century warrior Le Phung Hieu. During the temple's weeklong festival the first week of Tet, villagers hold culinary competitions: cooking ordinary rice in water, steaming sticky rice and making rice cakes.Contestants cook in the open air while in a bamboo boat floating on the village pond. Charcoal, the usual fuel, is prohibited. Instead, each competitor receives some dried sugar cane, which burns only with difficulty. The challenge increases if it is windy and raining. Each contestant must set her ...
Scaling leafy Rung Rinh Peak
Getting all misty-eyed: Looking down on Tam Dao town in Vinh Yen Province, about 70km north of Ha Noi.
Hotel hideaway: Hotels cling to the side of Rung Rinh Peak, affording visitors a wonderful view of Tam Dao National Park. — VNA/VNS Photo Huu Oai It takes just two hours by car from ...
Miss Universe contestants visit Ha Noi as beauty pageant begins
Miss Universe contestants on The Huc Bridge at Ngoc Son Temple in the heart of the capital. —VNA/VNS Photo Nhat Anh Beauty floods into town: Eighty-one contestants participating in the Miss Universe 2008 beauty pageant met with ambassadors and heads of diplomatic missions in Ha Noi at the Ambassadors Gala Dinner last night. The event aimed to promote cultural exchange between ...
Thang co cooks a 5-horse meal
A Thang co festival and its featured horse meat dishes will for the first time be the focus of Bac Ha tourism’s cultural week, held between May 30 and June 2 in the northwestern province of Lao Cai. Horse: it’s what’s for dinner! Mong men and women are preparing bowls of thang co to invite tourists. — VNA/VNS Photo Xuan Truong LAO CAI — If you have never tried horse meat, the Bac Ha tourism...
Downpour jams city streets
HA NOI — A newly-upgraded drainage system worth US$200 million failed to cope with a three-hour long downpour on Wednesday evening, the heaviest in a decade. Director of Ha Noi Water Drainage Company Nguyen Le said the volume of rain was up to 144mm an hour, exceeding design capacity of 36mm an hour. The downpour caused flash flooding and traffic jams throughout Ha Noi ...
Festival honours Emperor Quang Trung
THUA THIEN-HUE — Visitors to the on-going Hue Festival relived the crowning ceremony of National Hero Nguyen Hue when the ancient rite was re-enacted last night in the ancient imperial city of Hue. One of the most important events of the Hue Festival, the ceremony took place at the city’s Ban Mountain Relic Site, where the hero, known as Emperor Quang Trung held ...
Hue fest to begin with music, dance
THUA THIEN-HUE — The nine-day Hue Festival will open this week in the former imperial city of Hue, featuring both Vietnamese and international music and dance groups. The festival, with the theme of Cultural Heritage with Integration and Development, will begin tomorrow at the Hue Imperial Citadel’s Ngo Mon (Noon Gate) and ...
Country's official name
At the beginning of the Bronze Age, the Viet tribe groups had settled down in the North and in the north of Central Vietnam. There were about 15 groups of Lac Viet tribesmen living mainly in the northern highland and delta and a dozen Au Viet groups of tribesmen living in Viet Bac, the northern region of old Vietnam.
Van Lang (2876 BC – 258 BC)
At that time, the two ethnic tribes of the Lac Viet and Au Viet lived together in many areas with other inhabitants....
The International Sculpture Symposium “Impression of Hue – Vietnam 2008”
As a traditional prelude event of Festival Hue, the 5th International Sculpture Symposium entitled “Impression of Hue – Vietnam 2008” will take place from May 1st to June 5th, 2008 at Abalone Resort & Spa (Thuan An town, Hue City). Building on the success of previous four sculpture symposia in 1998, 2002, 2004 and 2006, the International Sculpture Symposium in Hue 2008 continues to be an opportunity of cultural and experience exchanges for international sculptors and Vietnamese ones, bringing art to life ...
Tell me about your dream last night
I was walking down a narrow alley in a small village. Little houses were standing roof to roof along the alley. They were colorful and sweet. The other alley was foggy but I could discern the redness of the pavement and the red bricks of the houses. I entered into a...
Logo of Hue Festival 2008
The logo of Hue Festival 2008, which is an inheritance from that of the previous Hue Festivals in 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006 and has become a branded icon of the Hue Festival. The Logo's figurative composition consists of 2 parts: The top frame with "Festival Hue" + (year of organization) was chosen from the design by a French artist -- Olivier Dupont de l'Estraint in 1999, during the preparation for the first edition of this event in 2000. The basic idea of the design is to adopt red flag with yellow star of the nation as its background. In association with ...
Releasing pigeons (tha chim)
A long with other traditional festival games, releasing pigeons has attracted numerous participants since the distant past. Some villages including Tam Giang and Hoan Son villages in Bac Ninh Province still maintain the tradition.
Every year, Hoan Son and Tam Giang villagers ...
Hue Festival 2008 Awaits Art Lovers
The theme “Cultural Heritage with Integration and Development”, for the Hue Festival of 2008, promises to make this the grandest, most impressive, and highest attended festival yet. There will be hundreds of cultural and tourist events aimed at showcasing the unique cultural values of Vietnam and Hue Ancient Capital. Hue Festival 2008 will continue to build on the achievements of the festivals of 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006, taking the direction for improving artistic quality and professional characteristic in order to highlight Hue’s position ...
Hue to become festival city
The Hue City People’s Committee held a ceremony on June 3 to announce the Prime Minister’s decision to approve a project to turn Hue city into a festival city. The ceremony was attended by Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh, and representatives from Thua Thien Hue, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and other provinces as well as local people. ...
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