Ho Chi Minh City (Sai Gon)

Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) is Vietnam's commercial headquarter, brash and busy , with a keen sense of its own importance as Vietnam emerges from years of austerity to claim a place in the "Asian Tiger" economic slugfest. Located on the Saigon River, Ho Chi Minh City is Vietnam's major port and largest city, with an estimated population of over eight million people, most of whom cruise the town's clogged arteries on an estimated three million motorbikes. True to its reputation, the city is noisy, crowded, but the central business district is rapidly developing in steel-and-glass precision to rival any city on the globe. The old Saigon still survives in wide downtown avenues flanked by pristine colonials. Hectic and eclectic, Ho Chi Minh...

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Posted in: Ho Chi Minh,The South

Valley of Love

LOCATION:                Valley of Love is about 5 km far from the center of Da Lat city to the north. FEATURES: Another famous attraction in Vietnam is the Valley of Love (Thung Lung Tinh Yeu) in Dalat which is formerly known as Valley of Peace. Dalat is famous for honeymooners because of its cool temperature. Temperatures are pleasantly warm by day, and quite cool at night, down to perhaps 10C. Its temperature also attracts natives and tourists to the area. The Valley of Love is where couples and lovers visit. Because of its name, many beautiful sculptures of lovers, and many couples and lovers walking around the area, i feel that the place is full of love. Valley of Love is ringed by...

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Posted in: Da Lat,The South

Camly Waterfall

Cam Ly waterfall is located at the end of Hoang Van Thu street which is 2 km far from the city center. The name “Camly” is explained in many ways with legends according to regions. * The first story: According to Mr. Chil Long who live in Ta Nung Commune, in the old time, they called the waterfall Liang Sra and there was a village of Lach minority people, which is located near the present Ma Trang Son street, Yagut street, Tran Binh Trong street, Le Lai street and Hoang Dieu street. The chief of the village was Mr. Yagut Hamon whose son was Dam M'ly or Mon M'ly. At that time the French dominated the region and for some reasons, they tortured Dam M'ly very cruelly; they tied Dam M'ly by the nests of ants and bees in the forest in order...

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Posted in: Da Lat,The Central

Dam Sen Park

LOCATION:                03 Hoa Binh, Ward 3, District 11, Hochiminh City, Vietnam PHONE: (84-4) 8. 896 0260/896 4706 FEATURES: Opening time Mon-Sat: 08:30 a.m – 06:00 p.m  Sundays and Holidays: 08:00 a.m – 07:00 p.m “Oh my kids did have a wonderful time at Dam Sen Park, and keep asking me to bring them back some day!”, smiled a young mother when asked about Dam Sen park in Hochiminh City. Most families visiting Hochiminh City much enjoy interesting games in Dam Sen Park, the ideal place of interest for small children. Opened in 1999, it now covers more than 50 ha on the corner of Lac Long Quan and Hoa Binh Street, and comprises various areas. Annually, it has several new...

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Posted in: Ho Chi Minh,The South

Ca Na Beach

As one of the most wildest and beautiful beaches of Vietnam, Ca Na Beach, the “Sleeping Princess” of Ninh Thuan province, is warmly beckoning tourists. Ca Na beach On the map of Vietnam tourism as well as the world’s, Ca Na is amongst the impressive names for a picturesque landscape of sea, mountain, forest, and even a Cham culture. It is this combination of natural beauty and cultural value that makes it a tourism heaven for any kind of visitors. A quick look. Ca Na is fortunate to be granted such a favorable location, which is on the trans-Vietnam railway, right on the 1A Highway, and around 200km east of Ho Chi Minh City. It stretches as far as 10km with blue sky and purely green water. Ca...

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Posted in: Ninh Thuan,The Central

Duc Ba Cathedral

LOCATION:           Duc Ba Cathedral is located on Han Thuyen Street, facing down Dong Khoi Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City. FEATURES:           The resplendent Governor's Palace, completed in 1875, symbolized the regime's Political Power in Asia. And five years later, the Duc Ba (Our Lady's) Cathedral was Inaugurated, and became the spiritual and cultural crucible of the French presence in the Orient. After the first French colonizing force arrived in Vietnam in the mid-19thcentury, it took only 21 years before the country had a cathedral to match the hulking Gothic edifices of France itself. The cathedral is supposed to represent the glory of the French Empire. Yet, as is always...

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Posted in: Ho Chi Minh,The South

Diving in Nha Trang beach

As the Republic of Vietnam grows more and more as a favorite tourist destination in South East Asia, its shore line is home of some good dive sites in Nha Trang and off to the island of Mun also known as Hon Mun. Situated on the north east of Ho Chi Minh City (former Saigon), and far from the murkier waters of the Mekong river delta, Nha Trang offers great Vietnamese culture, essentially based on the harvest of the sea in a very traditional way. The coast line around Nha Trang has Developed through history its pure tradition of fishing Techniques and it will be possible to visit some of these Fishermen Villages, guardian of ancestrous traditional fishing secrets. Vietnam is the newest dive destination. Nha Trang offers fantastic sites:...

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Posted in: Nha Trang,The South