Opening the exhibition with the theme as "Garden Spring Colors" in Can Tho

Situated in a series of activities in the spring, on the morning of Jan, 30th, 2013, the Museum in Can Tho City opened a exhibition about the theme as "Garden Spring Colors".

Program has performed nearly 30 art forms, including folk games, foods and the typical traditional crafts of three ethnics as Vietnamese, Chinese origin and Khmer in the areas of Can Tho City. Visitors not only look at the products to remind the beauty in the traditional New Year, they also meet to exchange with the artists. The goal is to learn more how to make the traditional cake, which is made from rice, radish, ginger, etc.

Guide the method to make the "In" cake

Singging in the exhibition

There are activities such as guidance on methods to be able to display a tray of five fruits (5 main kinds of fruits), begging and giving the custom texts and letters in New Year... This is the Museum's efforts to preserve and promote the values of the intangible cultural heritage.

Begging and giving the custom texts and letters in New Year

The program takes place from now until February 1, 2013 (meaning as the ending date is on 21 December, 2012 based on the lunar calendar) in Can Tho Museum. The address is at 6, Phan Dinh Phung Street, Ninh Kieu District.

Cao Bang is the charm in Northeast Vietnam

Cao Bang Province is a famous land for its natural beauties, which are wild and beautiful. This place has always been viewed as a special mark in the journeys of exploring the North East.

The beauty and road to Cao Bang

Cao Bang in the last days of the year, the cold weather of the northernmost land in this country does not diminish our passion for discovery with people are the tourists from southern warmth. Driving a car from Hanoi to Cao Bang, we have to go through about 300 kms of the roads, mountains and passes, which are up and down. Before our eyes, there is the opening of the scene very interesting. There are the rivers, which is clear and there is no trace of pollution. The terraces appear with a blue color. There is a mix of the farm improvements, which are the bright and yellow colors to withstand the cold.

Going to Cao Bang, everyone likes setting foot once at the Ban Gioc waterfall in the Dam Thuy commune, the Trung Khanh district. The sound of the waterfall rings vast to forest-mountains with a space filled with steam, which mattes to cover a large area. When rafting out of the Quay Son river, we see the blue-clear water. Watching the Ban Gioc waterfall is one of the pleasures of tourists, who come to this place, because this waterfall is ranked the nicest in Vietnam.

Ban Gioc Waterfall

Leaving the Ban Gioc waterfall about three kilometers, we came to Nguom Ngao. This is the name of a cave, which is located in the Gum village. It is also regarded as a wonder of the borderland region. Nguom Ngao made a big surprise to people, who are for the first time to set foot here, because the presence of a maze of the strange shapes, which are formed by stalagmites and stalactites.

The Tay ethnic girls inside Nguom Ngao Cave

Mentioning to Cao Bang, we cannot ignore the historical Pac Bo relic, which is familiar with names such as Coc Bo cave, Lenin Stream, the souvenir about Ho President. People who love the pristine beauty, want more to go to the Thang Hen lake. It has an altitude of 1000 meters based on the sea-surface’s landmark. The lake is surrounded by the vast forests and mountains.

Inside Coc Bo Cave

Cac Mac Mountain

Lenin Stream

Pac Bo Exhibition House

Cao Bang is the remotest provinces in the exploration of the North East with our group, which was organized by the consultant on Vietnam Airlines. Mr. Cong Nguyen, a tour guider of RDT said: The northeast tour is a new, unique and attracting the attention of visitors.
The northeast land will surely leave the unforgettable memories for guesses, who like the charm of the unspoiled natural beauty.

Hanoi Spring-flowers Exhibition 2013: Honoring the village culture

As from January 30, 2013 to February 5, 2013, an exhibition of spring-flowers in Hanoi with the title as "Flower’s festival – Tet’s market is honoring for the village culture and high-quality agricultural products" will be held at the center of Vietnam Exhibition of Art and Culture, which is at No 2 Hoa Lu Street, Hai Ba Trung District - Hanoi).

Hanoi Spring-flower Exhibition

In addition to the exhibition of flowers and pets, the Hanoi Spring 2013 also has a wealth of activities such as: Exchanging about culture and art, exhibiting to showcase the culinary booths, displaying the high-quality agricultural products and handicrafts.

The activities are organized to honor the cultural beauty of the traditional villages of Thang Long (Hanoi today) and the Red River Plain provinces. The exhibition also welcomes National Tourism’s year of Red River Plain and Hai Phong Province 2013.

This is also an opportunity for members such as village artisans, farmers and business are related not only to meet to exchange experiences, but it also introduces initiatives in the field of the agriculture and rural area industry.

A photo of Hanoi Spring-flower Exhibition 2012

Since then, Hanoi Spring-flower Exhibition this year will aim to contribute to the promotion of activities to develop the trade in the village and farmer organize; it promotes the consumption of the agricultural productions in Hanoi.

This Exhibition will be held each other by Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in collaboration with Hanoi People's Committee and a number of organizations such as the Association of Farmers in Hanoi, Vietnam Folk Arts Association and Vietnam Village Association jointly.

Vietnam promotes tourism in Poland

Poland is a pretty good place in Eastern Europe to Vietnam can introduce more travel images to rich people in this country.
After the successful organization for the photo’s galleries and the film’s introduction about “Vietnam - a rendezvous of the world in 2012”, there is the combination of additional reception on the occasion of the National Day of Vietnam in Hotel Hyatt and one scale exhibition at the University ALMAMER in the capital, Warsaw (Poland). Vietnam Embassy in Poland is in collaboration with the "University of Social Sciences and Humanities of Poland" (one of Poland's top universities). The Vietnamese community in Poland has organized the Vietnam photo exhibition for a period of one month in this university from the end of the Oct/2012.

With the theme of "Portrait of Vietnam" exhibition was selected from the files symbolizes the "Vietnam - the world's meeting place". Thereby, the event continued to introduce Vietnam to Polish scholars and students. It demonstrates the relationship Vietnam Friendship - Poland. The leaders of Social Sciences University of Poland, professors, instructors and students who attended the exhibition, appreciated the photos and the active Vietnamese community here in the field of research and training. The principal of the school said that he was impressed with the development of Vietnam in recent years; he hopes that relations between the two countries are further on development; in particular, the field of education.
Everyone will appreciate photo exhibitions, and programs introduced this film in Poland about the size, form and content. Various Polish news and comments about the exhibition; measuring, Ambasador Journal of Polish review is the large and impressive exhibition of diplomatic work in 2012 in Poland.

The cultural activities and foreign propaganda are very practical in performing the tasks of Vietnam in 2012. The success of the exhibition contributed to promote the image of the country and people of Viet Nam. Through it, the event has created reinforce relations between the two countries.