Mekong River Delta

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TweetEarth and Water In Vietnamese, you refer to the land of Vietnam as “Ðat Nuoc Viet Nam”, litterally “Vietnam’’s Land and Water”, which does evoke the major role that the river and its delta play in everyday life. Fantastic Mékong …

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Child “pirates” make chaos on Saigon River

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TweetA section of Saigon River near Dieu Phap Buddhist temple in Binh Thanh district, HCM City was overrun by dozens of kids who competed to “rob” the fish released by Buddhist followers. Kids sit on boats to wait for people …

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The echo of street life

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Tweet In modern life, silence might be golden, but some of the sounds of the city are diamonds. Many Vietnamese and foreigners in Ho Chi Minh City claim that one of the things they miss the most when they leave …

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Garden State

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TweetVietnam’s southwestern region is famous for its network of waterways and luxuriant orchards and today tourists travel here from all across the country. The cultivation of the fertile lands of Southwestern Vietnam are not the result of Mother Nature. The …

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Goin’ to the Chapel . . . Goin’ to take pictures

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TweetNotre Dame Cathedral is one of the notable landmarks in Ho Chi Minh City that guidebooks say everyone should visit because of its architecture. You can’t really miss it, even without a guidebook, since it stands as a piece of …

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