Terraced fields in the rainy season

The rainy season is the time when the terraced fields gracing the mountains in Muong Hum, Den Sang, Sang Ma Sao, and Y Ty in Bat Xat district of Lao Cai province, look the most beautiful.

Created by generations of Dao, Mong, and Ha Nhi ethnic people, the terraced fields in Bat Xat have been there for hundreds of years. They are the masterpieces of the ethnic people living in these mountain areas.
The terraced fields are not only beautiful to see but also a very effective technique of cultivation, sustaining the local people as they attract a steady stream of tourists.

Source: VOA news

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Ao dai show lights up Hue Festival

Around 160 models performed at the “Ao Dai Festival 2010” in the central city of Hue last night, featuring 1000 ao dai designed by 17 leading fashion designers in Vietnam.
“Ao Dai Festival” is one of the key events at the Hue Festival. This year, inspired by lotus, designers made their ao dai with lotus patterns and used environmentally friendly materials. There were several different kinds of ao dai for men, women and kids.

The festival is titled “Vong Thien Nien” (Looking towards Hanoi’s 1000th anniversary), so it used music pieces and songs about Hanoi as background music.


Photos captured at the festival:

Hue Festival 2010: cultural feast begins

The Hue Festival 2010 opened on June 5, attracting 28 participating countries.
The opening ceremony:

The first item entitled "Hoa Lu spirit" (Hoa Lu in the northern province of Ninh Binh is Vietnam’s old capital city)

Hue royal court dance and singing.

Gong performance by artists from the Central Highlands.

Quan ho Bac Ninh (Bac Ninh love duet).

Chinese dragon dance.

Korean traditional dance.

Russian traditional dance.

Belgium stilt walkers.

Japanese artists.



Kites on Truong Tien Bridge.

A painting drawn on the road by over 100 people.

The Legend of Huong River:

A dragon boat on the Huong River.

Boats travel 15km from King Minh Mang tomb to Nghinh Luong Dinh wharf...

... to tell the story about Huong River.

Mandarins welcomed the King and his entourage on the dragon boat.

Color lanterns released at the Thien Mu pagoda’s wharf to welcome the King.

The fairy at Thien Mu pagoda showed the King the good land for building his kingdom.