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KHANH HOA
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Area:
5,198.2 sq. km Geography
Khanh Hoa Province is a
coastal province of South Central Vietnam. To the north, it borders on Phu
Yen Province, to the west, on Dak Lak and Lam Dong provinces, and to the
south, on Ninh Thuan Province. The Khanh Hoa coast is 200km long, with more
than 200 islands offshore, of which Truong Sa District gathers over one
hundred islands around. The two largest rivers flowing through the province
are the Cai and Danh rivers.Khanh Hoa represents one of the deepest seas in
Vietnam, adjoining open oceans and international marine routes. With ragged
seashore spreading out around 200km long, it contains various well-known
bays, such as Cam Ranh, Van Phong and Nha Trang.Cam Ranh Bay is considered
as one of three harbors that have the best natural conditions over the
world. Having the area of over 60 square kilometers and the 18-20m average
depth, this bay is out of the wind as a result of being surrounded by many
mountain ranges. Van Phong Bay has a wonderful nature, temperate climate,
idyllic beach with mostly fine sand, surrounded by hills, mountains and
tropical forests, colorful coral reefs, several vestige of salt-watered
forest, specific and valuable sea creatures, which is endowed with an ideal
environment. These are great potentials for the development of ecological
tourism in Van Phong.
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Area:
5.257 sq
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The
coastal city of Nha Trang in Khanh Hoa province, Central Vietnam, lies on
the trans-Vietnam highway, 1,278km from Hanoi, and 442km from Ho Chi Minh
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Location: Institute of Oceanography is located on an elevated land, at 1
Cau Da St., next to Cau Da Wharf, about 6km from the centre of Nha Trang,
Khanh Hoa Province. Characteristic: Institute of Oceanography, which was established in 1923, was one of the first centres for scientific research in Vietnam.
Nha
Trang is an excellent location for tropical oceanographic research because
it is close to the ocean, of course, and the waters are deep. |
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Location: Cam Ranh Bay is in Cam Ranh Town, Khanh Hoa Province. Characteristic: Cam Ranh Bay is regarded as one of three ports that have the best natural condition in the world with closed-area of 60km² and the average deep of 18-20m.
Mountains are surrounding so that the territorial waters are out of winter.
Cam Ranh takes only an hour to International Maritime Line by seagoing
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Location: Opposite and 3km away from Nha Trang Coast, Khanh Hoa
Province. Characteristic: Just 15 minutes by boat, you will be able to arrive at "Con Se Tre". From a stone island, now "Con Se Tre" was converted into one of the most poetic tourism resorts in Nha Trang City. Tourists can find at Con Se Tre a lively image of old villages, which once and for all have appeared in our dreams today or your childhood in a peaceful space, clean seashore, poetic settings, traditional customs and perfect services. |
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Location: Doc Let Beach is situated on the Ninh Hoa coastal area,
50km north of Nha Trang. Characteristic: It has long white sand dunes of tens meters high with pine trees separate the main land from the sea. Overcome to sand dune, visitors will step on a very wonderful beach with fine sand and contemplate expanses of sand along the seaside of 10km long with pure blue clear sea-water and thousands of light waves inshore. Coming to Doc Let, visitors will have a chance to visit a fishing village, Hon Khoi salt-field, Hon Khoi Cement Factory, Heo Island- an old base with many glorious victories of people in Khanh Hoa through two wars against French and American. |
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Located
on a small hill at the mouth of the Cai River at Nha Trang, the Po Nagar
temple is named after a local goddess of local origin who was believed to
have created the earth, rice and eaglewood, a much prized. The temple was
built during the Hindu period of the Kingdom of Champa. The image of the
goddess takes the form of Uma, wife of Shiva, the third deity of the Hindu
triad of great gods. Shiva is called the Destroyer, but is also the path to
regeneration. Po Nagar is now used as a Vietnamese place of worship, and the effigy of the Goddess has been decked in Buddhist robes. Its central position on a hill close to the mouth of the Cai River makes it also popular with tourists, both Vietnamese and foreigners. The first temple buildings were of wood, but were destroyed by Javanese corsairs during the eighth century. Ten years after its destruction, the temple was rebuilt in brick, but that building no longer exists. The earliest surviving structure is the ‘mandapa’, the meditation hall where worshippers paused to pray before entering the sanctuary. The 23-meter high North tower, with its terraced pyramidal roof, vaulted interior masonry and vestibule, is a superb example of Cham architecture. It is believed they were built by the Cham Emperor King Harivarman I somewhat before the inscription dating it to 817. The small northwest tower was probably built in the tenth century, and the main tower a century later. The complex probably consisted of six towers in two parallel rows of three, but the south-west and centre-west towers have vanished. |
