My beautiful homeland

On the occasion of International Women’s Day and the 1972nd Anniversary of the Hai Ba Trung Uprising, a photo exhibition entitled “The Beauty of My Homeland” was held in Lam Son Park, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City. 

142 black and white photos taken by 75 female photographers nationwide, showed images of the country and gentle and diligent women, full of vitality. The photographers brought viewers into the daily life of women in different regions across the country. There were Hanoi girls with colourful peach flowers, industrious women in a flower-growing village in Dong Thap and in the watery area of Can Tho.

“Sunset on the River” by Thao Mien (Can Tho City).

“Present from the Ocean” by Ngoc Nhu (Dong Thap Province).

“Sea” by Truong An (Vung Tau City).


The photos on the exhibition also showed the beauty of life in different regions, such as Ho Chi Minh City- a young dynamic city and the 1000 year-old capital of Hanoi with Thang Long Royal Citadel, Quan Chuong Gate, Tran Quoc Pagoda, Hoan Kiem Lake and the Long Bien Bridge. Also, the photo collection “Hue Thuong” described the ancient capital of Hue with its poetic landscape of Lang Co Bay.

“The Beauty of Spring” by Kim Ngan (Dong Thap Province).

Using the language of photographs, the female artists presented a mosaic of their peaceful and beautiful homeland.  

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Beauty of lotus and charity

Photographer Tran Bich will bring the beauty of the lotus and the beauty of charity to his exhibition, which include 60 unique photos, in Ho Chi Minh City next week.

To be held from July 25 to August 5 at the peak of the unique Bitexco Financial Tower at 36 Ho Tung Mau Street in District 1, the event themed “Viet Lotus – Lotus Life 17” is being organized mainly to raise funds for the Heart Understanding Fund.

All proceeds from ticket and photo sales will be donated to the fund to provide help to children with inborn heart diseases, street children and children from underprivileged families.

In the last three years, the photographer has taken photos of lotuses and organized 16 previous exhibitions in different venues across Vietnam such as Hanoi, Hue, Gia Lai, Da Nang, Ca Mau, Dong Thap, Da Lat and Ho Chi Minh City.

So far he has collected over VND2.5 billion (US$120,200) through these events.

His passion for taking photos of lotuses sparked in 2009 after he saw the beautiful flowers and their elegant smell at the lotus pond in Ke Ga in the central province of Binh Thuan’s Phan Thiet District, Bich said.

Ever since, he has traveled to many localities across the nation where lotuses are grown; from the provinces of Long An, Dong Thap and Can Tho in the Mekong Delta to Nha Trang, Quang Ngai, Quy Nhon, Thanh Hoa and Nam Dinh in the central region; and Hanoi and Bac Ninh in the north.

The exhibition will run from 9:30 to 21:30 with ticket prices of VND200,000 ($10) for adults, and VND130,000 for children from 4-12 years old and elderly people over 65 years of age.

Followings are some photos of lotuses taken by Tran Bich to be displayed at the exhibition:

 

 

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Flying sand dune in Mui Ne – The paradise of sunshine, wind and sand

Flying sand dunes in Mui ne has amazing attraction for all domestic and foreign tourists due to its unique beauty.

 Flying sand dunes is one of the most exciting destinations in Viet Nam that stretches a several kilometers from with the great area of 50 hectares from Binh Thuan province to Ninh Thuan province. 

But perhaps, the most beautiful flying sand dunes are in Mui Ne itself that tourists shouldn’t miss to visit. This is considered not only the most unique but also the number one sand dunes in Vietnam originating from a hundreds of year ancient iron mine. 

And the reason why it is also called “Flying Sand Dune” is the constant changes of its shape in each hour and each day. Sand here spreads like primitive desert of Africa with several dozens of colors such as white, yellow, brown, red, and especially multiform due to the power of wind. 

Thus, tourists will have exciting exploration about the beauty, the shape, the color and the contrast when visiting flying sand dunes in different location and time. This beauty of flying sand dunes in Mui ne is the source of not only inspiration for poets, artists, photographers but also material for sand-painting artirts.

In addition, it brings the powerful attraction especially for the youth due to interesting games such as sliding on sand, conquering sand dune…

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