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Tuyên Quang marks tourism year with first int’l hot air balloon fest
HCM CITY — The northern province of Tuyên Quang will host its first international hot air balloon festival from March 30 to April 4 this year.
As part of the “Tuyên Quang Tourism Year 2022” event, the festival, which is jointly organised by the province and the International Balloon Association in collaboration with Vietjet Air, will bring together 20 hot air balloons from different countries and territories around the world including the United Kingdom, United States, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Thailand, Spain and the Netherlands.
A Vietjet hot air balloon will represent the national colors of Việt Nam at the festival.
Organisers said that there will be three places in the province where the balloons will be displayed and flown: Tuyên Quang City; Tân Trào special national historical relic site; and Lâm Bình District.
Festival visitors can enjoy a free hot air balloon flight at the Nguyễn Tất Thành Square in Tuyên Quang City on presenting a Vietjet boarding pass or e-tickets. The carrier has said that boarding passes and e-tickets on its entire network from now until the end of December 31, 2022 are acceptable. Priority will be given to visitors who arrive early due to limited flight time.
The first international hot air balloon festival is considered an event that will facilitate Việt Nam’s tourism recovery. It will not only highlight provincial potentials but of the nation as a whole, organisers said.
Festival visitors will have the opportunity to participate in unique activities to celebrate the Tuyên Quang tourism year including celebrating the 75th anniversary of President Hồ Chí Minh’s return to Tuyên Quang to lead the Vietnamese people’s resistance against the French colonialists.
They can also interact with the balloon pilots from countries participating in the festival.
Tuyên Quang, 165km far from Hà Nội, has emerged as a new and alluring tourist destination in the country.
Located in the heart of the northern mountainous region, it has picturesque, poetic scenery as well as rich cultural diversity because it is home to several ethnic minority communities.
Hoàng Việt Phương, deputy chairman of the Tuyên Quang People’s Committee, said that the province has prepared well to host the national tourism year programme by upgrading infrastructure and training human resources.
The tourism year will see many festivals and other cultural events as the province targets attracting 2.2 million visitors this year, he added. —
Source: https://vietnamnews.vn/life-style/1165514/tuyen-quang-marks-tourism-year-with-first-intl-hot-air-balloon-fest.html
Twenty schools in Dong Thap Province, southern Vietnam have involved students in growing organic vegetables at school gardens in a bid to enrich their knowledge about farming and prove the model of such gardens.
The vegetable gardening at these schools is part of an organic farming project backed by Seed To Table, a Japanese non-profit organization.
The Dong Thap Agricultural and Rural Clean Water Service Center said on Tuesday that the project has been implemented at 20 schools in 10 districts and cities of the province, producing remarkable results.
Via the project, which was launched in 2019, 20 net-roofed houses have been built to plant organic vegetables, while participating students have been equipped with farm uniforms.
Furthermore, signboards have already been placed at the vegetable gardens.
Many schools are growing legumes and flowers to develop an ecosystem in their gardens, while some others have planted vegetables to harvest and sell full-grown plants to residents and teachers.
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| Soil at schools often has sand and rocks, thereby forming standing water after rains. It took five days to loose the soil and install drainage pipes in this garden. |
As a way to get knowledge about organic farming, the students engaging in the vegetable gardening were told to report their study results in terms of the maturity of vegetables in different soil conditions, the growth stages and cultivation methods of mustard and peanut farming for soil improvement, the growth of vegetables after the volume of organic fertilizer is changed, and the status of organic farming.
A group of students at Nguyen Du High School in Cao Lanh City was assigned to study the maturity of organic vegetables in different soil conditions.
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| Students are harvesting mustard. |
Their study results showed that among two vegetable beds with the same area and volume of seeds, one which received a double volume of organic fertilizer was much more productive than the other with a normal amount of the fertilizer.
During the vegetable gardening process, teachers always accompany students and help them absorb knowledge about organic agriculture and raise their awareness of environment and ecosystem protection.
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| After a harvest, students sell vegetables to teachers for fundraising. |
In 2023, the project, funded by Seed To Table, will be expanded to three more schools in the province.
Besides, seven groups of farmers, including 13 households, have joined the project to farm organic plants on a combined area of 2.8 hectares in line with Vietnamese PGS standards. Each kilogram of full-grown vegetables which are yet to be labeled is priced at VND20,000-40,000 (US$0.85-1.7).
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| Students and teachers pose for a group photo in front of a school vegetable garden. |
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| A photo shows farmers selling organic vegetables. |
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Twenty schools in Dong Thap Province, southern Vietnam have involved students in growing organic vegetables at school gardens in a bid to enrich their knowledge about farming and prove the model of such gardens.
The vegetable gardening at these schools is part of an organic farming project backed by Seed To Table, a Japanese non-profit organization.
The Dong Thap Agricultural and Rural Clean Water Service Center said on Tuesday that the project has been implemented at 20 schools in 10 districts and cities of the province, producing remarkable results.
Via the project, which was launched in 2019, 20 net-roofed houses have been built to plant organic vegetables, while participating students have been equipped with farm uniforms.
Furthermore, signboards have already been placed at the vegetable gardens.
Many schools are growing legumes and flowers to develop an ecosystem in their gardens, while some others have planted vegetables to harvest and sell full-grown plants to residents and teachers.
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| Soil at schools often has sand and rocks, thereby forming standing water after rains. It took five days to loose the soil and install drainage pipes in this garden. |
As a way to get knowledge about organic farming, the students engaging in the vegetable gardening were told to report their study results in terms of the maturity of vegetables in different soil conditions, the growth stages and cultivation methods of mustard and peanut farming for soil improvement, the growth of vegetables after the volume of organic fertilizer is changed, and the status of organic farming.
A group of students at Nguyen Du High School in Cao Lanh City was assigned to study the maturity of organic vegetables in different soil conditions.
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| Students are harvesting mustard. |
Their study results showed that among two vegetable beds with the same area and volume of seeds, one which received a double volume of organic fertilizer was much more productive than the other with a normal amount of the fertilizer.
During the vegetable gardening process, teachers always accompany students and help them absorb knowledge about organic agriculture and raise their awareness of environment and ecosystem protection.
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| After a harvest, students sell vegetables to teachers for fundraising. |
In 2023, the project, funded by Seed To Table, will be expanded to three more schools in the province.
Besides, seven groups of farmers, including 13 households, have joined the project to farm organic plants on a combined area of 2.8 hectares in line with Vietnamese PGS standards. Each kilogram of full-grown vegetables which are yet to be labeled is priced at VND20,000-40,000 (US$0.85-1.7).
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| Students and teachers pose for a group photo in front of a school vegetable garden. |
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| A photo shows farmers selling organic vegetables. |
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Source: https://tuoitrenews.vn/news/ttnewsstyle/20230329/schools-in-vietnams-dong-thap-strive-to-engage-students-in-vegetable-gardening/72327.html
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