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Vietnamese Movie: Pao's Story (Chuyện của Pao)

CHUYỆN CỦA PAO
Đạo diễn (Director) : Quang Hải
Diễn viên (Actress) : Hải Yến
Sản xuất (Produced) : Hãng phim truyện I
Thể loại (Genre) : Tâm lý (psychology)
Xuất bản (Year) : 2006
Độ dài (Time) : 90 phút (90 mins)


This is the movie that tells about a H'mong girl in Vietnam (H''Mong: an ethnic group in north of Vietnam), named Pao, leaves home after a family incident in order to find her biological mother."Chuyện của Pao" is really a exciting movie that describe the martial life of Vietnamese people.
It won Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress and Best Cinematography at Vietnam's 2006 National Film Awards (The Golden Kites)

Enjoy the movie!

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If you could not see this movie, you can enter this link: http://www.get.vn/movie/vi/playlist/video/Chuyen-cua-Pao/uB9GNC7mXgM/1

"Banh xeo" (Rice Pancakes Folded in Half)

Bánh xèo (literally "sizzling cake") are Vietnamese savory pancakes made out of rice flour, water and turmeric powder or coconut milk (in the Southern regions), stuffed with slivers of fatty pork, shrimp, and bean sprouts and then pan fried. Traditionally, they are served wrapped in mustard leaf, lettuce leaves, and stuffed with mint leaves, basil, fish leaf and/or other herbs, and dipped in a prepared nước mắm called nuoc cham (Vietnamese fish sauce thinned with water and lemon). In the Central region, the pancake is dipped in a special 'tuong' sauce which consists of liver, hoisin sauce and garlic.


(Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A1nh_x%C3%A8o)

Making Banh Xeo on the Streets of Saigon Without Borders

Vietnam Video 05- Nam Dinh Province

Nam Định Province is a province in the Red River Delta region of northern Vietnam.

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Tran Royal Remains

Pho Minh Pagoda

Phu Day Site

Thinh Long Beach

Vieng Festival (8th of the first lunar month)

Nam Dinh Noodle

Vietnam Video 04- Quang Ninh- Ha Long Bay

Quang Ninh is a large province located along the northeastern coast of Vietnam. The province is home to UNESCO's World Heritage Site Ha Long Bay. The provincial capital is Ha Long City. Most of coal output in the country is extracted in this province.



Ha Long Bay belongs to Ha Long City, Cam Pha Town and part of Van Don District. The bay encompasses 1,969 islands of various sizes, 989 of which have been given names. The natural beauty of Ha Long Bay has long been praised and was first recognized as the World Heritage in 1994 by UNESCO.





Ha Long Bay

Ha Long Bay

Van Don Archipelago

Tra Co

Cua Ong Temple

Quynh Lam Pagoda

Vietnam Video 03- Sapa

Sapa is a beautiful and romantic resort town, 36 kms from Lao Cai city (north-western Vietnam). At the height of 1,600 about sea level, the average temperature of the are is 15- 18 oC. It's cool in summer and cold in winter. To the west of Sapa Small Town is the Hoang Lien Son Range with 3,143-meter-high, Mount Fansipan covered with cloud year around.

Visitors to Sapa will have opporunities to dicover the unque customs of the local residents- some ethinic groups such as H'Mong, Dao... Particularly, the love market on every Saturday night is very attrattive to tourists.

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Sapa from mikeb on Vimeo.

Tourist sites:

Ham Rong Mountain

Silver Waterfall (Thac Bac)

Ta Phin Cave

Sapa Market

Sapa Ancient Rock Field

226 Days in Vietnam

Traveller and film-maker Martin Watego lived in Vietnam for 226 days. While he was there he saw a different side of Vietnam! Produced by Martin Watego for Lonely Planet Travel...




Vietnam Travel and Tourism

Vietnam Video 02- Ha Tay

Ha Tay is a former Province of Vietnam, in the Red River Delta, now part of Hanoi.On May 29, 2008, it was decided that Ha Tay would merge with Hanoi province on August 1, 2008

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Huong Pagoda (Perfume Pagoda)

Ba Vi Resort and National Park
Thay Pagoda

Tay Phuong Pagoda

Silk Village of Van Phuc

Ancient Village of Duong Lam

Son Tay Ancient Citadel

Vietnam Video 01- Hanoi Captital

The Vietnamese nation was born among the lagoons and marshes of the Red River Delta around 4000 years ago and for most of its independent existence has been ruled from Hanoi, Vietnam's small, elegant capital lying in the heart of the northern delta. Given the political and historical importance of Hanoi and its burgeoning population of three million, it's still a surprisingly low-key city, with the character of a provincial town – though with a dramatic rise in motorbike ownership, increased traffic and Western-style retail outlets, it's catching up fast with the brash, young Ho Chi Minh City.
For the time being, however, it remains relatively laid-back. It still retains buildings from the eleventh-century court of its founding father King Ly Thai To, most notably the Temple of Literature, and some of the streets in the Old Quarter still trade in the same speciality goods they dealt in 500 years ago. In 1887, the French turned Hanoi into the centre of government for the entire Union of Indochina, replacing ancient monuments with grand colonial residences, many of which survive today. Hanoi finally became the capital of independent Vietnam in 1954, with Ho Chi Minh its first president: Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum is now the city's biggest crowd-puller. The city sustained serious damage in the American War, particularly the infamous Christmas Bombing campaign of 1972, much of it lucidly chronicled in the Army Museum. Until recently, political isolation together with lack of resources preserved what was essentially the city of the 1950s. However, since the advent of tourism in 1993, the city has seen an explosion in travellers' cafés, mini-hotels and cybercafés. Indeed, Hang Bac, one of the Old Quarter's main drags which is home to a large number of traveller hangouts, is starting to resemble a little piece of Bangkok's Khao San Road in Hanoi. The big question now is how much of central Hanoi will survive the onslaught of modernization.

VIDEO (from Lonely Planet Travel)


Hanoi Information:

Travel: http://www.vietscape.com/travel/hanoi/
Hotels: http://www.hotels-in-vietnam.com/hotels_hanoi.html
Embassies: http://www.hanoi-iwc.com/about%20hanoi%20-%20embassies_new.html

One Pillar Pagoda

Hanoi Opera House

Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum

Hoan Kiem Lake (Sword Lake)

The Temple of Literature

Vietnam Motorbike Special- Top Gear - BBC

Part ONE of TWO videos from the extraordinary Top Gear Vietnam Special. In this video, Jeremy Clarkson begins to enjoy his Vespa on the road to the Ancient Capital of Hue, and Richard Hammond is furious when James and Jeremy paint his bike bright pink. Brilliant high quality video from BBC motoring show, Top Gear.

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