ESL 156 Comparative Culture _Student: Nhung Trinh _Instructor: Lyra Riabov

VIETNAM

ESL 156 Comparative Culture_Student: Nhung Trinh

_Instructor: Lyra Riabov

INTRODUCTION

Geography Location Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam Lunar Year “Ao Dai” (Long

Dress)

GEOGRAPHY VIETNAM Located in the Eastern

part of the Indochina peninsula.

Facing the Eastern Sea (South China Sea) and the Pacific to the East and the South.

Land area: 125,622 square miles

Total area: 127,244 square miles

Population (2010 est.): 89,571,130

Capital (2003 est.): Hanoi

HO CHI MINH CITY

Largest cities Ho Chi Minh City is located at 10.45'

North, 106.40' East Area size: 809 square miles. The city center is situated on the

Saigon River 1,093 miles south of Hanoi.

VIEW OF SAIGON NIGHT

VIETNAM’S LUNAR YEAR

VIETNAMESE TET FESTIVAL

TAT NIEN OFFERING

People also wish each other prosperity and luck

Return to family on that holiday

FOOD AND FRUIT

LUNAR MEAL

DECORATING TREES IN LUNAR YEAR

AO DAI (LONG DRESS) FROM OLD

TO NOW

REFERENCE

www.vietnamtravelblog.net www.eng.hochiminhcity.gov.vn

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