Wednesday, January 07, 2009
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 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)
 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)
 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)
Tourism
A Visit to Cu Lao Cham
Taking a cruise for nearly two hours from Bach Dang Wharf in Hoi An City, we reached Cu Lao Cham.  Miles Burton, a Dutch tourist was very interested in visiting this group of beautiful islands which has attracted an increasing number of visitors.
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Giang Dien Waterfall Tourist Area

Visiting Giang Dien Waterfall Tourist Area, tourists will be fascinated by its vast wilderness, beautiful meadows, colourful wild flowers and the sight and sound of the waterfalls rushing in noisily around the clock.

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Bathing with Herbs in Sa Pa
After spending an entire night on the Hanoi-Lao Cai train ride followed by a one-hour trip in a car to pass over gently-sloped winding paths, I arrived in Sa Pa at sunrise. The pure atmosphere of the early morning in the mountainous area was a welcome sight.
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Primitive Beauty of Quan Lan Island
Quan Lan Island located in Quang Ninh Province’s Van Don Island District is endowed with many favourable conditions, such as forests, sea, historical architectural works, cultural characteristics, etc. The island still retains its primitive beauty that attracts both domestic and foreign tourists who like discovering the deserted areas.
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Bach Ma National Park
Some people consider Bach Ma National Park as the “small Da Lat” of Vietnam. It was not incidental that in the 1930s the French built this remote mountainous area with its high pass and abyss into a famous vacation centre in Central Vietnam.
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Phu An Bamboo Village

In 2003, the project on “Phu An Bamboo Ecological Museum and Botanical Reserve”, also known as Phu An Bamboo Village, was built in Binh Duong Province’s Ben Cat District. It was a large scientific research work on Vietnamese bamboo chaired by Doctor Diep Thi My Hanh and the first and largest bamboo reserve in Vietnam as well as Southeast Asia.

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Cuu Long River Delta Delicious Fruit Festival

The “Cuu Long River Delta Delicious Fruit Festival” is one of the activities to respond to the Mekong-Can Tho National Tourism Year 2008 with the theme of “Orchards in Cuu Long Watery Area” that helped bring to the area an exciting festive atmosphere.

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Visitors Coming from the Pacific Region
Watching the cruise ship Costa Allerga of the Costa Crociere Company (Italy) docking at Da Nang Port raised an unquestionable amount of pride in me. This happens every time I witness people from all over the world, messengers of peace, set foot on my Fatherland.
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Alluring Trung Khanh