‘Vietnam’s water puppetry is the cultural event which we most look forward to in Nuevo Leon state,’ said Liliana Melo de Sada, the head of the organising board of Santa Lucia international stage festival in Mexico, in a press conference to present the event on September 8.
Meo Vac cow market in Ha Giang Province is held every Sunday. It is the only one of its kind in the entire northern mountainous region of Vietnam. The market is not only for buying cows by the locals living in the karst plateau, it is also a time for the Mong ethnic people to get together.
People in Thach Xa Commune, Thach That District, Hanoi have made lively dragonflies from bamboo, which resemble almost exactly the real thing, diversifying the treasure of folk toys of Vietnamese people. An outstanding feature of the bamboo dragonfly is that from the pointed beak on its head it can balance on a spot as small as the end of a finger, the corner of a table, a branch, etc.
Like Lung Cu in Ha Giang Province at Vietnam’s northernmost point and Dat Mui in Ca Mau Province at the most southern, Mui Dien in Phu Yen Province is the most easterly part of the country for tourists. The top of the 26 meter lighthouse is the first place in Vietnam to catch the rays of the sun at dawn.
Just a few monkeys appear before a large herd of the long-tailed animals in different shapes and sizes come in sight to wait to be fed as this is their long-established reflex when they hear visitors approach So Ray Plantation on the peak of a hilly forest, a 15-minute drive from the heart of Con Dao.
Ke Ga Lighthouse, located on Ke Ga Island about 30 kilometers south of Phan Thiet City, is a must-see attraction in Binh Thuan Province where visitors can experience a fabulous panoramic view of the open sea.
