Hue, Imperial City

Still remaining its form of City underMiddle Age and the constructions of monarchic, a invaluable museum of Vietnam, this is Imperial City - the last remaining section of 19th-century Hue, and it is now a modern experiment in recreating traditional Vietnam. The Imperial City was recognized as a World Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO on December 1993. Let’s take a trip through the most important historical and cultural monument of Vietnam....

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Mu Cang Chai: charming and peaceful

Mu Cang Chai, lying at the foot of the Hoang Lien Son Mountain Range in Yen Bai Province about 350 kilometers from Hanoi and 1,000 meters above sea level, is one of the poorest mountainous regions in Vietnam and is home to many terraced fields which have been recognized as a national heritage and as Asia’s most beautiful terraced fields. A view of Mu Cang Chai's terraced fields.The wonderful landscape is made of endless terraced fields lying...

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Hoa Lu Ancient Capital

Hoa Lu Ancient Capital is the tourist destination which will bring you to a few imperial capitals of the country in the ancient and medieval eras. Visiting Hoa Lu, you will not only have a fun and exciting time, but can learn more about culture and history as well. Karst mountain range in picturesque Hoa LuHoa Lu is some 110km or two hours from Hanoi. Located near the town of Ninh Binh, Hoa Lu is the site of a 10th-century capital of an ancient...

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A float on Ha Long Bay

VietNamNet Bridge – Nature at its most magnificent, perfect harmony between sky and earth, mountains and water, makes Ha Long Bay in Quang Ninh province, 165 kilometers east of Hanoi, an essential stop for any visitor to Vietnam. Ships dot the Bay like floating castles. To spend a night on such a ship during holidays, tourists must book several months in advance. Ships typically leave the Bai Chay moorage depart at noon. The fare...

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Son Dong, the world's largest cave

Son Dong, a cave belongs to the Phong Nha-Ke Bang grotto system in central Quang Binh Province, has been discovered to be the biggest in the world. Son Doong cave, discovered by a local 18 years ago, is more than 200 meters wide, 150 meters high, and at least 6.5 kilometers long, though the explorers said they were unable to explore it fully. Bristish explorers have recently discovered that So Dong is much larger than the world’s biggest known...

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The Xuan Huong Lake – Aroma of Spring

Xuan Huong Lake- the most beautiful and biggest lake in Da Lat(Đà Lạt) city- is located in the center of this city. Being one of the attracting and poetic places, this lake is also a meeting place for loversLocated in the center of the city with 1,477km in height, 5km in circumference and about 40ha in square area because a part of this lake is consolidated. The Xuan Huong lake used to be a valley where the stream Cam Ly was across, and...

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Langbian – A love legend

Langbian mountain or Lam Vien mountain is far away from the center of Da Lat city to the North. It is 2,163m in height, and is a appreciate place for sport activities: climbing, parachuting, go hiking, bird and rare plants researching... Langbian is the symbol for a pure and faithful love of a couple in a local ethnic minority, They decided to commit suicide together to object to the strict rules of the old clans.The love story about the man...

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Sa Huynh, a pristine wonderland

Sa Huynh is an area dotted with quaint fishing villages and sandy beaches in the central region’s Quang Ngai Province.Located off National Highway 1A, along milestones 983-987 on the coast of Duc Pho District and parallel to the national railway line, Sa Huynh abounds with golden sand. The color of the sand changes during the day from an earthy brown early in the morning, to a shimmering gold around noon, followed by a pale blue hue on moonlit nights....

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Sapa’s beauty

Located in the northwestern region, the famous Sapa town in Lao Cai province is at the height of 1,600m above sea level. Its natural landscapes are captured by tourists. A house on the road to Ho village covered by mist by Tran Viet Dung. Terraced fields in Sapa by Tran Viet Dung. A quiet mountainous road by Tran Viet Dung. Chrysanthemums in Sapa town’s park by Tran Viet Dung. The stone-made church ...

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Tay ethnic group’s charming village - Ba Be National Park, Vietnam

Located in the heart of the Ba Be National Park in northern Bac Kan province, Pac Ngoi hamlet is one of a few hamlets that still keeps to the traditions, customs and habits of the Tay ethnic group, the second largest ethnic group in Vietnam.Ba Be National Park, VietnamPac Ngoi hamlet is home to 80 households comprising 400 people, who are mainly Tay ethnic people.When visiting the hamlet, tourists can observe ancient houses on stilts backing onto...

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Vietnam vacations experience - Beat it!

The Vietnamese are masters of the two-wheeler. People carry their entire lives, families and livelihoods on the back of their mopeds – no matter how diminutive. On the lush, green three hour drive past the rural expanse of paddy fields from Hanoi to Halong Bay. I saw a man with a whole live, twitching pig strapped to his backseat. Some women ride the things side-saddle, many seemingly unconcerned (even on a high-speed motorway) with the small trifle...

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Vietnam in Asia's Top 3 most popular destinations

Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia experience the fastest growth in popularity in Asia, according to Cheapflights UK, a British website for price search and comparison in travel. Searches for Indonesia are up 116 percent, followed by Vietnam with 94 percent and Malaysia with 79 percent.“While Thailand has long been a British favorite, neighboring East Asian countries have experienced a dramatic rise in search recently and we are starting to see a popularity...

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Exploring water lifestyle of Mekong Delta Vietnam

When the conversation is about the Mekong Delta, people immediately think of tropical rivers, interlacing canals, immense rice fields and the floating homesA view of floating Market in Mekong river, An Giang province.Lazing on a small sampan, tourists can feel they are so tiny on the boundless river and under the shade of countless trees. Witnessing the trade on the floating markets surely makes an impression on those in the delta for the first...

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Carnival atmosphere in northern bay

Visitors to Ha Long Bay enjoy annual carnival with art performances and firework displays The 2009 Ha Long Tourism Festival, the largest of its kind, is expected to welcome 500,000 visitors TUOI TRE A carnival atmosphere will once again heat up UNESCO-listed Ha Long Bay with the “2009 Ha Long Tourism Festival,” to...

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Hoi An lights up - Discover traditional Vietnam's Ancient Town

The old port town of Hoi An has always been one of Vietnam’s most charismatic and seductive tourist spots and at Lunar New Year hundreds of lanterns added to its charmHoi An ancient town with lanterns, VietnamOn the last day of the Lunar New Year, the ancient streets of Hoi An were filled with the thick scent of incense and anticipation. The typically relaxed locals were fluttering around hastily making arrangements before one year ended and another...

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Satisfy your bucolic yearnings

if (198500 = 194673) $("#pTitle").css("display", "none"); by Cong Thanh Different world: Duong Lam village in Son Tay, 60km west of Ha Noi, is one of the most visited sites by local and foreign tourists alike. — VNS Photos Hoai Nam A culinary treasure: Jars of soya sauce ferment on the sunlit patio of a 163-year-old house...

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Bicycle tourism booms

if (198273 = 194673) $("#pTitle").css("display", "none"); by Thanh Ha Wheeling around: Members of the E Mong cycle group on the road. E Mong organises regular cycle tours around the country. — File PhotoPedalling slowly on his rented bicycle, Jerome Gastel, a visitor from Switzerland, enjoys the fascinating architecture of Ha...

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Have a foggy, jolly, Christmas in Sapa, Vietnam

Temperatures in Sapa, the most famous tourist site of northern Vietnam, are less than 4oC, but the town is very crowded with foreign and local visitors who come to celebrate Christmas. VietNamNet reports in photos:Despite the cold spell, ethnic minority girls still travel to town from their far-away villages. The cold doesn’t stop visitors. All hotels decorate their entrances to welcome Christmas.Hoang Manh Dung, Director of the Sapa Department...

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