#Haiphong Road

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Sidewalk Ends Here

Obstacle course. (Dalat, Vietnam, February 2023)

. . .

RETURN TO ASIA, THREE YEARS LATER (4)

This brings me to the related issue of pedestrians. It is an old story, I know, but it somehow hasn't lost its shock value. 

Animosity to the act of walking has been a fact of Asian life for a long time. To go on foot is to contradict the very idea of material progress. It is essentially limited to persons of low rank, to the indigent or to foreigners who fail to understand this. Why walk if you can be in an air conditioned car? It is also how you deal with the effects of the climate crisis, with the heat: stop walking and go by car. Walking implies that most Asian of predicaments: loss of status, loss of face. 

Some cities seem actively designed to make walking impractical if not impossible. I remember Surabaya, in Indonesia, as a case in point, many years ago. They had built fences in the middle of the road to prevent crossing. 

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Where they exist, sidewalks are a never ending obstacle course. Or they are occupied by parked vehicles, as is the case in large Vietnamese cities, forcing you to walk in the street. It is a struggle at the best of times. And since pedestrians are so few and obvious nobodies anyway, vehicles in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) also ignore the traffic lights, again assuming there are any.

Sidewalk ends here, forget it. (Haiphong, Vietnam, February 2023)

It all seems logical enough. If no one walks, why not put the sidewalk to some use, as an extension of a shop front, an outdoor tea stall or restaurant, or a paid parking lot? When walking ends up becoming totally impractical, the message becomes crystal clear: switch to private vehicles, like everyone else.

The misery of being a pedestrian in Southeast Asia may prefigure what is coming elsewhere, namely a life cut off from the reality outside, from the open air, and lived instead behind closed doors and sealed windows. It will be conditional on permanent air conditioning - for those who can afford it. And going from A to B will increasingly mean going by private vehicle, at least in tropical countries such as Malaysia. Forget walking. But this growing reliance on cars, climate-controlled cocoons in an overheating world, not only makes no sense, it makes it a lot worse.

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jul 58

haiphong road + nathan rd corner, kowloon

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THE OLD OLD CHERRY OF HOME: ROMANTIC TSIM SHA TSUI OF HONG KONG IN THE 50S & 60S 

Hong Kong is small. We do not have hometowns. We have ‘home districts’. We miss our home districts. Where we came from is now gone. But, your heart is obsessively held by the beautiful district that you cannot forget.

Let us examine the old old districts of Hong Kong, say around 100 years ago. Western District used to be a nightlife area and is now outdated. Sheung Wan was a Chinese business hot pot and is now in the embarrassing process of gentrification. Central, after years of ruthless demolitions of office buildings, got a Botox face which we could no longer recognise. Wan Chai was a gathering place of seamen and soldiers. It is now eclectic, devoid of any orderly style. Hong Kong’s crown jewel is the most famous tourist area Tsim Sha Tsui, possessing all the histories, diversities, humanities and charms of city, from colonial to modern days.

Tsim Sha Tsui was one of the immediate causes of the notorious Anglo-Chinese War in 1840. In 1839, a villager in Tsim Sha Tsui was beaten to death by a British soldier but the British government declined any responsibility. National hostility of 2 nations began.

The hillocks of Tsim Sha Tsui were inhabited before 1830s, and the place was shaped like a nose running down to the Victoria Harbour. The southwest of Tsim Sha Tsui was a pier with warehouses. There was railway with a clock tower in the opposite southeast. Due to the surrounding large blocks of rock now known as Kowloon Park and Observatory Hill, Tsim Sha Tsui was safely secluded from the ‘poor man’ areas of Jordan. The town centre was divided into 2 parts in the 1940s: south of the main street Nathan Road, where Her Majesty The Queen’s birthday parade later took place in the 1950s, was an area swamped by nice hotels which entertained flocks of English and American tourists. It used to be the shopping paradise full of shops selling jewels, antiques, paintings, embroideries and rattan furniture. Street names were very Chinese such as Canton Road, Peking Road and Hankow Road. There was even a street with a Vietnamese name i.e. Haiphong Road. The north of Nathan Road was a residential area crammed with houses and cream-coloured blocks. The exclusive and opulent hotels there such as Astor Hotel and Grand Hotel attracted tourists as well as bars along Humphreys Avenue and Carnarvon Road. It is sad that all the old hotels and bars now disappeared without leaving a trace. The street names there were nostalgically English such as Cameron Road, Granville Road, Kimberley Road and Austin Avenue.

Simon Wong, a band drummer and now retiree whose family has lived in Tsim Sha Tsui for generations remembered, “I love Tsim Sha Tsui and am proud of it. It was a truly international and outstanding district even during the years when Hong Kong was still backward in the 50s and 60s. Tsim Sha Tsui stood out elegantly. People escaped from Peking, Shanghai, Tianjin, Macau, India, Vietnam and Malaysia and even Russia to Tsim Sha Tsui where it was easier to find a job and there was no discrimination against individuals on the basis of their country, skin colour or ethnic origin. Apart from Chinese, English was the most common language spoken. Most Chinese immigrants did not speak Hong Kong local dialect. Food was fantastic. We had gourmets from every country. The Russians who were refugees in the 1950s got us the borscht, a popular soup from Eastern Europe. I enjoyed the English fish and chips sold in Cornwall Avenue. The top Indian restaurants were in Tsim Sha Tsui and they sold spicy but cheerful curries.”

Simon added, “Tsim Sha Tsui had a lot of tourists, expats and international population. From high class shopping to energetic nightlife, there were many reasons to love this unique and charming district. We also had a highly developed bar culture. Almost every hotel had a bar or lounge. Our band performed in several bars. I still kept the remembrance of the happy moments when we sang and talked in such places.”

Plastic surgery was given to Tsim Sha Tsui in the 80s in order to create a twin along the abandoned railway in the east. The new district was called Tsim Sha Tsui East, an un-inspiring and dull area with a geometrical pattern of office towers. Soon, this pseudo-Tsim Shan Tsui area was tarnished by the expensive, tacky and bad taste ‘Japanese nightclubs’.  Then, gangsters invaded the tract. Tsim Sha Tsui lovers felt lost, hesitant and sad at this sad change.

The affliction of our city is not that romantic beautiful thing ended so soon, but that we are no longer able to create new things which are better enough to replace the old.

Acknowledgement: HKU Library

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Bất ngờ chưa? Ở Hong Kong có 3 con đường mang tên Hà Nội, Sài Gòn và Hải Phòng này!

Bất ngờ chưa? Ở Hong Kong có 3 con đường mang tên Hà Nội, Sài Gòn và Hải Phòng này!

Đến Hong Kong chơi gì? Ghé những toà nhà chung cư cũ đủ sắc màu? Hoà vào dòng người nhộn nhịp giữa thành phố? Thoả sức “ăn sập” chợ đêm và mua sắm “tới bến”? Còn nhiều hơn thế, giờ người Việt Nam chúng ta đến Hong Kong có thêm một “nhiệm vụ thiêng liêng” phải làm, đó là ghé qua 3 con đường mang tên Hà Nội, Sài Gòn và Hải Phòng.

Nghe bất ngờ đúng không? Nhưng hoàn toàn có thật đó! Những năm đầu…

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Canon QL17 + Fujifilm 400 Speed Film

初次使用此相機... 因為沒有足裕時間讓我慢慢摸索手動對焦，所以這輯照片都是開啟 A mode 來拍攝的。結果出來比我相像中多了可以見得人的照片，而且菲林拍出來的照片真的比較有層次 :D

PS : 尖沙咀海防道是我經常會經過的，但就從來沒有發現有這個臨時熟食小販市場，還是看新聞報導得知此處將會拆卸重建，而且知道它的歷史是真香港的產物文化，所以令我想用相機鏡頭把它保存下來。 這個熟食小販市場裡的食物味道都好味！全場的老闆及伙記們都很友善，那種友善的感覺就是真香港的香港人，有一剎那令我覺得好像坐了時光機回到以前。

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Con Số 6 Tỷ USD cho siêu dự án công viên mũi đèn đỏ 2020

Dự án Công viên Mũi Đèn Đỏ và nhà ở thành phố hay gọi là Saigon Peninsula được chính thức khởi động với sô vốn là 6 tỷ đô. Lễ ký kế được diễn ra ngày 3.8.2016 tại tòa nhà Times Square – The Reverie Saigon Hote giữa Công ty cổ phần Tập đoàn Vạn Thịnh Phát của Trương mỹ Lan của sở hữu những nhà đầu tư nước ngoại trừ gồm Pavilion Group và Genting Group để lớn mạnh dự án “Khu công viên Mũi Đèn Đỏ và nhà ở đô thị” (“Saigon Peninsula”) tại P.Phú Thuận, Q.7, TP.HCM.

Tụ hội những kiến trúc quốc tế độc đáo. Dự án Saigon Peninsula mang quy mô 118 ha đã được chính quyền TP.HCM chấp nhận cho Công ty cổ phần Tập đoàn Sài Gòn Peninsula làm cho chủ đầu tư và đã được chuẩn y quy hoạch tỷ lệ 1/500 sở hữu những hạng mục công trình: công viên đa chức năng, bến cảng du thuyền quốc tế, văn phòng, khu biệt thự, căn hộ, khách sạn, các khu chức năng khác cùng phổ biến hạng mục công trình hạ tầng kỹ thuật.

Dự án công viên mũi đèn đỏ 2019 được khởi công số voond 6 tỷ USD

Sài Gòn Peninsula 2020 ,Với tổng vốn đầu tư dự kiến 6 tỉ USD, các nhà đầu tư sẽ biến dự án công viên Mũi Đèn Đỏ thành nơi tụ tập của những nét kiến trúc độc đáo với tầm cỡ quốc tế và là “lá phổi xanh” hòa quyện vào không gian sông nước sinh thái hoàn hảo mang vị trí đặc thù của dự án ngay ngã ba sông Sài Gòn và sông Nhà Bè.

Pavilion Group, có Chủ tịch điều hành Desmond Lim, là người sáng lập song song là chủ có của Pavilion Kuala Lumpur, đã và đang là đơn vị mang tầm nhìn xa trong ngành bất động sản Malaysia với thành tích khai triển phổ biến công trình xây dựng đa lĩnh vực, quản lý dự án và đầu tư dài hạn đều rất thành công. Pavilion Group sẽ giữ vai trò chủ đạo trong quy hoạch khái quát và triển khai xây dựng công trình điểm nhấn gồm trung tâm thương mại bán lẻ chất lượng cao kết hợp sở hữu khách sạn 5 sao, khu căn hộ cao cấp và villa nghỉ dưỡng sang trọng cùng những cao ốc văn phòng hạng A tại dự án Saigon Peninsula.

Thiet ke va quy hoach cong vien mui den do quan quan 7 Sài Gòn Peninsula

Phối cảnh dự án tiến độ cảu dự án công viên Mũi Đèn Đỏ – Khu thành thị Saigon Peninsula

Xây dựng cảng tàu khách quốc tế Genting Group, dưới sự lãnh đạo của ông Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay, sẽ tham dự vào việc xây dựng cảng tàu khách quốc tế của dự án. Sau lúc hoàn thành, cảng tàu khách quốc tế 200.000 GRT này sẽ là cảng tàu khách to nhất tại VN để đưa và đón du khách. Ngoài ra, hai siêu thị cơ khí và xây dựng bậc nhất của Hàn Quốc là Posco E&C và Hyundai E&C cũng đã chuẩn bị sẵn sàng tham gia thi công dự án. Các bên sẽ cộng góp kinh nghiệm, tiềm lực, tài chính đầu tư từng hạng mục lớn của dự án và cộng chung mục tiêu triển khai đồng bộ dự án.

Ngoài việc hợp tác vào Saigon Peninsula, các nhà đầu tư to kể trên hiện vẫn đang tiếp tục nghiên cứu đầu tư vào các dự án hàng tỉ USD khác tại TP.HCM, đặc biệt trong lĩnh vực hạ tầng đô thị trong thời gian tới. Sự kiện hợp tác trên sẽ đem đến 1 dung mạo mới cho ngành du lịch VN cũng như tạo thêm nguồn thu nhập và hơn 30.000 việc khiến cho mới cho người dân. Hy vọng rằng, đây cũng là bước đệm để lôi kéo các nhà đầu tư lớn khác vào đầu tư để góp phần xây dựng và vững mạnh Thành phố Ho Chi Minh city cũng như đất nước việt nam

Source :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho_Chi_Minh_City

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Edward Ardizzone - Soldiers of the unit to which Captain Ardizzone was attached are seen travelling along a road by the side of a canal, 1940 Edward Jeffrey Irving Ardizzone, CBE RA (1900 – 1979), was born in Haiphong (northern Vietnam) and raised in Suffolk, England. Ardizzone is known for his illustrations, paintings and print-making. Ardizzone worked as a full-time, official war artist during World War II. He is  the author and illustrator of books, many of them for children.

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First Scam?

Right, so I was feeling super proud of myself for successfully catching the Local bus from Ha Noi to Hai Phong. Proud because I was told to stick to tourist routes and areas. Travel Guide: Why are you going there, there's nothing for tourists there. (Excellent). After some googling I found a bus station (https://vexere.com/en-US/bus-ticket-booking-from-ha-noi-to-hai-phong-124t1271.html?date=19-02-2019#19022019-01401520) but was anxious about how exactly I find which bus, how to get a ticket, and whether the bus will actually go if there is not enough passengers (because online the site said all seats were available). The anxiety made sure I arrived with plenty of time to achieve my goal of 'Arriving to new places before dark in case I get lost'. (Failed first night in Vietnam but that's another story). The buses left every 30 minutes or so, there was a big bus station with people behind desks to purchase a ticket from and point me in the right direction.

So. Success. Got on bus. Winning at life!!

A man sat opposite me, keen to practise his english I guess. He is a park ranger and has 2 sons, his 4 year old was with him. Apparently Vietnamese has 6 tones (from my understanding thats the accents on letters). He was not religious which surprised me, I assumed most/all people would be. Like all Vietnamese I've met so far he asked me why I was traveling alone (I can't really think of a reason other than 'because'.. mostly I say because my friends and family are busy 🤣). He asked why in western culture we dont need to get married and have kids. I asked him why he needs to.

View on bus. Rice fields:

My new friend got off at an earlier stop and the bus continued to just outside of Hai Phong centre where we were put on a minibus. The minibus drove for 5 minutes or so before all the locals hopped out. Left was myself and another foreigner (Japanese maybe). With google maps open I could see the driver was heading the opposite direction to the final (my) stop. My traveller associate was no where near where he needed to be so asked to be let out. I stayed in the bus and showed him where to go. He yelled vietnamese to me and waved a 50k note in the air. Pretty sure he was supposed to go to the bus stop I had paid for but I figured I would pay him if he takes me straight to the hostel instead, as it was about 3.5 km from the station anyway. When I gave him the cash he tried to hide a big smile. I kept my Google maps open, watching our trip. Again missing the turn. He tried to drop me off to a group of Grab bikes, but I refused to get out. Fortunately one of the riders spoke english and I stress fully exclaimed this is not where we agreed. Respectfully they backed away. I continued to give directions to the driver and finally made it to the hostel according to Google maps. And out of spite I left my rubbish in the Bus (I never do that!! And do have a little bit of guilt!)

Hostel wasn't at exact location and I was so stressed I had difficultly navigating so whatsapped the hostel and they found me. While I was waiting I saw some chickens cross the road. I think to get some food 😅

Hostel is quaint and nice. I'm feeling slightly socially awkward but its looks like it will be a great experience as the hostel is also a homestay for english teacher volunteers. So I might stay a bit longer than intended 🙃 Quite a mix of nationalities - Vietnam, Brazil, Columbia, Argentinia, India, France, England.

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Home cooked delicious vietnamese dinner is provided for an extra 20k vnd (~$1.2aud). There's 6 bunk beds but the bottom ones have curtains all around so it's a little like a blanket fort 😍 My bed is touching the one next to me (with the veil between). Its currently vacant and hopefully stays that way as I don't want to be kicking or spooning stranger in my sleep. Dreamt of hugging Ben last night 😅😖

P.S sorrynotsorrysotrasorry posts in this blog are likely not to be published in a sequential order. It's just how my brain works soz. There'll be some present/immediate past (such as this one) and hopefully some backdated 😅😬😳🤪🤓😘

Ooohh I can change fonts...

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19/2/19

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Valueables on risky roads You can send anything on a moto! Truly, you can. Even very fragile things like this urn, or eggs... "They get broken if in a car accidents as well", as one of the locals explained. Hard to argue with that logic. The city of Hai Durong is halfway between the capital Hanoi and Haiphong on the coast near Halong Bay. It is a center for agriculture in the Red River Delta, and also a part of a industrial development region. It means a lot of activity and manufacturing in large scale, including of pottery like this. Back when I stopped there, it was busy in a smaller scale. Travelling there 7 years later, another trucking story. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%E1%BA%A3i_D%C6%B0%C6%A1ng #freight #vase #valuable #villagelife #roadtrip #motorbike #countryside #Hanoi #2012CE #Nikon #NikonD800 #D800 #Nikkor #20mm #f28 #f/2,8 #people #people (at Thành Phố Hải Dương) https://www.instagram.com/p/vnYT3pD-hA/?utm_medium=tumblr

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LG Smartphone Business to Become Profitable by 2021, CEO Suggests

phone in India, and LG Electronics CEO Kwon Bong-seok has announced that the company plans to make the smartphone business profitable by 2021. He didn’t detail on how the company will manage to make that happen, but said that it looks to expand its “mobile lineup and steadily release new [smartphones] attached with some wow factors to woo consumers.”

The CEO spoke to reporters at a CES press conference in Las Vegas, claiming that the dwindling smartphone will become profitable once again. He claimed that this feat will be achieved by 2021. “LG Electronics mobile business is going to be profitable by 2021. I can say we can make that happen as LG Electronics will expand our mobile lineup and steadily release new ones attached with some wow factors to woo consumers,” he said (via Korea Times). He didn’t go into detail on what those ‘wow factors’ may be, and didn’t want to dwell on the tanking profit numbers either.

The report says that LG is expected to generate KRW 98.6 billion in operating profit for Q4 2019, much less that the KRW 270 billion operating profit that was predicted by market analysts. As part of its cost cutting efforts, the company even relocated its smartphone production unit from Pyeongtaek in South of Seoul to Haiphong in Vietnam in 2019.

He also spoke about the emerging 8K TV segment, and said that it will still take time to get an ‘explosive response’. “The reason why we put up the banner of ‘OLED first’ is to suggest using OLED panels for 8K TV is the right direction. We don’t expect an explosive response for an 8K TV in the market. It needs more time given broadcasters are not ready yet (to broadcast their content in 8K resolution),” he said. He also confirmed that the rollable TV demoed at CES 2020 will be launched in the first half or latest by the third quarter of 2020.

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How is Tet in Vietnam? – Part 1: Lễ cúng Ông Công Ông Táo (Kitchen Gods Customs)

(Tiếng Việt ở dưới nhe!)

So I’ve decided to start a new series right at this special time of the year: Tết – or Lunar New Year in Vietnam, specifically in Northern Vietnam (please don’t call it Chinese New Year. There are 4 other countries other than China joining this spiritual celebration.). If you are a first-timer in Vietnam, you must wonder a lot why people burn papers so much! In this post, you will find out why!

Lunar New Year in Vietnam is usually prepared long ahead the actual first day of Lunar year. Among the celebrations, “Ông Công Ông Táo” – Kitchen Gods Ritual is considered as the true announcement of “Here comes Tết!” spirit. The date of this custom is fixed on the 23rd of December in Lunar calendar. The legend says that on this day, the gate of the Heaven will be opened and the Kitchen Gods (Táo Quân) will return to the Heaven to file reports about activities of every household over the past year to the Jade Emperor - Emperor of the heavens. Based on that report, the Emperor will then decide to reward or punish the family.

THE TALE

The tale of Kitchen Gods differs from original Chinese one to Vietnamese one. And of course I will tell you the Vietnamese version, which is like a romantic but tragic story:

Trong Cao and Thi Nhi had been married for a long time without a child, which caused a lot of quarrels between them. One day, Trong Cao hit his wife and she immediately left home, later got married to Pham Lang. After the anger had gone away, Trong Cao tried to find his wife to apologize. On his path of looking for her, he eventually lost all of his property and became a beggar.

One day, he finally reached Thi Nhi's house asking for food, and they realized each other. Inviting her ex-husband in, Thi Nhi told him the story and regretted her quick decision of getting married to her present husband - Pham Lang.

Right at that time, Pham Lang returned from the rice fields. Being afraid that he would get angry with Trong Cao, Thi Nhi told him to hide in the straw pile. In order to make fertilizer from straw, Pham Lang, without knowing his wife's hiding ex-husband, burnt the pile of straw. Trong Cao of course was too scared to come out, and he ended up dead in the fire. Thi Nhi was so heartbroken that she jumped into the fire and died as well. Too surprised at the scene, Pham Lang also jumped into the fire and 3 of them died together.

Later in the Heaven, Jade Emperor called the souls of 3 people and ordained them because of their love and commitment for each other.

Pham Lang became "Thổ Công" - Kitchen God who takes care of the kitchen activities. He is also called “Ông Táo” in Vietnamese underground language, which is the reason for the commonly used name of this ritual: “Ông Công Ông Táo” with “Ông” meaning “Mr”.

Trong Cao became "Thổ Địa" - Land God who takes care of the house gate.

Thi Nhi became "Thổ Kỳ" - Market God who takes care of daily shopping for the family.

THE OFFERINGS

3 pairs of joss paper clothing (2 for male, and 1 for female), including each: a hat, a pair of boots, and a suit.

Some joss paper money as "road spare money" for Kitchen Gods to spend on the way from the Earth to the Heaven.

3 live carps as the transportation for the Kitchen Gods. It is believed to become the Dragon later on and bring Kitchen Gods to the Heaven. The carp will then be released into the open water so it can bring luck and fortune to its savior.

A report of the last year: prepared by the owner of the house. Normally people in Northern Vietnam go to the pagodas where there are professional people writing these reports in a traditional way.

Some flowers, fresh fruits and food by the choice of the family.

PREPARATIONS

The family altar is cleaned thoroughly to welcome the New Year. All the offerings are plated on the family altar and a temporary altar near the kitchen, and then the incenses are lighted. After the incenses have burnt out, the joss paper offerings are burnt and the carps are released, as a metaphor and belief that Kitchen Gods will receive their clothing, money, transportation and report to go to the Heaven.

Because the Heaven’s gate opens on 23rd of Lunar December, people usually perform the customs before that day, so there is no “traffic jam” on the way to Heaven and the Kitchen Gods can come there on time. If Kitchen Gods fail to go to Heaven on time, or even do not appear in Heaven (the case that the family doesn’t perform the ritual), it is believed that Jade Emperor will punish the family where Kitchen Gods are residing.

MODERN VERSION OF ÔNG CÔNG ÔNG TÁO

Vietnam has been developing significantly since when this ritual was born; therefore there must be some changes to adapt to the new modern life. For example:

- Many families start burning joss paper carps instead of releasing the real carps.

Reason: Water pollution in big cities in Vietnam is quite a problem, and no Vietnamese wants their fish to die on the way to Heaven. So a paper version is better for the fish, for the family’s own luck and a bit for the pocket money.

- In the past, people may perform the ritual from 20th of Lunar December on. However now, like my family, many house-owners burn the joss paper in the closest weekend to the 23rd of Lunar December because of their spare time in the weekend.

- Offering food used to be complicated and heavy in protein. Nowadays, more families start to be more minimal because of the economy decline and health benefits.

Still, must-have items are: some uncooked rice, some salt, some boiled lean pork, some sticky rice and some rice alcohol.

Here is a video I just made about this ritual in my hometown - Haiphong city. More videos will come soon, about Tet holiday and other topics. Stay tuned by clicking Subscribe and tell me how you feel about the video and this writing too.

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Does your country have some similar tradition? What do you think about this Kitchen Gods story and this Vietnamese tradition? If you have any questions, of course, raise your voice!

Chưa hết serie cũ, mình đã ra serie mới vào thời điểm đặc biệt này của năm: Tếtttttt. Mà là Tết miền Bắc thui, vì mình chưa có sống ở Miền Nam cái Tết nào. Tết là gì mà sao người ta đốt giấy nhiều thế nhỉ?

Tết ở Việt Nam được chuẩn bị chu đáo từ trước ngày mùng 1 Tết rất lâu. Giữa cơ man lễ lạt thì lễ cúng Ông Công Ông Táo gần như là hồi chuông báo “Tết tới rồi!” cho người Việt.

Ngày ông Táo lên trời là 23 tháng Chạp, cái ngày mà cổng Thiên Đình mở ra để đón các Táo về báo cáo với Ngọc Hoàng thành tựu 1 năm của gia đình. Nhờ vào báo cáo này mà Ngọc Hoàng sẽ quyết định thưởng hay phạt gia đình đó.

TRUYỆN XƯA KỂ RẰNG

Truyền thuyết Táo Quân ở Việt Nam thì khác với bản gốc từ Trung Hoa. Bản Việt như một câu chuyện siêu lãng mạn, nhưng cũng rất bi đát:

Trọng Cao có vợ là Thị Nhi ăn ở với nhau đã lâu mà không con, nên sinh ra buồn phiền, hay cãi cọ nhau. Một hôm, Trọng Cao giận quá, đánh vợ. Thị Nhi bỏ nhà ra đi sau đó gặp và bằng lòng làm vợ Phạm Lang. Khi Trọng Cao hết giận vợ, nghĩ lại mình cũng có lỗi nên đi tìm vợ. Khi đi tìm vì tiền bạc đem theo đều tiêu hết nên Trọng Cao đành phải đi ăn xin.

Khi Trọng Cao đến ăn xin nhà Thị Nhi, thì hai bên nhận ra nhau. Thị Nhi rước Trọng Cao vào nhà, hai người kể chuyện và Thị Nhi tỏ lòng ân hận vì đã trót lấy Phạm Lang làm chồng.

Phạm Lang trở về nhà, sợ chồng bắt gặp Trọng Cao nơi đây thì khó giải thích, nên Thị Nhi bảo Trọng Cao ẩn trong đống rơm ngoài vườn. Phạm Lang về nhà liền ra đốt đống rơm để lấy tro bón ruộng. Trọng Cao không dám chui ra nên bị chết thiêu. Thị Nhi trong nhà chạy ra thấy Trọng Cao đã chết bởi sự sắp đặt của mình nên nhào vào đống rơm đang cháy để chết theo.

Phạm Lang gặp tình cảnh quá bất ngờ, thấy vợ chết không biết tính sao, liền nhảy vào đống rơm đang cháy để chết theo vợ.

Linh hồn của ba vị được đưa lên Thượng đế. Thượng đế thấy ba người đều có nghĩa, nên sắc phong cho làm Táo Quân, gọi chung là: Định Phúc Táo Quân (定福灶君), nhưng mỗi người giữ một việc:

Phạm Lang làm Thổ Công, trông coi việc bếp.

Trọng Cao làm Thổ Địa, trông coi việc nhà cửa.

Thị Nhi làm Thổ Kỳ, trông coi việc chợ búa.

LỄ VẬT CÚNG

3 bộ quần áo mã (2 bộ nam, 1 bộ nữ), mỗi bộ có: 1 mũ, 1 đôi hài và 1 bộ quần áo.

Một ít tiền vàng làm lệ phí đi đường cho các Táo.

3 con cá chép sống để làm phương tiện cho các Táo chầu Trời. Người ta tin là cá chép rồi sẽ hóa rồng và sẽ đưa Táo lên trời. Sau khi hóa vàng, cá chép được thả ở chỗ nước thoát với mong muốn mang lại may mắn cho người phóng sinh.

Bài vị của năm cũ: ở miền Bắc, gia đình tới đình, chùa và nhờ người viết sớ thuê viết “báo cáo” cho gia đình mình.

Một ít hoa (thường có hoa cúc), hoa quả tươi và đồ ăn do gia chủ chọn.

CHUẨN BỊ

Bàn thờ gia tiên được lau dọn cẩn thận để chuẩn bị cho năm mới. Lễ vật được bày lên ban gia tiên cũng như bàn thờ tạm ở gần bếp. Sau khi hồi nhang đã tắt, gia chủ mang tiền vàng và đồ cho Táo ra hóa, phóng sinh cá chép với lòng tin là các Táo sẽ nhận được những lễ vật này để lên chầu Trời.

Cổng Thiên Đình được mở ra vào ngày 23 tháng Chạp, vì thế mà các nhà thường làm lễ cúng trước đó để tránh “tắc đường” cho các Táo. Trong trường hợp mà Táo không lên Thiên Đình được đúng ngày, gia đình sẽ bị Ngọc Hoàng định tội.

LỄ ÔNG CÔNG ÔNG TÁO NGÀY NAY

Việt Nam đã và đang phát triển khá mạnh, thế nên phong tục cúng Ông Công Ông Táo cũng cần được biến chuyển đi một chút để hội nhập xu thế thời đại mới. Tỉ dụ như:

Nhiều gia đình bắt đầu đốt vàng mã cá chép thay vì thả cá chép sống như trước.

Lý do: Ở các thành phố lớn, ô nhiễm nguồn nước là vấn đề khá *nhức nhối*, và chả ai muốn cá mình mới thả ra đã toi cả. Vậy nên cá mã vừa tốt cho cá sống, vừa tốt cho phúc của gia đình và tiết kiệm được cả cho túi tiền (vì ko phải mua cá sống).

Ngày xưa thì các nhà hay bắt đầu cúng từ ngày 20 tháng chạp. Giờ thì nhiều nhà tiễn các Cá đi từ sớm, thường là vào cuối tuần gần nhất ngày 23 vì họ có nhiều thời gian rảnh hơn vào lúc này.

Đồ cúng ngày trước thường khá cầu kỳ và nhiều đạm. Giờ đây, nhiều nhà tiết giảm cho tiết kiệm và cho cả sức khỏe nữa.

Tuy vậy, những món đồ cần có trên mâm cúng vẫn là: gạo, muối, thịt lợn nạc vai luộc, xôi và rượu nếp.

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Ha Noi - Bac Ninh - Ha Long route: take 2 - 3 hours by car. From Hanoi follow Route 5 to Sai Dong junction and continue along Route 1 to Bac Ninh. From Bac Ninh, follow the road 18 passing Pha Lai - Chi Linh - Dong Trieu - Uong Bi and then to Ha Long.

Ha Noi - Hai Duong - Ha Long route: From Hanoi to Route 5 to Hai Duong city, to Nam Sach town, turn to National Highway No. 183 via Sao Do, Dong Trieu, Uong Bi to Ha Long. It takes 3 - 4 hours.

Ha Noi - Hai Duong - Haiphong - Ha Long: As the road to Quan Toan (Hai Phong) turn to Highway 10 connecting National Highway 18A in Uong Bi to Ha Long. It takes 3 - 4 hours.

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CASULTIES OF U.S. RISE IN VIETNAM

Tom Buckley, The New York Times, 2 June 1967

SAIGON, South Vietnam — American forces in Vietnam had 2,929 combat casualties last week, a military spokesman said today. This was the highest weekly total of the war and reflected the heavy fighting in and near the demilitarized zone at the border between North Vietnam and South Vietnam.

The number of killed was 313 and 2,616 were wounded. The number of wounded was the largest for a week thus far, and the number of killed second to the previous week’s 337.

It brought American battle deaths in the last four weeks of intensified fighting, particularly in the northern provinces, to 1,177 and the number of wounded- to 7,965.

However, military sources have estimated that about a third of those wounded do not require hospital treatment.

South Vietnam Loses 922 During the same four-week period the South Vietnamese armed forces had 922 combat1 deaths, with no total of wounded announced. Other allied forces had 106 killed.

The number of Vietcong and North Vietnamese reported killed by the allies last week was 2,216. and for the four-week period 8,720. No figures were given on enemy wounded, but they are thought to he at least equal to the deaths and perhaps as much as 50 per cent higher.

American intelligence sources estimated the strength of enemy forces in South Vietnam at 292,000, the same as in the previous week and 6,000 higher than four weeks ago.

Recruiting and impressment by the guerrillas in the South and continued infiltration of North Vietnamese regulars across the border, the sources said, are enabling the enemy to keep up to strength. But American military sources have long argued that the process cannot be continued indefinitely.

36 Planes Lost In May American aircraft losses over North Vietnam reached a record figure during May. Thirty-six planes were downed, 21 by ground fire, either missiles or antiaircraft guns; two by North Vietnamese MIG interceptors, and 13 from unknown causes.

A Navy rescue helicopter was also downed; it was the sixth to be lost over the North.

At the same time, American pilots scored their largest number of aerial victories, shooting down 27 MiG's. Several others were listed as probably destroyed on the ground.

In the air war over the North yesterday, 112 missions were flown. The major strikes were against the Loidong and Cong-my oil storage areas on the outskirts of Haiphong. Pilots also struck at the Kep army camp and railroad yards 38 miles northeast of Hanoi, as well as at bridges and roads in the panhandle, the long, narrow southern part of North Vietnam. Results were described as successful.

A Seventh Fleet rocket ship, supporting ground forces in Operation Malheur 15 miles southeast of Quangngai in the I Corps Area in the north, was credited with having destroyed a major enemy emplacement and 28 sampans and with having killed five of the enemy soldiers.

Spotter planes also reported 16 secondary explosions and 57 fires. One secondary explosion tore a crater 30 feet in diameter and 20 feet deep. An ammunition cache or munitions factory was believed destroyed.

In the same operation, a company of the 101st Airborne Division reported having killed 13 enemy soldiers in an engagement nine miles west of Ducpho. Fifteen paratroopers were wounded.

Seventy-seven North Vietnamese were reported killed in a day-long battle between a company of the First Cavalry Division (Airmobile) and a North Vietnamese infantry company 10 miles northeast of Bongson in Binhdinh province.

Four Americans were killed and 35 wounded in the engagement. Two others were wounded when a shell fired by a supporting artillery unit dropped short.

In Quangtri province, which borders on North Vietnam, a brigade-strength force of marines took possession of Hill 174, a defensive complex four miles southwest of Conthien.

Operation Prairie IV, which began on April 20 in the Conthien area, ended yesterday. It was said to have taken 489 enemy lives, at a cost of 104 marines killed and 1,240 wounded. Action is continuing in the area under the code name Operation Cimarron.

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LG converting smartphone production lines to manufacture home appliances

LG Electronics is fast converting its overseas smartphone manufacturing lines into facilities that produce home appliances, industry insiders said on Tuesday, following its decision to withdraw from the mobile business.

LG said the Brazilian government last month approved its plan to expand its Manaus plant in Amazonas, northwestern Brazil, in a move to shift its production lines from the Taubate site on the east coast.

When the $62 million project is completed, LG Electronics will have new production lines for laptops and monitors at the Manaus plant.

The South Korean tech giant said all of its Brazilian manufacturing will be consolidated in Manaus down the road, reports Yonhap news agency.

Started in 1995, the Manaus plant was originally established to manufacture TVs, microwave ovens and DVD players, with air conditioners added in 2001. The Taubate plant has been in operation since 2005, producing mobile phones, monitors and laptops.

The latest relocation follows LG's move in April to convert its smartphone line at the Haiphong plant to make home appliances in northern Vietnam.

LG earlier announced it will exit from the mobile business by July 31 after years of money-losing performances. Since then, it has been working to relocate its mobile workforce and resources to its core home appliance business.

Demand for LG's premium appliances has been soaring on the back of the pandemic-induced stay-at-home trend.

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