Once following a friend of mine to Hoi An (Quang Nam province), I was quite impressed with the communal house of Cam Thanh commune. From outside, the building has a bold characteristic of the image of a Vietnamese village with a row of upright areca palm trees. In particular, the structure of sturdy wooden columns and bamboo frames, and available natural materials make visitors feel close to their homeland.

“People love storks, storks come. Storks love people, they come back”, I read it when watching animated footages of hundreds, even thousands of storks chirping to call each other to fly back to the good land. Storks like friends.

According to a Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Malaysia, from August 30 to September 2, the Malaysia - Vietnam Friendship Association attended the "Taste of Sambal" fair in Ipoh, Perak state. The Vietnamese booth, with many special dishes, has attracted the visit and enjoyment of many overseas Vietnamese in Malaysia and international friends.

It is the soothing feeling of many visitors after experiencing Hue culture, with quiet citadels and temples, green nature, gentle Perfume River, as well as friendly and close people.

On the white sands along the beaches, groups of friends, agencies and businesses are enjoying a series of fun activities together. Summer becomes exciting with team building tours, bonding teamwork in a new land.

Many localities in the province are actively organizing photo contests and making video clips to promote Hue’s tourism and introduce its beautiful images of Hue culture, civilized lifestyle, environmental landscapes, and friendly Hue people who warmly welcome visitors and friends from both domestic and international destinations.

On the morning of July 28th, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Le Truong Luu, together with Member of the Provincial Standing Party Committee, Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Thanh Binh and leaders of departments and agencies, held a working session with a high-level delegation from Salavan Province led by Dr. Daovong Phonekeo, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Governor of Salavan.

The People's Committee of Hue City has just launched a news and art photo contest with the theme "Hue - A friendly land", with the aims to propagate and promote beautiful images of culture, civilized lifestyle, landscape, environment and people of Hue, who are friendly and hospitable, to domestic and international visitors and friends.

Creating eco-friendly crafts, the workshop on making pictures with recycled paper created by young painters from Nha Cuoi has opened up more interesting and meaningful activities for the children this summer.

"The friendship between patriotic figure Phan Boi Chau and Doctor Asaba Sakitaro, and the friendly relationship between Vietnam and Japan" is the theme of a thematic exhibition, which has just been opened to the public on the morning of July 14 at Phan Boi Chau memorial site (at 119 Phan Boi Chau Street, Hue City).