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Boys over flower

Here are some photos of F4 in film " Boys over flower" Korea.
You can use these for wallpaper.

Mysterious beauty of night sea

Sexy, attractive and creative are words being used to describe Miss Vietnam Mai Phuong Thuy’s bikini photos, which are on display at 2/4 Square in Nha Trang city, on the occasion of the Sea Festival.

Thuy’s “Mysterious beauty of night sea” photo collection is a part of her “Beauty at the Sea” exhibition, being held from June 6-12 in the coastal city of Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa province.

Below are some photos taken by Quoc Huy.

Source: VietNamNet/VNE

Mong ethnic people celebrate New Year festival

Vietnam’s Mong ethnic minority group celebrates the New Year festival (Tet) following their own calendar, which has 12 months in a year without an inter-calendary month. This year, their Tet falls on Dec. 27.

On the first day of Tet, Mong people pay homeage to their ancestors with offerings of boiled, fried and grilled chicken.

Mong people in the northwestern region welcome Tet during three days. They often put their working tools on or beside the altar. In their tradition, everything has a soul so they stamp serrated paper on their tools to ward off ghosts and devils.

Mong people organise a ritual festival called Gau Tao on a large area, which attracts many local people to various folk games, such as stick pushing, bow shooting and tug of war.

In the cold weather, family members gather around a fire and taste Banh Day (a kind of round sticky rice cake), which is an indispensable part of Mong people’s Tet.

Banh Day is made of best-quality sticky rice, which is grown on the best plot of land.

During the Tet holiday, Mong girls and boys rejoice in the beautiful sounds of pan-pipes, perform dances and joyfully participate in folk games such as shuttlecock. These festive activities may last for a month, and then Mong people return to their daily work on fields in the mountains.

There is a special game on this occasion - Lay Pao. Girls often throw balls made of fabric scraps, 5-7cm in diameter, to boys, who then throw them back to their partners. As usual girls will throw the ball to those boys they like.

Mong ethnic minority people have their own language and long-standing culture. Pan-pine playing and umbrella dancing are two typical features of their rich culture.

On the Tet occasion, all people wear new clothes.

VietNamNet/VOV

Misses World on last day in Hanoi

Zhang Zilin, Miss World 2008, and Ksenia Sukhinova, Miss World 2007, had an interesting walk in Hanoi and participated in a special music show at the National Convention Hall on January 13 in Hanoi.

The two girls will return to HCM City today to do charity in some central and southern provinces.

VietNamNet featured their activities in the capital:

Miss World 2008 Ksenia Sukhinova

Miss World 2007 Zhang Zilin.

Miss World 2008 Sukhinova and the Chairwoman of the Miss World Organization.

Miss World 2008 Sukhinova and a Vietnamese correspondent.

Zhang Zilin tried on her Vietnamese costume, which she would wear at the gala at the My Dinh Convention Hall last night.

The ao dai for Sukhinova.

The two beauty queens at the National Convention Hall.

The two Misses World and the Chairwoman of the Miss World Organization.

The two girls with Hoang Kieu, General Director of RAAS Company, the sponsor of Misses World's visit to Vietnam.

The Miss World 2008 at the gala entitled "Singing from the Root" at the National Convention Centre.

Miss World 2007 Zhang Zilin

(Source: VietNamNet /VNE)