Leisure activities People may have leisure such as listening to music, watching T.V, doing sports, playing games or collecting things Me too My leisure activities are reading books I enjoy reading many types of books such as newspapers, stories… but my favorite is comic and novel I often read in the evening after I finish preparing everything for the next day's learning When I have free time, I often go to bookstores to look for new books Once a week, I go to the city library to read there I sometimes read books online if I can’t get copies of the books I want I really like reading because books help me relax a lot of after school Thanks for reading, I can broaden my knowledge and learn new things Moreover, reading gets my rich soul I love reading book very much Life in the countryside In my opinion, life in the countryside is interesting because of many good points Firstly, Living in the countryside is really good for your life because it has a clean environment by there is fewer car and factories here Beside there, countryside has lots of green trees which offer the fresh air so I can enjoy it It also hasn’t noisy and pollution Moreover, all thing in the countryside often cheap, fresh and safe than city Special, people here are more friendly, kind and hospitable Beside the advantage, it also has a lot of disadvantage There are inconvenient because the hospital, police station and school far away Moreover, villager’s life is boring because the technology doesn’t develop On the other hand, a child here has less opportunity for higher education However, I prefer the countryside because life is simple; people are friendly and the air clean Peoples of Viet Nam Viet Nam is one of countries which have many ethnic groups Today, I want to introduce you about Khmer ethnic The Khmer have a population of about one million two hundred sixty thousand and six thousand They live in the provinces of Mekong Delta They also have their own writing system is Mon-Khmer group Near many rivers, main their job is farmer They grow rice, rise cattle and poultry Moreover, they make sugar and anything Khmer people wear the Kinh’s style of dress except special occasion The tradition dress of us is xampot They have two main holidays: New Year and Greet-the-Moon festival In Greet-theMoon festival, they have many interesting activities such as dragon boat races, floating lantern Our customs and traditions In my opinion, customs and traditions are very important for the Vietnamese life Like other families, my family has our own customs and traditions Firstly, there’s a custom in our family of children standing in a row to greet guests It expresses respect to the guest from the host Secondly we have the tradition of having lunch together on the second day of Tet Everyone has to be there before p.m to have the dinner and talk about the Tet holiday Thirdly, It is the custom for my family to spend Sunday together We usually go to supermarket or go for a picnic Sometimes, my family celebrates grilled party We all enjoy this customs and traditions because they provide our family with sense of belonging Moreover, it makes us closer as a family and help make life better Festivals in Viet Nam Vietnam is a country with a treasure is very rich festival Inside, I like Mid-autumn festival best This is the day children’s festival, also known as the “Festival looks Moon” Mid-autumn Festival held in everywhere of Vietnam on 15th lunar month every year Children are provided many kind of lantern In some areas, people also held dragon dance, lion dance to the children happy The children torch light everywhere and sing together Adult serve feast by fruit, sweet and many kind of food, specialty is moon cakes Moon cakes, which are made from flavor, dried fruit, meat, egg, pumpkin’s seed, peanut, are so sweet and good tasting In many places, people also float lanterns to the river to pray lucky While, children are waiting for the moon to rise, they sing, , dance and listen to the story of Hang Nga and Cuoi Mid-Autumn celebration is also an opportunity for members of the family to get together and share everything in their year Folk Tales Once upon a time, there was a rich man living in a village When he died, he left his two sons a fortune But the elder brother gave his brother only a starfruit tree When the fruit was ripe, an eagle came and ate it The younger brother begged the eagle not to The eagle promised to repay him in gold and told him to make a bag to carry it Then, the eagle took him on its back to a place of gold When he got home he was rich The elder brother was surprised, so he asked his brother to explain After hearing the story, he offered to swap his fortune for the starfruit tree and his kind brother accepted When the eagle came, the elder brother asked it to take him to the place of gold He filled a very large bag and all his pockets with gold On the way home, because the load was too heavy, the eagle got tired and drooped him into the sea