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Out of Saigon - Cu Chi Tunnels Ho Chi Minh City
19 Reviews The Cu Chi tunnels are located a little outside Saigon and they are one of the most interesting things you can visit in Vietnam i think. It´s really facinating to see how the Viet Cong digged their...
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Out of Hanoi-Halong Bay Hanoi
30 Reviews On the Tour I did, we were given the option of taking a small side trip with a local man in his rowboat. The cost was very little, so I decided to do it, most people did. BE WARNED, the Rowboat only...
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Mekong Ho Chi Minh City
32 Reviews Saigon River Express offers VIP speedboat tours to the Cu Chi Tunnels - the Mekong Delta - and jungle canal tours around Saigon. This is the service that was recommended as part of "Three Perfect...
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Miscellaneous in Hanoi Hanoi
46 Reviews Hoan Kiem Lake means "Lake of the Restored Sword" --in the 15th century, legend has it that a young fisherman named Le Loi found a magic sword caught in his net. For 10 years (1407-1417) he used the...
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Out of Saigon - Cao Dai Temple Ho Chi Minh City
11 Reviews The capital of the same-named province, Tay Ninh is situated 95km northwest of Ho Chi Minh City and is the original home of the Cao Dai religion which has around 3 million adherents in Southern...
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Out of Hanoi-Sa Pa Hanoi
19 Reviews Located in Vietnam's remote northwest mountains, Sapa is famous for both its fine, rugged scenery and also its rich cultural diversity. It is an incredibly picturesque town and area that lies in the...
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Out of Saigon - Vung Tau Ho Chi Minh City
2 Reviews Vung Tau is a beach resort on the South China Sea coast and has been a favorite - though hardly picturesque - getaway destination for Ho Chi Minh residents. Vung Tau is a party town, full of sun,...
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Out of Hanoi Hanoi
16 Reviews A tour to the Bat Trang Pottery Village was included in My CITY TOUR. This village is located in the countryside and is a famous trade village, with over 6,000 people in 1,500 families living and...
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Reunification Palace Ho Chi Minh City
1 Review On the morning of 30 April 1975 the 43-hour old government of South Vietnam sat quietly on the second floor of this grand building - then called the Independence Palace - waiting to transfer power to...
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Miscellaneous outside of Hanoi Hanoi
10 Reviews Pick a tour from any agency in the old quarters to go out of Hanoi and most tours will have temple visit. About 70% of the population re buddhists. It is interesting to see the architecture of their...
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"Hash House Harriers" Hanoi
2 Reviews If you stay for longer period of time in Hanoi I recommend to join the Hash House Harriers. This group meets every Weekend to go running (yes, you can do this in Hanoi, although the first time you...
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Hired a kid on a scooter to take me 30 k north of Nha Trang. Beautiful country side. Horrifying ride in the mountains. The scooter caught fire on the way back. My flip flop caught fire as well. It was hilarious.
March 10, 2005By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEINAssociated Press WriterNEW YORK (AP) -- A federal judge Thursday dismissed a lawsuit filed on behalf of some 4 million Vietnamese claiming that U.S. chemical companies committed war crimes by making Agent Orange for use during the Vietnam War.U.S. District Judge Jack B. Weinstein disagreed that the allegedly toxic defoliant and similar U.S. herbicides should be considered poisons banned under international rules of war, even though they may have had comparable effects on people and land.The Brooklyn judge also found that the plaintiffs could not prove that Agent Orange had caused their illnesses, largely because of a lack of large-scale research.--- French Text ---"Nourriture, santé, espoir", voila le slogan de cette multinationale qui pense évidemment qu'au bien-être des paysans et de l'environnement... et sème à tout vent ses OGM dans le seul but...
The real name of this house is Hang Nga Guest House, but it is usually known as the Crazy House. The house is a crazy mixture of styles and materials that create a unique house, and touring it is a special experience.The house was built by Dang Viet Nga, the daughter of Vietnam's former president, right after she finished her architecture studies in Moscow.The house is built as an intricate maze of halls, passages and stairways, and you can roam around freely. It is even possible to rent a room for sleeping the night, but it is a bit above the average backpacker's budget.The house is open daily at 07:00-19:00.Entrance fee: 5000 Dong (about 33 cents).
The Chicken Village is a village of the Koho tribe. The village's people earn their living from local crafts, but the village is famous for the huge chicken statue in its center.The story tells about a young woman who wanted to marry a man from the nearby village but the chief forbade her from doing so. Eventually, the chief agreed to give his blessing for the wedding only if the woman will go to the forest and bring a chicken. Of course the woman did not find any chicken and died in the forest.The reason for raising the statue is unclear - either it is a gesture for true love or an acknowledgement of the chief's authority.
A short taxi or motorbike ride outside of Hanoi's center brings you to the Museum of Ethnology. The French-designed building and surrounding grounds, which simulate life in the provinces, warrant the trip even before you step inside. The museum displays a dizzying array of artifacts from all over Vietnam. Brief descriptions in French, English and Vietnamese of tools, clothing and recreated homes provide a sketch of several Vietnamese ethnic minorities.D Pho Nguyen Van HuyenCau Giay DistrictHanoi
A place where you can not send a postcard home, because all the stamps you can get are worth so little, that you'll need to fill the card both back and front to send it all the way home...Unfortunately the development is explosive om Phu Quoc, and in a few years of time it will not be recognizable. The charter flights have already started, and the concrete buildings are flattening the villages..
Well, I guess you could say that IT IS a beaten path. Anway, It's mostly overgrown nowadays, so there's really not much left to see.This picture was taken from Dakrong Bridge, near the border with Laos. The Vietnamese guide pointed ahead and said, "There's the Ho Chi Minh Trail."The Ho Chi Minh Trail was acually a a whole complex of thousands of miles of different trails, through the jungle along Vietnam's borders with Laos and Cambodia. It was used by the Vietcong from 1960 to 1975 for the movement of personnel and supplies.
Before I went to Vietnam, I thought the landscape would be dominated by paddy fields. It's not. Much of the country is mountainous and forested. And the flat areas near the roads are so built up that there is not much space left. I saw surprisingly few great expanses of paddy fields. You really need to wander off the roads to see them.These ones were north of Hue.
Most of Vietnam's 85 million people are concentrated in the flat areas of the Mekong and Red River deltas and the narrow coastal strip. Much of the rest of the country is sparsely-populated, forested upland, including the Central Highlands and the Tonkinese Alps in the north, which include the country's highest peak, the 3,134m-high, Mount Fansipan. These areas are where the Montagnards or hill tribes live.
There are fifty ethnic minority groups, or Montagnards, in the mountainous regions of Vietnam. Most of them are in the northern half of the country. The most important minority peoples include the Tay of whom there are 1.2 million, the Muong who number 900,00, the 700,000 Nung and the Hmong or Meo, of whom there are nearly half a million. They live high up in the mountains, mostly in the Lao and Chinese border zones. There are also 700,000 Khmers living near the Cambodian border.Most of these minorites have their own languages and religions, including animism and ancestor worship. Some of them cultivate poppies and smoke opium pipes. They often have elaborate clothes, including embroidered sarongs and dresses and silver jewellery. Many live in wooden houses on stilts.These pictures were taken at a Bru village in northern Quang Tri province.
Park Hyatt Saigon Ho Chi Minh City
5 Reviews and 438 Opinions All rooms offer pool of City views with full luxury amenities. As true sense 5- Star hotel, it is...
Hanoi Elegance 2 Hanoi
5 Reviews and 712 Opinions I booked our family sized room for 2 adults and our teenage daughter direct with the hotel from...
Victoria Hoi An Resort Hoi An
4 Reviews and 444 Opinions It's worth the money to stay and enjoy the beach like in Victoria Hoi An. Price from 150$++ public...
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Q: could someone please help? where can i buy ao dai (preferably well made and silk) for my grand-daughters, they are only 2-3...
A: Loads of places in both cities to buy Ao Dai either already made or to measure. For the small extra cost, have them made to measure and take the mesurements before going...
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