may in mini: October 2011

Wednesday, 26 October 2011

Ho Dynasty Citadel World Heritage Site upgraded

Ho Dynasty Citadel World Heritage Site upgraded

The northern province of Thanh Hoa plans to invest around VND22 billion (over USD1 million) in upgrading tourism infrastructure from now till June 2012 to promote the cultural and unique values of the Ho Dynasty Citadel. Under the plan, the website http://thanhnhaho.vn will be updated with information about the World Heritage Site – the Ho Dynasty Citadel. The Centre for Ho Citadel Heritage Conservation will cooperate with scientists in unearthing archaeological objects and relics in the citadel, as well as with the Vietnam Road General Department in repairing some sections of national highways 45 and 217. In the near future, the province will organise a number of tours to the Ho Dynasty Citadel. Hue Tours | Hue Tour | Festival Hue | Hue Da Nang | Da Nang Hoi An | Hoi An Hue | Du Lich Hue | Du Lich Hoi An | Du Lich Da Nang | Du Lich Sapa | Du Lich Da Lat | Du Lich Phu Quoc | Du Lich Lao | Du Lich Cambodia | Du Lich Thai Lan |Du Lich Singapore | Du Lich Malaysia | Du Lich Trung Quoc
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Monday, 24 October 2011

New Experience Tour in Hue

HUE, NEW EXPERIENCE TOUR

OPTIONS:

1. Half day: Hue - Than Tien traditional handicraft village – Sinh village – Thanh Toan cover bridge

2. Half day: Hue – An Bang – My Khanh - Tam Giang Lagoon.

3. Full day: Traditional Handicraft Village and Tam Giang Lagoons

TOUR 01 ( HALF DAY TOUR) HUE - THAN TIEN– SINH –THANH TOAN

7h30: About 5km from Hue city, on downstream of Huong River and opposite the ancient town of Bao Vinh, you go with the guide of Huetourist by car to Thanh Tien village. This place is famous for its traditional craft of making paper flowers that has gone on for about four hundred years. You will see the authentic local work and participate, there, with co – working.

9h30: Continue by car to explore Sinh Village, hearing the story “tunnel digging to painting” of artist Ky Huu Phuoc.

10h30: Then transfer to Duong No and visit the Ho Chi Minh memorial house to know about Ho Chi Minh’s history

11h30: You continue the visit by the Thanh Toan Bridge and Agriculture museum to know more about the daily life of the villager.

12h00: You go back to the city or continue the afternoon half day tour to Tam Giang lagoon. Lunch in the town.

TOUR 02 ( HAFT DAY TOUR): HUE - AN BANG – MY KHANH – TAM GIANG

13h30: Take direction To Phu Bai airport then continue to An Bang village – in 70s, where many boat people left here to find a new life. In the spirit of skeptical flavour, they come back and they buillt many lavish and colorful shrine to their ancestors that can not see any other places. They called it is “City Mausoleum”, it is also the expression for the spiritual life of people coast.

14h30: Visitting around the city and listen to local people talk about their mausoleum - worth tens of trillions.

15h30: Continue to My Khanh village and visit the brique Cham tower, 100 years old, covered by beach sandy. You follow the coastal road to Thuan An beach.

16h30:You will take the fishing boat from Thuan An pagoda wharf and across the lagoon, you go to Sam and Chuon area. That is your creating moment for “Sunset on Tam Giang” photos (Tam Giang photos tour). Stop by in Cho house for the responsibles travel activities by sharing your civilisation with fishermen and poor family, living on the water surface.

18h30: Have dinner with sea food and come back Hue.

TOUR 03 (ONE DAY TOUR): THE COMBINATION OF THE 2 TOURS

QUOTATION IN USD

SERVICES INCLUDED

NUMBER OF GUESTS

2 - 3

4 - 6

7 - 9

> 10

Half day: Than Tien

traditional handicraft village.

* Car/van * Boat * Guide * Water * Entrance ticket

Half day: An Bang - Tam

Giang lagoon

* Car/van * Boat * Guide * Water * Entrance ticket

Full day: Traditional handicraft Village and Tam Giang Lagoon.

* Car/van * Boat * Guide * Water * Entrance ticket

Remarks :

ü Extra charge for lunch/dinner ( sea food) as request: 6USD /pax

ü Transportation : By car, by moto and by motorbike

ü Children < 11y : Discount 30%

Wednesday, 19 October 2011

Saigon Notre-Dame Cathedral

Saigon Notre-Dame Cathedral

Monday, 17 October 2011

The beauty of an oil painting at Quan Ba Field

Friday, 14 October 2011

Thien Duong-the longest cave in Vietnam

Thien Duong cave in Phong Nha-Ke Bang national park in the central province of Quang Binh has been considered as the longest in the world. From a 5 kilometres stretch of the cave discovered in 2005, the British Cave Research Association continued in 2010 that it was 31.4 kilometres long. The cave has been open to the public since the end of last year and visitors have to climb 524 steps to reach the cave. Inside there is a 1 kilometres long and 1m wide wooden bridge, the longest of its kind ever seen in Vietnam. Hue Tours | Hue Tour | Festival Hue | Hue Da Nang | Da Nang Hoi An | Hoi An Hue | Du Lich Hue | Du Lich Hoi An | Du Lich Da Nang | Du Lich Sapa | Du Lich Da Lat | Du Lich Phu Quoc | Du Lich Lao | Du Lich Cambodia | Du Lich Thai Lan |Du Lich Singapore | Du Lich Malaysia | Du Lich Trung Quoc
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Thursday, 13 October 2011

Discovering ‘coffin museum’

Po Cung Grotto on Pha Hang Mountain in Thanh Hoa Province is the largest grotto cemetery in Vietnam. The grotto is 10m high, divided into three parts with two doors of 5m high. It is the cemetery for 74 ancient coffins made of tree-trunks. Most of them are quite intact. Anthropologists explained that instead of burying dead people, some ethnic groups put dead people in caves. In Vietnam, this practice was popular during the Dong Son era. Archaeologists discovered coffins dating back to the first century in Thailand caves and coffins from the 5th century BCE to the early 20th century in China's caves. Coffins in the form of dug-out canoes in Po Cung grotto are the first of their kind to be discovered in Vietnam. These coffins are made of tree-trunks and they are placed on wooden brackets. The biggest coffins are 2.8m long, 0.48m wide and the smallest are 1.4m long and 0.28m wide. Many coffins don't have bones inside. Scientists observed that this grotto may be a cemetery of several big families and they still want to know how they brought the coffins into the grotto, which is located high on the mountain. After Po Cung grotto was discovered several years ago in Quan Hoa district, officials have combined with the Institute for Archaeology to research the grotto. The provincial government aims to turn it into a tourist site. Festival Hue | Hue Da Nang | Da Nang Hoi An | Hoi An Hue | Du Lich Hue | Du Lich Hoi An | Du Lich Da Nang | Du Lich Sapa | Du Lich Da Lat | Du Lich Phu Quoc | Du Lich Lao | Du Lich Cambodia | Du Lich Thai Lan |Du Lich Singapore | Du Lich Malaysia | Du Lich Trung Quoc
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Monday, 10 October 2011

Spring Ploughing Festival, a traditional farming practice

Le Tich Dien or Ploughing Ceremonial Festival was a traditional farming practice that has greatly impacted on agricultural production in Vietnam. Agriculture always plays an important role in Vietnam's national economy. All Kings of the past dynasties attached great importance to promoting agricultural production. Le Tich Dien (Ploughing Ceremonial Festival) was held in the capital every spring. The King ploughed a piece of field to pray to Shennong for good weather and a bumper harvest. According to legend, the Ploughing Ceremonial Festival originates from China. Shennong, also called Yan Emperor, was the god who invented farming in the mythology of ancient China. He taught people how to cultivate crops and to establish markets for trading. So they called him Shennong, which means the god of farming. In Vietnam, the first Le Tich Dien was held in 987 AD, during the reign of King Le Dai Hanh in the then capital of Hoa Lu. The king, himself acted as master of the ceremony and went down to the field to plough. After the king ploughed three furrows, all mandarins followed him to the field. Each of them ploughed five, seven or nine furrows depending on their grades. Kings of the following dynasties all maintained this practice and Le Tich Dien became an important ceremonial festival of the royal court. Le Tich Dien was held throughout the Ly, Tran and Le dynasties to promote agricultural production. In 1484, King Le Thanh Tong built a Dan Tien Nong in Hoang Mai village on the outskirts of Thang Long capital. The king went there every spring to pray for Shennong and ploughed the field. Thanks to this agricultural promotion policy, Vietnam's economy in this period developed vigorously and people became more prosperous. The Nguyen dynasty (1802-1945) considered Le Tich Dien one of the three most important ceremonies. King Minh Mang who was known as the King of Farmers held Le Tich Dien in a stately manner. The Tich Dien compound was built within the imperial city of Hue in front of Phu Xuan village's communal house (which now belongs to Tay Loc ward) on an area of about 6 ha. After the Tich Dien ceremony in the imperial city, people from all parts of the country held the Le Xuong Dong or Ploughing the Field ceremony. Le Tich Dien was the most important ceremony of the year during the feudal times. It was also an opportunity for kings, mandarins and lords to undertand the hard work of farmers. Nowaday, the Tich Dien compound in Hue no longer exists. However, many villages in Thua Thien- Hue still hold the ploughing ceremony every year to mark the ancient Tich Dien ceremonial festival. Particularly in 2009 and 2010, with the support from the Government, Tich Dien was held in Doi Son, Duy Tien district, Ha Nam province where the first ceremony was held by King Le Dai Hanh in 987AD. It was attended by State President Nguyen Minh Triet and other officials of ministries and state agencies. Le Tich Dien or Ploughing Ceremonial Festival was a traditional farming practice that has greatly impacted on agricultural production in Vietnam. Festival Hue | Hue Da Nang | Da Nang Hoi An | Hoi An Hue | Du Lich Hue | Du Lich Hoi An | Du Lich Da Nang | Du Lich Sapa | Du Lich Da Lat | Du Lich Phu Quoc | Du Lich Lao | Du Lich Cambodia | Du Lich Thai Lan |Du Lich Singapore | Du Lich Malaysia | Du Lich Trung Quoc
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Saturday, 8 October 2011

Vietnam now boasts 15 world heritages

The recent recognition of Vietnam's Ho Dynasty Citadel by UNESCO as a world cultural heritage brought the number of world natural, cultural and documentary heritages possessed by Vietnam to 15. Ha Long Bay Of the three world natural heritages, Ha Long Bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh was honoured as a wonderful masterpiece of nature with 1,969 islands. With an outstanding landscape, the 1,553 sq. km bay was officially placed on the list of the World Natural Heritage by UNESCO in 1994. Six years later, it was recognised as a World Natural Heritage by the organisation for the second time for its geological and geomorphological values. Boasting a unique beauty of limestone mountains, the Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh was included in the list of World Natural Heritage in 2003 for its geological and geomorphological values. It was also being proposed for inscription into the list for a second time, in terms of biological diversity. Covering an area of 2,350 sq. km, Dong Van Stone Plateau in the northern province of Ha Giang is home to 45 geomorphological heritages, 33 tectonic heritages and numerous fossils in the sedimentary stone strata. The plateau was honoured by UNESCO in 2010. To date Vietnam had ten world cultural heritages, including five tangible cultural ones – the imperial city of Hue, the capital of the Nguyen Dynasty which was recognised in 1993; Hoi An Old Quarters, a busy trading port between the 16 th century and the 19 th century and My Son holy land, the central prayer and worship ceremony place of Cham Pa reigns in the central province of Quang Nam recognised in 1999; Thang Long Royal Citadel, constructed by Vietnam's dynasties which won the recognition in 2010; and the only stone citadel in Vietnam – the Citadel of the Ho Dynasty, which was recognised in 2011. Five world intangible cultural heritages were Hue Royal court music recognised in 2003, the cultural space of gongs in the Central Highlands region in 2005, the Bac Ninh love duet folk music and the ceremonial singing in 2009, and the Giong festival in 2010. Hue Royal court music was often played in royal festivals under the Nguyen Dynasty between the 17th century and the 19th century. The cultural space of gongs in the Central Highlands was a special activity closely tied to community cultural rituals and ceremonies of ethnic groups in Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Dak Lak, Dak Nong and Lam Dong provinces. Meanwhile, with the diversified tunes and singing contents, love duet singing, often performed on the occasion of lunar New Year in villages, reflected the colourful life and outstanding cultural features of Kinh Bac people. The ceremonial singing was an traditional genre of music featuring female vocalists who sang while playing music on bamboo tablets. It was especially popular in the 15th century. The Giong festival was held annually in several parts of northern Vietnam , most typically in the Phu Dong and Soc Temples in Hanoi , to commemorate Saint Giong, one of the immortal quartet in Vietnamese legends. Vietnam also had two UNESCO world documentary heritages, including 82 stone stelae engraved with names of doctorate holders during the Le and Mac dynasties (1442-1779) in the Temple of Literature. The stelae were placed on the lists of the World Documentary Heritage in Asia-Pacific in 2010 and the World Memory in 2011. Another heritage was the wood blocks used for rudimentary printing during the Nguyen dynasty era (1802-1945). Apart from their historical values, the blocks were also artistically and technically precious, since they marked the beginning and development of wood-block carving and printing in Vietnam. They entered the list of the World Memory in 2009. Festival Hue | Hue Da Nang | Da Nang Hoi An | Hoi An Hue | Du Lich Hue | Du Lich Hoi An | Du Lich Da Nang | Du Lich Sapa | Du Lich Da Lat | Du Lich Phu Quoc | Du Lich Lao | Du Lich Cambodia | Du Lich Thai Lan |Du Lich Singapore | Du Lich Malaysia | Du Lich Trung Quoc
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Wednesday, 5 October 2011

Festival to celebrate ancestral land

The 2010 Hung Kinh Temple Festival began on April 14, with many enriched cultural programmes. According to initial estimations from the organisers, about 400,000 people from all over had flocked to the historical relics site to attend the opening ceremony. Impressive fireworks scenes from the night of the ceremony. Many important government officials and delegates from Phu Tho, Tuyen Quang, Ha Giang, Thai Nguyen, and Quang Ninh Provinces, attended the ceremony. The music show titled "Sacred ancestral land of King Hung" was a highlight at the ceremony with the participation of more than a thousand singers, actors and folk artists. After blazes of fireworks, the sound of the bronze drum officially opened the festival with many martial arts groups performing and holding festival flags. Hung Kings was then presented with many offerings from the people, descendants of the kings from all over the country. During the ceremony, Deputy Prime Minister Mr. Nguyen Thien Nhan said, "The anniversary of Hung King death - 2010 at the Hung King Temple Festival is a vivid symbol for the spirit of our nation's unity, where the past meets the present and the future of the nation." The festival ends on April 24. On the same day, the opening of the Culture, Sports, and Tourism Festival, in the Northeastern region, also took place. "In preparation for the 1000th anniversary of Hanoi, these two big events have contributed a big share in preserving and developing our culture and traditions, as well as helping introduce our country and our people to our international friends," the Deputy Prime Minister added. The Hung King Temple Management Team said to DTiNews that the number of people attending the festival has dramatically increased, and is expected to welcome a total of 4 million tourists, as the Death anniversary of Hung King fell on a weekend this year. "With our previous experience, this year, we had put into implementation many restoration and renovation projects before the festival, in order to meet the demand of the tourists when attending our festival," Nguyen Tien Khoi, Director of Hung Kings Temple added. Crowds of people gather for the opening ceremony. Different groups of different ethnic people came to take part in the festival. Festival Hue | Hue Da Nang | Da Nang Hoi An | Hoi An Hue | Du Lich Hue | Du Lich Hoi An | Du Lich Da Nang | Du Lich Sapa | Du Lich Da Lat | Du Lich Phu Quoc | Du Lich Lao | Du Lich Cambodia | Du Lich Thai Lan |Du Lich Singapore | Du Lich Malaysia | Du Lich Trung Quoc
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Monday, 3 October 2011

Actress becomes first ambassador of Vietnam tourism

Actress Ly Nha Ky has been nominated as the first ever ambassador for Vietnam Tourism by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. Ky, whose real name is Tran Thi Thanh Nhan, will take part in activities to advertise and promote tourism in Vietnam both in and outside of the country. Her first job will be to encourage people to vote for Ha Long Bay as one of the new seven wonders of the world. Festival Hue | Hue Da Nang | Da Nang Hoi An | Hoi An Hue | Du Lich Hue | Du Lich Hoi An | Du Lich Da Nang | Du Lich Sapa | Du Lich Da Lat | Du Lich Phu Quoc | Du Lich Lao | Du Lich Cambodia | Du Lich Thai Lan |Du Lich Singapore | Du Lich Malaysia | Du Lich Trung Quoc
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Exploring Cuc Phuong National Park

Coming to the northern province of Ninh Binh, after spending time on historical sites of Hoa Lu Capital (968-1009) such as temples of King Dinh Tien Hoang and King Le Dai Hanh in Hung Yen Commune, Hoa Lu District, visitors should not miss Cuc Phuong National Park in Nho Quan District, about 120 kilometres from Hanoi. A giant, ancient tree in Cuc Phuong National Park in Ninh Binh Province - Photo: Hoang Tham Established in 1962, Cuc Phuong is the oldest national park in Vietnam. Nestled between the provinces of Ninh Binh, Hoa Binh and Thanh Hoa, Cuc Phuong boasts engaging cultural and wildlife heritage and enchanting scenery. Covering over 22,000 hectares at a height of 300-600 metres above sea level, the forest has magnificent limestone mountains rising majestically from the green rice-terraces and traditional stilt houses of the Muong hill-tribe and a rich habitat for some of Asia's rarest species. That is why it is no wonder that researchers, naturalists, enthusiasts and conservationists alike are drawn to this corner of the world. The forest is also an archaeological site as there are many relics dating back 12,000 years such as tombs, arrows, axes and knives. To Cuc Phuong, travelers firstly will be guided to visit the Cuc Phuong fauna garden where 2,000 fauna species grow. Then move onto the home of flora systems with 100 animals, 300 birds, 36 reptiles and fish, butterflies and insects. Some of the rare animals are panthers, bears, gibbons, flying squirrels and pheasants. Lying in a limestone area, Cuc Phuong includes numerous caves, in which the highlights are 'Nguoi Xua' where two ancient tombs have been discovered, along with Neolithic remains and evidence of stone implements. There have been similar finds at Trang Khuyet (Crescent Moon), Thanh Minh and Con Mong Caves. While Hang Dan Cave is known for its bat population and Con Mooc Cave is famous for its biodiversity. The forest is also known for centuries-old giant trees and giant lianas. Hiking in Cuc Phuong will see you follow long trails and passing through old-growth forests with long vines wrapped around strangled trees, where you will visit caves, waterfalls and streams in the forest or stop over at a Muong ethnic village. Tourists will see stilt houses, waterwheels, bamboo rafts, brocade looms and insights into the unique Muong culture. cong dong sach tu tai lieu tai lieu thu vien luan van sach hay thu vien ebook luan van mau luan van thac si download tai lieu tai tai lieu de thi tai lieu tieng anh
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