Ho Chi Minh City (Sai Gon)

Introduction

Ho Chi Minh City also named Sai Gon is one of the two biggest cities in Vietnam. This is the administrative, cultural, commercial south. Ho Chi Minh City to focus a lot of the large commercial centers, markets or entertainment area filled with interesting like parks, cinemas ... The city is also the most important traffic hub of Vietnam, with all the types of traffic: roads, railways, waterways and airways, which makes it very convenient for tourists to visit.

Ho Chi Minh City is considered as a huge energy resources, the expanding trade of Vietnam, the city was dubbed the new child because of age more than 300 years. The people here are pretty friendly and hospitable.With a long history of over 300 years of construction and development, the city's tourism resources are diverse and extensive. Currently the city has about 400 monuments, including 45 heritage listed national level, many museums and other cultural buildings, religious value.
Ho Chi Minh City is full of the cheapest hotels to the most expensive hotels, from simple cafes to restaurants to curb weight, elegant; trade center skyscraper to the crowded market. You can also walk to visit ancient works such as the famous ancient temple next to a series of high-rise modern skyscrapers. These random opposition Saigon has created a beautiful and fascinating.

Ben Thanh night market

 History

Saigon is the former name of Ho Chi Minh City. Previously, Saigon is a place belongs to Cambodia in the 17th century, this period is known as a Saigon port city called Prey Nokor. After the 17th century, Saigon Vietnamese owned after the battle of the Nguyen dynasty (also with the Mekong Delta province). In 1698, Nguyen Huu Canh to obey Lord Nguyen Phuc Chu to explore the land of the South, he chose this land and established the Gia Dinh, marking the beginning of the history of the city. In 1859, French troops occupied Gia Dinh, to lay the foundation of long-term rule, the French construction planning promotion Saigon. They build bustling Saigon with many large, and called Saigon was the capital of Indochina, is called with the name of beauty is the Pearl of the Far East.

Saigon became the capital of the Republic of Vietnam from 1956 until 1975. After the liberation of the South in 1975, Saigon became the largest city of South Vietnam, and was renamed Ho Chi Minh City.

Cat Ba

Cat Ba introduction

Cat Ba island

    Rough, rugged and covered mostly by lush tropical forest around is the most noticeable feature of Cat Ba Island - the largest island in Ha Long Bay. Cat Ba is the ideal place for the tourists love to enjoy eco-tours combined with water sports. Come to Cat Ba, you can participate in a variety of exciting activities, attractions such as kayaking, observing wild birds, terrain biking, hiking and walking ...





    In particular, in addition to the fertile a rare land around the Cat Ba, the terrain of jagged limestone is much more, it is very difficult to be able to develop the basic agricultural crops. However, the people here make a living from the abundant produce, abundant sea and revenue from other forms of tourism services.

  In recent years, people on the island of Cat Ba has witnessed the flowering of a wide range of hotels, motels. Long series of reinforced concrete hotel area has created quite clear structure of a beautiful bay. However, there is still a large part of the island of Cat Ba is quite wild. Lan Ha Bay, seen from the peace, you can see almost the whole land of Cat Ba island pristine, no high-rise buildings and modern works invasive.

Cat Ba Amatina plan

   Nearly half of Cat Ba island (about 354 square kilometers) and 90 square kilometers near the coast of Cat Ba National Forest area rich of vegetation. Lakes, waterfalls, caves, adorn the scene filled with limestone hills make them more lively and beautiful. The highest position of the area above sea level of about 331 meters. Largest lake called Lake Frog (about 3 hectare). Most of the rain's water on the island of Cat Ba are flowing through the rocks and then flow to the sea . Freshwater flows has created valuable source of clean water for the dry season due to lack of water.

Lan Ha bay

Lan Ha Bay is a bay located south of Cat Ba Island, the most impressive beauty is dotted out hundreds of rocky peaks and tropical beaches.

Activities can do on Cat Ba island: Hiking, kayaking, swimming, fishing, discovering natural and more are waiting for you

Sa Pa - Lao Cai

Sa Pa introduction

  Originally set up as a rest station on the hill by the French in 1922, the town of  Sapa with full of allure has become one of the places where the most flourishing tourism industry in the North West Vietnam. Great views stretching over a wide area, the town is almost back to the east, making the whole scene where brighter every time a new day starts. Tilt down the slopes of the hills. Looking from the top down, Sapa is a sunken valley of terraced fields with the mountains surrounding skyscrapers four surface.

Sa Pa town

    It is common to see Sapa in hidden fuzzy time like the show looks more like an epic see Sapa manifest clearly. Because this town is always covered by a fog of illusion, billowing fog that surrounds the tip of the mountain. But the air is always damp and full of dew but Sapa has many routes is quite convenient, there is a very important market domain of those people who bring specific colors colorful cover spill the winding winding road.

Specialties of Sa Pa

   Sa Pa - Lao Cai is the kingdom of H'Mong ethnic minority people. Most of local people here are H'Mong. They sale their handmade brocades with many kind of goods from it such as cloth, bags and souvenirs... Besides, some other ethnic group people can easily found here are red Dao ethnic people. Don't be suprise when you see the group of colorful girl here in Sa Pa town, they're the red Dao people.

   By hiking along the road, you can see clearly the majesty of nature here with so many of cloudy mountains. Full of yellow in the autumn on the terraces with the glamorous smell of rice.

Phu Quoc island

Phu Quoc island introduction

Phu Quoc island

  Phu Quoc Island, also known as Jade Island is Vietnam's largest island. It's also the largest island of the 22 islands with population living in, located in the Gulf of Thailand. Phu Quoc island with other islands form attached Phu Quoc Island, Kien Giang. The entire island district has a total area of 589.23 km ² (by Stats land in 2005), approximately the size of Singapore island.


   Due to the characteristics of the location of Phu Quoc Island is located in the low latitudes to reach deep into the Gulf of Thailand, surrounded by the sea surrounded more or cool weather tropical monsoon. Climate is divided into two distinct seasons, the dry season starts from May 11 to May 4 lunar lunar year, and the rainy season starts from May 5 to May 10 lunar lunar calendar.

On the beach

Activities in Phu Quoc island:

Diving in Phu Quoc

   Diverse marine eco-systems of An Thoi archipelago in the South or Nails and islands of reform in the north of Phu Quoc island is an ideal place to explore the world's oceans, especially over the rangereefs where most wires are placed in Vietnam in abundance with 17 kinds of hardware, software and various anemones. Along with the tourism crew, you'll be exploring the ocean world where most natural and landed on the pristine island to enjoy and experience a holiday on the beach in your own way. Besides, you can fishing during your holiday here. It's must be so interesting and relaxing after so a long working time.

Squid fishing at night

Da Lat

  Da Lat introduction

   Located in the Lang Biang Plateau, the northern of Lam Dong province, north of Da Lat adjacent to Lac Duong district, to the east and southeast borders Don Duong district, on the west and south by two districts in Lam Ha and Duc Trong. Hundreds of years ago, Da Lat is the area of residence of the Creek, which is a resident of the Lang Biang Plateau. Dalat has an area of ​​400 km ², surrounded by high peaks and mountains in a row.

Camly waterfal

   Dalat is a land with many unusual features compared to other places in Vietnam. The weather here is temperate of a tropical country. Dalat is a sad vague beauty and adorned with ancient villa from the French colonial period or take elegant European chic. The garden, Dalat field covered steeped in a vibrant color of the flower, red strawberries and left, not a sea of rice such as asphyxia canvas country scene, as found in Vietnam. The decent resort at an altitude above sea level, your always welcome visitors from all over the country and the world to relax to enjoy the cold air that's attractive to would long Dala.

   The French arrived and discovered the first potential of Dalat. Landscape of Dalat characterized Europe, with both the bohemian and the colors artist. Do not forget to visit the valley of love with full of color flowers, Dalat park with a lot of rare animals such as birds, hemorrhoids ....

Da Lat foods:

Artichoke stew with pork was the most special food here in Da Lat. This is the tonic, the type of food which acts as a panacea that will help travelers sleep, diuretic, liver, a health resort in Dalat. But this article is only available in the restaurants, and just when to hit the artichoke season (between Christmas and early summer of the following year).

You also can find easily other Vietnamese foods here in Da Lat such as: Noodles, sea foods and the grilled dishes...

Hoi An

   Hoi An introduction

   Hoi An town is situated on the banks of the Thu Bon River. It formerly had a reputation for name Faifoo what the merchants of Japan, China, Portugal, Italy e.t.c...had been known since the 16th, 17th century. Since that time, it became the prosperous trading port of Hoi An, a major trading center of Southeast Asia, one of the main stations of the merchant ships in the Far East.

Hoi An at night

   The town has ancient streets almost intact, which is the tube through from one city to another city. Including a sequence adjacent to the right bank of the river town of Hoi An. Here all your wooden, hanging in the diaphragm, sentences, pillars carved pattern very picky ... Hoi An is a living museum, the old town is a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage.

  Foods from Hoian

  Undulated surf clam:

  Undulated surf clam is a type of mussel shell, the outside shell like oysters but smooth, not striped, smooth but still shaped. In the South China Sea, oyster appear more often in the early days of summer. Undulated surf clam scallop catch on, are inhabitants of the sea best to, freshest distribution for the clue (pubs, restaurants, hotels, etc.). Silk scallop meat juicy, crunchy brittle, what kind of processing is also delicious, from soup to grilled, steamed ...

Mi Quang ( Quang noodles)

Quang noodles is a kind of rustic simplicity food of the ancient people of Quang (Da Nang and Quang Nam). There are many kind of Quang noodles such as:  brown rice noodles made ​​of red-brown, bread containing turmeric yellow, also made ​​of rice flour, usually white as rice noodles... 

Quang noodles in Hoi An

  Quang noodles is served in dry food, a little water with thinly shredded pork, cooked with crushed dried shrimp. Quang noodles just wet noodle soups not fill a lot of water like Hanoi or bun bo Hue.

There are more good foods and accting and nice sight seeing things are waiting for you to discover here. Have a good trip to Hoi An.

Da Nang

Da Nang introduction

   Danang City is located on the Han River; east reaching to the sea with long bathing beaches and  Son Tra Peninsula very wildly; North and west is surrounded by high mountain passes. Hai Van Pass rugged cliff is a natural boundary between the city and Thua Thien-Hue.

   Apart from the natural preference of Da Nang, the city is also surrounded by three world cultural heritage: Hue, Hoi An and My Son. A little further is the world's natural heritage Bach Ma National Park,  Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park. So, Danang is considered an important transit point on the way Central Heritage.

   Danang is considered Vietnam's most dynamic city. Despite major changes in activity over the past decades, Da Nang is still a land of peace and less noisy. Walking along the Han River, you'll easily find hotels, apartments and a modern restaurant are coming up quickly. The city's most striking innovation is the introduction Da Nang International Airport - the largest airport of the Central Highlands.

   Most visitors after a few days of sightseeing tourist attractions, there will be time to enjoy the special dishes of local and enjoy the city's nightlife. Da Nang is a great place for a day trip. Located on the west bank of the Han River, the city is part of a long, thin peninsula, including Son Tra Mountain (U.S. Army was called Monkey Mountain). China Beach and the Marble Mountains is located southwest of the city.

Ba Na hil

Ba Na hill is one of the most beautiful resort in Vietnam, located in Da Nang province. When you visit Da Nang, you should not missed this beautiful place and Son Tra Mountain.

Phan Thiet-Mui Ne

Once upon a time, Mui Ne is an isolated spit of land cover, few people know. However, who have come here recognize that Mui Ne was so beautiful that people can't resist enjoying it. Penetration length passed and Mui Ne now has become a land ownership resorts in the most beautiful romantic Vietnam. And of course, increasing the number of this resort over the years. Beach there very own beauty and the resort is the same. Most of the resorts in Mui Ne are built for low roof, with lush fruit gardens facing the sea. In Mui Ne today remains the traditional fishing village, attracted a large number of tourists to visit. Because of this development, Mui Ne offers a sumptuous beauty than ever, with restaurants, of branded trendy shops sprouted more and more, but these are not really familiar with the local people.

  Mui Ne named by Western with affectionately was "Adrenaline Capital: of South Vietnam. Here there is no form of diving snorkel and a hot tub but no like rainy in Nha Trang and Hoi An, in Mui Ne only the waves. Rising wave range of August until December. If you like to play windsurfing (sail) is required to Mui Ne at a time of strong winds (from grade 7 to grade 10) in the period of late November to April. People who like this game should really have to thank the storm from the Philippines affect Mui Ne (create winds and big waves). In addition, you can also try kite flying in Mui Ne. Just reach in the late afternoon, Mui Ne skyline looming shadow of the kite flying with the wind. To relax, nothing is easier than you are lazy on the beach, make stress washed away from time also unaware.

Sand sliding in Mui Ne

  Rain in Mui Ne is usually divided into two approximately (about chronic rainy located near Phan Thiet), quite interesting. Giant sand dunes help protect the micro climate changes frequently unstable. Even during the wetseason (June to September), the rain is not too heavy and only sporadically.

  However, the irony is that Mui Ne is not a place that most tourists choose to rest for a long time. Mui Ne is a fishing village located in the southernmost peak of the country, down the east. Tourists usually rest days in Ham Tien area.