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Boat race festival on Ly Son Island

The annual New Year boat race festival opened on Ly Son island in the central province of Quang Ngai on January 26.
The annual event, which aims to express appreciation to the gods, and pray for a safe, sound and good harvest, is held in An Vinh and An Hai villages. The festival will last until January 30.
Ly Son Boat Race Festival takes place annually from 4 to 8 January of lunar calendar. Assumedly, this is the most important festival of coastal inhabitants in Quang Ngai in particular and in the south of Central Region as well in terms of the size, time, continuity (annually), and the participation (tens of thousand participants) of the festival. Ly Son Boat Race Festival is not just an amusement but also a chance to commemorate the founders of the island and a time to pray for well-being and prosperity.  
Ly So has 8 racing boats (8 m long, named after 4 sacred animals: Dragon, Unicorn, Turtle, Phoenix) all very well decorated with carvings.  
The festival has two levels: village level and district level.


The elder performed rituals before the boat race.














































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Vietnam attends World Travel Market Exhibition in London

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) together with nearly 30 domestic businesses attended the World Travel Market Exhibition in London from November 7-10.
The event attracted 7,600 stands from 200 countries around the world.
During the exhibition, Vietnamese businesses expressed keen interest in expanding markets. Vietnam Airlines announced the opening of a new direct air route between Hanoi-Ho Chi Minh City and London which is scheduled for December.
Nguyen Thi Thanh Huong, Deputy Head of the VNAT said they had worked with British travel companies and other international travel agents, such as Thomas Cook and Carlson Wagonlit on cooperative measures to promote Vietnam’s tourism and attract more foreign tourists to the country.
According to the organizing board, the number of visitors to the fair showed an increase of 14 percent compared to last year’s figure, with as many as 23,000 gathering on the first day of the event.

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