| Hi guys, welcome back to the series of Months in Vietnam and are you ready for April? |
| Let's get started right away. |
| My name is Ling, welcome back to VietnamesePod101.com, |
| the fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn Vietnamese. |
| And let's go. |
| Since we got a few popular holidays, first let's start with the Lies Day, which is April 1st. |
| So Lies Day is also known as April Fool's Day and you know what it is, right? |
| I don't have to talk a lot about that, so let's learn one sentence in Vietnamese. |
| April Fool's Day is also known as Lies Day, which is also known as Lies Day. |
| Lies Day is also known as April Fool's Day, which is also known as April Fool's Day. |
| April Fool's Day is also known as April Fool's Day, which is also known as April Fool's Day. |
| April Fool's Day is also known as April Fool's Day, which is also known as April Fool's Day. |
| April Fool's Day is also known as April Fool's Day, which is also known as April Fool's Day. |
| And being responded by many countries, including Vietnam. |
| As you can see, the sentence structure is pretty much similar to English. |
| So in general, the sentence structure if translating to Vietnamese is going to be almost the same. |
| It's also one of the good things about learning Vietnamese, if you already speak English. |
| This is the day for like single people to celebrate their single life. |
| And in Vietnamese, we can say |
| That means Black Valentine's for people who worship celibacy |
| Black Valentine's for people who are single, who are still looking for |
| their partner or who worship celibacy. Interesting, right? |
| Vietnamese Books Day, April 21st. |
| In Vietnam, we've got two book streets that are in Saigon and in Hanoi. |
| Saigon is Nguyễn Văn Bình Street and in Hanoi is |
| This day was born in order to encourage and develop reading movements. |
| Next one, one of the very popular special days in April. |
| I think you also know it, which is the Earth Day, April 22nd. |
| The purpose of the Earth Day is to raise awareness of the value of the natural environment. |
| You will see that the word forms in Vietnamese will be different. |
| Like sometimes it's opposite to English because the adjective will be used after the nouns. |
| So we don't say |
| Next one, one of the very big holidays in Vietnam, which is the public holiday. |
| And we've got a day off as well. |
| So April 30th is the day that the South of Vietnam is officially liberated. |
| So that means the South of Vietnam, which is Saigon city, officially got independence. |
| One of the holidays according to the rules in April is the day that the South of Vietnam is officially liberated. |
| So you will see the structure |
| That means like according to the law or according to the policy |
| is the April 30th, which is the liberation day of the South of Vietnam. |
| April is also a very special month because it begins summer, right? |
| So it also becomes a very nice inspiration for musicians. |
| One of the very popular songs that is song by Khanh Linh, |
| which is a very popular singers in Vietnam. |
| means April is coming. |
| The melody is like |
| I'm not good at singing so that's enough. |
| The next song, which is also very popular, which is |
| One of the very popular male singers in Vietnam. |
| April is a lie of hers, something like that. |
| Next one, another song about April, which is |
| He's also very popular in Vietnam. |
| He was in top five of Vietnam Idol since this is summer already. |
| There will be a lot of summer fruits that you can find in Vietnam. |
| The next song, which is also very popular, which is |
| They are very popular fruits in April. |
| In Vietnam, we have a very common and popular snack, which is |
| Usually they will put sour mango into a glass or like a box |
| and they put some salt, some chili flakes, some sugar, and some other ingredients |
| and then they shake. |
| You should try that kind of snack in Vietnam, okay? |
| is very popular in Vietnam in April because this is like the tourism season. |
| The Mekong Delta River. |
| In Vietnam, we say |
| Traveling in April, please visit or you can visit floating markets. |
| Some of the very common dishes in Mien Tây, which are |
| The weather is very dry, it's not rainy. |
| Some of the very popular floating markets in the east of Vietnam, we got |
| Chợ nổi ngã năm ở Sóc Trăng. |
| Okay, so remember to visit these markets, okay? |
| Another activity that you can do is to visit |
| Khu du lịch sinh thái miệt vườn. |
| Ecotourism gardens. |
| So this kind of gardens is very popular because they provide a lot of fruits to the whole country. |
| So you can basically visit the gardens directly and enjoy the fruits, the fresh fruits. |
| We've got |
| Vùng đất tứ linh. |
| Linh here is like linh thiêng sacred. |
| Vùng đất tứ linh means like four sacred lands or areas. |
| Vùng đất tứ linh. |
| First one is Cồn Long. |
| Second one is Cồn Lân. |
| Third one is Cồn Quy. |
| And the last one is Cồn Phụng. |
| Cồn Phụng. |
| So these four cones are in different cities and they're called Vùng đất tứ linh. |
| Next one there are a few tourism areas that you can visit such as |
| Khu du lịch Lan Vương ở Bến Tre. |
| Khu du lịch Mỹ Khánh ở Cần Thơ. |
| If you're a sea lover then you can also visit some beaches. |
| The first one we've got Đảo Nam Du, Đảo Hòn Che, Bãi Biển Mũi Nai or Đảo Hải Tắc. |
| Another activity that you can do is to ghé thăm những ngôi chùa khơ me. |
| Ghé thăm những ngôi chùa khơ me means to visit Khmer temples. |
| I believe that long long time ago we were blended with like Cambodia or Khmer ethnic city |
| because I feel like some of them look very alike and when I visited Cambodia or Laos or Thailand |
| sometimes I feel like the structure, the design of the temples in those countries are pretty similar to |
| what we got in Khmer temples in Vietnam. |
| Hầu hết đồng bào dân tộc Khơ Me ở Việt Nam đều sinh sống ở miền Tây. |
| That means most of the Khmer people in Vietnam live in the southern provinces. |
| Yeah that's it for today guys. April is basically one of the best months of the year to travel |
| everywhere in Vietnam and we've got like a lot of different places but today I want to focus |
| specifically in the east of Vietnam so that you know some of the cultural things and places to |
| visit. Thank you very much for watching. Don't forget to like this video, subscribe the channel |
| and visit the website vietnamespot101.com to learn more Vietnamese. Thank you so much again. |
| See you in the next one. Xin chào và hẹn gặp lại các bạn. |
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