Will Tay Giang be an attractive destination in the future?

Some days ago, I had the opportunity to go on Tay Giang mountainous district, which is considered the most secluded province of Quang Nam. I suddenly realize that beauty really attractive.
I've heard from the people said about this place is similar the Da Lat's Central; it is not really wrong.

Tay Giang District in Quang Nam Province

Morning in Tay Giang, dense clouds concentrated peaks; hand even if someone is able to reach. We depart from Tay Giang Town and started a journey to go back to the southern border. At this time, the sky to the east and the sun began to surprise; clouds still flying slowly above the mountain. The village hidden in the morning dew; and terraced rice fields here are green to create a strong attraction for the tourists.

Eco-village

Tay Giang is compared as the second Da Lat because the climate is cool annual; and space is always in the fog. The village is very clean in the middle halfway up to the mountain; there is a romantic scene to open as you travel up and towards the southern border between Vietnam and Laos.

The Tay Giang’s way up is nice, but it's quite dangerous. It is a challenge for the patience and courage of adventurous tourists as they pass through the high slopes with impressive names like: Doc stooping Mom ... Maybe that's a reason that many young people in Quang Nam and Da Nang choose where to test, to conquer and explore.

On the old days, people were used to say to this region is reminiscent of the poor and needy. However, today, the mountain’s picture in Tay Giang is "painted" by the village, which has not been considered to be spacious, but it is very decent and clean. They are located in the middle halfway up to the sky. The district has set a target for this place, which will be the destination of the tour community.

The traditional house in A Vuong Commune

Go here, you will hear strange stories. They look like the Aur village (belongs to A Vuong commune). It is known as a village in Singapore. It's very clean in most of the districts. Now, this border region has dozens of villages clean. An overall planning from the village in Tay Giang border communes, which are deployed along with the investment to pave the way for cars run into the village.


The great ginseng garden

Due to the suitable climate, good soil here is also planning one of the precious ginseng cultivation. If you visit the Ngoc Linh ginseng gardens in ancient forests in Zo Ruot Hamlet (in Ch'om commune), you will be surprised with 5,000 ginseng plants, which are active Tay Giang District brought from Tra Linh (Vietnam Tra My) in 2004. Sam you acclimatized success rate of 80%; ginseng quality stays the same.

The ginseng garden in Ch'Om Commune

The garden slug is more than seven years old. It has a very high value. In the future, the dark you will be handed over to the authorities of the commune to continue to expand; and it will become the main crop along with the cucumbers and other fruits. We will help more people here thrive economically.

Ch Om Commune is also known as a place, which is keeping the ancient culture of the Co Tu people. Atu is maintained by the village long house, but according to the traditional style. Every year, the festival is organized as traditional Lunar New rice, buffalo and gongs. We still attract many tourists to attend. If tourists come here, you'll be alive and living with the locals. Guests will enjoy unique dishes such as: rice, cassava and meat (all of them are very special); the guests will enjoy wine alcohol named as Ta Vac and To Din; they are the specialties of the mountains of Tay Giang.

If you go to a little further, Cha Noc Hamlet (in Ch'om Commune) appears as a fairy hiding in the morning dew. At the rear of the grill cassava is lined with houses close together as to avoid the cold of winter, which is trying to weave through each wall. This is a peaceful space that is in a dark green of the forest. The Co Tu girls are shame at the door on the floor. Mr. Ngo Dinh Son - a border soldier said: Officer and the team come up here; while they bring money and rice, but people do not agree. However, when they brought plants and animals to feed, people here feel very happy. Therefore, there are the fruits and meats to eat annual.

Cha Noc Hamlet

This story is a surprise to visitors from all areas without the end point. Although, it very far from other centers, but Cha Noc known as a hamlet, which has the number of people got with the most qualified and highly professional in Tay Giang District. Even, there are some people go abroad to study and research.

At night, in Cha Noc Hamlet, the space is in the dense fog; it is very cold. There is the sound of the gongs rang in the mountain-forest. In this remote and secluded place, in recent decades, the gongs still rang out every night to keep pace in the teaching where this frontier.

Muong Lay (Dien Bien) - The tourist attractions

Muong Lay is the same as the port in the northern Dien Bien province, which connects to the Lai Chau province. This is a piece of land, which has gone through many ups and downs of history. Although, in Muong Lay, today, there are still signs of the devastation, which was created by the accident of nature, but it is changing every day with the resettlement of the people when there is the appearance Son La Hydropower.

In recent years, Muong Lay is growing strong in construction. It develops and gave the appearance of an urban river. Muong Lay is on both sides of the river was connected to the long bridge. At the bottom, there is a large hydroelectric reservoir, which has created a painting as paint-hydro-being. In the future, Muong Lay will deserve to become a tourist center in the northern province of Dien Bien. It is also an ideal stopover of cruise tourism, which arc in the northwest of Vietnam.

Muong Lay in Dien Bien Province

Eco-tourism attractions

When the project of Son La Hydropower was completed, the reservoir’s water level rises about 213m and area square is about 100 hectares, it has created to Muong Lay become a landscape eco-tourism extremely attractive: Mountains is high; and the lake is low.

The climates here are very cool and fresh northwestern mountains; Muong Lay is a place like the interface between some things as the earth, sky, mountain and river in the past and present. The river was very "aggressive" in the past, but now, it has become more gentle, flat and vast green. All were created for people to have an appreciation of feeling comfortable and gentle.

If visitors go to Muong Lay, visitors should not miss an opportunity for boat trips on the lake’s surface. People are embedded with nature and the vast river. On this journey, visitors can visit the Lai Chau lands to learn about the palace Deo Van Long, or visit the model fish cage culture of the indigenous people. In particular, it is always attractive for tourists interested in exploring and adventurous activities like fishing on the Da River, hiking to explore the Northern village cave, or walk through the forest to get into the villages nestled inside sides of the mountain.

A Thai ethnic girl is sewing

Cultural diversity and unique

Muong Lay not only attracts tourists because of the romantic landscapes, it also attracted the heart because the very diverse and unique culture of nine ethnics. Every ethnic here is carrying a separate cultural identity. It makes up a picture of the very rich and diverse culture with the values of tangible and intangible characteristics. Array of cultural highlights in Muong Lay is the activities of the white Thai people. Muong Lay is considered the central of the White Thai people in Dien Bien, which is one of the cradles of dance as dance wear, dancing bottle, graceful fan dance; they went into the human subconscious and poetry.

To understand better about the cultures and lives among the people here, the guests can visit the traditional villages such as weaving, manipulated musical instruments (in Na Ward Lay), and manufacturing wood furniture (in Ward Song Da) and craft wicker furniture (in Lay Nua Commune). In the evening, if you stop in the traditional stilt house, you can enjoy special dishes. The attractions are as such as bitter bamboo shoots, flower mixing foods, dish makes of raw fish, Lang’s fish, fried fish and shrimp in Da River... They are embedded with the corn alcohol flavor, but they are sweet with the drunk wine’s ecstatic. The tourists and locals seem fascinated by the rotation of the dance to feel the same sweet voice of the Thai girls. Guests can also live in the Thai’s family to learn the customs of the people here. It will help visitors experience the feeling of a lump sum like Thai people.

In the early days of spring, after the time of the Chinese New Year, if tourists come here, you'll also see and learn about the Pang Kin Then festival. This is a traditional form of the White Thai ethnic in Muong Lay, which appeared a very long time. The festival is an opportunity for everyone here can meet and socialize. Besides, it is also a chance for people to celebrate mass to thank Heaven and Earth; everyone prays for peace and happiness to the village with much hope for the good things. After a year of hard work, this is an opportunity for people to forget about all your worries, anxieties to enjoy a life of joy and perfect happiness. More specifically, the festival is an opportunity for the young couple to meet; they confess and move forward in order to marry.

Going to Muong Lay is being the ancient lands. There are many things here like rivers, mountains, villages, streams... are associated with legends or stories compelling. With the emotional experience and explore, visitors will certainly really please you arrived this land.

"The beauty of Vietnam traditional culture" is the theme of Huong Pagoda Festival 2013

"Huong" is a name in Vietnamese, which means as Perfume, so we usually call "Huong Pagoda" is Perfume Pagoda. 

This year's festival is with the topic to make the highlight about the cultural - spiritual traditions of Vietnamese. Mr. Nguyen Van Hau, Vice Chairman of My Duc District (Hanoi) said: Huong Pagoda Festival 2013 will be held with the largest scale; and it is also the first event in response Nation Tourism Year of Red River Plain in Hanoi’s Areas.

With the theme as the beauty of Vietnam traditional culture, Huong Pagoda Festival this year will appear with a many activities to honor and introduce to visitors about the festival's traditional values, which have emerged since a long time in the past. It also contributes to the diversity of culture and religion in Vietnam.

This year, the opening of the festival will not be only formally held on 6-January at the Thien Tru ground, but the festival also has many other activities such as: rite about making freely for the life on Yen Stream, the photo exhibition about Vietnamese ancient pagodas and the combination with other excellent culture-art activities.

A photo about Huong Pagoda Festival 2012

To serve the organization of the festival better, as from many months up to the present, My Duc District was active in works such as renovating a number of items, improve infrastructure and ensure security. The district has invested to repair and maintenance for the road systems and including the signposts from Ha Dong festival area to create the favorable conditions for tourists go to this place.

The works which related to ensuring for the environmental hygiene in the festival are especially focused as: Cleaning Yen Streams, doing construction of the public toilets at criteria, creating the layout for trashes in areas and maintaining the force to do garbage collection in multiple locations.

The holders also train about the traffic safety knowledge for the waterways and attitudes to serve the tourists get on the boats (when coming to the Huong pagoda festival, the tourists must go to some special places by using the boat). Many security forces are strengthened to the points of the monument and the key on the tourist focus areas... All are formed to treat any un-wished situation immediately and preserve order for the festival.

In this festive season, My Duc District’s determination is clear to prohibit some activities as the business, advertising and organizing catering services, which are not under the rule. At the present, the basic preparing works are completed; all are ready for holding the festival, which is operated with the longest time annual.

The experiences for traveling in winter

The winter vacation will bring the opportunity to experience a new perspective on the landscape and the beauty of life. The following advice will help you have a more perfect trip in Vietnam.

The necessary equipment

If you're traveling to the northern mountains in Vietnam, you should bring a thick sweater; the best choice is a stuffed coat; it is very warm when you wear and have the ability to regulate the body temperature. These items may carry as the thick socks, gloves, scarf and beanie (you also should bring a hat, which covers your ears is the best). It will be indispensable for your trip; because if you do not keep warm, you will be very susceptible to cold.

The girl in Lao Cai should wear more gloves and hat to become perfect

In addition, you should prepare yourself for clothes, which are elastic, thin and tight. Then, you should even were outside with a sweater and a leather jacket, or the coat is mixed with the nylon material to avoid the rain. With this, it is warmer than wearing a lot of clothes outside.

If you are the girls, you should not wear skirts. The dark clothes are the best to avoid a feeling for dirty; and it helps to absorb more heat for the body.

About the shoes for your trip, you should were the soft shoes to create relevance to walk a lot. You should not wear the high heels; it is easy to make the leg pain and slippery. You should bring two pairs of shoes. A pair is waterproof and thick to go in the rain; and a pair is normal to walk on sunny days.

Skills you need to know.

Winter in the north, the weather is usually dry. So when staying in the evening, you should have a glass of water or a bowl of water to increase the humidity in the room and prevent nosebleeds when waking up due to heating systems make the air to become dry.

Even, preferably before going in bed, you should soak your feet in hot water with a little salt and crushed ginger. Here's a tip to balance the body temperature effectively. It helps you to recover health quickly after a day of activities.

If you are cold, you can massage the special oil (in medicine) to keep warm. However, you absolutely should not massage while standing in the outdoor wind because even when exposed to wind, it will cool quickly. In addition, the current market, there are many kinds of medical tape to keep the heat to bring more efficiency. You can use for winter travel.

When standing outside in the cold conditions, you should not drink the cold water, this will balance the body temperature with the outside temperature.

During your trip, you bring a pot of water, which insulates the heat for travel; it will help you be able to enjoy a little tea or coffee at a certain stop.

Medicines and medical equipment

The cold climate will be easier to make the skin cracked and dry lips; therefore, the girls should wear lotion and lip moisturizer to use before you go out. And of course, do not forget to bring a small medical bag with some essential drugs such as: Drugs headache, fever, abdominal pain, medical oil, wind, own medication for your personal, medical bandages...

I hope that, with these suggestions, all will help you experience the destinations on the winter days in Vietnam.

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.

Hon Dat district is ready for Ms. Su Festival 2013

If visitors travel to Hon Dat (in Kien Giang Province - Vietnam) on ​​these days, you'll find a formal space, including banners, posters, the gorgeous flags and flowers... on the route to the ruins of Hon Dat. Everyone is eagerly waiting for a major local event. It was the 51-year anniversary festival of the sacrifice of a popular girl, which has a nickname as Chi Su (Ms. Su) (She has the real name is Phan Thi Rang and was promoted as a Hero of the Armed Forces of Vietnam). The festival will take place from 08th to 09th-Jan-2013 in Hon Dat historical district.

A program of the Chi Su festival

 At present, the preparatory work for the festival is urgently carried out for opening day: Theater, program, stage, sound system, lighting... All have been carefully designed. All the preparations for the festival are being implemented expeditiously. With the size and scale of a district-level festival, the opening ceremony will bring to the audience and visitors about the repertoires of art, which is unique, attractive and impressive.

A part of the festivities will take place on 08th-Jan-2013, with many activities such as: The movie, the slide show for the features in Hon Dat, folk games, culinary programs, make the photo galleries about the new countryside and sea... At the night on 8th -Jan-2013, the program will be announced the opening of the festival with the theme as "the Ba Hon’s epic song" made by Cultural Center of the province. The program will be projected by Kien Giang Television to serve the people.

The worship was programmed last year for 50-year Chi Su anniversary

Mr. To Duy Chiem, Director of Cultural Center of Kien Giang province – at the same time as the director of the festival, which is programmed this year, said: The opening program consists of two parts. The first part is the epic song of Ba Hon area (program by 78 people). The second part is a program about the Hon Dat area associates with the country to promote. This is a traditional ceremony, which will be taken place in the morning on 9th-Jan-2013 (As the worship with the participations of many groups in different localities in the Kien Giang province).

The festival is also an opportunity for Hon Dat district can promote the tourism potential to the visitors to know about the history and landscape of this particular district.

Phia Oac Pass - A wild place in Cao Bang

Many beautiful natural scenes are at Phia Oac because at this place, it is a very unique climate. In some years in the past, even, there is no place in Vietnam happened with snow down, but this phenomenon occurs in Phia Oac. The ice has killed many plants, but it also made many other species became more sustainable with such harsh conditions.

Pass belongs to the territory of the three communes (Thanh Cong, Quang Thanh, Phan Thanh) and the Tinh Tuc town (Nguyen Binh District - Cao Bang Province). Forest in Phia Oac is very special; and it is the high valuable heritage inventory of Northeast. With altitude is 1931m in comparison with the sea level, it higher than some travel destinations as Sa Pa and Tam Dao towns is 450m; and it is higher than Ba Vi nearly 1000m. Thus, it is enough to become the most prominent place in the Cao Bang province in particular, and in Northeastern Vietnam in general.

Phia Oac attracts visitors because it has a lyrical landscape of the forests of this type with places such as the conservation areas, the national parks; it includes of an area is more than 300000ha. Besides, there is a large-scale salmon farming here. Phia Oac is the source of 5 major rivers in the area, including the Bang and Hien rivers.

Water flow from the rivers and mountains of the Phia Oac forest is plentiful. That is the source of the endless energy for the Ta Sa hydro. There is a path, which is longer than ten kilometers from the Phia Den destination up to the top of the Phia Oac pass (the highest) is known; it is twisting all around; many bends are very protruding and seem to want to throw everything down the deep chasms. However, if we go up higher, the landscape is spectacular and spread out. It is immense to make sense of the people seemed lost in a place like "fairy on the road". And then, everyone breathes to make the tight chest. There are the old trees, which stand among the blue-violet bamboo forests in the light of slight afternoon sun; it is still cold. There are the vertical special green casuarina-forests, which are very large; they extend from the valley to the top of the pass. Actually, it collects on the eyes with special features of these forests.

Phia Oac in the past was wild with the horror stories of a poisonous sacred forest area . Nearly a century ago, the French came here to explore and create the value of this place. With the French, which participate in building the pass, Colia is called to demonstrate the presence of many people have paved the way through the mountainous wilderness. The reason which is called as above because here, there is a female engineer, who involved in designing the pass, had died in the attack of a lion. Since then, they call this mountain pass in the name of the woman engineer with Colia to commemorate and remember the land is beautiful but wild.

After completion of the road through the land of "the little fairy", The French also built the resorts; the villas were built with the stones; and there the pit system was used for mining tin throughout the mountains. It stretched for several kilometers. The villas here have been abandoned for many years, but they still conserve the shapes. These forms are for people can imagine the old French architecture of the past.