Guinness book of records/Giant Vietnam book

Giant book sets Vietnam record

July 8, 2011  about Uncategorized

LookAtVietnam - Vietnam’s Guinness book of records has recognized a book
titled “Legend of Quang Tri Ancient Citadel” that includes the names of more
than 4,000 martyrs as the country’s largest book.

The giant book is 1m x 0.7m and was completed in two years by the Center of
Information and Communication for Environmental Development, the People’s Army
Publishing House and the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS).

For the first time, a book has listed more than 4,000 names of martyrs who laid
down their lives in destroying U.S bomb strikes during 81 days and nights in the
summer of 1972 in Quang Tri Province.

The book has four parts and includes landscape and historical events of Quang
Tri, the destruction of U.S bombs in the summer of 1972, poems and songs
honoring jthe Quang Tri Ancient Citadel and soldiers in wartime.

A total of 10,000 copies of the book have been given to martyrs’ families and
soldiers. The book will be on display at the Quang Tri ancient citadel Museum.

The book is the seventh work in a collection called “Legend of Vietnam” which
includes Legend of Dien Bien, Legend of Con Dao, Legend of Truong Son, Legend of
volunteer youth, Legend of U Minh, and Legend of Phu Quoc.

The giant book will be publicly displayed in a parade on July 8 in Hanoi before
arriving in Quang Tri.

Source: TTXVN/SGGP

Phu Quoc's waterfalls

Phu Quoc’s waterfalls

A tourist poses beside one of the waterfalls along Tranh Creek on Phu Quoc Island Take a dip in the pure cold water of Tranh Creek on Phu Quoc Island.

Kien Giang Province’s Phu Quoc Island is endowed with beautiful beaches and scenic spots. The picturesque Tranh Creek is known widely by tourists as it is easy to reach. It is about five kilometers south of the island district’s Duong Dong Town. From the road, it’s a quick 200-meter walk to get there. Tranh Creek starts high in the mountains and passes through the meadows that give it its name, Tranh, which is a type of plant that grows wild there. The path to one of the water falls is just dirt and rocks with some natural stone steps in some steep sections. Tranh Creek is surrounded with greenery. A stream with pure water winds its way through cavities and huge rocks, creating waterfalls and ponds before merging into a bigger stream that is about 15 kilometers long. There are a lot of smooth flat rocks by the stream making it suitable for group activities. Visitors can have a bracing swim in the pure, cold water, watch the waterfall or pick forest orchids. You can also explore nearby caves, especially the Bat Cave with beautiful stalactites. For visitors who like fishing – you can catch freshwater fish there. Local residents used to catch big ones up to about 10 kilos but they are not easy to catch as they swim quickly into rock cavities to hide. If you go trekking to this area, bring some food for lunch. You will find it fun to take a meal in the forest. A visit to Tranh Creek will make your trip to Phu Quoc more enjoyable and memorable. To get to Phu Quoc, you can take a ship from Rach Gia and Ha Tien towns of Kien Giang Province or a plane from Tan Son Nhat Airport in Ho Chi Minh City. Reported by Diem Thu

| Phu Quoc – an ideal tourist destination - Phu Quoc – an ideal tourist destination

Phu Quoc – an ideal tourist destination

Phu Quoc National Park in the southern province of Kien Giang has become an ideal eco-tourist destination. It has special and unique biodiversity values compared to other national parks across the country.

This biggest National Park covers an area of nearly 30,000ha, including more than 27,000ha of forest. It also has 6,000ha of buffer land and 20,000ha of surrounding ocean area, which help mitigate external impacts on the park’s fauna and flora.

According to director Pham Quang Binh, Phu Quoc National Park is located on an island that has a mixture of continental and coastal climate, creating a rich ecosystem of primeval, secondary and indigo forests. Its indigo forests are distributed in the wetlands, the lowlands that are flooded in the rainy season, and sloping hills.

The co-existence of the Malaysian, Burmese and Himalayan ecologies in Phu Quoc has created a rich ecosystem. There are more than 470 species of plants, 140 species of wild animals, and several types of coral reefs offshore. Phu Quoc is also one of the two places in Vietnam where the Dugong, a marine species on the brink of extinction can be found.

In 2001, the government decided to upgrade the park to preserve its ecology and recognise it as a National Park. The Park Management Board has coordinated with local residents and military units to implement forest protection measures, particularly fire prevention.

“The rainy season in Phu Quoc is short but the dry season is longer there. So we have established a forest fire prevention steering board and firefighter units which are on standby,” said Mr Binh. “Every commune and local military unit has worked out detailed fire prevention plans. We also have regular communications with local residents to raise their awareness of forest protection.”

Phu Quoc National Park is a good destination for tourists as it offers a wide range of activities such as camping and trekking. It’s also ideal for those who want to study the tropical forest. As Phu Quoc develops into Vietnam’s ecotourism capital, the jewel in its crown, the park will become ever more attractive to visitors from around the world.

Kien Giang receives high influx of tourists

Half a million tourists, including 20,000 foreigners, visited the southern province of Kien Giang in the first two months of 2009, bringing it total revenue of roughly VND70 billion.

Phu Quoc Island, a historic site, welcomed more than 40,000 tourists, double the figure of the same period last year.

However, the influx of tourists to Kien Giang revealed weaknesses in the province’s tourism sector.

Kien Giang has poor infrastructure, with limited and unsynchronized hotels, restaurants, recreational areas and means of transport. It is also short of competent managers for tourism.

The local tourism industry has launched almost no new tourism options for a long time, and those that were established were later suspended because they did not cater to tourists’ tastes.

There is a very low number of tourists who return to Kien Giang, which is not on a par with its high potential for tourism.

Kien Giang lies in the Mekong Delta, one of the country’s four major regions for tourism.

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