On October 16th, after flood water receded, many tourists were able to to resume their visits to the Citadel and many other heritage sites.

Legend has it that at the water source of the Perfume river there is a type of aromatic grass named thach xuong bo. This grass grows prolifically along rivers and streams making their water fragrant. The river is hence named Perfume meaning the river of fragrance.

The poetic Son River with its blue water winding around Ke Bang limestone mountains beautifies the uniqueness whenever tourists come to Quang Binh to visit Phong Nha Cave.

Hue Nam Temple (Hon Chen Temple) Festival in July (Lunar calendar) has officially commenced on the morning of August 5 at Thien Tien Thanh Giao Holy Palace (352 Chi Lang, Hue City) with ceremonies preceding the procession of the Mother Goddess by waterway upstream the Huong River to Hue Nam Temple.

With an area of around 22 hectares of water surface, Tam Giang – Cau hai Lagoon is Southeast Asia’s largest brackish lagoon, with a diversity of flora and fauna ecosystems.

Recently, A Luoi has emerged as an eco-tourism and resort destination chosen by tourists because of its fresh air, green trees, and overlapping mountains. The locals are hospitable, sincere and honest, so they make guests feel contented. Therefore, tours to experience streams and waterfalls, festivals, life and activities of A Luoi people are being put into operation by travel agencies, promising to be the highlight of this summer.

Facing less favourable weather in the days after Tet holiday, with their usual hard-working unyielding spirit, local farmers put their springtime activities on hold to go to the fields and take care of their rice. Their usual jobs are to transplant, fertilize, weed, and pump water for the irrigation system.

In 1814, Emperor Gia Long ordered the digging of An Cuu River, which was a narrow tributary at that time, as well as the construction of dams with the purpose of collecting water for irrigation and desalination of tens of thousands of acres of fields in the downstream area.

I was invited to take a ‘Green Hue’ sightseeing trip. Standing on Gia Vien bridge and look northwards on a sunny day, I saw River Huong was supported with different colors: yellow of the Golden Shower tree, scarlet of the Flamboyant, velvet of the crape-myrtle, blue of the sky and green of water. It made me think of a picture of happiness and well-being in the deep memory of more than thirty years: Sinh paintings.

It looks as if they are just dry firewood branches, but only after 5 - 10 days of watering and caring can these dry branches sprout, blossom with vitality.