Tuesday, January 06, 2009
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Major Festivals in March 2009
 Jewelry trade Festival: March 3 - 5 (Lunar February 7 - 9)
 Avalokita Bodhisattva Festival: March 6 (lunar February 10)
 Da Trach Temple Festival: March 6 - 9 (lunar February 10 - 13)
 Voi Phuc (the elephants in a kneeling position) Temple Festival: March 7 (lunar February 11)
 Ma Temple Festival: March 8 - 9 (lunar February 12 - 13)
 Bat Trang Village's Festival: March 11 - 18 (lunar February 15 - 22)
Major Festivals in February 2009
 Giong Festival (Soc Son Temple Festival): January 31 - February 2 (lunar January 6 - 8)
 Co Loa Festival: January 31 - February 6 (lunar January 6 - 12)
 Huong Pagoda Festival: January 31 – April 9 (lunar January 6 - March 15)
 Lim Festival (Love duet singing festival): February 3 - 6 (lunar January 9 - 12)
 Con Son Festival: February 12 - 17 (lunar January 18 - 23)
Major Festivals in January 2009
 Tet Nguyen Dan (traditional Lunar New Year’s Festival): January 26 - 28 (lunar January 1 - 3)
 Keo Pagoda Festival: January 29 (lunar January 4)
 Ngoc Xuyen Village Festival: January 1 (lunar December 6)
 My Duong Festival: January 12 (lunar December 17)
 Tho Tang Festival: January 13 (lunar December 18)
 Dinh Mai Festival: January 15 (lunar December 20)
 Quynh Village Festival: January 22 (lunar December 27)
 Thuong Khe Village Festival: January 24 - 28 (lunar December 29 - January 3)
Culture & Society
Colour of the North East

The 6th Culture, Sports and Tourism Festival of the ethnic people living in the North East of Vietnam was concluded in Mid-December. It was the biggest event of this kind so far to be held aimed at introducing and promoting traditional cultural beauties of the local ethnic people.
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Vietnamese American Vocational Training College
After 14 years of operation, the Vietnamese American Vocational Training College (VATC) has opened 27 branches nationwide and trained about 15,000 students. The college’s success is attributed to the great efforts of its founder/owner, Hoang Ngoc Phan, a Vietnamese American.
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Flood Season in the South
Generally, the Cuu Long River delta is divided into two large regions, a region of freshwater bordering the coastal salt-water area, which is not flooded and a seasonally flooded region due to the direct impact of the Cuu Long River source.
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Colours of Kites in Cua Dai

The annual kite flying competition sponsored by Victoria Hoian Beach Resort & Spa Hotel in the ancient town of Hoi An, Quang Nam Province, attracted the participation of kite flying enthusiasts nationwide. This year, 135 craftsmen representing eight clubs from Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hue, An Giang, Can Tho and Hoi An gathered at Cua Dai Beach, all vying for the title of Vietnam’s supreme kite flyer.
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“Life Goes on 2”

“Life Goes on 2” is a follow-up story to “Life Goes on 2005” exhibition featuring the fates and lives of HIV/AIDS infected people that photographer Pham Hoai Thanh introduced to the Hanoians three years ago.
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A Trip of Good Sense
Some people say the “Orange Walk” is a trip of good sense. To me it is a trip that exposes the earth’s pains. The trip participants have passed over 1,700km throughout the country, visiting many cities and villages to witness the sufferings of the Agent Orange victims in Vietnam and share their plight.
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The reading habit of Hanoians
In a modern society, although it is very easy and quick to get information from available multi-media, Hanoians still keep their habit of reading that has become a distinctive cultural feature.
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Beloved Vietnam

The “Tsunagari –Linking” photo exhibition displaying 35 pictures by Japanese photojournalist Megumi Katsu held in the Japanese Culture Exchange Centre at No. 27 Quang Trung Street, Hanoi portrays the most beautiful images of Vietnam.

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An Impressive Trip

Prof. Jerome I. Friedman – the Nobel Prize Winner in Physics in 1990 – attended the opening ceremony of the 39th International Physics Olympiad (IPhO 39)