Tram Chim during flooding season
If you are visiting Dong Thap Province in the flooding season, tourists, even locals in the Mekong Delta will feel excited with the familiar and strange feeling of nature in the alluvium wetland. If travelers come from other regions, that feeling will intensify when sitting on a small wooden boat drifting along the dark red canal, winding in the forest and then falling into the vast space of sky and water.
Anyone who visits Tay Nguyen (the Central Highlands) and enjoys the mysterious sounds of gongs near the flickering campfire in the mountains and forests, they will see the strong vitality of the local people. For this reason, gong is considered the “soul” of the highlanders.
Covered by 1,303,285 hectare area of natural forest and spreading over nine mountainous districts including Ky Son,Tuong Duong, Con Cuong, Thanh Chuong, Quy Hop, Quy Chau, Que Phong, Tan Ky and Anh Son, the Western Nghe An Biosphere Reserve is the only remaining area in the northern region boasting a large area of well-preserved primary forests. It is the largest Biosphere Reserve in Vietnam and South East Asia.
When it comes to the end of a harvest, inauguration of a communal house or a wedding ceremony, C’tu ethnic people in Quang Nam Province dress up in traditional costumes and dance in tune with gong and drum beating and shouting.
City dwellers grab any chance they can to escape the dirt and smoke of Saigon to get some fresh air into their lungs in more peaceful, spacious and quiet places and the beach is a favorite destination to do just that.
As Cua Dai Beach near the ancient town of Hoi An is pretty quiet in the early morning, it is preferred by tourists who want to experience the fresh breeze of the ocean and take a stroll on smooth white-sand stretches when a new day begins.