Communities and businesses are getting involved in
sustainable tourism to help protect Ha Long Bay and Cat Ba, managers of
the sites said at a meeting held yesterday in Hai Phong.
Dang Thi Minh Thu will represent Viet Nam at the
Innovation Camp on February 22 organised by the British Council and
Yamaguchi City Foundation for Cultural Promotion.
It felt like the burning sun in the central province
of Ninh Thuan had been turned off as I walked under the green leaves in
Nguyen Van Moi''s vineyard in Ninh Phuoc District, 7km from Phan Rang
City.
Standing outside Saint Joseph''s Cathedral, we
suddenly heard a bell ringing, followed by a song. The sound wasn''t
coming from the church, but from our headphones.
Seeing trays of the wrappings for rice-paper cakes
drying along the roadside, I knew that I had reached Trang Bang
District, a place famous for its speciality - banh trang phoi suong
(rice paper cakes exposed to the dew. They are basically a...
Bui Thi Nhan Hau gazes at herself in the mirror.
Emotion washes over her as she puts on a white dress and practices for a
performance with her choir this Saturday.
At dusk, we take a boat to the mangrove forests of Thung Nham Bird Park
and wait for the flocks to return to their nests after a hard working
day. Silently, we hide the boats under the trees as the noisy birds...
The young girl forgets herself as she paints a pattern of colourful
flowers onto silk, then she carefully hangs it up. Once the colours are
dried, she sighs with relief and satisfaction as she looks at the
beautiful blooming flowers and the dress...
Hand in hand, tourists and young local men and women dance together around a jar of ruou can (wine drunk through pipes) while elders and children gather to enjoy our improvised performance.
