the Buddhist-themed Suoi Tien Cultural Amusement Park. ... least compared to others in Vietnam

Suoi Tien Theme Park is located about 40 minutes from downtown Ho Chi Minh City, in Thu Duc district. Several years ago, this was an uninhabited land which had a natural stream flowing across endemic forest and natural scenery. The name “Suoi Tien” (Fairy Stream) derived from a story about 7 sacred girls died and became fairies in this land. Later the land was turned into a forestry farm before being developed into what we see today – the biggest cultural theme park of Ho Chi Minh City.

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Suoi Tien Theme Park

It’s no wonder that Vietnamese culture is the main theme of Suoi Tien entertainment. The park is famous for its Oriental architecture, with the concept based on oriental beliefs. This concept is shown by all the statues, buildings and games in the park. They symbolise the wish for peace, happiness and wealth. Some are constructed according to long-standing Vietnamese legends like Thanh Giong, Lac Long Quan – Au Co, and Chu Dong Tu – Tien Dung. It is the folks and tales twisted into a physical work and embedded all throughout the park that make it stand out.

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Tourists visiting Suoi Tien can learn about legendary history of Vietnamese people. What’s more, cultural festivals are periodically held within the site, when interesting Vietnamese traditional activities and features are there for visitors to enjoy, such as in the occasions of Lunar New Year, Mid-Autumn Festival and Hung King Anniversary. It is no exaggeration that the park is a museum itself.

A true amusement park

As an amusement park, Suoi Tien offers numerous kinds of game, from scary, thrilling to adventurous ones such as: Mystery of the Forest, 4D Theatre, Roller Coaster and Air Bycicle. No one would be disappointed when come to this recreational area, especially children, as there’s a specific area called The Children Kingdom. This place has a lot of funny and attractive games from superman electric car, children train to ball house.

Opening hours and ticket price

The park opens daily from 8AM to 6PM. On weekends, it closes a little bit later, at 6:30 PM. On special occasions like national holidays, it closes at 11PM.

The entrance fee is VND 50,000 for adult and a half for kids. Extra cost varies from VND 5,000 to VND 60,000, depending on each game.

How to get there

From the city center, it takes about 40 minutesr to get to Suoi Tien Park by car, following Ha Noi Highway. In case tourists want to travel by bus, take number 19, 50, 52, 53 or 150 and ask the driver to drop at the park.

Nhan Hau persimmons of Chi Lang District, Vietnam

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Top 4 Attractions in Ninh Binh

100 kilometers away from ha noi vietnam, Ninh Binh is emerging as one of the most exciting destinations during your Vietnam tour. For a long time, it is known as a choice of short getaway from Hanoi. But in fact, many things to do in Ninh Binh to offer for everyone.

Saigon Opera House with the unique architecture

If you have a chance to go to Ho Chi Minh City, you certainly can’t take your eyes off the elegant architecture of the Saigon Opera House.

Saigon Opera House

Location & History

Located at the start of the famous Le Loi Avenue, the building still retails many lively evidences for the influence of French architecture in Vietnam.

At the turn of the 20th century, this magnificent building, designed by French architect Ferret Eugene, was built as a classical opera house with 800 seats to entertain French colonists. Anyone who has been to France can recognize many similarities between the Opera Houseand the Petit Palais. In fact, just like the Reunification Palace, the applied ornament, balustrades, cartouches, and roof were imported directly from France. After 1956, the house functioned as home of the Lower House Assembly of Southern Vietnam. It’s not until 1975 that the opera house was restored to its original purpose of use. Today, the theatre stands at the start of the famous Le Loi Avenue, just adjacent to Hotel Continental and Caravelle, right in the heart of the city.

Typical French Architecture

The style of this majestic building is influenced by flamboyant style of the French Third Republic. People can easily recognise similarities between the façade of this building and the Petit Palais, which was built in the same year in France. Inside, the house has a main seating floor plus two levels of seating above, and is capable of accommodating 1,800 people. All of applied ornament, balustrades, cartouches and roof were taken from France. Additionally, all the inscriptions, décor, and furnishings were drawn by a French artist and sent from his nation.

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Renovation after 300th birthday of the city

In order to celebrate the 300th birthday of Saigon, the municipal government invited some of famous architects and artists to restore the house in 1998. Today, renovated with new materials, the theatre is equipped with state-of-the-art electric appliances, lighting and sound systems, and safety equipment. Many original architectural and decorative features have been incorporated, including a stone veranda, white stone statues at the entrance, colourful granite tiled floors, chandeliers, bronze statues in front of the stairs and richly-engraved auditorium arch and wall statues. The Opera House is surrounded by new shopping plazas and posh hotels, which allow you to combine the trip to the Opera House with a shopping tour.

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How to get there

Nowadays, the Saigon Opera House, lying charmingly in the heart of the city’s District 1 area, becomes a theater for a variety of traditional and classical performances such as plays, concerts, ballet, opera, and Vietnamese traditional dance. Moreover, this house – the brightest building of Ho Chi Minh City – is also one of the exciting destinations which no one should miss when visiting this city. The central position of Municipal Theatre makes it pretty easy to be found. The site can be combined to a city tour, as it’s in a close vicinity of Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral and Reunification Palace. Tourists should go for a performance here if have chances.

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The central structure is the Hue Citadel area which was the administrative centre of southern Viet Nam during the 17th and 18th centuries CE. Within the Hue Citadel were located not only administrative and military functions of the Empire, but also the Imperial Residence, the Hoang Thanh (Imperial City), the Tu Cam Thanh (Forbidden Purple City) and related royal  palaces.

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Can Tho City in the Mekong Delta has many attractive tourist destinations for those who love spending time in the countryside and the riverine region.

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Attractive destinations in Can Tho

Starting from Ninh Kieu Wharf and traveling along the Can Tho River to the upstream, tourists can visit two famous floating markets of this city which are Cai Rang and Phong Dien. While Cai Rang is a wholesale market, Phong Dien is where people retail agricultural products.

The road bordering the north side of the Can Tho River, called Vong Cung Road, is lined by many tourist sites including Southern Truc Lam Zen Monastery, My Khanh tourist village and Giao Duong eco-tourism area, where visitors can explore the genuine traits of the south with fish farms, orchards and traditional craft villages.

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Tourists can travel by boat from Ninh Kieu Wharf at 7 a.m. or earlier to visit floating markets and orchards for one day.

Those who love riding a motorbike can treat themselves with a more exciting trip. Starting from Cach Mang Thang Tam Street towards Long Tuyen Canal in the city, the first destination tourists should visit is Binh Thuy temple on the right side of Binh Thuy Bridge that crosses the canal.

Built in 1844, the temple is a work of art and architecture of Vietnam in the southern reclamation process and is one of the most beautiful ancient temples in the south with yin-yang roof tiles and columns made of rare and valuable wood.

Straight ahead, tourists can admire old French-built villas built, southern wooden houses and fruit gardens. Local people are friendly and willing to allow tourists in for a visit.

Hoi an is a charming little riverside town famed for its beautiful old buildings, its narrow, quiet streets and its history as a merchant trading post. As the citizens of the town grew richer from trading with China, Japan and the rest of Southeast Asia, they spent their money on building attractive houses and pagodas.

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It is now one of the most popular tourist destinations in Vietnam, and rightfully so. The architecture in the town is beautiful, the atmosphere relaxed and the food fantastic. There is a long beach not far from the town and plenty of shops and tailors within the town that encourage travellers to stay for a while.

Despite the high numbers of tourists Hoi An manages to retain its charm - perhaps many of them stay hidden away inside the many hotels and resorts that fill the town. The main evidence is the number of shops and tailors lining the central streets, but even this doesn't detract too much from the atmosphere.

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In fact, many people come to Hoi An specifically for the tailors - reknowned throughout Viet Nam for their skill and value for money, they can produce just about any garment to order, be it a suit from $50, a copy of your favourite piece of clothing or a reproduction of a dress from a photo in a magazine.

The tailors are great value but it does pay to look around - examine the quality of the samples in their shop, and try visiting stores a little further away from the main tourist streets.

There are also a number of workshops in Hoi An for people who would like to learn to cook Vietnamese food, or perhaps to make their own silk lantern in the Hoi An style, which you can take home as gifts for friends and families.

Most of all though you can find a lot of pleasure in strolling around the quiet streets (as motorbikes and cars are banned from many of them), sitting quietly by the river, visiting museums and merchants houses and generally taking life at a slower pace than you might elsewhere in the country.

Linh Phuoc Pagoda in Dalat

Records of Linh Phuoc Pagoda in da lat vietnam

(Also called with another name is Dragon Pagoda)

Location

Linh Phuoc pagoda is located at 120 Tu Phuoc – Ward 11 which is in the northeast, 8km from the city center. Taking the train to Trai Mat to visit Linh Phuoc Pagoda in the chilly cold of the central highlands city of Da Lat is an exciting adventure for those who seek the sanctuary of a worshipping place and the unique architecture of Asian pagodas.

History of Linh Phuoc pagoda

Linh Phuoc Pagoda, also called Ve Chai Pagoda, was built from debris of glass, pottery bowls and porcelain between 1949 and 1952 in a remote residential area of Da Lat City. The pagoda has been led by many Buddhist monks and was renovated by Monk Thich Tam Vi in 1990.

The pagoda was built in 1949 and finished in 1952. It had being managed by 4 Buddhist monks, including Mr. Thich Minh The (1951 – 1954), Mr. Thich An Hoa (1954 – 1956), Mr. Thich Quang Phat (1956 – 1959) and Mr. Thich Minh Duc (1959 – 1985). Since 1985, Mr. Thich Tam Vi has managed this pagoda and it had a big restoration in 1990.

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The front of the pagoda is lined with meticulous sculptured pillars in the shape of flying dragons which were made from glass debris. A 4.8-meter-tall statue of the Buddha Sakyamuni is a striking work of art which sits between 12 glaze works in relief which respectfully illustrate the legend of the Buddha Sakyamuni.

Visitors can contemplate a 49-meter-long winding glaze dragon which stands near a pond. The scabs of dragon are made from 12,000 empty bottles, the head of dragon is 7m high. Here, at the Long Hoa Vien (Dragon Flower Park), tourists can sense the tranquility and the poetry of the nature and talent of human beings. In front of the sanctum, there is Da Bao tower with 27m height, is a seven-tiered-27-meter-tall-tower made from thousands of pieces of broken bowls. On two sides of the tower, bell and drum are put. In the tower, there are some statues of Quan The Am Bodhisattva. This is really the ideal place for visitors to learn more about Buddhism as each floor of the tower is for the worship of each of the gods and goddesses.

Can Tho was the last city to succumb to the North Vietnamese Army

Can Tho is the biggest and most prosperous of the cities in the Mekong Delta; its central location has made it a major trading post in the region, attracting farmers from across the delta to come and sell their crops or trade for supplies.

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The rivers and waterways of the delta have long acted as canals enabling farmers to cover long distances to get a better price for their produce, and in turn Can Tho has become a relatively wealthy city, with clean, smart streets and a good number of shops.

Nowadays Can Tho is a great place to experience a Vietnamese floating market, as every morning at 5am boats arrive from around the provinces to sell the fruits of their labour. Some boats are houseboats - merchants who buy in one place and sell in another - while others are simple crafts who will have left home long before dawn to trade directly and get a better price for their goods.

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Every day the traders will be different and so some mornings the market will be much busier than others . The floating market is some way out of town, but trips to visit it can be organised with any of the ladies who approach you while walking alongside the river in the main town of Can Tho.

This waterfront is a great place to pass the time with a sweet little park by the side of the river, and a number of great restaurants in old villas and shopfronts. There is also a beautiful pagoda built by the

Chinese merchantmen who have long lived in the city.

Can Tho can be reached by bus from Ho Chi Minh City (around 4hrs) or by speedboat - around 2hrs, with one departure a day. Victoria Hotels also offer upmarket speedboat services through the area, though you may pay a premium to do so. Due to its central location connections from Can Tho are great, with buses and boats heading to most destinations around the Mekong Delta.

Moon Garden offers visitors not only a peaceful escape to bustling Hanoi but an insight into life in the Vietnamese

Hanoi Moon Garden is one of the main sights in Hanoi, it is just 40km from Hanoi center to this tourist destination. Visiting Moon Garden, you have a chance to take part in the traditional activities of Vietnamese as well as enjoy the Vietnamese food and learn to cook these food.

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There are many different activities once you stay in Hanoi Moon Garden such as cooking class, cycling around the beautiful fields, fishing….these activities are very useful and fun for the families whose have the children travel with. Arrival with Hanoi Moon Garden you will understand more about the daily life of Vietnamese people as well as the normal life of the locals whose live around Hanoi area.

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Travel to Hanoi Moon Garden you are met the local people as well as see them work their daily job. Specially, at here you are stayed in the traditional houses of Vietnamese, there is also a house on stilts for the big group who prefer to stay together in Hanoi Moon Garden, these houses will make the tourists feel more clearly about the daily life of Vietnamese farmers and ethnics.

Ninh Binh is located in the northern Vietnam, it is far from Hanoi around 100km by bus. Ninh Binh is one of the city where has many types of traveling from trekking in the great park as Cuc Phuong National Park to rowing the wooden boat in the river and caves in Trang An and Tam Coc Bich Dong, from visiting the famous pagoda such as Bai Dinh Pagoda which is the biggest pagoda in Vietnam to exploring the authentic stone church such as Phat Diem….

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If you travel to the north of Vietnam, Ninh Binh should be one of your highlight because Ninh Binh is encompassed all kinds of tours with many type of traveling such as for the adventurous tourists with trekking in the Cuc Phuong National Park, for the families with rowing on the wooden boat in Trang An and Tam Coc Bich Dong, for the cultural tourists with Phat Diem Church …

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Cuc Phuong National Park is the first choice for the adventurers, you could explore this park by trekking or take bus going inside the forest, then you also stay at the hotel inside this park one night to explore more about this mighty park if you have more time on your trip.

For tourists who like a boat trip is Trang An or Tam Coc Bich Dong is the first choice, you also row on the wooden small boat by your own in the river and in the caves, they are very fun and interested.

For clients who prefer to know the famous churches in Vietnam, Phat Diem church is their first choice.

Ha Long Bay, Vietnam

Ha Long Bay, in the Gulf of Tonkin, includes some 1,600 islands and islets, forming a spectacular seascape of limestone pillars. 

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Hanoi Vietnam

In winter months, you can find yourself a cozy cafe to snuggle up in, or find a streetside restaurant boiling up a pot of something belly-warming and delicious. While Hanoians are certainly happy to be free of the French occupation, they continue to embrace French culinary culture. 

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Long Bien Bridge is a symbol of the immortality of Hanoians and is considered a bridge that connects the past and the present. The bridge is an historical witness of the changes in Hanoi. Nguyen Vinh Phuc, a Hanoi researcher, said Long Bien Bridge has memories about war, evacuation, the period of a state-controlled economy, existence and familiarity with each person in Hanoi.

Long Bien Bridge can present different images. It looks charming and romantic reflected in the Red River, especially with the glow of sunset or in drizzling rain in the north. From the south, the bridge looks shabby, typically as the first gleam of daylight shines on the stream of people on bikes going to Hanoi from the suburbs.

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Each time trains slowly go through the bridge and a train-whistle resounds reminding people of the past, the period of Long Bien Bridge as a unique crossing over the Red River.

Long Bien Bridge is an historic cantilever bridge that crosses the Red River, connecting two parts of the city of Hanoi. It was built in 1903 by French architect Gustave Eiffel. Before 1954, it was called Doumer Bridge, named after Paul Doumer – the Governor-General of French Indochina and then French president. It was, at that time, one of the longest bridges in Asia spanning 2,500m. After more than a century of continuous use, the bridge is now in poor condition.

A project to restore Hanoi’s Long Bien Bridge has begun with assistance from the French government.

Between 2000 and 2001, the French government sent two groups of experts to Vietnam to survey the bridge’s status and discussed ways to restore it with their Vietnamese counterparts.

The idea to restore the bridge is to retain the cultural features and art, as well as helping to continue the life of the bridge as a witness of Hanoi’s history.

Vietnam and France reached an agreement on the provision of aid, around $1 million to prepare a feasibility study.

French experts have suggested 20 percent of the bridge's parts should be replaced to restore the bridge to its original form.

The consultants have presented three solutions:

The bridge will continue to serve trains, bicycles and pedestrians, as it does at present.

The bridge will only serve buses, pedestrians and bicycles.

It will serve only pedestrians and non-motor vehicles like bicycles and cyclos.

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai directed the Transport Engineering Design Corporation to cooperate with the French firms, Thales and Coyne et Bellier, to complete the feasibility study.

Deputy Transport Minister Nguyen Viet Tien approved the project to repair the bridge as in two phases.

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First phase: Repairing the bridge while still ensuring transport flow, retaining the middle lane for trains, while the side lanes are for pedestrians, bicycles and motorbikes.

Accordingly, 53 percent of the bridge’s girders will be replaced, while bridge foundations will be strengthened to prevent erosion.

Second phase: Once an overhead rail track is built, the middle lane will be refurbished for pedestrians and bicycles, while the outer lanes will be opened for cars and motorbikes.

In the second phase, a major section of the bridge (around 200m) will be raised 3m to give clearance to river vessels during flood seasons.

Along with repairing Long Bien Bridge, another train crossing will be built 50m from the bridge.

The project will cost VND2,489 trillion ($142.8 million).

A festival, ‘Long Bien Bridge’s Memory,’ took place on the bridge at the end of 2008, allowing people to relive Hanoi’s memories about the bridge.

During the peak wedding season in Hanoi, brides and grooms having photos taken at the bridge can be seen. Long Bien Bridge is not only ingrained in the minds of Hanoians, it will live eternally and watch stories that never end.

Ba Ham lake is surrounded by mountains and the sea in Ha Long Bay

Situated on the south-west side of Hạ Long Bay, Ba Hầm Lake is found on Ðầu Bhalong bay vietnam - baham lakeê Island (Calf Head Island) in Lan Hạ Bay. This island is part of the range of islands at the farthest end of Hạ Long Bay, bordering the immense zone Long Châu Sea. Ba Hầm Lake is situated in the middle of a narrow, rectangular area, with the all four sides enclosed by vertical cliffs.

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The lake is a system comprising three wide and round pits, linked together by a narrow and meandering tunnel. Stalactites hang from the ceiling in a myriad of strange, colored forms. The silence is disturbed only by the sounds of the boat’s oars. On the island are many species of plants such as orchids, Benjamin figs, banyans and cycads, which blossom throughout the year. It is also the homhalong bay vietnam - baham lakee of yellow-haired monkeys, birds, flying squirrels and bats. Under the deep blue surface of the water are the animated lives of shrimp and fish.

Although 25 km from the shore, it has long been considered an ideal tourism zone. The entrance is a open semi-circular hole in the flat stone wall on the north-west side of the island, 4 to 5 m above the sea.

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Starting from the entrance, tourists enter the first tunnel, which boasts a forest of stalactites and stalagmites in different shapes and various colours. They fall down the water surface like the roots of banyan or ficus trees. The deeper one pushes into the tunnel, the darker it becomes. The river is deep yet so clear that one can see shoals of fish swimming. Some 100 m from the entrance one finds a shaft of light coming from the roof of the tunnel, which reveals different kindhalong bay vietnam - baham lakes of orchids clinging to the cliff, cycads growing here and there, trúc duôi gà (a kind of reed with cock’s tail-liked yellow leaves) flourishing in clumps. In the southeast cliff of the second tunnel there grows an old carambola tree, which bears fruits all year round. Tourists can find groups of monkeys, flying squirrels, or silver-headed parrots gathering in its branches. Lying one cliff away from the second one, the third tunnel is home to various species of bats and butterflies.

Amidst the tranquil atmosphere, you feel like boating in an abyssal well walled by mountains. Ba Hầm Lake is one of the beauty spots of Hạ Long Bay.

Thien Mu Pagoda

Built on a hill overlooking the Perfume River, 4km southwest of the Citadel, this pagoda is an icon of Vietnam and as potent a symbol of Hue as the Citadel. The 21m-high octagonal tower, Thap Phuoc Duyen , was constructed under the reign of Emperor Thieu Tri in 1844. Each of its seven storeys is dedicated to a manushi-buddha (a Buddha that appeared in human form).

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Temple of Literature, Hanoi

About 2km west of Hoan Kiem Lake, the Temple of Literature is a rare example of well-preserved traditional Vietnamese architecture. Founded in 1070 by Emperor Ly Thanh Tong, the temple is dedicated to Confucius (Khong Tu) and honours Vietnam’s finest scholars and men of literary accomplishment. Vietnam’s first university was established here in 1076. At this time entrance was only granted to those of noble birth, but after 1442 a more egalitarian approach was adopted and gifted students from all over the nation headed to ha noi vietnam to study the principles of Confucianism, literature and poetry.

Bai Dinh Pagoda

Bai Dinh Pagoda is famous for its great size and imposingness. The pagoda will be also set more record for the owner of the most Arhat Statues in ASEAN with 500 Arhat statues made of stone and stand higher than human’s head.  

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Dalat Flower Festival, Vietnam

Overview of Flower Festival in Dalat

How has the flower festival been established & developed in Dalat Vietnam:

Located at the elevation of 1500m above sea level, visit dalat hides itself amidst the immense pine forest on Langbiang highland. The city was endowed with the fresh and mild climate all the year round and this is the ideal condition for all kinds of flower to blossom. When coming to Dalat, tourists will surprised at a spaces of flower. By the road sides, the wild sun flowers show their small lovely purple flowers; the mimosa pudica with their small lovely purple flowers or the climbing roses and paper flowers flashing beside the fence of some certain house, ect…

Dalat Flower Festival

Bai Dinh Vietnam, the biggest pagoda in ASEAN

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Viet Nam museum presents rich Asian cultures

An exhibition entitled "A Glance at Asia" at the Viet Nam Museum of Ethnology is showcasing rich cultures in Asia through original items.

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The exhibition features Chinese kites, Indonesia religious objects, Indian masks, Japanese pottery and costumes from many countries. All of them are donated by Professor Kaneko Kazushige.

Kazushige is President of the Institute of Asian Ethno-Forms and Culture in Japan. He has toured all the prefectures of Japan to research traditional handworks. In the past 40 years, he made nearly 400 field trips to conduct research studies and collect ethno-forms. 

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He received a honorary medal "For the Development of Social Sciences" from the Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences.

The museum also received valuable material from Prof Le Thanh Khoi, a Vietnamese researcher and lecturer at the University of Sorbonne, France. An exhibition comprising his objects has kicked off with the title "Around the World".

The exhibition helps visitors learn more about Asia, Africa, America and Oceania through hundreds of objects made from paper, leather, bronze, silver and gold.

The two exhibitions will run until the end of this year marking the museum's 20th founding anniversary. 

Located at Nguyen Van Huyen road, Cau Giay district, the museum was established in 1995 under the National Centre for Social Sciences and Humanities.

The museum is divided into two parts: an indoor and an outdoor exhibition. The indoor section consists of the exhibition building, office, research centre, library, storage, technical lab and auditorium. 

These offices cover 2,480sq.m, including 750sq.m for storage of artefacts. The outdoor exhibition highlights different types of houses built by ethnic people in all parts of Viet Nam.

The museum has conducted over 300 collection trips at home and abroad with nearly 30,000 objects, of them 27,000 objects from Viet Nam's ethnic groups and more than 3,000 from other countries; 115,000 photos, nearly 2,500 videos and over 900 tape recordings.

Vo Quang Trong, director of the museum said that the museum not only preserves the cultural heritage of Viet Nam's 54 ethnic groups but also introduces the cultural values of countries in the region.

In 2013, the Kite Building was inaugurated for exhibits on Asian countries.

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"We will hold more exhibitions to introduce the culture of all Vietnamese 54 ethnic groups and other countries," he said. 

"The displayed intangible cultural heritage will help visitors discover the distinctive and diversified cultures around the world and compare their similarities and differences with Vietnamese culture.

Co Loa Festival

The Co Loa Festival has many other fun activities such as human chess, wrestling, cock fighting, swings, rope climbing, card playing, and cheo and tuong singing.

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Ho Tay Water Park

Three months ago, Ho Tay Water Park in ha noi vietnam, Vietnam offered free admission for the first two hours of the park’s season opening on April 19 from 8 am to 9 am.