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Chuon Lagoon (also known as Cau Hai Lagoon, belonging to the Tam Giang lagoon system) is located in An Truyen village, Phu An commune, Phu Vang district, about 15 km from Hue. This is also a popular traveling destination in the ancient capital of many tourists from all over the world. The beautiful scenery of Chuon lagoon. Photo: Vu Bao Khanh This brackish lagoon area owns an area of nearly 100 hectares and is a famous community ecotourism area that attracts many travelers to visit and experience. Coming here, they will not only have a chance to enjoy the peaceful and dreamy natural scenery but also taste the most delicious seafood here. Tourists can hire a large boat and stays on the water for a price of about VND100.000 (US$4.01) – VND120.000 (US$4.81), and enjoy the most delicious dishes such as grilled tiger shrimp, fried octopus with chili, etc. Especially, we have to mention one of the most significant traditional food that you can only find in Hue, which is Khoai ...

Driving about 4km from Bich Dong Pagoda, you will arrive at Thung Nham Bird Park – the home of thousands of birds. Thung Nham is the contiguous place between Hoa Lu district and Gia Vien, Nho Quan, and Tam Diep city districts, which all belong to Ninh Binh . It is home to 46 bird species with about 50,000 individuals, popularly storks, herons, silver teals, white-rumped shamas, etc. Many of these are recorded in Viet Nam Red Book, a list of Vietnam’s most rarest creatures. Photo: @thungnhamecotourismzone Thung Nham is also home to 109 species of plants, and 150 species of animals, including 58 species of fish, 7 species of frogs, 10 species of mammals, etc, which need to be preserved and developed. The name “Thung Nham” originates from the topographical features of this place, in which “Thung” means valley, and “Nham” is lava, rocky mountain, or also the name of Hai Nham village, which is located in Ninh Hai commune. You can visit Thung Nham Bird Park at anytime or sea...

Phu Yen tourism has many attractive and one-of-a-kind spots that have long been a lot of domestic and foreign tourist’s favorite places. Not only have sunny beaches or clear blue bays, but Phu Yen is also enchanted with the highland waterfalls. Vuc Hom Waterfall is a wonderful spot that you cannot miss on your trip to discover “the land of yellow flowers on green grass”. Photo: @hauapple1993 Vuc Hom Waterfall is located in Vinh Xuan village, An Linh Commune, Tuy An District, Phu Yen, with a total area of about 1 hectare. This place has a wild and breathtaking landscape with tall and large basalt columns. There are also rows of stones stacked on top of each other like the gorgeous Da Dia Reef in Phu Yen. Water from above pours into the stream below at a height of 20m, creating clouds of white foam. The rays of sunlight intermingled in the middle of the water create shimmering rainbow colors, mixed with the green of mountains and forests. The cool water can be a perfect ch...

This is considered a hard row to hoe for Vietnam, which are currently 34th on the world ranking and will be playing in the World Cup for the first time. The U.S. are the defending and four-time champions in 1991, 1999, 2015, and 2019 and the number one team on the world ranking, while the Netherlands are eighth. The final team of Group E will be either Thailand, Cameroon and Portugal. Vietnam are one of the six qualified teams in Asia, besides China, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, and hosts Australia. The month-long competition will kick off on July 20, 2023 in Australia and New Zealand – the first co-hosts in the history of the Women’s World Cup. Vietnam’s first game will be against the U.S. in Auckland and also be Group E’s opener. Next summer’s World Cup will be the largest women’s sporting event in history with 32 countries, up eight from the previous tournament and double the number in 2011.  Twenty-nine teams have already qualified, with Morocco, the Philipp...

Photo: Baoquocte On July 12, 2016, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague (Netherlands) ruled that China’s claims of historic rights within its so-called “nine-dash line”, which covers more than 80% of the South China Sea, are completely baseless and illegitimate according to the 1982 UNCLOS. The ruling also marks an important milestone to solve the South China Sea issue by peaceful means, and simultaneously affirms the paramount role of international law in dispute settlement. The international community lauded the PCA’s ruling. 40 countries have been reported to announce their support for the arbitration publicly. Then-United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged all parties to resolve their disputes in the South China Sea in a peaceful and amicable manner, through dialogue and in conformity with international law. The US stated that the PCA’s ruling was “an important contribution to the common goal of peaceful resolution” of the disputed issues ...