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• Feuerwerkswettbewerb Da Nang 2009, Vietnam

  March 12, 2010 at 00:00
  

  Da Nang ist keine Touristenstadt. Wir waren dort, um die Familie und Freunde meines Mannes zu besuchen. Unser Hotel (Elegant Hotel) liegt direkt am Han Fluss, nur getrennt durch eine breite Straße und irgendwelche Anlagen am Fluss. Da eines unserer Fenster zur Straße und zum Fluss zeigte, konnten wir nicht nur tagsüber beim Gehen die [...]

• Da Nang Fireworks Competition 2009, Vietnam

  March 9, 2010 at 00:00
  

  Da Nang is no major tourist destination. Anyway, it’s worth visiting. We were there to visit my husbands’ family and friends, though we stayed at a hotel (Elegant Hotel). It’s located next to Han River, separated only by a broad street and some constructions at the river bank. Through one of our windows, directing to [...]

• International Women’s Day

  March 8, 2010 at 02:19
  

  In celebration of today’s International Women’s Day, here is a song of the very talented, aspiring singer Cát Lê Trong Ly. She is 22 years old and, until recently, has worked in a coffee shop in Ho Chi Minh City. The song’s title, Là con Gái Thật tuyệt, means: It is great to be a [...]

• Internationaler Frauentag

  March 8, 2010 at 02:08
  

  Zum heutigen Internationalen Frauentag fuer alle meine Leserinnen ein kleiner Song der sehr talentierten aufstrebenden Saengerin Lê Cát Trọng Lý. Sie ist 22 Jahre alt und hat noch bis vor kurzer Zeit in Hồ Chí Minh-Stadt in einem Coffeeshop gearbeitet. Der Titel des Liedes, Là con gái thật tuyệt, lautet uebersetzt: Es ist wunderbar, ein [...]

• A Honda for the Ancestors

  March 7, 2010 at 09:25
  

  Tomorrow is the first full moon in the Year of the Tiger. On the 15th day of the first lunar month, traditionally the New Year’s celebrations come to an end. Once again, lots of people will gather in temples and pagodas to pray for a happy and successful year.
  This day people also commemorate their ancestors [...]

• Eine Honda für die Ahnen

  February 28, 2010 at 13:14
  

  Morgen ist der erste Vollmond im Jahr des Tigers. Am 15. Tag des ersten Mondmonats gehen in Vietnam traditionell die Neujahrsfeierlichkeiten zu Ende. Noch einmal werden sich in Tempeln und Pagoden viele Menschen versammeln, um für ein glückliches und erfolgreiches Jahr zu beten.
  Auch zu Hause wird an diesem Tag noch einmal der Vorfahren gedacht. Symbolisch [...]

• Far from mass tourism

  February 24, 2010 at 02:45
  

  The Con Dao archipelago lies in the South China Sea, about 185 kilometers from the town of Vung Tau. It consists of the main island Con Son, where Cỏ Ong airport is, and the main town, also called Con Dao, as well as 15 other small islands and even smaller islets. The main livelihood of [...]

• High Season for Tour Operators

  February 22, 2010 at 06:36
  

  The times they are a changin’! A few years ago it would have been unimaginable for most Vietnamese to spend the New Year Tết somewhere else in the privacy of their home. But the festival is traditionally celebrated in the family circle, and serves primarily to honor the ancestors who are symbolically invited the evening [...]