Ok Om Bok, the Khmer people''s annual festival of worshipping the moon,
opens today in Tra Vinh City in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta province of
Tra Vinh.
Off the coast of Son Tra Peninsula at the foot of
the Hai Van Mountain Range, the Ngoc (Pearl) Islet boasts pristine,
untouched water perfect for adventurers exploring the area around Da
Nang.
Vietnamese traditional musical language, xam or busking, has been used for the very first time to communicate social issues in a music video entitled Xam Tra Da (Iced Tea Busking).
The Management of Son Tra Peninsula and Tourism
Beaches in Da Nang and the Son Tra Forest Protection Division are
carrying out a survey to start tours of the peninsula to shoot pictures
of gray-shanked douc langurs starting early next month.
Tra Que village, 2km from Hoi An town, was a wonderful stopover for Bill Zou and Alexandra Pabon from New York.They
had time to travel around the UNESCO-recog-nised heritage port city and
taste its food. But they found the most fun was...
More than 150 amateur cyclists will race in a bicycle race on the Son
Tra Peninsula in the central city as a prelude for events marking
Re-unification Day (April 30).
Pilots from clubs across the country will compete in a paragliding race
on Son Tra Peninsula this week as part of the city''s International
Fireworks Competition.
Tourists, and locals, now have helicopters as a
means of transport from Da Nang to world heritage sites in the central
region via Viet Nam TravelMart Agency''s chartered tours, though the trip
isn''t cheap.
Buddhist bikku (monk) Thich The Tuong has been
working hard to turn his one hectare farm into a bamboo conservatory on
the Son Tra Mountain, which protects over 110 bamboo species.
Forty-four professional motorcyclists will compete in the fourth round
of the national motor racing championship for 125-135cc engines in the
southern province of Tra Vinh on April 19.
The central city will hold the Da Nang International Marathon 2015 on
August 30, the city''s culture and society department official [sk1]
Hoang Son Tra said yesterday.
