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By Ngoc Bang | dtinews.vn |
Pieng Lao Stream in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai boasts breathtaking scenery and plays a significant transportation role but locals dream of having a bridge built so they can cross more easily.
Local people in Bat Xat District in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai are very proud of their stunning Peing Lao Stream. Crossing the stream is also the only way to get to one of the district’s biggest markets, Muong Hum. On market day, hundreds of people, horses, motorbikes, trucks, etc. will wade across the stream to the market.
A village patriarch living near Muong Hum Market proudly said that this is the biggest market in Bat Xat District. “We are having more and more visitors from neighbouring districts, even foreign visitors arriving from Sapa,” he said.
According to a local teacher, Nguyen Thi Ngoan, wading across big streams like this used to be very familiar with local ethnic people in mountainous areas. “But nowadays, maybe only Bat Xat people are still having to wade across such a long stream,” Ngoan said. “We all want to have a bridge so that we can cross it more safely.”
DTiNews captures some photos of the beautiful Pieng Lao Stream on a recent market day:
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VietNamNet Bridge – Dinh Co Temple in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province was built after the body of a 16 year old girl washed up on Long Hai Beach 186 years ago.
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Dinh Co Temple in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province was built to worship a drowned girl, who was found on the beach after a typhoon. (Photo: SGT)
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The temple on windy hilltop overlooking the beach in Long Dien District was built to honor the girl, Le Thi Hong Thuy.
People believed she was a sacred goddess, who would protect them. Her grave is still there beside it.
Two white lion statues guard the gate to the 37 stone steps that lead up to the main building that is a vast 1,000 square meters. Old trees and flowers fill the grounds. From the top of the stairs you can see Vung Tau City and Thuy Van Beach in the distance.
The sanctum of the temple has seven altars and a small statue of the girl dressed in red with gold lame trim.
Every year, there is a three day festival called Nghinh Co Festival on February 10-12 of lunar calendar that attracts pilgrims from around the country.
VietNamNet/SGT
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Deputy PM Nguyen Thien Nhan agreed to allow the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to register the Ba Be National Park in the Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance.
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| Ba Be National Park is recognized as an ASEAN Heritage Park in 2004. |
The national park in the northern province of Bac Kan has an area of 500 ha with primeval forests home to 417 species of plants, 299 species of vertebrates, and 49 species of freshwater fish.
The park has met 7 out of 9 criteria for being included in the list.
In 1995, Ba Be Lake in the national park was recognized by the World Lake Conference as one of the world’s 20 special freshwater lakes in need of protection.
In 2004, the national park was recognized as the ASEAN Heritage Park.
Vietnam is proposing UNESCO recognize the park as a world natural heritage.
The Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance is the keystone of the Ramsar Convention. Its chief objective is to “develop and maintain an international network of wetlands which are important for the conservation of global biological diversity and for sustaining human life through the maintenance of their ecosystem components, processes and benefits/services.”
Vietnam participated in the Ramsar Convention in 1989.
