Mystery of Forests in Minh Hoa - Quang Binh

We followed Dinh Hong Nham, a famous forester, and spent several days going through thick forests and crossing over streams to discover the beauty and mystery of caves hidden in deep forests in Minh Hoa District, Quang Binh Province in the Central Region of Vietnam.

We all felt secure when we were led by Nham, who has spent half of his life in the forest and seems to know every inch of the forest in Minh Hoa where there are some magnificent caves that few people know about.  

Tourists have to climb on high and dangerous cliffs.

Mysterious stalactites inside caves in Minh Hoa Forest.

Tourists cross a stream using inner tubes.

What is VietNam? (Việt Nam là gì?)

What is VietNam? (Việt Nam là gì?)

Clip created by Lê Hồng Minh

Unforgettable Taste of Xoi Khuc

Xoi khuc (xôi khúc), also known as khuc cake, has its name because the cake cover is made by glutinous rice powder mixed with brayed khuc leaves, covering gram and pork.

Although, xoi khuc is popular through the country, only the one of Hanoi is considered real khuc cake and helps eaters to feel its taste totally. They get this interesting feeling when eating as well as blowing, the white glutinous rice coats the soft good-smelling powder layer and just after a lightly bite diners can see the greasy gram filling layer.  

Xoi khuc is made of brayed glutinous rice mixed with khuc leaves. Glutinous rice for making khuc cake is always choosen carefully to ensure that the cake will be soft and tender. Khuc leaves, the important part of khuc cake, are well brayed to obtain the mash liquor which is mixed with the glutinous powder then kneaded well later.

Mường Tè & wedding of the Dzao people in Sìn Hồ

Wedding of the Dzao ethnic people in Sìn Hồ

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The 16-year-old Dzao ethnic bride is holding tea tray
and she is going to invite guests attending the wedding.
She wears lots of silver jewelery (Tả Phìn village, Sìn Hồ)

19 Sep to 26 Sep 2012 – I was back to Lai Châu province. I just visited this province a couple of months ago and it was my first ever visit to the 60th province of Vietnam in my list. When I was in Lai Châu last July, it rained all the time, so I couldn’t go to Mường Tè, although I already saw the bus going on the route. I decided I would go back on my next trip to the North West. Mường Tè was my priority destination on this trip. Whenever the Vietnamese say “Mường Tè”, it always means a place far away in the mountain which is very poor and remote, although it’s located only 620km northwest of Hanoi. 

The travel companion and I went to the bus station at 5:30am, but the bus only left one hour later. There is only one bus every day from Điện Biên city to Mường Tè town. Our driver put various things onto the roof of the bus and he stopped many times on the way to pick up more guests and we also had lunch on the way, so it took us 9 hours to travel 200km. The road going up mountain is narrow and winding, but the landscape is amazing.

First overhead road in Vietnam opens for traffic

Vietnam's first overhead route for cars opened for traffic on October 21. This highway is expected to shorten 50 percent of the travel time from the west to the south of Hanoi and to reduce traffic congestion in the city.

The opening ceremony on October 21.

In 2001, the government decided to build the belt road No. 3, from Mai Dich to Linh Dam, in two phases, including a 4-lane road in the first phase and an overhead road in the second phase.

After nine years, the 10km belt road was completed and put into use, facilitating the development of many urban and administrative centers in My Dinh, the city’s western areas. A year later, the construction of the overhead road was kicked off. The route has 4 lanes, with the total width of 24 m, enabling cars to run up to 100 km per hour. The total investment capital is VND 5,547 billion, from Japan's ODA loans.

The overhead road was built in nearly three years, linked to Phap Van road, creating a 15km overhead road.

Bắc Kạn

Bắc Kạn , also spelt as Bắc Cạn, is a province of Vietnam. It is located in the northeastern part of the country, due north of the capital Hanoi. Bắc Kạn is the only town of the province which is the capital of the province and is a municipality. The province covers an area of 4859.4 square kilometres and as of 2008 it had a population of 308,900 people.

Bắc Kạn Province, Bắc Giang, Lao Cai, Cao Bang, Ha Giang, Lang Son, Phu Tho, Quang Ninh, Thai Nguyen, Tuyen Quang and Yen Bai of the Đông Bắc (Northeastern Region) are part of the 59 administrative provinces and 5 municipalities in Vietnam.

Bac Kan is a mountainous terrain with rich natural resources of minerals and forests. It has numerous mountains, rivers and lakes which are very scenic; Ba Be National Park and the Ba Be Lake within its precincts are popular attractions.

Vinh phuc's climate is ideal in summer

Surrounded by green mountains and rivers, Vinh Phuc province has favorable conditions of climate. Annual average temperature is 23.4 degree celsius . Especially, Tam Dao Mountains is in a vast high mountainous region affected by tropical humid monsoons with average temperature of 21degree celsius.

Dai Lai Lake

Vinh Phuc has the monsoon tropical climate zone with enough features of the Northern mountains.

The annually average temperature is between23.5 and 25^oC, the highest temperature is 38.5^oC and the lowest is 2^oC. Notwithstanding, the terrain features cause the high difference in the temperature between the mountainous and the delta areas. In Tam Dao, at the height of 1,600m above the sea level, the annually average temperature is about 18.4^oC.

I love áo dài trắng - Hà Kin

"Áo dài" : A traditional dress of Vietnamese women. It's beautiful, unique. It is the most beautiful outfit for women in this world!
I made this video all by myself, as a tribute to my own love: "Áo dài", and to all Vietnamese women who I love!
Check out my blog for stories of this project!  http://www.hakinkin.info/?tag=aodaitrang

Clip created by Hà Kin

Cà Mau Pictures (Cảnh đẹp Cà Mau)

Cà Mau  is a province of Vietnam. It is located in the Mekong Delta of southern Vietnam, and is the southernmost of Vietnam's 58 provinces. It is bordered on the north by the Kiên Giang and Bạc Liêu provinces, on the west by the Gulf of Thailand, and on the south and east by the East Sea.

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