“Definitely will come back, many times”… is the affirmation of photographer Son Doan – a travel blogger with interesting stories and pictures that carry the colors of youth and gentle peace. Once coming to Vinh city, the young photographer with more than 54,000 followers on his personal page and thousands of views on Instagram “Cute things” posted an interesting story about Vinh: “Recently, when people ask me where I want to go the most, I often answer “Vinh”. Before, I often passed by Vinh but didn’t know what Vinh had and where to go, so I usually just passed by without stopping. But since I met friends in Vinh, heard people talk, heard people mention, I always wanted to go to Vinh once. Now that I have the chance to visit, apart from being infatuated, everything is peaceful in the way I thought”…
Thanh Vinh in Son Doan's perspective is not only his own feelings about Vinh, but also resonates with many other images on his journey to Nghe An. Looking at the photos Son Doan posted on social networks, it seems that each photo is a gentle, simple story: the green rice fields stretching out, the night train in the crowded station, the rough stone embankments on Lan Chau island, the shimmering sunlight of dawn on Cua Lo beach... From another quiet perspective, the photographer is truly moved by the thatched roofs of Uncle Ho's hometown, the simple bamboo blinds in front of his house...
In the eyes of the 9X generation, Vinh city still appears with many new and modern features, with street corners with red-tiled roofed houses, beautifully designed cafes, deserted and strangely quiet roads at noon. Perhaps, the time to take those photos was at the beginning of summer, when the scorching sun had begun to touch the lives of Nghe An people. Therefore, in the photos of travel blogger Son Doan, there is no hustle and bustle. However, that tranquility still gives viewers the feeling of a very unique Nghe An, beautiful and simple enough to make visitors from afar "fall in love" - both literally and figuratively.
The story about Vinh city and the fresh, gentle photos received hundreds of shares and comments from the online community after a short time of posting. Among them, there were people, even those from Nghe An or Vinh, who were surprised when looking back at the place where they lived and are living: "Wow, Vinh is so beautiful, I didn't recognize it!"; "What a pretty Vinh, my friend. Vinh city through your lens is so beautiful"... Comments also expressed surprise because from another perspective, "Vinh looks so peaceful, if I don't look closely, I really don't know this is the city where I live"...
Regarding photographer Son Doan, who later shared his journey across Vietnam, Vinh city, Nghe An province was one of the places that left an unforgettable impression on him: People are often curious why Vinh - because hearing the name does not immediately bring up a specialty, a place, a typical dish of the region. But I will definitely return to Vinh to explore...
Not only Son Doan, recently, many travel bloggers have come to Nghe An, stopped at Vinh city and many other places here and left interesting pictures and stories, attracting many followers, leaving excited comments when they unexpectedly discovered a land that seemed familiar but strange. For the young man Truong Thanh Duy - a blogger from Lam Dong province, the trip to Nghe An left many impressions on him, because this is a land with many "coffee shops, relics, and top-notch food". During this trip, he also enjoyed saying that the Nghe An accent is very cute, even though "when people speak quickly, I can't keep up".
Introducing Nghe An, he was also impressed with "too many places" with interesting scenery such as the sunset at the lake, visiting Cua Lo beach... The video clip was edited by Thanh Duy briefly but had beautiful, new perspectives, accompanied by a cute introduction, receiving a lot of sympathy from viewers. After only a few days of posting on his personal page, there were nearly 2,000 comments and nearly 1,000 shares. In the comments, many people said that "I hope to return to Nghe An one day to experience these interesting and exciting things".
Nghe An with Uncle Ho's hometown, Cua Lo beach, and the vast green Pu Mat National Park are not strange places on the Vietnam tourism map. Even, those who are passionate about travel and exploration consider it one of the destinations not to be missed, because this is a land of many sediments, with meaningful red addresses, with a rich, diverse and rich culture.
However, traveling is not simply about sightseeing, and if you only focus on the places on the list, perhaps many people will only go once and then have no motivation to return. The current travel trend is about experiencing and discovering new things, such as culinary tourism. With more than 60,000 followers, the culinary introduction channel called "Hai chua minh vui ga" has devoted many clips to evaluating Vinh city's cuisine. The owners of these clips are Ha Vy - Ha Trang, two former students of Vinh University High School for the Gifted.
After graduating from the National Economics University, with a passion for exploring tourism and loving cuisine, Trang and Vy have traveled many times and created many culinary clips across the country. When asked why Vy has so much favor for the cuisine of Vinh city in particular and Nghe An in general, the girl born in 1998 said: I have been to many places but am still impressed with the cuisine of my hometown. Indeed, there are many dishes and interesting places to eat that if not introduced, people far away cannot know. What makes us happiest is that after clips like "Eat all the food in Vinh", "Come back to Vinh and go out at night", "If you don't go on a food tour for 5 days in Vinh, what will you do?"... more people know about Vinh city and Vinh cuisine. That is also a way to promote and connect Vinh - Nghe An to everyone!
Besides the clips introduced in a rather simple way, recently, many clips that are quite detailed and elaborately staged about Nghe An tourism have also been widely shared. The strengths of these clips are attractive images, interesting and concise narration, so they easily attract many viewers. Many travel bloggers choose Vinh and Nghe An, because this is a land with many things to explore, new and has a lot of potential to introduce in terms of landscape, people, relics, culture and rich cuisine.
Hopefully, one day not far away, from the stories and images of those visitors from far away, the love of tourists from all over the world for Nghe An tourism will be more abundant. And if there is a chance, there will be more visitors from near and far who will come, will return, will love Nghe An with a unique, emotional perspective.