A market of ethnic minorities in the North organised in Hanoi

A market of ethnic minorities in the North is reproduced in a corner of the Village of ethnic culture and tourism of Vietnam, Dong Mo, a suburb of Hanoi. This activity is most appealing to the Day of Vietnamese ethnic culture, which began April 19 in this village.
Long before April 19, opening day of that famous day, representatives of ethnic minority Mong, Dao, Muong, Tay and Nung had already prepared their specialties, but not many original. Honey Ha Giang cotoie herbal and green tea in the village of Suoi Lin, province of Son La. .. Visitors crowd around the stand of fragrant leaves for the bathroom.
Looks like a real mountain market: women sell or buy, men drink ... The stand of the province of Bac Giang attracts many visitors with its wood stove and still. In another booth, visitors can drink alcohol Ha Giang 100 paintings while admiring the high plateau of Dong Van. "We have prepared enough alcohol and specialties to serve a thousand visitors during the two day festival," informed Nguyen Trung Duong, director of the Department of Culture, Sport and Tourism of the province of Ha Giang.
Visitors can also buy bags, wallets, pillow cases, sheets ... in brocade. A portfolio of linen on the grounds H'mong only costs 50,000 VND. The stand weaving ethnic Ha Giang attracts many visitors. Hotels and even embassies - France and the United States in this case - ordered products in brocade.We notice in the crowd of foreign tourists. "A friend told me about this event. I really wanted to come, "said David C.Shinne, an American.
The market for ethnic minorities is not only a place of exchange of goods but also of cultural encounter, not to mention helping to strengthen ethnic unity.

Cruises "royal boat" on the Perfume River

Cruises "royal boat" on the Perfume River are among the novelties of the Hue Festival 2012. These wooden boats, called Long Quang, were inspired by the famous royal barges Te Thong of the Nguyen dynasty (1802-1945).

6.5 m wide and 27m long and can carry a hundred people. The cruise is a great experience for all those wishing to explore the romantic beauty of the Perfume River, a nature's gift to the city of Hue.
The Perfume River originates in the Truong Son Cordillera (mountain range running between Vietnam and Laos). In its course upstream grows abundantly a medicinal plant, Thach xuong bo Vietnamese. During flowering, the flowers fall into the water and perfume. This is why the river is called Huong (Perfume). This is the edge of this beautiful river as the capital of the Nguyen lords of the South (1569-1777), was built over 400 years ago. This is where they settled in 1802 the imperial capital, which remained so until 1945.
Nature and Culture in upstream
Initially, the Quang Long welcomes visitors to the pavilion Dinh Luong, former resting place of monarchs. The boat then rises on the river about six miles. A total of four hours walk along the water.
Located on the north bank of the river, the village of Kim Long, Nguyen fief of the lords between 1636 and 1687, is renowned for its town hall. The boat then moves to the Thien Mu Pagoda (Thien), one of the most beautiful and oldest of Hue. Its most striking feature is a seven-storey tower, dedicated to the Buddha appeared in human form. Visitors can stop at the Hon Chen temple, which sits on the hill of the Jade Cup (Ngoc Tran), and is dedicated to Po Nagar, the goddess mother of the Champa Kingdom. The Vietnamese perpetuated by renaming it worship the goddess Thien Na y A, or "Divine Mother". The temple existed here for centuries when it was rebuilt in 1886.
In return, the boat takes visitors to the foot of the hill Vong Canh (Contemplation). Then, visitors can admire the eve waterworks of the city whose architecture is a successful blend of Western style and Eastern style. This pumping station was built between 1909 and 1911 by French architect Bossard, who designed an architecture that harmonizes with the natural landscape and monuments nearby, including the tombs of the emperors. She is still active today. Finally, before ending the tour, visitors are invited to discover the island of Da Vien where was the pretty garden From Da Vien Tu Duc (1829-1883).
Urban living downstream
Different atmosphere for the second ride, the downstream one. Over mountains and hills sparsely populated but the plain bubbling with activity. Also scenes of urban life, visitors have the opportunity to admire the famous places of the old imperial city that Truong Tien bridge spanning the river. This metal bridge with seven arches, 400 m long, was built around 1900.
In its circuit, the boat also stops at the old trading port of Bao Vinh, who is currently a street décatie located along the Perfume River. First port of the imperial city of Hue, he was born in the nineteenth century and had its heyday at the time. Today, Bao Vinh attracts tourists for its old buildings, especially its fifteen houses nearly 200 years.
Towards the end of the trip, the boat made a stop at the village wharf Sinh, known for its festival of wrestling for his prints and worship. Built five centuries ago, the village has specialized in the manufacture of popular prints, a craft handed down from generation to generation, and which still adorn the walls and altars of the ancestors of many families.
And when any of these towers (upstream or downstream, morning or afternoon), visitors can taste dishes of the old imperial city, prepared by talented artisans, attend Theatre performances of traditional art of the court of Hue, listen to stories and legends told by the tour guides of the Centre for Preservation of Historical Monuments of Hue.

Visit Cai Rang floating market

In the Mekong Delta, one of most famous vietnam destinations the arms dotted with countless floating markets here and there the river attracts more than ever. Some of them are very impressive as that of Cai Rang in the city of Can Tho, one of the three largest in the Mekong Delta.The floating markets are a cultural and social typical Mekong Delta, famous for his arms and rivers everywhere.
Located five kilometers from the center of the city of Can Tho (Mekong Delta), the Cai Rang floating market is a wholesale market with a myriad of boats loaded with watermelons, mangoes, bananas, papayas, pineapple , onions, etc.. The main items sold there are agricultural products and specialties of the region. Many producers and farmers come here to sell their crop to wholesalers.

If the first boats arrive early in the morning, the Cai Rang market in full swing a little later, around 7 or 8 hours. Then we see hundreds and trade goods. The local transport their products on junks medium while the traders use large boats to be able to then carry the goods to Cambodia, Thailand or China. All kinds of sounds are heard: those of engines, oars plunging into the water, waves hitting the sides of boats, sellers and buyers calling to each other ...
Small boats offering snacks and drinks will here and there to serve their customers. A bowl of hu Tieu (Pork soup pasta, specialty South) costs 7,000 or 8,000 VND and take a cup of coffee for 3,000 VND (Here, we drink iced coffee). Appetizers are offered to accompany alcohol. In short, men, women and children: no leaves on an empty stomach.There are also many other things in this market apart. There are bound to his happiness that one seeks an engine, a scale, gasoline, bottles of fish sauce, salt, medicines or candy ...

Life on the Water
 Each boat is equipped with a vertical pole on which are suspended samples of goods. Generally, the sale is all that is suspended but there are three exceptions that are guessing that the locals often ask visitors. The first, "what is suspended but not sold?" Answer, clothes. Traders live on their boats, so they dry their clothes in the sun but "that good", they do not sell. The second, "what is sold but not suspended?". These are of course food and beverages. It is unclear how the restaurant boats could expose their soups, for example. The last riddle, "which suspends a commodity but sell another?" The answer is those who want to sell their boats. Thus, according to tradition, a resident who wants to sell his boat, hangs a piece of coconut leaf.The Cai Rang floating market attracts about 500 visitors per day, according to the director of the Department of Culture, Sport and Tourism Can Tho, Viet Dinh Khanh. Walking through the market, visitors can chat with the farmers in the cultivation of fruit trees. Sometimes they offer so tasty fruits as gifts or for a small fee.This scene trade full of life is typical of the Mekong Delta. It's great to take part and to witness this traditional lifestyle. The boats business families dropped anchor near the shore. They are like mobile apartments on the water, with all the comforts of the ancestral altar to the TV through the stereo or the bike ...So many things can be discovered at Cai Rang floating market! On occasion, spend a day with traders and the people so hospitable South. You will not be disappointed ...

Vietnam center destinations

 

It begins 400 km from Hanoi, where the massive Hoanh Its meets the sea, forming the door of Trung Bo, on the 18th degree of north latitude. It will end at about fifty miles from Saigon. Trung Bo is a land in any length, with the exception of regions corresponding to the northern provinces of Thanh Hoa and Nghe An Its average width reaches 120 km and the difficulty is reduced to 40 km up to Dong Hoi in the province Quang Binh. Guru has noticed that at this level, including the alluvial entered first foothills of the Truong Son chain and cord coastal dunes, only a few hundred meters. "She draw a convex curve of the sea coast and suggest an obese belly of Cape Varella do not be the navel" (Huard).

Cordillera Central, which forms the border with Laos, covers 600 km from northwest to southeast to the province of Quangnam-Danang, before giving way to the Highlands, composed of metamorphic rocks and volcanic. Cordillera rarely exceeds 1500 m, while its point culminat is 2 598m at Ngoc Linh.

Best Beaches in Vietnam

The beach of Nha TrangNha TrangAvec a privileged climate, it stretches lazily along the city and joined others in the province of Khanh Hoa to form a total of 120 kilometers of coastline. Sand any purpose, waves of gold color, are boats off his pictures. It is intrinsic to the Nha Trang Bay, which has joined the club of 29 most beautiful bays in the world in July 2003. This range, visitors are invited to conquer the ocean to the islands of the bay that are Hon Chong (swimming, mountain), Hon Tre (Bai Tru beaches, Bai Me, Vung Ngan, Bich Jam, especially green houses bamboo, pebbles, shells), Hon Mieu (swimming, pebbles), Hon Tam (no sand beach but with pebbles). In short, a beautiful resort is offered.

 
The Whale IslandCu Lao camel is in the Khanh Hoa Province, 30 nautical miles north of Nha Trang, the center of an archipelago in wild surroundings. It owes its name to the fact that between March and July of each year, whale sharks and whales because of the abundance of plankton and krill to visit. One can hike to admire magnificent marine underwater landscapes rich in corals, soft and hard with a wide variety of tropical fish and nudibranchs classic.The archipelago is especially suitable for navigation. Be warned however: the windy season is from December to March which only tolerates experienced sailors with winds between 4 and 8. From April the wind blows south, the calm reigns in the morning, then the heat rising in power at midday, reaching force 4. Until October this type of weather not fit all.On this island, we will live with some wild animals, deer and many birds (parrots, coucals, lapwings Java, bee-eaters or fish eagles).

The island of Phu QuocPhu QuocC'est the largest island in Vietnam (573 km2). It is located in Gulf of Thailand, in the province of Kien Giang, 40 minutes by plane from Ho Chi Minh City. Phu Quoc is called the pearl island with its natural wealth and also in its beaches.Here we are at peace, away from everyday worries, this is a homecoming that rejuvenate the spirit. Those who are lucky enough to go to the mountains for a week in winter, will find this feeling of being away from it all, to live in the small cloud, allowing problems aside for a certain period. And even if we have experienced this sensation, here is the same but the power to 1 million.The calamari is sin of nights here. To attract the beasties with boats, fishermen use large lamps and light and water. It is a sight to see at night myriads of boats illuminating the water giving the impression that offshore, there are a metropolis.Sinners or independent companies offer an evening sea fishing when they would be getting into the skin of Vietnamese fishermen.There are opportunities to snorkel and scuba dive or just with mask and snorkel.Under water ... we will be paralyzed in front of the magnificent coral reefs and fish of different colors. The whole surface of the water, so the mask and snorkel are ideal.And finally we must not miss the beach with sand while Khem white and fine as flour, with green lawns and all of its primary forest.

The beach of Mui Ne (nose to dodge a rock)the beach takes its name for over 200 years because it divides the maritime area into two parts: the anterior sheltering boats and ships seeking to avoid the monsoons and the posterior protects the south wind. It lies 22 km north-east of Phan Thiet (Binh Thuan)Mui Nela sea is quiet and lined with coconut trees. We can swim like a lake. After swimming, if you want to take a bath with shower water, just use the shell of a coconut to dig in the sand and soon found water jets. We can also living the life of the fishermen here, getting into the boats to go catch fish. The range extends to within about 10 kilometers on it. She is still very wild especially in the company of a forest of poplars.On this beach, at sunset the sun, if it is on the rocks while watching the East, we would live in the legends of the sea in the afternoon ceases to be agitated, small waves creeping in sand white fabrics like silk in the wind.

The beaches of Con DjaoCon DaoElles are located in the archipelago of Con Djao (Ba Ria-Vung Tau), 50 minutes by plane from Ho Chi Minh City. Seen from afar, this archipelago of 16 islands covering an area of ​​72, 18 kilometers resembles a bear. Here was built by French settlers in prison most of Vietnam who showed a great patriotism and courage of the ancient Vietnamese fighters. But he also magnificent sites including a beautiful national park, a nature preserve and beaches. Indeed, the beaches (20 in all: Dam Trau, Hang Duong, Phi Yen etc..) Fine sand are huge and completely deserted.They keep a wild, sparsely populated, and very little tourist calm in perfect harmony with the primary forests that stretch to infinity and especially with so many tropical almond. The water is so pure that one can see the bottom of the sea can participate in the diving club and see sea turtlesBecause of its isolation from dry land, guests can win this archipelago in times of calm seas between March and June by helicopter or boat.

Lang Co beachThis is a splendid beach near a fishing village and 10 kilometers long. In the afternoon, storks gather there, which gave the name to the village of Lang Co Nguyen dynasties of the French and then transformed it into Lang Co. Today we call it beautiful in the morning. He hides in silence at the foot of the pass cloud 60 kilometers north of Hue, and 40 kilometers south of Danang.Lang Cola beach consists of sand dunes and lined with beautiful palm trees. The sea is clear. During the bathing season ie between April and July temperature is 25 degrees.We can give volleyball on the beach, go fishing or diving and to taste the dishes of shells. For those who love excursions, streams, torrents, cracks, lakes, boulders in the atmosphere calm and wild to discover.It is a paradise of sun and sea breeze and visitors will come the great awakening.'

Cua Dai BeachCua beach Daila a dozen hectares is located 5 kilometers east of Hoi An This was the gateway to a large commercial port. The space it offers is vast and wild atmosphere in a very pure, but poetic. It is becoming very sunny and slightly windy. After hours of swimming, you can taste seafoodFrom this beach you can see the Cu Lao Cham island, mad an ocean of green (at about one hour by boat) or visit the Kim Bong carpentry village, the village of Thanh Ha pottery, the village of Ban Thach mats or the village of Tra Que vegetables.

Beaches of Cat BaCat Ba archipelago is home to 366 islands and islets. It is recognized by Unesco in 2004 World Biosphere Reserve. The climate is both tropical and maritime. In summer, the temperature is 23-24 degrees. It is the pearl of the Gulf of Tonkin.Bales are many beaches Cat: Cat Co 1, Cat Co 2, Cat Dua, Cat Ong, Cát Trai Gay, etc. Đưong Danh. These are small beaches, fine sand with discrete, with well-salted water and pure. They are pegged against the mountains, giving visitors the feeling of living in a paradise.In the morning the sun rises red in the mountains, the waves continue into the sea when the fishing boats and dropped anchor to reach the markets very agitated fish. Check more in this site trekvietnamtour.com

Cao Bang, a province of the northern highlands

Cao Bang, a province of the northern highlands, shares borders with China to the north, the provinces of Bac Can and Lang Son and south of Ha Giang and Tuyen Quang in the west. The Tay, Nung, Dao and H'mong are among the nine ethnic groups who inhabit the region.
The tropical climate of this mountainous region has four seasons. The temperature is highest in May and the coldest in January.
The tourist attractions include Lake Cao Bang Thang Then in Tra Linh, the waterfall in Trung Khanh Ban Gioc and Ba Be Lake. There are also several sites near where Uncle Ho lived before the revolution of August 1945 as Pac Po, Coc Bo Cave and streams and Lenin Khuoi Nam.

The Waterfall Ban Gioc
Waterfall in Cao Bang-Waterfall Ban Gioc is located in Trung Khanh district, 95 km from Cao Bang town and close to the Sino-Vietnamese border. The roar of falling water, means miles from Trung Khanh and a thick fog forms on the mountainside. The temperature is cool through the water vapor in the air.
A river lined with rare flowers at the foot of the fall. She is known for fish "Tram Huong." In the early 1920s, the French had started building cabins along the river. They went there to rest.

Ngao Cave Nguom
A 2 km from the fall Gioc Ban is a huge cave of 3km long. It is the museum of natural stalactites and stalagmites.

Pac Bo
Pac Bo is a small mountainous village in the commune of Trung Hoa, 50 km from Cao Bang town.
It was at Pac Bo cave lies Coc Bo who served as a refuge in Ho Chi Minh when he returned clandestinely in Vietnam after 30 years abroad. He created the League of Vietnam's independence, the nationalist coalition dominated by the Communists.
Among the attractions near the cave, are the mountain Cac-Mac (Karl Marx), The source Nin (Lenin), the cave Dan Bo, Co Rac range and source Khuoi Nam where President Ho Chi Minh has trained managers and managed several important meetings.
The President returned to the region in February 1961, 20 years after his first visit to Pac Bo.

Then Thang Lake
The lake is 20 km from Cao Bang town. With the season of rain, 36 lakes are formed. They are separated by rocks twisted like Ha Long Bay.

Phuc Sen Village
This is the traditional village of the forge, being on the road to the fall Ban Gioc where you get to see his blacksmiths work with primitive tools.  We organise many trekking tour in this sector

Markets
Market of the population in the province of Cao Bang-Cao Bang province is very famous for its markets as yet: Trung Khanh Tra Linh, Nuoc Hai Na Rank.

Hagiang destination for trekking lovers

Trekking ways all through the karst upland of Dongvan City, situated in north-east Ha Giang Province, turned out to be very favored since currently being recognised like section of the Worldwide Networking of {National Geoparks|National - Geoparks in 2011.

Dongvan-found Karst Upland Travel delivers fascinating trekking ways between these the rocky urban center, ethnical Miao communities in Ma Le and as a consequence Thien Huong or even over the Ma Pi Leng mountain toss.

The eithteen track within Ma Le to Thien Huong has been known as the vale of rocks generated by its amazing natural beauty.

As for itinerary, travelers are now removed to Ma Le Village, 5km from central Dong Van, by way of van before starting out on a full-day visit.

"The trek is really breathtaking. The scenery and additionally natural conditions all-around the 1600 meters on top water level zone has captivated a number of backpackers," said Karst Upland travel agent Hoang Anh Tuan.

"The wild ways deliver the ideal factors for significant experiences such as barbecues," he noted.
Tuan contributed that vacation associations are always accompanied just by regional Mong guides to avoid anyone getting lost.

Visitors are also done using sticks and jungle knives to support them create their way by just compact underbrush.

Ta Lang Town, discover the welcoming Giay as well as Tay ethnic people, is considered the first of all stop.

"Because tourists commonly unable to communicate in their dialect, the owners can also reject to welcome them onto their property. This is where we as being guides will help nearby," asserted local guide Li Thanh Hong.

"We often organize meal nearby the Nho Que river-bank on often getting mainly goat or perhaps chicken meat for cookout activities in the forest," Hong contributed.

Visitors usually are encouraged to catch fish as well as help you make for themselves.
"That's just like a wild life dinner. Local vietnam trekking tour guides many times show holidaymakers how to catch fish personally," mentioned guide Luc Fhfg Sa.

She inserted that go fishing is literally principally barbecued as well as bryophyte when chicken is almost certainly covered by using soil just before being placed on the fire place.

Ban Mo Village often is a second greatest stop over for lunch with travelers sitting yourself down on stone slabs among the Nho Que River in the season.

The last and last travel of the day, operating 7 kilometers uphill starting from the river bank to the surface of the Ma Pi Leng hill pass, might take you a not very easy 2 hours.

"The route is in fact really really difficult, but additionally really amazing. The slope tracks are undoubtedly practically upright," exclaimed By Tuan, which one designed the route couple years ago.
"As you reach the top, the stream seems as if a silk thread cutting as a the big valley."

The travel attains its end above the Ma Pi Leng hill pass then travelers are removed back to Dongvan Municipality to get through the good afternoon in search.

Tour operators grant offers from US$100 for groups of 4, which generally also means transport from Ha Noi to Dong Van Town.

Karstic Upland likewise provides you trekking travels via Tam Son Area in Quan Ba District as well as in the districts of Yen Minh and additionally Meo Vac.

People nearly always benefit everything from exploring the UNESCO realised town as being a member of the Worldwide Network of National Geoparks.

The town's most important market day is catagorized on Weekends when it lights up along with chinesesse lamps on Sat times.

Dong Van Citie could be a particular must on the traveller serarch because of its fabulous instinctive environment and consequently its considerably maintained ethnic as well as ethnical history.