'Wrap it separately, light a fire together' to cook Tet banh chung on Lam river
(Baonghean.vn) - Tet is coming very close with the joyful welcome of people everywhere. In that joy, the fishing villages on Lam River also have a new spirit to welcome Spring.
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| The fishing village along Cua Tien River is like a peaceful floating town. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| The Tet atmosphere is bustling when groups, associations and volunteers visit. Gifts such as warm blankets, banh chung, rice, fish sauce, cooking oil, cash, etc. from organizations and individuals have partly made Tet more cozy for the poor people in the neighborhood. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| A woman from Thanh Son fishing village, hamlet 16, Hung Long commune (Hung Nguyen) is washing her boat for Tet holiday. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Women in the fishing village try to sell some more fish on the last day of the year to earn money for Tet. Photo: Huy Thu |
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Ha Long fishing village in Thanh Ha commune (Thanh Chuong) is precariously located at the foot of Ha mountain, where 13 households are living on boats. Photo: Huy Thu |
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Many families take a break from fishing on the river to clean their boats to celebrate Tet. Photo: Huy Thu |
 Children in a fishing village take advantage of a small piece of land along the Lam River to play sports during the Tet holiday. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| This Tet, the family of Mr. Tran Van Lai (35 years old) in Ha Long hamlet, Thanh Ha commune (Thanh Chuong) is happier because they have an additional flat screen TV, a gift from a poor household. He asked for electricity from a household on the shore to broadcast the TV for his wife and children to watch. Mr. Lai confided: "This TV has been a long-standing wish of my wife and I, now that we have it, my family will definitely be happier this Tet." Photo: Huy Thu |
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| On Tet holiday, a few pots of banh chung from the poor neighborhood were cooked on the riverbank, in the spirit of "wrapping each separately and cooking together, gathering around the fire together". Photo: Huy Thu |
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| The faint scent of banh chung mixed with the smell of kitchen smoke warms up the Tet atmosphere by the river. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| In recent years, many resettlement projects for people in fishing villages on the Lam River have "failed halfway", but with the desire to escape the "drifting life", they still hope to one day live in the "promised land". Photo: Huy Thu |
