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The road from Thai Nguyen to Bac Kan is in pretty good condition and meanders through some very scenic areas, especially the bowl-shaped tea hills. | |
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Bach Ma National Park |
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Bach Ma National Park is located in central Vietnam (less than an hour drive from Hue city) and around 680 km from the country's capital Hanoi. The national park covers an area of 22, 031 ha and was created in 1991 to protect the centre of the last corridor of forest stretching from the South China Sea to the border with Lao PDR. | |
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Buon Me Thuot |
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Like Kontum and Pleiku, the main attraction of Buon Ma Thuot is not the town itself but the surrounding area. There are numerous ethnic villages and also some spectacular waterfalls, all of which are within a day's trip. Although on the Central Highlands, Buon Ma Thuot is at a lower altitude than Dalat at 451 m, so does not necessarily offer the same cool escape from the hot weather. | |
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Cao bang |
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Cao Bang town is in the proximity of the Chinese border which recently made it a veritable boom town with quite new flash development. | |
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Cat Tien National Park |
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Cat Tien National Park Is one of Vietnam important national park in Vietnam, Cat Tien is about 3 hours drive from Ho Chi Minh city, It protects one of the largest areas of lowland tropical rainforests left in Vietnam. Cat Tien national park was protected initially in 1978 as two sectors, Nam Cat Tien and Tay Cat Tien. Another sector, Cat Loc, was gazeted as a Rhinoceros Reserve in 1992 upon the discovery of a population of Javan Rhinoceros, an occasion that brought the park into the world's eye. The three areas were combined to form one park in 1998 | |
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Cao Daism is an interesting mixture of Buddhism, Christianity, Taoism and Confucianism, all of which are evident in the garish temple at Tay Ninh. Essentially, | |
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Cuc Phuong, opened in 1962, is the first National Park opened in Vietnam. It is 140 km South of Hanoi and 55km from Ninh Binh. It covers roughly 25, 000 hectares. The botanical richness of the forest is impressive as it supports a wide variety of flora species and patches of primeval forest, including ancient trees with thick clusters of roots, and parasitic plants and ligneous creepers. |
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Da Nang |
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Da Nang was the landing point of both the French and the Americans during their stints in Vietnam. When the French established a garrison in Da Nang (then called Tourane), more soldiers died from disease than the associated fighting in establishing the garrison. There is now a small cemetery dedicated to them. | |
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Dien Bien Phu |
This was the scene of the siege in 1954 that finally broke the back of the French war effort in Vietnam. In an attempt to halt Viet Minh (Vietnam Independence Association) incursions into Laos, the French commander |
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Halong Bay & Cat Ba |
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Situated in the North-East region of Vietnam, Halong Bay is a bay in the Gulf of Tonkin comprised of regions of Halong City, the township of Cam Pha, and a part of the island district of Van Don. Halong Bay borders Cat Ba Island in the southwest, the East Sea in the east, and the mainland, creating a 120 km coastline. | |
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Mai Chau |
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This small village is not marked on many maps, but if you are heading from Hoa Binh to Moc Chau it is impossible to miss.. | |
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Mekong Delta |
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Originated from the Tibetan highland plateau of 2, 800 miles away, the Mekong River ends up in the southern part of Vietnam, and turns this fertile land into the largest agricultural basket with vast rice fields and huge plantations of Vietnam, contributing to putting Vietnam at the second position in worldwide rice exporting. | |
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Mui Ne- Phan Thiet |
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Phan Thiet is an old Cham outpost with a population of 75, 000 people. Its renown for its large fishing fleet and is famous for "nuoc mam", or fish sauce, | |
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My Son |
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My Son has what is arguably the best collection of Cham art and architecture in a natural setting in Vietnam. | |
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Nha Trang |
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Nha Trang, which now has a population of 280, 000 was constructed as a seaport in the 1920s. It is the capital of Khanh Hoa province. Fishing is the major industry. It is one of the most beautiful cities in southern Vietnam. It has with lovely beaches, 19 beautiful surrounding islands and is renown for its great ice cream! As the influx of tourists from Vietnam and abroad is ever increasing, a diversity of hotels and guests houses have been built along the beautiful beachfront. Intermingled with these new hotels are some very quaint and sometimes majestic old French villas. | |
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Perfume Pagoda |
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Situated in the North-East region of Vietnam, Halong Bay is a bay in the Gulf of Tonkin comprised of regions of Halong City, the township of Cam Pha, and a part of the island district of Van Don. Halong Bay borders Cat Ba Island in the southwest, the East Sea in the east, and the mainland, creating a 120 km coastline. | |
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Phu Quoc |
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Situated in the Gulf of Thailand, close to both Ha Tien, Rack Gia and the Cambodian coast, Phu Quoc Island possesses excellent white sand beaches and great snorkeling opportunities. Some of the islands to the South of Phu Quoc are also great for swimming and viewing the marine life.
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Saigon/Ho Chi Minh |
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Saigon, officially re-named Ho Chi Minh City is a thriving metropolis with an unavoidable western flavor or influence offering quite a different experience than Hanoi. While Hanoi is a smaller city where you can savor more traditions and the obvious traces of the red-tape which can be found in any capital city, Saigon is in continuous transition as it takes in the best and worst sides of "doi moi" movements (renovation of the country) based on the market economy rules. | |
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Sapa |
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Sapa is the most popular place to go in the Far Northwest amongst budget travelers and packages tourists alike. By using Sapa as a base you can hike off to more remote ‘traditional’ hill tribe villages and sometimes you will be offered a bed in a village for the night | |
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Son La |
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Located 320km northwest of Hanoi, Son La town is often used as a half-way overnight stop on the way to Dien Bien Phu | |
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Tam Coc |
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Tam Coc means three caves, which takes about two hours driving from Hanoi (110 km) to the South, and visitors may say that distance is not a matter after seating in a boat rowed by one or two local persons in Hoang Long river and see the first limestone mountains, which will run along their riverway for several kilometers | |