Tu vi nam 2016

Tourists pose at the communal house in Ta Lang village.  Photo facebook of Ta Lang community-based ecotourism village

Lâm Thanh

Just over 120km from Đà Nẵng City, Ta Lang is a new community-based ecotourism village in Tây Giang District, Quảng Nam Province, where many unique Cơ Tu ethnic cultural features are still preserved.

Tây Giang is a mountainous district, bordering Laos and home to the Cơ Tu ethnic minority.

The district maintains many unique cultural values ​​of the Cơ Tu, such as pottery making, knitting, brocade weaving, musical instrument making, wooden statue carving as well as folk songs, folk games and traditional cuisine.

It also has a lot of potential for ecotourism and community-based tourism with valuable and rare primeval forests and a cool climate year-round.

Located on the peaceful Chơr Lang Stream, Ta Lang Village has many unique Cơ Tu cultural traits, such as crafting and performing various types of ethnic musical instruments such as aheen (three-hole flute) and abel (bowstring instrument). Other cultural aspects are preserved and promoted for tourism.

In the village, we had a chance to immerse ourselves as part of the Cơ Tu community when we were greeted in a solemn ceremony for a tranquil life and a formal village entry ceremony.

Tourists are welcomed by Ta Lang villagers.  Photo baoquangnam.vn

Visiting the long communal stilt house with the Cơ Tu cultural identity was an interesting experience. Folk games such as walking on stilts, throwing rattan rings, pounding rice and catching fish were also a blast.

We made and enjoyed Cơ Tu traditional cuisine with rustic mountain flavours such as sừng trâu (buffalo horn) cake, cơm lam (steamed rice in bamboo tube), grilled chicken in bamboo tubes and wild vegetables.

After a break, we explored the Chơr Lang Stream with bamboo rafts, contemplated the R’cung waterfalls and trekked in the forest, visiting Axoò Tunnel and cycling to experience the legendary wartime Hồ Chí Minh Trails.

At night, by the flaming fire in the majestic Trường Sơn Mountains and forest with the sounds of drum and bustling gongs, we indulged in Rụm Cây folklore music and tung tung da dá , a dance to worship heaven, in front of the communal house.

Ta Lang village is a new attractive destination of Quảng Nam Province. Photo ttvhqnam.vn

“We researched on the internet about Ta Lang Village and when we came here, it was like in our imagination. People here still live in ancient houses like upland villages. With traditional features and fresh air, we felt quite familiar and really liked it,” said tourist Nguyễn Công Khanh from Thừa Thiên Huế.

Ta Lang is an ideal ecotourism site connected between tourist sites in Tây Giang such as Đỉnh Quế (Quế Mountain top), primeval forest, Azut sky gate, Ra-ai waterfalls, and other community tourism villages along the Hồ Chí Minh Highway.

Earlier, the USAID Green Annamites Project was successful in giving Quảng Nam and Thừa Thiên Huế provinces support for sustainable ecotourism development in combination with biodiversity preservation, natural and cultural protection in 2018. The Ta Lang community-based ecotourism village was put into operation and started to serve tourists by the end of 2019.

This model of community ecotourism contributes to properly exploiting Cơ Tu cultural treasures in combination with the development of ecotourism and community-based tourism.

According to Lê Hoàng Linh, vice chairman of People’s Committee of Tây Giang, the district government has invested in building infrastructure, upgrading roads, and the communal house of Ta Lang village to welcome tourists. This is considered a sustainable move to improve people’s livelihoods, contributing to local economic development. VNS

Cơm lam (steamed rice in bamboo tube) and grilled chicken in bamboo tube are special dishes of Ta Lang village. Photo quangnamplus.net

Vietnamese duo Lường Thị Thảo and Đinh Thị Hảo seen preparing their boat at the World Rowing Asia and Oceania Olympic and Paralympic qualification regatta. They finished second in the women’s lightweight double sculls category and qualified for the Tokyo Olympics. Photo of World Rowing

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HÀ NỘI — Rowers have secured Viet Nam’s seventh Olympic slot at the World Rowing Asia and Oceania Olympic and Paralympic qualification regatta which ended in Japan on Friday.

Duo Lường Thị Thảo and Đinh Thị Hảo finished second in the women’s lightweight double sculls with a time of 7 minuted and 17.34 seconds. They were behind Chiaki Tomita and Ayami Oishi of the hosts who finished in 7:15.84. The bronze went to Zeinab Norouzi Tazeh Kand and Kimia Zarei of Iran on 7:23.86.

The top three in double events will qualify for the Tokyo Games, where Thảo and Hảo will compete in their first Olympics.

Their teammate Phạm Thị Huệ was fourth in the women’s single sculls. Her result could have seen her qualify as the top five receiving slots to Tokyo in individual races, however, each country was only allowed to send its highest-placed qualifier to the Games.

On the men’s side, Nguyễn Văn Hiếu failed to make the top five in the single sculls and was sixth with a time of 7:34.11.

More than 75 athletes went to Japan for the tournament which started on May 5 on the Tokyo 2021 rowing course, the Sea Forest Waterway venue.

Six boat classes contested the qualification regatta in Tokyo – the men’s and women’s single sculls, lightweight double sculls and para single sculls.

Previously, Việt Nam secured berths in swimming by Nguyễn Huy Hoàng, gymnastics by Lê Thanh Tùng and Đinh Phương Thành, archery by Nguyễn Hoàng Phi Vũ and Đỗ Thị Ánh Nguyệt, and boxing by Nguyễn Văn Đương.

The Tokyo Games, which was delayed for one year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, is scheduled to take place from July 23 to August 8, with a total of 339 sets of medals across 33 sports.

Việt Nam’s best result in the Games was a gold medal in the men’s 10m air pistol by Hoàng Xuân Vinh at the Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016. VNS

The Gateway Tower attracts the foreign tenants due to its prime location

Located in a prime position in the heart of the Western region, which is an area with dynamic development and good traffic infrastructure in Ha Noi, the Gateway Tower (Vinhomes Smart City, Nam Tu Liem, Ha Noi) is the best option for foreigners working in the capital.

Possessing a perfect regional connection

According to a quick survey of real estate brokers around Nam Tu Liem (Hanoi), in the past two weeks, on average, 1 out of 3 clients is interested in the Gateway Tower, especially foreigners living and working in Ha Noi. This is the first serviced apartment building in Vinhomes Smart City that has just opened for sale.

“The Gateway Tower contributes to slake the “thirst” for luxury apartments for clients who are foreign experts, increasingly gathering in the Western region. This building possesses utilities and high-quality infrastructure. Moreover, it is located in a favourable position, at the gateway of the project and with busy downtown shops that foreigners are extremely interested in,” Mr. Nguyen Thanh Phu, a real estate broker in Ha Noi, said.

With a prime position in the capital, the Gateway Tower especially attracts tenants who are foreign experts working in Ha Noi.

Located in Vinhomes Smart City, the Gateway Tower has a position in the key area in the West of the capital. This is also considered a prerequisite factor to help the Gateway Tower attract foreign tenants, bringing sustainable profitability to the investor.

Accordingly, the Gateway Tower fully enjoys the perfect regional connection of the great smart urban area with a scale of 280 hectares.

When renting an apartment here, residents only take about seven minutes by car on Thang Long Avenue – the most beautiful road with a width of 140m in Viet Nam – to get to the My Dinh National Convention Center. Along with the whole project, the first serviced apartment building of Vinhomes Smart City is closely connected with a series of arterial thoroughfares such as Le Trong Tan Street, Road No. 70, Ring Road No. 2, Ring Road No. 3, which makes it easy to move to the Lang Hoa Lac hi-tech park or the My Dinh center where a lot of foreign experts work.

In fact, the favourable location of Vinhomes Smart City is one of the reasons why this project has been chosen by a large number of international residents to live in peace since it started to operate. The great urban area in the West of Ha Noi is the residence of thousands of foreigners, mainly the families of experts working in Ha Noi, from more than 20 countries and territories around the world.

Enjoying billion-dollar infrastructure

Six months ago, Katashi Saitou, a Japanese expert, moved to live in Vinhomes Smart City. He said that this was a rare urban area in the West of Ha Noi with adequate investment in the material foundation, infrastructure and utilities to make the life of foreign experts like him more convenient after a working day.

Japanese Zen Park – a million-dollar highlight exclusively for the residents of Vinhomes Smart City

“I walk in Zen Park every day. The Japanese park is constructed carefully, making me feel at home,” Mr. Saitou said. The 6.1-hectare Zen Park is one of three parks, including the Sportia Park equipped with exercise machines with more than 1,000 functions and the Central Park with a 4.2-hectare lake, white sandbank, and many other utilities.

These three parks are one of the favourite places for the residents in general and the foreign community in particular in Vinhomes Smart City. The chain of parks has a total area of 16.3 hectares, stretching 3 km along the project, with thousands of green areas such as internal parks, sports fields, children’s playgrounds, swimming pools, outdoor BBQ areas, etc., creating a special “healthy” living value for the great urban area with a construction density of only 14.7% – the lowest rate among current real estate projects.

Also, like other famous “city in the city” urban areas of Vinhomes, Vinhomes Smart City possesses a standard living ecosystem, meeting all needs of residents, from entertainment and shopping at Vincom Mega Mall, studying at Vinschool, healthcare at Vinmec International Hospital to the Vinhomes’ standard operating system.

In addition, a special characteristic in this great urban area is the application of many intelligent features in operation. For example, the Smart Parking system helps the residents save time when looking for spaces to easily park; multi-layer security system with 24/7 camera, protection and patrol can detect and promptly handle all problems, providing an ideal living environment for all residents.

Katashi Saitou said he was extremely satisfied with his life in Vinhomes Smart City and introduced it to his colleagues to rent at the Gateway Tower.

“The urban area 3 key metro lines 5 – 6 – 7 is going to run through the urban area and the VinBus internal and external system is about to go into operation, we will move to the central place of Ha Noi quite conveniently. In the near future, there will be a direct road connecting Vinhomes Smart City to My Dinh stadium, the shortened distance is just over 2km, extremely ideal,” Mr. Saitou said.

As noted, the special attraction of the Gateway Tower – Vinhomes Smart City to the foreign community has initially created a fever when this serviced apartment building opened for sale. More especially, the preeminent sales policy launched by the investor makes clients extremely excited, including the policy of advance payment with only 20% of the value of the apartment (equivalent to VND274 million) to be handed the house with basic furniture for immediate lease. For the loan for the 80% remaining value shall receive 0% interest rate support for up to 12 months. Besides, Vinhomes also commits to a profit of 7%/year for 18 months, giving investors peace of mind when holding a profit higher than the bank’s interest rate for a relatively long time.

The 26-year-old man in Bac Tu Liem District was on the VN160 flight by Vietnam Airlines from central Da Nang City to Hanoi on April 29, the municipal Department of Health announced. The man was determined to be in close contact with two Chinese experts who tested positive for the virus.

Authorities have identified at least eight people in Bac Tu Liem, Nam Tu Liem, Hai Ba Trung, Hoang Mai and Cau Giay who have made contact with the Hanoi man.

Previously on Sunday, the Ministry of Health has announced that it was looking for passengers on the VN160 flight from Da Nang to Hanoi on April 29 for coronavirus control purposes.

Hanoi has officially confirmed three Covid-19 community transmission cases since last Thursday, all linked to a coronavirus hotspot in northern Ha Nam Province. The capital has suspended non-essential services like bars, karaoke and dance clubs, as well as street food vendors and cafes to prevent the disease from spreading.

Since last Thursday, Vietnam has recorded 34 community transmission cases in Ha Nam, Hanoi, Hung Yen, HCMC and Vinh Phuc, following around a month with no community transmission.

The total coronavirus tally is at 2,981, with 35 deaths.