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Realizing the vital role mangrove forests can play in protecting central Vietnam’s coasts and riverbanks from storms and erosion, some initiatives are strengthening the region's first line of defense. - VnExpress International
Gourds that weigh 15 kilograms and other unusual phenomena in Vietnam Chia sẻ | FaceBookTwitter Email Copy Link Copy link bài viết thành công 09/05/2021 14:00 GMT+7 A special variety which produces gourds weighing up to 15 kilograms has been handed down by generations of Hai Phong families, while an ornamental tree variety in Dong Thap province has leaves with four colors. Gourds that weigh 15 kilograms These are some of the unusual phenomena that can be seen in Vietnam. Gi...
Thursday, May 06, 2021, 10:22 GMT+7 Two fighters from Go Cong, nowadays Tien Giang Province in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, are seen in a fiery fight which took place before 1975 in this photo recaptured by Gia Tien. Before 1975, when Vietnam was reunified, Go Cong – nowadays Tien Giang Province in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta – was a hub for well-attended martial arts exhibitions, which appealed to highly-skilled fighters from famed schools in the south of the country. To add drama to the events, two opponents customarily prayed to their coffins before engaging. Martial arts fights in Go Cong ...
Saturday, February 27, 2021, 10:35 GMT+7 Cao Van Nam's yacht-shaped house in Vinh Long Province, Vietnam, February 2021. Photo: Chi Hanh / Tuoi Tre A farmer in Vinh Long Province in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region has spent his lifetime savings to build an eye-catching yacht-shaped house out of pure nostalgia for his days as a sailor. Cao Van Nam, a-71-year-old man from Hoa Tinh Commune, Mang Thit District, built the house for VND5 billion (US$217,975). As a young man, Nam worked as a sailor for many years before immigrating to the United States with his family in 1990. Later, his love of the...
The land of statues 15/02/2021 13:00 GMT+7 Daily at the cock's crow, when everyone is still snuggled up in their cozy beds, a man is busy using well-worn wooden moulds and clay to make traditional Kitchen God statues. Dia Linh village (Huong Vinh commune, Huong Tra town, Thua Thien - Hue province) has long been known as the traditional land for sculpting Land Genie and Kitchen God (Stove God) statues for Vietnamese Kitchen guardian day on the 23rd of December (lunar calendar). Along the paths across Bao Vinh old town app...