Although it must be so strenuous to stick with this work, once the rubber trees are planted and grow up in the hilly area, and the half-mountain half-plain of Thua Thien Hue, its miracle of “poverty-alleviation” to people’s lives is visible.

Thousands of locals and tourists from everywhere gathered on the foot of Ngu Phong Mountain, An Tay ward, Hue City to attend the Huyen Tran Temple Festival opened on the morning of the 9th day of Tet (January 30) at Huyen Tran Cultural Center.

The rainy season in the highlands of A Luoi is quite melancholy. In the morning, as soon as I opened the window, the mountain wind came rushing in. Looking into the distance, the Truong Son mountain range is overlapped in the light rain.

“Standing here, you can capture the panoramic view of Hai Van pass, Tuy Van mountain, Cau Hai lagoon and even the magical light of Hue city…” - that was the smooth introduction of an author when he checked-in at Hai Vong Station on the top of Bach Ma mountain. After a temporary closure to repair the route from the foot of the mountain to its top, Bach Ma National Park has welcomed back visitors.

After a period of mass destruction due to poor quality, now, persimmon gardens are being restored in A Luoi (a mountainous district located to the southwest and 70km from Hue city) in the direction of breeding valuable varieties. The locality is implementing improved grafting of acrid persimmon trees to popular persimmons in order to develop plants with high economic potential.

No one knows of the ancient origin of this sweet fruit which was predestined to call Hue, the ancient capital, its home. But clearly, thanh tra pomelo has been existing here, in the spirit of the earth and the people, of the rivers and mountains, as a wonder of a gift bestowed from mother nature.

While Ba Trai and Hop Hai springs bring fresh and cool feelings, Vung Thung, one of the springs of the magnificent Bach Ma mountain is attractive with the huge and clear natural “swimming pool”, which is suitable for tourists in love with swimming.

The poetic Son River with its blue water winding around Ke Bang limestone mountains beautifies the uniqueness whenever tourists come to Quang Binh to visit Phong Nha Cave.

Me Ly Homestay (Sub-quarter 9, Phu Loc town, Phu Loc district, 45 km north of Hue city) is a peaceful and poetic place in harmony with the cool green mountains.

That was the theme of the Saola (spindlehorn or Asian unicorn) exhibition in response to the World Saola Day July 9, which was held by the Provincial Forest Protection Department in collaboration with the World Wide Fund for Nature in Vietnam (WWF-Vietnam) at the Hue Children’s House on July 9.