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Healing in Vietnam

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Vietnam has never been famous for its spas, luxury resort, or a culture of healing. In fact, many parts in the world, the war images of 30 years ago are the only ones most people have. But with a rapid growing in economy and increasing exposure to the West, it has become unremarkable here to drink $15 cocktail, buy Prada and Gucci and Smoke Havana cigars. These accoutrement of capitalism are changing Vietnam and, simultaneously, the world's impression of this newly modern country.

To be continued...

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Vietnam Weather and Climate

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Vietnam is a tropical country with a humid monsoon climate. Throughout the country the average annual temperature is between 21 and 23 degrees Celsius. During the summer the average temperature is 28 degrees Celsius (Hanoi is 32, Hue is 28, and Ho Chi Minh City 300C). Lowland area receive about 1.500 mm of rain per year, while mountainous areas receive 2.000 mm to 3.00 mm. Humidity can reach up to 90% in the spring. South Vietnam has two seasons rainy from May to October and dry from November to April. The south typically varies in temperature by just three degrees Celsius. North Vietnam has four distinct seasons: spring, summer, autumn, and winter. Autumn is considered the most beautiful.

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Vietnamese Tet Festival (Lunar New Year)

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Traditional Vietnamese Tet (Lunar New Year) is the most important festival of the year. It is a week-long event in late January or early February when everything becomes very difficult. Prices are raised radically and all the services like hotels, transportation are commonly closed down. If traveling in this period, you should have a good schedule and preparation, few month in advance is quite necessary.

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fun sfuffs about Vietnam

There are some fun facts about Vietnam, did you know them yet?

1, Vietnamese national flower is Lotus.
2, Most common family name in Vietnam is NGUYEN (about 60% of population).
3, Biggest influence religion in Vietnam is Feudalism.
4, Vietnamese use rice as the main food more than any country in the world.
5, Vietnam is number 1 country in rice export and second in coffee after Brasil (2007.
6, The most favorite sport in Vietnam is football ( soccer ).
7, Vietnamese people often say 'Where are you going?' instead of 'Hello' when they see each other.

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Welcome to VietNam Travel Blog, everybody!

Firstly, welcome and thank you for visiting my blog !flirt Many people ( the foreigners ) know about Vietnam through the wars. However, Vietnam has a long history of culture, more than thousands of years, Vietnam is one of the cradle of the mankind civilizations in the world. Vietnam has an amazing history, from the start untill now, had exprienced harsh trials. Our forbears had to fight to against the invasions from oversea to protect the loveabled Vietnam. Futhermore, Vietnamese people are very friendly and love the peace. Vietnam also has the beauty of nature, the sea with the long beaches, the imposing moutains, the tropical forests, many rivers and the fat deltas,...Definitely, Vietnam has many charms you could dicover beside the wars. I am proud to be a Vietnamese.I wish everybody in the world could know about my beautiful country more and more.So i'm glad when you visited and read the lines.Are you ready travel to VietNam with my blog ? :up: