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Haiphong food tour – a guide for the port city’s delights

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Haiphong cuisine is an exciting and flavorsome combination of Chinese and French cuisine with fresh seafood. The unique gastronomy of the port city has aroused the curiosity of people, who organize their own “food tours” to the city to enjoy its delicacies. A funky tour just for food A group of youth from Hanoi join the Haiphong Food Tour by train. Photo: Pham Duc Hung Taking a day tour to Haiphong by train to enjoy food is becoming a trend among young people in Hanoi. This trend is going viral as more and more photos and videos reviewing delicious Haiphong dishes have been uploaded on TikTok, Instagram, or Facebook recently. Seeing friends taking a train to Haiphong for food, Bich Phuong, 24, from Hanoi cherished the idea of making a similar trip next May Day. According to Phuong, it’s easy to travel to Haiphong from Hanoi. “Having street food on Haiphong sidewalks would bring the feeling of yesteryear as if we were somewhere in Hanoi’s Old Quarter,” she told The Ha

Five Moc villages’ festival excites crowds in Hanoi

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The festival was originally held from the 10th to the 12th day of the second lunar month in order to pay tribute to the villages’ tutelary gods. This year the occasion will run from March 1 to March 3. Security officials are on hand to ensure traffic safety along Nguyen Trai road. The festival attracts both adults and children who come to enjoy the atmosphere. Since 1992, the festival has been restored and is held on a rotary basis, with a major festival taking place every five years. Recent times has seen the event postponed for three years consecutively due to the development of the COVID-19 pandemic. A procession of palanquin passes five villages. This year five palanquins gather in Quan Nhan village. In 2021 the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism officially recognised the festival of the five Moc villages as part of the country’s national intangible cultural heritage, thereby encouraging locals to continue

Bach Ma Temple festival in Hanoi Old Quarter opens

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Participants join in dances and a street parade through Ma May and Luong Ngoc Quyen streets. Bach Ma (White Horse) Temple is among the four sacred temples which is dedicated to the gods who guard the four gates of the Thang Long Citadel. The three other temples include Quan Thanh, Kim Lien, and Voi Phuc. Beating the drum in order to mark the opening of the festival Leaders of Hoan Kiem district offer incense at Bach Ma Temple. Visitors will have the chance to listen to performance of Ca Tru (ceremonial singing), as well as enjoying playing folk games during the course of the two-day festival. The post Bach Ma Temple festival in Hanoi Old Quarter opens appeared first on Vietexplorer.com . View more from VietExplorer: ‘Pho cuon’: An attractive variation of Pho Google launches page to provide COVID-19 information in Vietnamese Vietnam suspends flights to HCMC’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport Unique Vietnamese lacquer pain

Top places in Vietnam to hunt for galaxy

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The Milky Way is the galaxy that includes the Solar System, with the name describing the galaxy’s appearance from Earth. In some places across the country the Milky Way is visible to the naked-eye. (Photo: Bui Xuan Viet) Many photographers share that on clear nights, the Milky Way appears like a silver-white river featuring many stars which magically float in the sky. (Photo: Bui Xuan Viet) Tan Thanh beach in Tien Giang province represents a popular destination for many galaxy hunters. (Photo: Phan Nhat Dang Thu) Photographing the Milky Way is very different compared to taking pictures of landscapes and people. (Photo: Tran Van Linh) To get the best experience photographers must choose clear days, avoid areas with urban light that cause glare, calculate which direction the galaxy is located, what date and time they appear, and avoid full moon days due to the potential for light interference. (Photo: Nguyen Trong Doi) The view from S

French football manager Philippe Troussier coaches Vietnam national team

  with the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) to become the new head coach of Vietnam’s national football team. The agreement has a term of more than three years, from March 1, 2023 to July 31, 2026. Like his predecessor, Park Hang Seo, whose contract with VFF expired on January 31, Troussier will coach both the national and U22 teams. A ceremony for Troussier’s official appointment as the head coach is scheduled for February 26. The 67-year-old French manager was considered the brightest candidate for the position as his profile strongly impressed the National Coach Council and VFF senior leaders. He acted as strategic adviser and then technical director at the Promotion Fund of Vietnamese Football Talent (PVF) Academy in 2018. One year later, he was appointed head coach of the Vietnamese U19 team, whom he helped qualify for the U19 AFC Championship 2020. He left after his contract with VFF expired in June 2021. Dubbed the ‘White Witch Doctor’ for his successful stint in Africa

Bu Gia Map National Park: The Green Lung of the Southeast

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An overview of Bu Gia Map National Park Address: Bu Gia Map district, Binh Phuoc province. Photo: Mia.vn Similar to Cat Tien National Park (Tay Cat Tien), Bu Gia Map National Park is a famous attraction. It is located in Bu Gia Map commune, Bu Gia Map district, at the northernmost position of Binh Phuoc province. On November 27, 2002, this attraction was upgraded from Bu Gia Map nature reserve to a national park. Currently, this area is a place to conserve biosphere resources in the Southeast. Photo: Mia.vn Not inferior to Ba Ra Mountain, Mo Thac Mo, Binh Phuoc, Bu Gia Map National Park currently has 724 species of plants in 326 genera, 109 families, and 70 orders of 6 different plant branches. The forests here still have the characteristics of primeval forests. Most of the plants are of the Diaceae and Legumes families such as rosemary, red oak, ebony, and heather. In addition, the garden also has 278 different medicinal herbs. There are many types of gardens