In 2020, due to the influence of the Covid-19 translation, having plenty of time to rest at home, he discussed with his wife the idea of ​​building a dream house. Without any further hesitation, Mr. Tu sought to buy a land in the suburbs of Hanoi. On this land, the old owner left a perennial longan tree. The tree house is 22 square meters wide, 2.8 meters from the ground. Initially, he only intended to build a small house on a tree to be a play place for his children. In early December 2020, Mr. Tu officially started construction of the house. At that time, he asked some friends who are architects to design. However, at the end of the year, everyone was busy so he had to do the construction by himself and only asked them for advice. “First, I brainstormed and sketched the house on paper. I have been consulted by a few friends about the layout, construction plans, and additional bearing columns. Because I do not know the location of the distance between the branches, how do I work, fix it, “said the male host. Zing . According to Mr. Tu, the house is built mainly from pine and steel. Initially, he intended to hang the house on the tree. However, this idea is not feasible because the longan is located in the corner of the land, one side is adjacent to a neighbor’s house, the other side is next to the big road. In addition, the trunk is skewed so it cannot be deployed according to the plan above. After that, Mr. Tu built the steel column and welded the steel system above. In order to prevent the house from absorbing rainwater and preventing insects, he made 3 floors – the middle is steel, the top and bottom are wooden. In the roof, male homeowners use corrugated iron, foam, tarpaulin, palm leaves and cork trees for cladding. Regarding the auxiliary works, after calculating the usage, Mr. Tu designed the wooden bathtub. In particular, during the construction process, he did not cut any branches. The pictures inside the house are built on longan trees. “Many architects advised me to leave the tree trunk out into the hallway so as not to have to deal with the problem of rainwater entering the house. However, I still decided to put the trunk inside so that it truly means the tree house ”, he shared. To make this possible, Mr. Tu used a high-strength canvas wrapped from the roof to the tree trunk. Besides, he kept the space between the house and the tree trunk separated by young rubber and silicone glue. This helps to reduce the noise in the house when the tree is shaken by high winds or storms. When completed, the house has an area of ​​22 m2, 2.8 meters from the ground. Initially, Mr. Tu planned to spend about 100 million VND to build houses on trees. Due to a lot of repair work and disassembly, the house finishing costs are pushed up. However, he still feels very happy and satisfied with the results. “I have no intention of using this house for business. This will be the place for the whole family to have fun, enjoy the life and fresh air on the weekends ”.

Plump One of Phu Tho’s specialties is palm palm, processed from a small glutinous palm variety, for a flexible, fragrant part. After picking, people wash the palms and heads by boiling for 5 – 10 minutes to soften, then take out and enjoy. The steps are simple but require workers to be experienced because if they are done too carefully, the brush will be crushed and lose fatness; if not well, the brush will be embarrassed. Palmina is a popular dish, often served with garlic fish sauce. In addition to the red palm, the Phu Tho people also make palm salt into a melon or warehouse with fish. Palm leaves rice ball To have a fragrant and sticky palm leaf rice dish, choose a delicious rice cooked with rain water. After blowing the cooked rice, a wet towel was pulled out, then grasped tightly, rolling it thoroughly so that the rice ball was round, firm but still soft and supple. Before that, people had to choose the leaves of the rice cakes (young leaves), cleaned, dried and heated to soften. Next is to cut the palm leaves into square pieces and wrap the split rice balls, tie the ends up, then roll over and over. Rice is held with palm leaves for a sweet, fragrant flavor that can be kept for a few days. The palm leaf rice ball is often dipped with sesame salt or eaten with dry roasted pork, salted eggs … Palm silkworms Palm silkworm is a dish that only Phu Tho has. 1 week before processing, people cut a palm tree and then drop into the trunk about 20-30 silkworms to eat them until they are fat, the skin turns yellow and white before they can be processed. The first is to drop silkworms in a bowl of diluted vinegar to let them get rid of dirt, and prepare spices including salt, chili, pepper, and MSG. Then, people skew the silkworms through the bars of a small brush and grill over charcoal. When the aroma emanates from the grilled silkworms, the yellow brown color can be enjoyed. Grilled palm silkworms will taste better when enjoyed while still hot.

Designer Cuong Dam has marked his fashion journey with a collection of FUSION inspired by the East and the West, the beauty of the past and present is conveyed in parallel with the spirit of royal approval. Nam Phuong, bringing a contemporary breath to each design.

Throughout the collection are contemporary images developed from many popular materials such as peach bibs, four-piece flaps, do paper fans. The Phuc Viet inspiration at the same time also becomes a stretching red thread.

Each outfit is favorably given its own name. ROSEWOOD is inspired by the white silk dress of Queen Nam Phuong, with improvised folds on a minimalistic form. Or, TIMBER combines bold menswear inspiration with the image of a calendar queen in a sleeveless dress.

Peach bibs are cleverly integrated with contemporary innovations, reminiscent of old memories of Northern girls with slim shoulders and sexy bee backs. At the same time, it is also the designer’s intention to highlight the hidden charm of the old woman.

Designer Cuong Dam brought the image of cones, palm leaves fan, paper fan, areca fruit on his costume.

The movement of the paper fans creates rhythmic contours from sleeve to chest cup creases, resonating with raglan hand curled with youthful ruffles.

Prominent on the SAPELE blazer is the button detail developed from the areca image – becoming a unique highlight for this design.

Intangible cultural heritages such as Nam Son mat are cleverly integrated into the trendy outfits. Crinkle Crepe Wool is inspired by the papyrus mat surface, along with the curvaceous cuts like a palm leaf fan.

The process of studying Vietnamese costumes with variations has brought the design a cross between traditional and modern. Since then, promoting the spirit of freedom, freedom, and creative breakthroughs.

The FUSION collection is also a declaration of an independent modern woman from the perspective of designer Cuong Dam.