Archive for February 8th, 2010

There are many ways to compare Quy Nhon City (Binh Dinh Province) with others, but Binh Dinh People’s Committee Chairman, Vu Hoang Ha, has his own comparison when saying: “Quy Nhon is like a fairy, who after years of secluding herself came out of her palace and joined in the ordinary life, and this made her more attractive.”

Quy Nhon was allowed by the Government to upgrade from a provincial town to a city level. At present, the City covers an area of 216,44 sq. km, from Binh De Pass in the North to Cu Mong Pass in the South, with a population of 250,000 inhabitants. The local area, relating to Sa Huynh Culture (dating back to 2,500 B.C), had been the capital of the Champa Kingdom for five centuries and the native land of many talented and famous personalities.

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Annually, HCM City’s “Ong do” (those who teach Han script and also calligraphers) gather on Pham Ngoc Thach and Nguyen Thi Minh Khai before Tet festival.

Pham Ngoc Thach has become the “street of ong do” for four years and the “ong do” must wear traditional costumes (ready-to-wear turban and ao dai). Those working on Nguyen Thi Minh Khai road look less professional, as some wear traditional outfits and some others even wear western clothes.

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Brilliant decorated streets for upcoming Tet festival, crowded shopping malls and flowers for Tet spread all streets, Hanoians prepare to wrap Chung cake… Tet is coming to the town.

Hoan Kiem Lake (more…)