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New feeling at new Dong Van market
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VietNamNet Bridge – The famous market of Dong Van town that was built hundreds of years ago was finally closed down and been replaced by the new market located just across the street.
At the new market, minority people such as H’Mong and Tay sell agricultural products, fruit, meat and some fresh-water fish and snails to buyers. While the ancient market located amid the houses of old Dong Van town is now a tourist spot.
Dong Van town is at the center of Dong Van Karst Plateau in Ha Giang Province which has been recognized as a global geopark by UNESCO. Dong Van Karst Plateau is the highest plateau in Vietnam, attracting tourists from all over the world thanks to its spectacular scenes and local cultures of minority groups.
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Oct
31
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Take a visit to the snake museum in Tien Giang
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VietNamNet Bridge - Exciting journeys on coconut-lined creeks, enjoying My Tho noodles or swimming in the sea of Go Cong ... are among interesting things that tourists can do in the southern province of Tien Giang.
A unique destination that not many tourists know when they come to Tien Giang, is the Dong Tam snake farm, which is recognized as the first snake museum of Vietnam.
Visiting the snake farm, you will be given the opportunity to explore the lifestyle and activities of these familiar but dangerous reptiles. In addition, you also have the opportunity to admire the collection of specimens of snakes, see how people take snake venom or learn about the method of creating vaccines or medicines for snakebite.
Cai Be floating market, the biggest wholesale market in the Southwest region is pretty well known. Unlike the floating markets of other provinces in the Mekong Delta, the floating market of Cai Be opens all day and night on a large scale. Goods are diverse and abundant. After visiting the floating market, a boat trip to explore the Tien River or small creeks is also interesting.
Tien Giang orchards tourism has famous names such as the Mekong Lodge eco-tourism site, orchards on Thoi Son Island, Ngu Hiep, Dong Thap Muoi eco-tourism zone, Cai Be orchards, etc. There are different names but the common characteristic of the above sites is that they are fruit-growing areas of peace and quietness so you can choose to visit one of them.
Coming to these ecological tourism sites, in addition to walking on cool pathways, visiting coconut candy factories, picking fruits from trees, tasting delicious fresh food, tourists can also transform into farmers to scoop fish or sleep on a hammock.
If visitors have only one day in Tien Giang, they can visit Vinh Trang pagoda, the largest temple of Asian- European architecture mixture. With a long journey (at least two days), they can go swimming in Go Cong or visit a wide range of cultural and historical monuments such as Go Thanh, Rach Gam-Xoai Mut, Ap Bac, Phao Dai fostress, many tombs and temples.
The suggestion for a one-day tour to Tien Giang, with VND150,000 cost ($7) as follows:
6am: departing Saigon to Tien Giang
7am: arriving in the city of My Tho, enjoying My Tho noodles, then visiting Dong Tam Snake Farm (9km away)
11am: Leaving the snake farm to the city of My Tho. Taking a boat trip on the Tien River, then dropping in Thoi Son Island or Cai Be orchards for sightseeing, having lunch and rest.
3.30pm: Experience the feeling of a yacht on tiny creeks.
5pm: Visiting Vinh Trang Pagoda. Sightseeing, worshiping and enjoying hammock coffee in front of the temple.
6pm: back to Saigon. End of the trip
You can go to Tien Giang at any time of the year, but the summer is the most beautiful and sexiest, when orchards are ripen.
If you want to rent a room, you are advised to find hotels on the main roads of My Tho city - Nam Ky Khoi Nghia, 30/4, Ngo Quyen, Nguyen Trai Street, Hung Vuong. The hotels you need to remember are Cong Doan, Chuong Duong, and Huong Duong.
My Tho is famous for fruits, noodles, snake porridge, king crab, fish sauce, rice cakes and choai vegetable.
Some restaurants should be visited: snake porridge – Restaurant 80 (or 180) on Tran Hung Dao road or Minh Nhat restaurant on National Highway 1A, noodle on Le Dai Hanh Street, Dinh Bo Linh Street and No. 246 Male States Khoi Nghia.
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Oct
31
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Welcomes exhibition names “Art under the roof”
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VietNamNet Bridge - The works are the result of a one-week meeting of 68 Vietnamese and artists from 15 countries at the Museum of Muong culture in the northern province of Hoa Binh, from October 18 to 25.
During a week in Hoa Binh, the artists overcame the barrier of language and artistic perspective to work together, share experiences in four areas: painting, installation art, sculpture and ceramic art. The works have both the breath of the contemporary life and the identity of each country and region.
The organizers hope that, after the event, the Muong Culture Museum will be known as a destination for local art and culture with contemporary elements. The event also aims to promote economic and tourism development in Hoa Binh.
This is the fourth program in the series of annual activities of the Asia Art Link from 2008. Asia Art Link – a group of noncommercial artists initiated by two artists Trinh Tuan (Vietnam) and Ng Bee (Malaysia) - has successfully organized workshops and similar events in Malaysia, Taiwan and the Philippines. Two international workshops in Sasaran village, state of Selangor (Malaysia) in 2008 and 2011 have made a name for this small fishing village on the regional and international art map.
The artworks created at the event are displayed at the Museum of the Muong Culture and the "Art under the roof" exhibition, which opens at the Hanoi University of Culture until November 4.
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A special calendar book with images and saying of the late President Ho Chi Minh
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31/10/2012 08:30:12
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Quang Huan appears in 2012 Manhut International title
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31/10/2012 08:25:09
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Hanoi hosts 4th International Circus Festival
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31/10/2012 08:20:37
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Enjoy folklore literature and arts of Vietnamese ethnic groups
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31/10/2012 08:18:08
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Vietnam hosts British TNT Theatre performance
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31/10/2012 08:14:56
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More than 6 million visitors travel to Quang Ninh province
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31/10/2012 08:12:23
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Welcome Nutcracker back
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30/10/2012 08:54:11
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Streetcar singing concert
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30/10/2012 08:50:17
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Vietnamese dishes among Asian Record
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30/10/2012 08:47:36
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