On cloud nine

July 11th, 2009

If you’re desperate to escape the oppressive summer heat in Hanoi, the mountain town of Tam Dao offers a cool respite.

The journey to Tam Dao begins at the foot of the mountain road that rises up at an ever increasingly precipitous angle. I drop the motorcycle into second gear and start to grind and wind [...]

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Hoteliers, tourism firms hail relaxed rules on late-night hotel services, outbound tours

July 11th, 2009

Hoteliers and foreign-local joint venture tour operators have welcomed two new decisions from the Government that allow four and five-star hotels to remain open until 2 a.m. and tour operators to arrange outbound tours.

The five-star Caravelle and Sheraton Saigon hotels in downtown HCMC. Four- and five-star hotels will be allowed to stay open until 2 [...]

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Da Lat presents adventurous tours

July 11th, 2009

The lover’s city, Da Lat, not only presents beautiful and romantic landscapes, it also gives adventurers opportunities to explore, with a series of spectacular waterfalls, tall and dangerous cliffs, and forests to be discovered.

Adventurers can hike a ten kilometer route at the foot of Prenn pass and difficult trails through the forest.
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Catching mussels in Tam Giang Lagoon

July 11th, 2009

Deep beneath the immense blue of Tam Giang Lagoon in Thua Thien-Hue province exists not only a world of aquatic creatures, but also mysterious stories of the spiritual life of the local people’s past.

Tam Giang Lagoon covers an area of nearly 5,200ha and has a great biological diversity with more than 700 species [...]

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Mui Nai waves tourists to summer

July 8th, 2009

From HCMC to Highway 1A, over My Thuan bridge, turning towards Sa Dec to Highway 80, onto the Vam Cong ferry to Rach Gia and continuing on Highway 80, we come to the land of Ha Tien after 320 kilometers. Ha Tien, on the coast of Vietnam, attracts people with its natural beauty and its [...]

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Welcome sunshine on Do Son beach

July 8th, 2009

Photographer Pham Manh Cuong shares beautiful moments at Do Son beach, a famous tourist site in the port city of Hai Phong.

Do Son is located 22 km away from Hai Phong city. Do Son was turned into a summer resort by the French in 19th century, after they established themselves in Hai Phong.

Do Son is [...]

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Masterpieces in the jungle

July 8th, 2009

Dan Tri newspaper discovers the wild beauty of a newly discovered grotto named Tu Lan in Minh Hoa district, the central province of Quang Binh.

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Cruising down the river

July 5th, 2009

The Red (Hong) River, also known Cai or Ca (Mother) river, is the birthplace of the Vietnamese civilisation - from the Hoa Binh and Dong Son cultures of 5,000 years ago and more to the founding of Co Loa, the first recorded Vietnamese capital just upstream from modern day Ha Noi.

Expansive: The Hong (Red) River [...]

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Gushing forth and falling over

July 5th, 2009

A captivating experience awaits visitors who choose to explore the Hoa Lan resort area on boats.

It probably makes perfect geographical and/or topographical sense that where there are springs there are waterfalls.
But to have springs, waterfalls, mountains, plains and the sea all in one place is a package deal that is difficult to resist, and this [...]

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Charming waterfalls in Sapa

July 5th, 2009

Visiting Sapa during the summer, visitors will enjoy the wild beauty, pure air and cool climate at famous waterfalls at the foot of the magnificent Hoang Lien Son Mountains.

These waterfalls have become attractive tourist sites in Sapa, including Thac Bac, Cat Cai, Lanh, Tinh Yeu and Nam Cang.

There are many other wonderful waterfalls [...]

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