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Cruise the old quarter by electric buggy
Posted by thanhcong in Festivals, Travel Blog, Travel news, Vietnam Cuisines on August 22, 2010
VietNamNet Bridge – A driver identified as Tuan walks around the electric buggy to collect VND15,000 (less than US$1) from each of his guests before he sits behind the steering wheel and starts the 35 minute trip around the Old Quarter and Guom Lake. Read the rest of this entry »
Travel in brief
Posted by thanhcong in Destinations, Festivals, Travel news on August 22, 2010
German tour operators explore MICE
Tour operator Asian Trails Co will organise tours for more than 300 MICE (meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions) organisers from Germany who want to look over Vietnamese destinations. The group, which will be here on September 4-10, will visit Ha Noi, Ha Long Bay, Hoi An, and HCM City. Read the rest of this entry »
Viajes Indochina kicks off special Viajes Vietnam for honeymoon couples
Posted by thanhcong in Destinations, Festivals, Travel news on August 22, 2010
Viajes Indochina has a special offer tour named “Special Viajes Vietnam” for couples who are in the honeymoon week. Enjoy the sweet as honey emotions beside the love of the life, in the most famous and romantic of Vietnam. Read the rest of this entry »
Hoi An-Japan festival to feature PARO robot
Posted by thanhcong in Destinations, Festivals, Travel news on August 22, 2010
The world’s most therapeutic robot PARO, produced by Japan, is expected to be presented at the Hoi An – Japan Festival 2010 held in the ancient town on August 21-23. Read the rest of this entry »
Countdown begins for Hanoi’s 1,000th anniversary
Posted by thanhson in Destinations, Festivals, Travel news, Vietnam Culture on June 4, 2010
The capital city will soon begin counting down the days until the 1,000th anniversary of its founding in 1010 with the name Thang Long.
“To help residents and visitors count, a giant digital clock will be put in place on January 13, said Pham Quang Long, director of the Ha Noi Department of Culture and Information.
Over 300 journalists to attend Hue Festival 2010
Posted by thanhson in Destinations, Festivals, Travel news on May 28, 2010
Three hundred journalists from 43 domestic and foreign press agencies have registered to cover the Hue Festival 2010.
In recent times, wide coverage has been given by domestic press agencies, including Radio the Voice of Vietnam, Vietnam Television, the Thanh Nien (Young People), Tuoi Tre (Youth) and Sai Gon Giai Phong (Liberated Saigon) newspapers.
International cuisine festival to open in Ba Ria-Vung Tau
Posted by thanhson in Festivals, Travel news, Vietnam Cuisines on May 28, 2010
The World Culture and Cuisine Festival 2010 will take place in the southern coastal province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau from May 21-25.
According to organisers, 50 countries have so far registered to participate in the large festival that features not only the cuisine but also the culture of those countries.
France still major partner at Hue Festival
Posted by thanhson in Festivals, Traditional Art, Travel news, Vietnam Culture on May 28, 2010
French artistes will play a substantial part in the Hue Festival 2010, which will take place in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue from June 5-13.
Ngo Hoa, Deputy Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee and Head of the festival’s organising board, said that one theatre group from the region of Poitou-Charentes will entertain visitors with installation and street art while the funk band Les Traine-Savates will play at the festival’s opening ceremony and various other open sites in Hue City during the festival.
Xa Tac Worshipping Ceremony
Posted by Huyen Tran in Festivals, Vietnam Culture on January 28, 2010
For years, the Vietnamese people have practiced many worshipping rites. When speaking about the royal worshipping ceremony, apart from Nam Giao Worshipping Ceremony, it is impossible not to mention the Xa Tac Devotion Ritual that was ranked in the list of Dai Tu, before Trung Tu and Quan Tu by the Nguyen Kings, meaning that it was one of the most important among national worshipping ceremonies.
As explained by our ancestors, the Xa Tac Altar was built to worship the two genies of wet rice cultivation; rice and soil (Xa means soil and Tac means rice).
The words “Xa Tac” also implicated the country and people. Therefore, anyone from the king to the common people attached much importance to the rite.
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Chrorumchec – a festival worshipping the sea in Soc Trang
Posted by Huyen Tran in Festivals on January 27, 2010
Khmer people in the Mekong Delta have many year-round festivals, most of them featuring ethnic religion and culture, namely Chol Chnam Thmay, Dolta and Ok Om Bok. In Soc Trang Province’s Vinh Chau Dist, Chrorumchec, the festival to worship the sea, is held on the 14th and 15th days of the second lunar month and is aggressively promoted to attract millions of visitors.
The festival worshipping Vinh Chau Sea has existed for hundreds of years and the meaning of the festival is to pray for peace for the country, safety for the people, good weather and a great harvest. Moreover, the festival commemorates forefathers who were devoted to the country, the god who blessed them with a good life and the sea that provided them a bounty of food. Read the rest of this entry »
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