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Nam Dinh

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Address: Tan Thinh ward, Thai Nguyen city, Thai Nguyen

Nam Dinh is a coastal plain south of Red River Delta, and it is located

90 kilometers south of Ha Noi. Nam Dinh has natural and socio-

economic conditions, and favorable resources for tourism

development at a rapid pace and sustainability.

Nam Dinh has the rich and diverse tourism resources, including

humanistic and natural tourism. And the managers in Nam Dinh are

capital of organizing many kinds, such as: cultural tourism,

ecotourism,… There are 1655 historical and cultural monuments in

Nam Dinh province. Besides, in Nam Dinh, there are 70 trade

villages with many trades and traditional products, such as carving

village, Tong Xa bronze casting. Moreover, Nam Dinh province has

72 kilometers of coastline with exploited beaches and there are

many attractive and nice in here, such as Quat Lam beach, Hai Thinh

beach…

Coming to Nam Dinh, tourists will enjoy the cultural cuisine with

many dishes and special foods which have made famous brand

“Nam Dinh”, such as “pho”, “nem”, “banh cuon” Kenh village, “banh

gai” Ba Thi…

Welcome to Nam Dinh, there are many amazing things which wait

for you to discover.

Introduction

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Contents

1. Nam Dinh Tourism routine………………………………3

2. Vieng market……….………………………………………….6

3. Xuan Thuy National park………..….……………………8

4. Hai Thinh beach……………………….......................10

5. Tran Temple……………………………………………………13

+ Thien Truong Temple……………………………………14

+ Co Trach Temple……………………..……………………15

+ Trung Hoa Temple…………………….………………….16

+ Khai An Festival…………………………………………….18

6. Cuisine………………………………………………………….21

April 2014 NamDinh

Travel

Tran Hung Dao Statue

Day 1

(On 7th )

Day 2

(on 8th)

Day 3

(On 9th )

Day 4, 5,

6 (On 10th

to 13th )

Day 7

(On 14th

)

Nam Dinh Province tourism Time: 1 week from 7th to 15th first month Lunar

year We depart from Ha Noi at 8:00 a.m to Nam Dinh city.

When coming Nam Dinh, we will relax at Nga Hồng Anh Hotel.

At 6:00 a.m we take you to visit Xuan Thuy national

park. Our tour-guide introduces you clearly about the

national park.

At 17:00 p.m we come back the Ánh Dương hotel to

rest and have dinner.

At 6:00 a.m from Ánh Dương hotel we will come to Hai

Thinh beach.

We relax in Huy Anh hotel in 2 days.

At 6:00 a.m we depart the Huy Anh hotel to Tran

temple.

Tour-guide takes you to visit the scenery in the temple

from 8:00 to 11:00 a.m.

11:15 a.m we come back the K hotel

Depart from Nga Hồng Anh hotel at 5:00 a.m to Vieng

market. Then our tour-guide takes you to visit the

market.

At 11:00 a.m we will have lunch in restaurant next to

the market.

At 1:30 p.m, we take you to Ánh Dương hotel.

At 14:30 p.m you relax at the hotel.

Day 8

(On 15th )

Our tour will finish. At 11:00 a.m we come back Ha Noi

city.

VIENG MARKET - also is called “hades market”. Every year, on the 7thand 8thJanuary (Lunar) the Vieng Market Festival is held with a bigger scale in Trung Thanh commune, Vu Ban district and Goi town, Nam Truc district, Nam Dinh province, Viet Nam as a custom for a long time. The Vieng market festival has become a mainstay of the Red River culture.

With the advantage of having lasting history of culture, traditions, Vieng Market is one of the most attractive tourist destinations of Nam Dinh Province and is the only one of Nam Dinh’s many efforts to develop tourism and attract international visitors.

On the 8th January, that is the moment of heavenly - early, positive-negative exchange. People who go to the market feel that they will get luckier if they buy something made of copper at Vieng market on this day.

VIENG MARKET

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The Vieng market has been

considered the market of luck,

where people come to buy luck

without bargaining. Potatoes,

vegetables, peanuts, handicraft

products, antiquities and false

antiquities, utensils, farm tools,

such as: hoes and sickles are for sale

here, and many kinds of ornamental

plants; flowers and trees.

Some products are bartered

without money. Some people have

vegetables, some have shovels, and

others have ploughs. They trade

with one another, with no mention

of price”.

There are about 10,000 – 12,000 people

coming to the market on the following

8th Vieng market is also destination of

tourist during their visit in Nam Dinh,

where they can find gifts and souvenirs

for their family and friends.

VIENG MARKET

Xuan Thuy National Park is an ecological tourist destination which is interesting for people preferring to study about the life of migratory birds and wildlife. The fertile alluvium of the Red river and river-side area make it become a natural reserve area with many unique underwater sceneries of wetland ecosystem. In here, there are many wild fauna and flora and rare migratory birds.

Location: the Xuan Thuy National

Park is located 150 kilometers

south east of Hanoi. It is located in

Giao Thuy commune, Giao Thuy

district, Nam Dinh province. The

natural area of the National Park is

about 7.100 ha. According to the

scientists’ statistics, in the National

Park, there are 219 kinds of bird.

Yearly, in November and December, the

schools of bird from the northern to east to

avoid the coldness, and they choose Xuan

Thuy National Park to reside, relax, and

feed to get energy for their long journey of

thousands of kilometers. In the height, the

Xuan Thuy National Park is considered as a

“station” of international birds with near 40

thousands of bird.

XUAN THUY NATIONAL PARK

This is the unique National Park of Vietnam now which participates in the

international convention - RAMSAR (the convention conserve the wetlands area

which has the international importance, especially in the residence of sea birds).

The area of Xuan Thuy National Park has an original ecological system, and it is a residence of many kinds of sea birds, there are 9 kinds in them are the rare kinds of birds in the international Red book. The forest contributes to

maintain alluvial to create new mudflats, is nurseries and provides food for aquatic animals, and played the role of ecological balance in the area. There are 111 species of phytoplankton and algae which have much economic high value.

Xuan Thuy mangrove is a residence of

many kinds of bird, sea cat, sea fox, and

otters. In the underwater, there are shrimp;

fish (crab, snake, clam, scallops) ... are the

rich sources of food for birds. Coming to

Xuan Thuy, visitors enjoy the large space of

earth and sky, cloud and water. And take

the fresh air, and see the flocks of bird

diligently feeding or flying kick up. Tourists

will find peace in this national park.

XUAN THUY NATIONAL PARK

HAI THINH BEACH

Hai Thinh beach – the new and pristine purity beach in Hai Hau district.

Located around 100km to the North of Hanoi, at Thinh Long Town, Hai

Hau District, Nam Dinh Province. Hai Thinh is a new beach in Hai Hau, Nam Dinh that has only recently become popular Hai Thinh is a clear and peaceful beach, which stretches over 3 km with smooth sand.

An untouched beach The scenery at Hai Thinh is unequalled by other beaches on the coast of Northern Vietnam, due to its untouched beauty and clean waters.

The beauty of the Hai Thinh beach is more pristine than Sam Son beach and Cua Lo as well as its cool climate. Because there is no muggy and hot Laos wind, Hai Thinh is always full of wind all days and nights.

Con Lu, Con Ngan in Hai Thinh beach located far from the coast about 20 km with abundant precious animals and plants.

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Hai thinh beach - a peaceful paradise

For visitors who live in noisy cities, Hai Thinh beach really is a peaceful paradise with churches, beautiful and gentle

atmosphere of living village.

If you want to take photos, you should travel by a bicycle, you can go by motorbike, but in my opinion, the noise of the machine and gasoline smell will not

make you feel completely comfortable.

Let us helps you discover the rustic beauty of the countryside that does not exist in any other beach

Hai Thinh has diverse, delicious and fresh seafood.

With visitors who cannot eat sea food, there are many tasty Junk joods in Hai Hau district with acceptable prices such as “banh cuan”, the famous beef noodle in the Nguyen Du Street, “Kem xoi”

in the Mac Thi Buoi intersection or the “pate” bread at the foot of Do Quan Bridge.

TRAN TEMPLE

Nam Dinh is the hometown of the Tran temple which is a famous historical

monument. It is located in Tran Thua Street, Loc Vuong ward, Nam Dinh city (next

to highway 1). This is a temple to worship the Tran kings and the mandarins of the

Tran dynasty. The Tran temple has three main structures: Thien Truong temple, Co

Trach temple, and Co Trach temple.

“Ngu Mon” is located on the outside of the monument, includes of five gates – 3 big gates and 2 small gates. It is built in the 2 stacked-floor style. On the “Ngu Mon”, there are some kangji: “Chinh Nam Mon” (the main gate in southern), and “Tran Mieu” (the shrine worships the Tran Kings.

Through “Ngu Mon”, there

is a carp statue in front of

the lotus lake, because the

original career of Tran

dynasty is fishing. The lake

has an area of 1000 square

meters. And the row of

ancient bricks leads you to

Thien Truong temple.

THIEN TRUONG TEMPLE

The Thien Truong temple was built from base on the old Thai shrine and Trung Quang palace. When the temple had been built, it consisted of three compartments, which were made from ironwood. To 1733, the temple was extended more with five compartments. The Thien Truong is located in center of the Tran temple. The temple

consists of “Tien Duong”, “Trung Duong”, “Chinh Tam”, and “Thieu Huong”

“Tien Duong” includes 12 main

columns and 12 small columns

which are located on the lotus-

shapedstone which ranks the

special article style of the Tran

dynasty. In the “Tien Duong”,

there are many altars to worship

the mandarins.

“Trung Duong” is the place to worship the tablets of 14 the Tran kings.

“Chinh Tam” is a place for worshipping the 4 “Thuy To” of the Tran dynasty and their wives in the nave.

“Thieu Huong” (or Kinh Dan) is a place for putting the altars and “bai vi” of the important mandarins.

CO TRACH TEMPLE

The Co Trach temple lives in the east of the Thien Truong temple. It was built in 1894. According to the book historical materials about Tran Hung Dao, when remodeling at the Thien Truong temple in 1868, people dug a broken piece of gravestones which had some words: the old house of Hung Dao prince.

So when this temple was built in

1894 and was inaugurated in

1895, it was named “Co Trach Tu”

(the old house). The Co Trach

temple puts the “bai vi” of Tran

Hung Dao, his family and

shoguns.

“Tien Duong” puts the “bai vi” of

3 Tran Hung Dao’s closest

shoguns.

“Thieu Huong” (“Kinh Dan”)

dedicates Tran Hung Dao statue

and 9 Buddha Statues.

“Trung Duong” dedicates the

“bai vi” of Tran Hung Dao’s

parents and his family.

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TRUNG HOA TEMPLE

Trung Hoa temple has been built since 2000. This temple was built on the same

site the Trung Hoa palace where the Tran Kings consulted the supreme

emperors. The temple’s architecture is same the Thien Truong’s.

House frame was made of

iron wood, and buildings

were designed with four

roofs which were curved

and soft. The Trung Hoa

temple is located in the

west of the Thien Truong

temple.

There are 14 bronze statues of

the Tran Kings in “Trung Duong”

and “Chinh Tam”.

“Thieu Huong” is a place for

worshipping the mandarins:

“Gian huu vu” is for worshipping

the military mandarins, “Gian ta

vu” worshipes the literary ones.

On the beginning of January in Lunar calendar, the seal opening festival (“Khai An” festival ) of the Tran temple which is very bustling and this festival attracts many visitors in Nam Dinh, other provinces and foreign visitors.

“KHAI AN” FESTIVAL

It is necessary to recognize that the “Khai An” and “Phat An” festival are the traditional festival to shows the people’s respect to ancestors. This is considered as form of intangible culture. The “Phat An” festival brings the unique culture in Nam Dinh, so “La An” can be considered as a cultural tourism products here.

The seal opening festival was a customs from 19th of the Tran dynasty in “Phu Thien Truong”.

The festival started at “Gio Ty” about 11 p.m in 14th to 1 a.m in 15th of lunar years.

When entering the festival, 7 villages must have the palanquin procession to Thien Truong temple to worship the Tran Kings. The old wear “Ao Dai” and “Khan Xep” and villagers gather at the Co Trach temple to pray the holy and take part in “Khai An” festival.

The ark of seal is put formally on the altar. In the ark, there are two wooden seals. On the surface of the small seal, there is engraved with words “Tran Mieu” and on the surface of the big sale, there is engraved with the words “Tran mieu Tu dien” and small line word “Tich Phuoc Vo Cuong”.

“KHAI AN” FESTIVAL

Tran Temple

Tran Temple

At “Gio Ty” “Chu Te” prays in Co Trach Temple and asks for palanquin procession to Thien Truong Temple and offers incense to worship the “Sky” and “Land” at the Trung Thien altar. The seal was a brought to the inner palace and put in “Ban Cong Dong”. “Chu Te” asked for opening seal. After that “Boi Te” puts “Diep” paper formally in front of Chu Te’s seat. Gong and drum are played loudly. Chu Te seal in red ink on “diep” paper there must take note clearly date, month and year. Next “Dau son” on “diep” paper in order that the last word is birth, age, sickness and death. Anyone who has the seal, hopes to get a lucky in work, life without difficulty and risky. After the festival, there are many cultural activities such as wresting, dragon dance, lion dance and chicken fighting.

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One of popular Nam Dinh Dessert Recipes is Thorn Leaf Cakes (Bánh Lá Gai). It is also one of cakes you should not miss when you have a chance to visit Nam Dinh province. - Bà Thi cake keeps the particular traditional favor.

Nhan cake - Talking about the unique cuisine of Vietnam, we cannot miss Nhan cake of Nam Dinh province- the yummy food of Hai Hau yellow sticky-rice country. The cake brings the name of a kind fruit. However, it isn’t made from fruits. It is made from sticky-rice, fresh eggs, sugar, fresh lard.

Nem nắm is a traditional dish of Giao Thuy District, Nam Dinh province. Because It keeps the particular traditional favor .This dish is made from roasted rice, pork, pigskin, Sa Chau fish sauce. This food is usually accompanied by the fig leaf.

Beef noodles Phởbò

Pho bo Nam Đinh

Adress: 2A BàTriệu P. BàTriệu TP. Nam Dinh * Phone: 0989660044

Ingredients: Flat rice noodles

in a light, meat-based broth, chili, basil, lime, slides of beef.

“Phở bò” is considered as a unique variation on this dish from Nam Dinh. It began in the early 20th century in Dong Xuan commune, Nam Truc district, Nam Dinh province. When you taste a bowl of “Phở bò” with the soft noodles, the slices of beef, the small spring onion & dill and bouillon.You will not be able to forget the particular flavor of it. Visitors can enjoy the traditional noodles at Ba Trieu street – Nam Dinh city.

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Nam Dinh Cuisine

Nam Dinh is not only famous for cultural values but also the cuisine. Traveling in Nam Dinh province, visitors can find for yourself delicious dishes. There are many traditional and famous dishes that visitors should not miss them such as Pho Bo, Thorn Leaf Cakes Recipe (Banh Gai), Nhan cake, “Nem nam” Giao Thuy,…

Nam Dinh Cuisine

TOUR GUIDES

1. Chu Hải Hường

2. Đào Thị Huyền Nhung

3. Nguyễn Thị Hồng Nhung

4. Trần Thị Phượng

5. Đinh Thị Sen