Here, mussels are not only a specialty dish with a famous brand throughout the country, but thanks to that, people have a fairly stable income. Every day, thanks to mussels, a section of La River in Ben Hen village is as bustling as a miniature market. Present in Ben Hen village, witnessing the busy buying and selling scene, besides in the village, the stoves boiling mussels smoke and the aroma from boiled mussels spreads throughout the whole area. The smokey mussels boiling stoves in Ben Hen Boiling mussels in a hut, Nguyen Thi Hoa, from Ben Hen village, Truong Son commune, Duc Tho district (Ha Tinh), said: “I don’t know when this profession was formed, only know that generations People in Ben Hen village, when born and grow up, all follow each other in the profession of raking mussels and boiling mussels. All expenses in life, building houses, buying supplies, taking care of their children and grandchildren’s education, all depend on income from mussel farming. According to Ms. Hoa, in the past, mussel making was difficult, very hard, all day long, husband and wife, brothers and sisters were stuck in the river, just worried about making enough to eat, did not have enough money, because at that time the price of mussels was too cheap. About 10 years ago, when mussels became a clean food, a popular specialty, the price was high, so the mussel industry in Ben Hen is growing strongly and bringing a good source of income. determined for the people. Ben Hen is growing stronger and bringing a fairly stable source of income The reason is called the profession “going backward” because in the past, mussel making was not as modern as it is now, to catch mussels, people had to use a rake with a rectangular trough, 1-1.5m long handle to rake. The rake just went backwards and shook it to treat the mussels. Now, just sitting on a motorboat, plugging a rake into the sand and then running the engine along the river a few times, there are dozens of kilograms of mussels. Because the value of mussels is high and the mussels in Ben Hen have affirmed their brand, many traders have come to the place to buy in large quantities and then transport them everywhere for consumption. Thanks to that, mussel workers do not have to worry about output, raking as much as they can consume. The mussel fishing season lasts almost all year round, but the peak season and the most mussels are from January to June of the lunar calendar. Ben Hen village currently has 150 households living by raking mussels – a job “going backwards”. Ben Hen village currently has 150 households living by raking mussels – a job that “goes backward”, sunbathing with his back, his face in the water all day, and working hard at night picking and washing mussels. Although it is less difficult than before, the job of making mussels requires health, perseverance and hard work. After scraping, all mussels are used up, the shells are gathered and calcined into lime for construction, agricultural production or finely milled as food for chickens and ducks; mussel intestine used to process dishes; Mussels are used to make soup. Mr. Nguyen Quang Tuan, a resident of Ben Hen told reporters about the process of making mussels. He said: “We men, who are healthy, go on a motorboat to rake mussels on the river, on average 2-3 people per boat. And women stay at home to soak mussels, boil mussels, treat mussels clean… Every day, work usually starts from 2-3 am until late afternoon”. Mussels enrich the whole village Sharing with reporters, Ms. Nguyen Thi Sen, who has been involved in this profession for a long time, said: “Mussels are “a blessing from heaven” given to these villagers, my whole family has been working as mussel rakes for 4 generations on the La River. I also ate mussels but grew up, so even though I worked hard, I still had to keep the traditional profession of the village, “said Ms. Sen. Currently, mussels here are considered a clean specialty Ms. Nguyen Thi Hoa, a resident of Hen wharf confided: “In the past, every day my husband and I just needed to go along the La River to rake a few tons of mussels, but now the mussel production is increasingly depleted, so people have to overcome kilometers along the river Ngan Sau, Ngan Pho or upstream Ben Thuy bridge (Vinh City) to bring back mussels. According to Mr. Tuan, in the peak season, there are boats raking more than 1 ton of mussels/day, the remaining average is 300-600kg/boat. The average income from making mussels is about 500,000 – 1 million VND/house/day. Compared to other occupations, this is the profession that is bringing in the highest and most stable income, creating many jobs for people… Especially, mussels here are now considered a clean specialty with economic value. high so people are very secure to stick to the job.

The rustic brown color of the mountains – Photo: Phan Rang specialties Orangutans are collected by people from April to June every year, from big trees growing deep in the forest. Dried orangutan fruit has a rough brown color, the size is only as small as the tip of a thumb. This rustic fruit, a specialty of the mountains, is not only a great refreshment but also an effective folk medicine. Dried orangutans – Photo: Phan Rang specialties Usage is quite simple: You just need to soak the flying orangutan in warm water, the fruit will bloom, fragrant. Remember to remove the seeds and peel, keep the flesh and then mix it with alum sugar, we have a very good cooling drink, in addition to treating constipation and spine problems. Here is the finished product – Photo: Mai Khanh Huong Refreshing drink good for health – Photo: Phan Rang specialties Orangutans, if mixed with é or chia seeds, have a weight loss effect. The flying orangutan has been used by ethnic people since ancient times and the sweet fruit of this forest is still included in the work Fierce childhood by writer Phung Quan. The 8X brothers and sisters must always remember the image of a contact boy named Mung picking up orangutan seeds and bringing them back to his friend at the military medical station to soak and drink instead of beverage on a hot summer day. The mountains and forests of my hometown are very generous and there are many rare specialties that can be found elsewhere. If you have the opportunity, enjoy a special refreshment from this sweet fruit!

Forest patrols With an area of ​​more than 15,000 hectares, Sao La Nature Reserve in Thua Thien-Hue province has a rich flora and fauna, containing a diverse genetic resource of more than 1,200 species of animals and plants. Up to now, the reserve still retains a large area of ​​tropical evergreen closed forest, which is home to many rare species of birds and animals. From the center of the mountainous district of A Luoi, drive on the Ho Chi Minh route to the south about more than 30 km, when going through the tunnel through A Roang mountain, it is a majestic and unspoiled scene of primeval forests. Sao La Conservation Area, Thua Thien – Hue Province. The reserve covers an area of ​​more than 15,000 hectares of natural forest, stretching across the two districts of Nam Dong and A Luoi, directly connected with Sao La Conservation Area in Quang Nam Province and Xe Sap National Reserve in Laos. Sao La Nature Reserve in Thua Thien – Hue province currently has three patrol teams and five forest protection stations, which are regularly mobile to perform forest protection tasks. Following in the footsteps of a five-man patrol team led by Mr. Pham Viet Nuoc, we walked along the slopes, crossing streams under the canopy of old forests straight into the core area of ​​the reserve. This patrol is expected to take about six days to travel, so the backpacks of team members are full of essential equipment and items such as navigators, camera traps, binoculars. , personal items, medicine, pots and pans, food… Sticking with Sao La Nature Reserve in Thua Thien – Hue province from the very beginning, 11 years ago, Mr. Pham Viet Nuoc, a Ta Oi ethnic, set foot in most of the sub-areas in the reserve. this vast expanse. For Mr. Nuoc, the reserve is like his second home, he has the ability to read the names of each big tree in the forest; even a glimpse of a bird singing, he could tell what kind of bird it was. After finding a convenient location by a small stream, the patrol team assigned each other to set up a tent to rest and cook. Pham Viet Nuoc confided that this patrol job requires not only good health, but also forest skills and above all a love of nature to stick with the job. On average, a patrol team will work 22 days a month in the forest, of which 16 days are camping in sub-areas in the reserve. “The mountainous terrain in the reserve is very dangerous, with many dangers lurking for forest protection teams, especially in the rainy season. There are many cases of brothers and sisters with serious and life-threatening injuries due to sudden broken branches on them, biting by poisonous snakes, or in the process of crossing streams, when suddenly the water from upstream suddenly surged. Pham Viet Nuoc shared. Giant Truong Son at Sao La Nature Reserve, Thua Thien-Hue province. Recently, Sao La Conservation Area in Thua Thien – Hue province has contracted with A Luoi District Medical Center (Thua Thien – Hue) and Tay Giang District Medical Center (Quang Nam) to identify 4 rescue locations. fixed along the Ho Chi Minh route through the nature reserve, so that when an injured person comes out from the forest, ambulances will go straight to these locations to give first aid and take people to the hospital for treatment. timely treatment. On the patrol journey, Mr. Pham Viet Nuoc and members of the team stopped at many areas to observe and detect the traps of wild animals of the people to remove and collect. According to Mr. Nuoc, in the past, the number of animal traps that people put in the forest was as much as a “matrix”. Especially near the New Year holidays, people still have the custom of trapping wild animals to eat, that is also the time when patrol teams have to strengthen their duty force. According to the Management Board of Sao La Nature Reserve, Thua Thien – Hue province, from 2014 to 2017, the situation of trapping wild animals in the reserve was really a problem. In some years, the forest patrol force has dismantled more than 21,000 traps of all kinds. In recent years, thanks to the promotion of propaganda combined with the detection of strict handling of violations, the number of animal traps has decreased significantly. Since the beginning of 2021, patrol teams have driven 11 people out of the forest, dismantled 14 illegally built camps and collected more than 1,740 animal traps. After being dismantled, the animal traps will be returned to the stations for destruction according to regulations. Preserving the “treasure” of the green forest Sao La Nature Reserve in Thua Thien – Hue province is one of the places with the highest biodiversity in the region and in the world. This place owns the remaining natural primeval forest area of ​​the Central Truong Son area and is home to rare and endemic animals such as saola, Truong Son muntjac, large muntjac, striped rabbit and many more. other animals and plants. According to the Management Board of Sao La Conservation Area in Thua Thien – Hue province, recent research results show that the reserve currently has 1,035 species of plants, 42 species of mammals, 139 species of birds, 54 species of fish, 84 species of reptiles, frogs, frogs and 284 species of butterflies. In which, many species are listed in the Red Book of Vietnam and the Red Book of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). According to Mr. Pham Viet Nuoc, in recent years, during the patrol process, the number of animals has increased significantly such as chamois, wild boar, deer, zebra rabbit, Truong Son large gill and some species of wild animals. growth such as monkeys, douc langurs… This is a great joy for the tireless efforts of those who are directly involved in forest maintenance and biodiversity conservation here. Mr. Nguyen Huu Hoa, an officer of the Forest Management and Protection Department (the Management Board of Sao La Nature Reserve, Thua Thien – Hue province), said that with the support of technology, especially the application of the camera trap system in the forest is being developed. promote efficiency, effectively support the management and scientific research on the development and distribution of animals in the conservation area. In the past time, the camera traps have provided many valuable documentary images to record the presence of animals and the most important goal of these camera traps is to record the saola in the area. conserve. The saola, whose scientific name is Pseudoryx khetinhensis, also known as the “Asian Unicorn”, is one of the rarest mammals in the world. Monkeys at Sao La Nature Reserve, Thua Thien-Hue province. Director of Sao La Conservation Area Management Board in Thua Thien-Hue Province Nguyen Thanh said: The unit has cooperated with many wildlife protection organizations to research and search for traces of saola species in the reserve. such as placing photo traps at locations where mondo grass grows and develops, because this is a “favorite” dish of saola; collect samples of strange animal feces or take samples of species squeezed in the forest for scientists to conduct tests and find clues… According to Director of the Management Board of Sao La Conservation Area in Thua Thien – Hue Province Nguyen Thanh, located in the same habitat area, in 2013, Sao La Conservation Area in Quang Nam Province recorded a saola by photographing a single individual. shock the scientific research and nature conservation circles at home and abroad. Therefore, officers and staff of Sao La Nature Reserve in Thua Thien – Hue province hope to also discover saola in the reserve in the future. In recent years, Sao La Nature Reserve in Thua Thien – Hue province has invested and equipped many modern machines to help patrol teams improve operational efficiency. Currently, forest protection officers only need to use smartphones to record patrol positions, locations with signs of forest encroachment, encountering animal traps, camps, encountering people entering the forest, etc. When there is a phone signal, this information and image will automatically be updated into the system, serving as the basis for the process of analyzing and processing information at the specialized department of the Management Board. Director of Sao La Conservation Area Management Board in Thua Thien – Hue province shared that the protection of primeval forests in the reserve still faces many difficulties and challenges. For example, the cutting of forest trees still occurs sporadically at some point in time, or the animal traps set up by people in the forest, although significantly reduced in number, have not been completely stopped… Therefore, the Maintaining forest protection patrols is important to minimize the negative impacts of humans on the forest’s ecosystem. The patrol team led by Mr. Pham Viet Nuoc as captain after many days of climbing passes, wading streams, “eating shacks, sleeping in the forest” has completed the task. According to Mr. Pham Viet Nuoc, after each trip, there is one more animal trap removed, by chance encountering wild animals, or simply seeing that the forest has not been violated, which is a joy and motivation for the members of the community. Team members overcome difficulties and dangers to stick with their work, contributing to preserving the “treasure” of the green forest for future generations.

Writer Pham Hoa (right) during his visit to the old battlefield. Photo Xuan Ba Connect with wife Pham Hoa. Still these complications are different from the heart surgery… Russian teacher, retired Pham Hoa’s wife probably understands her husband’s character? Remember years ago, Pham Hoa had just gone through a major surgery and wore high blood pressure and the sequelae of diabetes, but she still approved for her husband about the unpaid agency. No pay and principle is voluntary. It’s the organization Truong Son Traditional Association- Ho Chi Minh Street ! That far away year, I followed Pham Hoa and generals Vo So, Nguyen Anh Tuan, Nguyen Ba Tong… and some brothers and sisters of the Traditional Society on the Truong Son Roads. Strangely, thinking of Pham Hoa is thinking of white obsession? The haunting thing from Pham Hoa’s stories. The white color has been haunting Pham Hoa since the days of driving in Truong Son. Truong Son Road! Like an instinctive howling, the collective now draws us in? Truong Son Dong – Truong Son Tay, 5 longitudinal and 21 horizontal axes with a length of 24,000 km. Pham Hoa is also only about half way through the journey, experiencing and witnessing countless tragic things. More than 20,000 martyrs have remained on those stages, of which the fiercest is still Road 20 Quyet Thang. That time went to Se Su underground. Perhaps due to the bomb, a large turtle like a basket, the old man staggered into the water’s edge. But very strange, his belly is not grateful anymore, but white! The old man was dumped in the trunk of the car. Then it was split. The fire is boiling hot. The whole platoon drove hungry, eager to eat. Midnight suddenly creepy white flares. The whole convoy was exposed black on the white tire road, which was bare without a single tree because of bombs, piercing bombs and defoliation poisons. The ear piercing the sound of explosions. Strangely, the flares of bomb-hit cars in all sizes of flares suddenly flared up, sometimes blue, sometimes white. An entire squadron of vehicles was hit by a bomb. Soldiers bickering with each other, maybe eating turtle meat, so you rebuke?! Then one afternoon ran a risk through Xe Ca Mang. The guy in front of the car stepped on the brake and stopped in front of a hidden stream. Pham Hoa screamed and rolled down the stream quickly and then he opened the car door and rushed out… Thought the bomb was sudden. Chemistry is not. Oh my god, dozens of young women are bathing in streams! Creepy white spaces like metal shards pierced the two young soldiers’ visions. Stunned for a moment, the two boys climbed up to the cockpit, leaving behind a lot of tires in the sunny afternoon without Truong Son and playful youthful teasing… That rare peace did not last long. Just over thirty minutes by car, assuming that with that road, the speed of the very aggressive Gat 63 is only slightly more than 30 km/h. Explosions rose to the ground behind them. But Pham Hoa’s car escaped from dangerous underground coordinates. Both of them turned their painful gazes helplessly at the black space of the coordinate bombs that suddenly fell on the peaceful white spaces behind them! Oh my god, the TNXP girls were bathing just now, how many of them escaped that deadly stream? Writer Pham Hoa (right cover) during his visit to the old battlefield. Photo Xuan Ba The working team of Truong Son Traditional Association- Ho Chi Minh Street was following the branches of 20 Quyet Thang Street. It was a strategic transport branch that crossed from Quang Binh to the Vietnam-Laos border, an unexpected bold creation during the war for 16 years, protected by blood. The blood of 559 soldiers of the Truong Son driving force of the TNXP as a kind of epic has elected places that will hurt the hearts of posterity. ATP Centers (Crab A, Ta Le Underground, Phu La Nhich Pass), Tra Ang, Tam Co Cave… The delegation stopped longer at Tra Ang on 20 Quyet Thang Street. That year, one afternoon, the vehicle of Pham Hoa’s unit escaped death through Tra Ang. A campaign to urgently transport gasoline through that Key. Deadly flames burst from the gasoline drums that were hit by bombs, including napalm bombs, strangely spewing white fire! That deadly white fire instantly fell on the formation of the army, TNXP. 29 boys and girls, 22 at the most, instantly shrouded in white like that! Writer Pham Hoa (on the left) At the Truong Son Traditional Association – Ho Chi Minh Street, there are veterans… strange! He’s old, but he’s too enthusiastic and enthusiastic. And it seems that every man has some odd talent? And veteran Pham Hoa also showed something strange. This strange thing was quickly encouraged and corrected by the members of the Association, considering it a unique collective work. It’s a project White flower hill park . A hill is eye-catching if not beautiful on the legendary Truong Son Street. Next, please quote verbatim: The hill area of ​​about 7 hectares will be a dominant white color. On the hill are hundreds of species of white flowers, try to choose something fragrant. Many types of white flowers are planted on beautifully designed pots and platforms along the internal roads in the park. In the park, sometimes pavilions place stone benches made from white materials. On the top of the hill is a simple, modest white Temple designed in the style of a Vietnamese Temple. The Temple’s walls, roof, doors and interior are all built of white marble. Please do not associate and infer here white mourning, loss. The white color symbolizes the heroic sacrifice of Truong Son youth. The white effect pops up the innocent and pure dedication of the Truong Son soldiers and thousands of TNXP soldiers who, when they fell, were still in their twenties, creating a strong feeling about the past and traditional education. The black marble wall with gold letters with the names of more than 20 thousand Martyrs is placed on the left and right side of the LS Temple. That temple is common to 20,000 LS Truong Son and TNXP. It is a spiritual and cultural work, a place to worship the young LS heroes of Truong Son. Compatriots across the country, tourists come here to visit and pay tribute. Contributing to educating the moral education of drinking water, remembering the source of the national spirit and patriotism for today and future generations. I also heard specifically about this Project. The whole part explains, explains the forms of investment scale, Location, time, capital source, implementation process and implementation organization. Looking around, the park’s budget is 15 billion and the Temple is about 7 billion. The surprising thing is that although it is just a beginning, there are already a number of units and benefactors who have voiced their support. So the financial plan (specifically, the method of socialization of the White Flower Hill Park project invested by the Truong Son Traditional Association – Ho Chi Minh Road) may have been directed? Writer Pham Hoa (second from right) More remarkable is the local zeal of Quang Binh, the cradle of the legendary Truong Son Road. Without a word, the Truong Son Traditional Association – Ho Chi Minh Street had a working session with the leaders of Quang Binh province. The key members of the Association, in addition to General Vo So, were major generals Hoang Anh Tuan and Nguyen Ba Tong. Fortunately, the entire provincial leadership, from the Secretary to the Chairman, after listening to Major Generals Tuan and Pham Hoa presented the project White flower hill park From surprise and delight, all of you enthusiastically contributed and discussed. In the end, Quang Binh leaders agreed very much in implementing this project locally and creating all favorable conditions for the project to be implemented as soon as possible. Place White Flower Hill Park is decided from the starting point of KM zero of Road 20 Quyet Thang. But for some reason, this beautiful and romantic project (not unrealistic, not unrealistic?) has not been implemented for many years? That bloody road, the time Pham Hoa’s age started with white obsessions? And this morning suddenly a ghastly obsession. Veteran, writer Pham Hoa has suddenly passed away. A colonel and writer Pham Hoa used to hold the entire “soul” of military cultural and artistic activities. How many viewers remember Pham Hoa as the author and devoted a lot of care to the show We Are Soldiers on the People’s Army Television. And writer Pham Hoa, former deputy director of the Army Propaganda Department, has never received a cup of water from anyone when three times sat at the National Council to review the titles of People’s Artists and Meritorious Artists. The talent through the Joke of Creation and The remote area (Typical for the two genres of short stories and novels in Pham Hoa’s writing career, which has elected Pham Hoa’s prestige? Is it correct to say that some people will listen, scare people, apologize, shy? Therefore, Pham Hoa has grown up many times in a sensitive and difficult position. Many close friends know Pham Hoa three times sitting at the State Council, there are no whispers of negative gossip. For this, someone keeps adding two more Trong Khoi and Pham Quang Long who are close to this job with Pham Hoa… Remember, when artist Cao Mat got cancer, writer Pham Hoa proposed to the Department of Expedited Propaganda to submit an application to the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Culture to make a dossier for Cao Mat. Then, fortunately, Cao Mat got a special award from the People’s Artist without passing meritorious merit. Remember, love Pham Hoa! How many times went down Thanh’s hometown and up the forest to the sea. How can I forget to comfort this familiar feeling from someone who has been on the car for so many trips. Side seats where located in familiar and strange lands. Pham Hoa is like an effective hyphen to close the gap between friends and writers for unknown reasons. And in every place, in any situation, a Pham Hoa is also revealed when whispering, sometimes troubled by the confiding of the times and the chaos of cooking, writing, and literature! I still know that the disease, the child has to be happy, but the death of a loved one, even when we are only 70 years old, is also a joke of nature?

Sunshine in a corner of the forest Chu Mom Ray is located in two districts of Sa Thay and Ngoc Hoi. Right next to Chu Mom Ray National Park are Cambodia’s Virachey National Park and Laos’ Southeast Ghong Reserve. This is one of 94 special-use forests of Vietnam, has the largest area of ​​primary forest and contains rare genetic resources. In 2004, Chu Mom Ray National Park was recognized as an ASEAN heritage by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. The flora of Chu Mom Ray national forest is rich and diverse in number of species and status. This place has about 1534 species of plants, including 113 rare species of orchids, gymnosperms, oilseeds, conifers, needles, pine, bamboo, rosemary… This place once marked many fierce battles in the period of “cutting along Truong Son to save the country”. Some places in the forest still have traces of trenches, bomb craters… The way to Chu Mom Ray mountain has to go through a long barren hill, the trees are mostly burned for farming It is still the dry season, the fallen leaves cover the path. The road through the forest is quite dangerous There will come a time when you will encounter a flat area on high, called the mausoleum park (another name for the odd cane, different from the purple mausoleum variety). On the way, you will come across the old single bamboo trees …and many precious old trees If you don’t pay close attention, you will think this is a fallen old tree. But no, this is just a strangely shaped stump. You will encounter a wooden nu, a unique natural phenomenon. “Family” of mushrooms inside a tree cavity. If you are tired, try your luck with a tea table from the bamboo of the green forest. And the fresh cool water of the green forest will fuel you to explore the unspoiled nature of Chu Mo Ray.

Illustration: vietnamtourism.gov.vn. Truong Son crossed a thousand icebergs Duplicate the curse san’s message
We return to the Central Highlands
The mountains are high and steep, this is mountainous region
Two long and sunny rainy seasons
The rain is pouring out in the sun, shining brightly
A three-zan red earth color
Black soil lush and fertile
Dak Nong downhill to play with
Mo Nong spreads out the immense sky The drifting clouds are momentum
The forest on the slope side
Lonely dawn valley
Suddenly heard the howling of ape Krong Ana Krong No deep green forest
The place where the parent river originates
Hugging the mountain forest flowing to Serre Pok
The river is proud of the long song Spectacular manly sunny and windy region
Mountains and mountains wandering together
The elephant chopping stubbornly stopped walking
Remember A Ma Cong immense heaven
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Dak Nong pig attracts mountains and forests
Winding up the waterfall halfway up the peak
Horror that day stirred
The white demon army pulled in mourning hair The enemy came here to destroy the village
They kill old women, children and women
They disturbed the mountains and forests
They made the gods angry Brave chief of N’Trang Long
Listened to the divine call
Unite the beloved village of M’nong
Protect people in the Central Highlands The chiefs R’Dinh R’Ong was courageous
Team up with leader N’Trang Luong
The girls and boys in the mountains
Together unanimously kicked up Mo Nong Spirit proud soul of mountains and rivers
N’Trang Long children of mountains and forests
Plateau chiefs chiefs
The Mo Nong uprising was successful Here we come back windy Truong Son
With the Central Highlands, wonderful memories
Mountains and forests have been sheltered for many years
Resilient battle against America M’nong boys and girls S’Tieng
Help cadres cross the mountain ice
Quang Duc informs the legendary route
All over the village gongs rang happily Since then, Ho Chi Minh trail
The Central Highlands connects the Southeast
The trail has become a great road
Making so many splendid victories
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Red soil in the season of rice flowers
Red color of spring day flowers
Kơ Nia is strong and strong
Po Lan, you are beautiful and gentle Peaceful country full of warm sunshine
Dak Nong innovates smooth wind
A time of memories filled with memories
Urged me to the place where used to be Gia Nghia spring day is bright and foggy
An unusually beautiful peaceful city
Blue baby seems to shrink
A distant moment reminiscent of love.

Tam Lu waterfall is located upstream of Long Dai river, in Truong Son border commune, Quang Ninh district, Quang Binh province. The driver is Tung, a young man bold forest, solid as iron but gentle as a stream in dry season. The boat is made of aluminum, fragile leaf-shaped but can carry up to a dozen people. We all jumped onto the boat with great vigor. It seems that Tung is too used to the excitement of those who are “lost” so he still waits for us to settle down. The boat glides very lightly. The sound of the cole machine rang out, bouncing into the tall rocks, disturbing the empty river. The river upstream is strangely peaceful. On one side are limestone karsts calmly. One side is a row of green upside down hills. Looming far away from the small stilt houses of the Van Kieu ethnic group. There is no signal to tell us that there is a terrifyingly beautiful waterfall, only when you see more and more large and small rocks scattered between the stream and the sound of strong swirling water can you feel the adventure was very close. Artist Ho Ai plays Pi flute at Tam Lu waterfall. Tam Lu is not as powerful as everyone imagined, but very special. Not too high, only about 20 meters, not too long, only about 100 meters, is made up of three stone steps of all shapes and types overhanging the river surface. Perhaps that is why the waterfall is named Tam Lu. This is the most beautiful waterfall among nearly 100 large and small waterfalls on the Long Dai stream. This feature has helped Tam Lu become an extremely adventurous and attractive tourist destination. People come here not only to contemplate and walk, but also to test their courage to cross the falls on small boats and admire the superior ability of the boys to sail in the Truong Son forest land. At the door of the waterfall, Tung stood up, holding the handlebars, his legs firmly behind the roof of the boat, reaching out ahead: “Prepare to cross the waterfall!”. The boat jerked up, leaned down, we trembled and clung our hands tightly to the side of the boat in feeling very heart attack. Tung still calmly kept stepping to let the boat rise above the rocky steps or wriggle through narrow gorges. The driver’s talent is how the boat will launch without being tilted, the flight must be sure to pass the rapids and water safely. Putting your nose down is … done. Three stone steps are three such flights. White waves bounce. The boat lowered. Very adventurous and somewhat dangerous but everyone likes it. Many of the sisters, whose faces are pale because of the “unprecedented” rushing boats to the air, are still determined to make an appointment: “There is a chance to continue. Afraid of what! ”. Tung has 13 years of sailing on the Long Dai River. He said: “The first time rowing over the falls was also very good. Boat hit the rock is upside down immediately. But going forever is familiar. Now it belongs to every gutter, every rocky snout. Without looking, the hand can also drive which side … “. Tung is one of the very few people still sticking to the river, with Tam Lu waterfall. Heard, not far from Long Dai River is a unique “road” connecting Quan Hau – district capital of Quang Ninh and downstream communes with Truong Son. Nearly 100km in length, the river is always bustling with boats coming up and back. People who make a living as a boat driver also do well, customers trade goods in the lowlands and upside down. Since the day Ho Chi Minh Road connects the region back to the lowlands, people go to Truong Son by car, motorbike, and gradually forget about the boat trips along. At this time, anyone is free to spend all day on the river! The boat’s job is gradually disappearing. At present, there are only about a dozen people who still stick to work, both exploiting aquatic products and taking visitors. Tung is one of them. For a living. Because I love the river. Because you like adventure on the white waves where the rapids are. In recent years, his work seems to be thicker because of the increasing demand of tourists to play waterfall. However, this job is only spontaneous, Tung is worried because crossing Tam Lu is a risky trip, which can affect his life, while this travel route has not been recognized, safe for tourists. Waterfall crossing is not guaranteed. Tung wishes Quang Binh province, Quang Ninh district to build a tourism development program on the Long Dai river so that he can work with peace of mind … That wish will come true because within the framework of the sub-projects of the Development Project. To sustainably develop the Mekong sub-region in phase II, Quang Binh’s tourism industry has built a tourist route by Nhat Le – Long Dai river, connecting the sea mouth with the upstream. Accordingly, Long Dai River, Tam Lu Waterfall is an interesting tour. One can explore the cultural life rich in the identity of the Van Kieu ethnic group, can cruise on the river, admire the scenery, fish, fly and … enjoy self-made rustic dishes. With wild vegetables picked on the hillside, fish and shrimp caught in the river. Walking on the boat, grilled fish to eat with wild vegetables and enjoying a song of the country ‘s song is great. Boat upside down Tam Lu waterfall. I have been back and forth on the Long Dai river since the peak of 1001, the origin of the discovery to the end of the sea mouth, I have come to Tam Lu to jump many times. The scenery on both sides of the shore is indescribable. The color of the sky, the color of the sky, the color of the mountain disappears. Lots of mountains along the green river are lined with coniferous forests in the candle-lighting season. Purple mountain waves, tired and exhausted, like a full-time woman draining her blood once for a lifetime. The mountains and classes jumped up like a herd of war horses blowing the mist wind of Tay Son army Nguyen Hue from Thang Long capital back to Phu Xuan. Sometimes the mountain is like a dead, green thirsty man who falls out of the river and licks a little moisture from the beach … That feeling never gets old. I was shocked to hear the deep, majestic Pi flute soaring in the roaring voice of the waterfall. Suddenly saw heaven and earth border Truong Son immense, gill. That belonged to the village elder Ho Ai. He sits by the waterfall, playing a Khap dance of the Van Kieu. The elder of Ho Ai village in Khe Cat village, Truong Son is the last rare person who is keeping and transmitting the art of Pi flute playing. With white hair like clouds, he is like a gentle fairy, but Quang Binh people consider him an artist of the people. The photographer came to him. Musicians find him. Folklore researcher turned to him. Writers find him. Journalists found him. Tourists also came to him … To hear him talk about his unique flute and to hear him play the sacred tunes of the Van Kieu. Tam Lu waterfall has a grandfather and the sound of Pi flute becomes soulful. The Pi flute is an ancient musical instrument of the Van Kieu people in Truong Son. It is made from the trunk of a giant old tree on the edge of the Laos forest. I heard that the old man of Ho Ai village had to go three days to find it. From the day he was young, he stormed the mountains and forests until today, nearly 80 seasons fill the hole, the flute was always led by him on his side. Be faithful to him. Communicate with him. Studying carefully the cultural life of the Van Kieu ethnic group has realized that the people have a very special communication channel through various types of folk folk songs, folk dance and folk music. The Pi flute is a musical instrument used by people in many different living contexts and has a very strong impact on the emotional psychology of both sides, the listener and the flute player. Therefore, only the men who have spent the warmth of life can understand enough and are seasoned enough to use the flute as a means to express their hearts. They can play the flute when alone. At that time, the flute sounded sad as blood. They play the flute when rejoicing. At that time the flute sounded like a ring, like a song. Sometimes the flute sounds like a confidant, cooing. At that time the flute was very personal, only the person worthy of hearing could understand. Ho Ai is one of the very few Van Kieu who can use the Pi flute skillfully in each such situation. Amidst the vast space of the border mountains and forests, the sound of Pi flute opens the mysterious inner world of the people. The sound of the flute perched on the mountain, the mountain has its soul The sound of a starling flute landed on the tree, the tree has the soul of the tree. The sound of the flute landing on the river, the river has the soul of the river. Flute flickers on the white waves, fluttering on the rocky banks of Tam Lu, the waterfall has the soul of the waterfall. The Van Kieu say that wherever Pi flute sounds are located, they are their hometowns. Ho Ai House is quite far from Tam Lu. He said that he had to play Pi flute in a vast place to hear its beauty, so on beautiful moonlit nights, he often went to sit beside Tam Lu to sing the melodious songs. In the middle of the blue green space, the clouds and the sky make a sound of flutes soaring freely and soaring, making the same gongs in the waterfall. Boys and girls in sim card also followed him in the morning and night. Tam Lu Waterfall is like a fairyland on earth. Waterfall and people, creating a wonderland …

The average height of the Truong Son is 2,000 m, with many heights of over 2,500 m like a wall of citadel in the western border of the S-shaped strip of land. Throughout its length the Truong Son meanders and at times it seems that it wants to come close to the East Sea leaving only a thin strip of plain like rice leaves and the thinnest place is Quang Binh. Sticking to that thin strip of plain, the roads through Vietnam were easily blocked by the US air force. Therefore, in order to bring soldiers and goods to the South of the transport roads of the 559 line, it was compulsory to go round to Laos. But in order to get to Laos, people had to cross the top of Truong Son. Heaven Gate is one of those streets. Heaven Gate – surely it must be very tall to have that name “arrogant”. Standing at the bottom of the slope, looking up could not see the top, only seeing the mountain pass. Its ascending dimension alone was nearly 30 km. Heaven Gate is also known by another name – that is Monkey Pass – probably because it is too craggy and dangerous, only descendants of Emperor Sun Wukong live and pass here (?). Heard that there were many wheelchairs down the cliff from a height of thousands of meters. Heaven Gate is also known as “Bag Bom” because tens of kilometers of passes are the focus of the attack of the US Air Force, the road is unique and dangerous, when being beaten, it is impossible to avoid where to go. It is said that there are dozens of air raids of all types of aircraft, including the B-52s. I don’t know how bad the reality is, but looking up, I only see the sores like the stone age … I just heard it, I’ve seen it creepy. […] 17 o’clock. Mountain mist has spread to the table. In the sky the marker had flown south and disappeared. Company leader Than gave the order to set off. The sky darkened, the more difficult the way to go: The towering cliffs seemed to just collapse on the road, below is the abyss. The road is narrow, just two tank chains, there is a place where the borrowed land has been raked up and rushed down the cliff, the bends of the sleeves also appear more and more. The driver’s back of the shirt was wet with sweat, eyes strained to look at the road, both hands tugged the steering wheel continuously, then shifted gear, downshift. Binh muttered: – The road with nothing but only cows number 1, number 2 like this. Unexpectedly, company leader Than heard him, he reminded: – Just keep up the speed. Remember to stick close to me on narrow roads. About an hour away an almost upside-down slope appeared, again tied up like a bottleneck and folding crabs. Carefully ordered to stop the car for everyone to get off, he used a flashlight to signal behind to let the cars know, then got off the bus and asked Binh: – What is the temperature of the cooling water and oil? Binh looked down at the dashboard and said: – It’s all up a hundred degrees, but I guess I can still walk. – Then keep going. I’ll walk in the middle of the road, just look at my white shirt. Carefully take off the jacket and throw it in the driver’s door for Binh. Answer: – Yes! In front of Hien with Tinh, Dat, Trang is walking. Page carried a stone, his mouth said: – See if this is deep! Saying that he rolled the stone down, one stone dragged the other rock and hurled endlessly. Page stick out tongue: – Must be a few hundred meters, not a few. Show: – According to my estimate, this place is only about three hundred meters high. Haven’t eaten yet, this peak should at least be over a thousand meters. They both shook their heads and stuck out their tongues. Behind, according to the shadow of the company captain, Binh tried to keep the car right in the middle of the road, he was always sticking with him, so the mud shield sometimes bumped into the cliff and hit “uỳnh” once. Binh estimated that the slope should be approximately 30 degrees, it is impossible to go number one but the engine temperature roars (!). When the walking wing reached the top of that narrow slope, the tank just crawled to the middle, the teachers and students sat and rested for the car to arrive. It took three times to get off the bus to walk to the top of the slope. Strangely enough, thinking that the top of the slope had to be very choppy, it turned out to be a fairly flat and spacious road. The line-up of cars snuggled up on the edge of the road for a break and checked the technique to prepare to go downhill. Trang and Dat pulled each other to the edge of the road to look down, but saw nothing but a cloud, they rolled on a stone but only saw the same as last time, did not know where the bottom was. It turns out that the previous images of the downward direction of Heaven Gate were completely wrong. Everyone thinks that the slope is so steep, so dangerous, its downward direction must be “relative”. But not! The Heaven Gate slope in the West Truong Son is quite pleasant compared to the eastern half, it is gentle and short, probably at the foot of the slope is a plateau with an altitude of several hundred meters above sea level. Over the top of the slope a few kilometers, the front station was already on the way to enter the army camp. To enter the army camp today, we had to follow a stream. It is the dry season, so the stream has little water, the stream bed has different large and small shiny black rocks lying around. It was almost morning, everyone wanted to quickly hide the car. […] All about the vehicles quickly dissipated. The sound of an engine let out for a moment, then the silence returned the stillness of the forest. It was just morning too.