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Themed “Hue - Sai Gon - Hanoi”, the music night drew the participation of renowned artists and singers such as Cam Van, Duc Tuan, Ha Le, Tan Son, and Cece Truong, and stars of the film “Em va Trinh” (You and Trinh), which recently hit cinemas nationwide. Trinh Cong Son is the author of many famous songs, such as Hue - Sai Gon - Hanoi, Diem Xua (Diem, My Cherished Memory), and Huyen Thoai Me (Legend of the Mother). Besides well-known singers, who have successfully performed the songs, this time, the music night also saw the participation of young singers, who breathed fresh life into the great man’s music./. VNA … [Read more...] about Trinh Cong Son music night dazzles audience

Hidden inside Muong Hoa Valley 15 kilometers from Sa Pa, Topas Ecolodge has catapulted to fame after western celebrities like Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Manchester United football player Chris Smalling stayed there. It was voted as one of seven resorts with the world’s most unique swimming pools by Agoda readers. The absolute highlight of the resort is an infinity pool situated 900 meters (3,000 feet) above sea level and surrounded by terraced rice fields. The pool is warmed all year round by an environment-friendly system. Opened in 2005, the five-star resort has 41 bungalows built with white granite that resemble ethnic minority stilt homes. All their furniture is made from natural materials like wood, bamboo and rattan. There are no TVs, computers or even wifi. A night's stay costs from VND6 million ($257) per person. … [Read more...] about Escape summer heat at northern resorts with infinity pools

Children with disabilities are taught to play hockey The summer camp taking place on July 2 at the Ho Chi Minh City Sports and Sports Training and Competition Center in District 11 aims to reduce the anxiety of families with children with intellectual disabilities, and Down syndrome and help children integrate into the community. Special children including children with intellectual disabilities, children with Down syndrome, and autism often have difficulties in communicating and controlling language, behavior, and emotions when interacting with society and the world around them. However, they have a need for sports activities. Through these activities, disabled children are physically trained as well as helped to enhance social interaction and communication. Mr. Tuan Nghia, a parent of a disabled son named Thien Phuoc, shared that thanks to useful activities such as the Para hockey summer camp, children with disabilities have more playgrounds, and meet and interact with more … [Read more...] about Summer camp for children with disabilities

In mid-June, Van Anh and her family of four took a summer holiday in Da Nang, famous as the country’s most livable city, but they felt that the trip was made boring because they had nothing to do in the evening. "Besides swimming, eating out and visiting Ba Na Hills, I realized that Da Nang has very few services for tourists, especially in the evening. After eating, we come back to the hotel and there are no more night-time activities," she said. Thu Huong, another tourist from Hanoi, also spent a night in Da Nang last month and watched a fire breathing act on the iconic Dragon Bridge at night. She said she didn’t know what else she could do. "From 9:30 p.m. streets in Da Nang started emptying and looking deserted. There were a few night markets and backpacker streets with poor services," Huong recalled. Industry insiders acknowledge that it has been the case for years that the city has not been meeting the demand of high-spending tourists for night-time activities. At a … [Read more...] about Da Nang lacks nightlife entertainment

The Golden Bridge offers a check-in for tourists visiting the Sun World Ba Na Hills in Da Nang. The city has been designed as a liveable urban city. (Photo courtesy of Sun Group) Da Nang (VNS/VNA) - With stable growth in the economy, infrastructure, urban management, tourism and investment attraction, the central city of Da Nang is challenging to develop into a ‘liveable’ city of regional and global status. Economist Vo Tri Thanh said at a seminar on how to develop Da Nang as a destination and a liveable city in Vietnam and region, emphasising that the central city had not yet approached the ‘liveable’ standard and it needed much progress to reach the target. Thanh said Da Nang had been known as a favourite destination in Vietnam but was not yet a ‘worth living’ location in terms of enjoyment, relaxation, and entertainment. “A ‘liveable’ city requires maximising consumption, commodities, working places while promoting a ‘green’ environment, humanity, safe, smart and … [Read more...] about Da Nang strives to develop itself into ‘liveable’ city

An engineering vessel that was 160 nautical miles southwest of Hong Kong "suffered substantial damage and broke into two pieces" and the 30-member crew abandoned ship, according to the Hong Kong Government Flying Service. Three people had been rescued as of 3:00 p.m. local time (0700 GMT) and were taken to hospital for treatment, authorities said. Dramatic footage provided by Hong Kong authorities showed a person being airlifted onto a helicopter while waves crashed over the deck of the semi-submerged ship below. The three survivors said other crew members may have been swept away by waves before the first helicopter arrived, according to a government statement. Typhoon Chaba earlier formed in the central part of the South China Sea, which Vietnam calls the East Sea, and on Saturday afternoon made landfall in Guangdong province in southern China. Rescuers in Hong Kong were notified of the incident at 7:25 a.m. local time (2325 GMT on Friday) and found the ship near Chaba’s … [Read more...] about Dozens missing in shipwreck during Chaba typhoon