The thriving and friendly nation of Vietnam has succesfully overcome its tormented history to emerge an inviting and diverse travel destination. With a favorable geographic location and a unique vertical shape covering several climate zones Vietnam offers a wide variety of ecosystems and topographic features. Explore the otherwordly scenery of Halong Bay, spend time with hill tribes in the North, luxuriate at lush beach resorts and be part of the action in the exciting cities, Vietnam has it all.
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Located in Vietnam's remote northwest mountains, Sapa is famous for both its fine, rugged scenery and also its rich cultural diversity. Sapa is an incredibly picturesque village that lies in the Hoang Lien Son mountain range near the Chinese border in northwestern Vietnam, known as "the Tonkinese Alps". Sapa and its surrounding region is host to many hill tribes, as well as rice terraces, lush vegetation, and Fansipan, the highest peak in Vietnam. Many ethnic minorities, such as the Hmong and the Dao, live in and around Sapa. Sapa can be reached by train or car from Hanoi. |
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Phu Quoc is a very mountainous and densely forested Island of 1320 sq km, it is 48 km in length from south to north and has a population of approx. 80,000 people. Situated in the Gulf of Thailand 45 km west of Ha Tien on the Vietnamese mainland and 15 km south of the coast of Cambodia, Phu Quoc is ringed with some of most beautiful beaches and best seafood in Vietnam. Phu Quoc is famous for its two traditional products: fish sauce and black pepper. The rich fishing grounds offshore provides the anchovy catch from which the prized sauce is made. Pepper cultivation is located inland in the center of the island. More recently a pearl farm was established. | ||
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Dalat, also Da Lat, located in the South Central Highlands of Vietnam, was originally the playground of the French who built villas in the clear mountain air to escape the heat and humidity of the coast and of Saigon, now know as Ho Chi Minh City. Dalat looks like a cross between Vietnam and the French Alps. Many of its hotels and houses are built in a French style. The city spreads across a series of pine-covered hills, with a small lake in the center and surrounded by higher peaks, making for some lovely scenery quite different from the rest of Vietnam. Temperatures are pleasantly warm by day, and quite cool at night. | ||
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Nha Trang is Vietnam’s most famous seaside resort-town. It's more lively and urban in character than other beach destinations like Mui Ne and Phu Quoc. It's also the scuba diving center of Vietnam, owing to its beautiful beaches with fine and clean sand and clear ocean water with mild temperature all year round. There are several resorts, amusement and water parks in this city and on islands off the coast. The most beautiful streets of the city is Tran Phu Street along the seaside. U.S. Nha Trang is a venue for annual sailing boat racing from Hong Kong. In recent years, the city has welcomed many 5-star sea cruises. The city’s cuisine is famous for its fresh seafoods and famous BBQ pork rolled in rice paper. | ||