An adventure race called the Madagui Trophy, has been organized by VietAdventure Company, in partnership with the World Wildlife Fund.
The race will take place March 15 and 16, 2008, in Madagui Commune, south of Lam Dong Province and 150 km outside of Ho Chi Minh City. More from Truong Son, reporting in the Thanh Nien Daily.
Diving takes us into a different world, liberated from the pull of gravity, but those that enjoy the freedom of the sky, harness gravity to soar like birds.
Nearly 100 entrants from 15 countries will be coming together for the first International Art Parachute Festival from March 1 to March 6, 2008 in the beach resort of Nha Trang; the capital of Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam. The event is being jointly organised by Vung Tau Intourco and the International Parachute Association.
Vietnamese cities, Hanoi and HCMC, now boast new internet cafes with the latest equipment, thanks to a funding initiative from Yahoo! Vietnam.
The Yahoo-sponsored cafes will offer exclusive Yahoo-branded services, such as a Vietnamese search service called Yahoo! Questions and Answers designed to make it easier for Vietnamese users to search by keywords. More.
Two end of week videos today because they are both quite short clips, but they convey the atmosphere of the traditional Chinese mid-autumn festival quite nicely.
First up is a clip from Claudia, who has posted this video of the street light-up for the mid-autumn festival at Chinatown, Singapore.
Next is a slightly longer and fascinating clip posted by chinarye, of last year's mid-autumn festival celebrations in Hoi An, Vietnam. The video features a man in dragon costume, dancing on top of a high pole. Spectacular and precarious in equal measure.
SaiGon Hotpot is a volunteer group, run by university and college students in Ho Chi Minh City, that is offering free travel guide services to foreign visitors to the city.
"Our objective is to meet foreigners and introduce Vietnamese culture, history and culinary arts to them," said SaiGon Hotpot manager, Nguyen Thi Phuong Linh, "We also want to do our part to promote Vietnamese tourism and to learn other languages from foreign tourists."
Members of the group can speak many languages, including English, French, Japanese and Chinese and are hoping that their success will encourage the establishment of more SaiGon Hotpots throughout Vietnam, helping to bring the image of a beautiful, peaceful, friendly, and hospitable country to the world.
