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Imposing Chua Mountain in Quang Nam Province On a clear day, Chua Mountain southwest of Da Nang looks somewhat like an eagle’s beak when seen from Tay Vien Valley. At night when the moon is full, or in the early morning when the mountainside is shrouded in mist, Chua’s twin peaks twinkle above the white [...]
The Nghe Temple in Hai Phong city. Le Chan was a widowed aristocrat, who helped the Hai Ba Trung defeat the occupying Chinese forces in 39AD. No small wonder she is still honoured today. Located in An Bien ward of Hai Phong City’s Le Chan district, Nghe Temple is dedicated to Lady Le Chan – [...]
The entrance of Nhi Thanh Grotto in Lang Son Seen from the outside, Tam Thanh Pagoda, one kilometer from the center of Lang Son Town, looks like a normal group of Buddhist temples. A little way inside the front gate are steps leading up to Tam Giac Pagoda, which is perched on a hillside and [...]
Beautiful Mon Beach on the central coast. Mon Beach on the central coast is largely untouched and an ideal place to spend some leisure time. The surf can pound Mon Beach as the swell from the East Sea is forced between the headlands that bound the large expanse of sand on the coast of Phu [...]
Hoe Nhai, also called Hong Phuc, is one of the large ancient pagodas in the Thang Long Citadel. The Pagoda was built under the Ly Dynasty (1010-1225) on an area of 3,000m2 on present-day Hoe Nhai Street, Hanoi. The space of the Pagoda is shaded by areca and lush green Bodhi trees. The Pagoda consists [...]
A visitor enjoys an ice-cream cone at the Tri Nguyen AquariumA visitor enjoys an ice-cream cone at the Tri Nguyen Aquarium Magical sea creatures, breathtaking colors and a world of wonder await visitors to the Tri Nguyen Aquarium on Khanh Hoa Province’s Bong Nguyen Island. Situated five kilometers south of the beach resort town of [...]
Lovers tour Thu Le Lake on swan boats in Thu Le Park. Tran Van Bang laughs with joy when a little ca ro (anabas fish) gets caught in his hook. The 57-year-old war veteran comes every weekend to Thu Le Park (along Kim Ma Street) to fish, which has been his hobby since he was [...]
Sacred to Vietnam’s millions of Buddhists, Yen Tu Mountain in Quang Ninh Province boasts breathtaking scenery along with hundreds of temples, other man-made structures, and religious objects. On the top of sacred Yen Tu Mountain looking down. A Vietnamese saying warns that “Though you practice charity and do good deeds for a hundred years, you [...]
With its inviting beaches, blue waters and bright sun, Mui Ne has become one of Vietnam’s top tourist attractions for more than a decade. Once an easygoing fishing village, the town is now home to some 70 beach resorts. Among them, the Coco Beach Resort was the first to reach international standards, and these days [...]
Phu Lo town in Soc Son district, Hanoi is the area that provides jasmine for the Thai Hoa Tea Factory in Soc Son. August is the harvest season of jasmine in Phu Lo. Farmers only pluck jasmine in the afternoon, from 2-6pm. Each person can harvest 2-3kg of jasmine a day. Some images of jasmine [...]