In 968, Dinh Bo Linh ascended to the throne and took the name of King Dinh Tien Hoang and reunified the country under the name of Dai Co Viet and Hoa Lu was its capital for 41 years (968-1009). The mountains and sea combined to make Hoa Lu’s picturesque landscape. Hoa Lu lays in a [...]
Jul 7 2011 | Posted in
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The death anniversary of the Hung Kings festival is the Vietnamese festival to worship Hung Vuong. Since 2007, it has been a public holiday in Vietnam celebrated on the tenth day of the third lunar month. This festival is representation of coordinating between two concepts: country and nation. Their death anniversary, called “Gio To Hung [...]
Mar 2 2011 | Posted in
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Lunar New year or called with other name is Tet. If Christmas and New Year are a season of joy and happiness to Western people, Tet is no doubt a season of mirth and blessings to any Vietnamese regardless of age, religion and social status. It’s the most important festival for Vietnamese. Some weeks before [...]
In Viet Nam, the ao dai is the traditional dress for women. Developed from Chinese court clothing in the 1930s, this style of clothing went out of fashion in the north in 1954 and in the south in 1975. Recently, however, it has made a comeback and is regaining popularity in the south among schoolgirls [...]
Dec 21 2010 | Posted in
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Two kilometers from Hoian Ancient Town, Tra Que vegetables village is between Dam Rong lake De Vong River. This village has been famous with for a long time with products; salad, basil, Thai basil, coriander, peppermint, houttnynia cordata, perilla, dill…They usually appear in special food in Quangnam such as :Quang noodle, pan cake, Cao lau… [...]
Every year on the 8th of the first lunar month , thousands of people flock to a unique market in Nam Dinh province, which is held only once a year to sell – guess what – bad luck as well as to buy good luck for the year to come. The market opens at midnight [...]
Nov 11 2010 | Posted in
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