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High lights
Hanoi city tour Visiting Hanoi is to steep yourself in history, tradition, and legend in a capital that has been inhabited continuously for almost a millennium. Visitors often note that the city is quieter, greener, and "cooler" than other big cities of Vietnam. Hanoi’s present architecture is mainly from the 19th and 20th centuries, and the French-built section of the town is largely intact. Yet, the city preserves many old religious temples and shrines dedicated to the nations heroes or deities, who supported the farmers to cultivate and protect the fertile land on the Red River right bank and gather the first commercial guilds to form what later became an exciting urban town (details)
In 1910 a paddle steamer called the Emeraude was offering unforgettable cruises in Halong Bay for visitors to what was then French Indochina. The Emeraude was part of a flotilla owned by the Roque family who had left Bordeaux in 1858 in search of adventure and fortune. Over a period of more than 50 years they found both. After several ups and downs including successful trading and timber businesses, near bankruptcy and being taken hostage by pirates, the Roque brothers built Emeraude, Perle, Saphir, Rubis and Onyx to ferry passengers and freight along the waterways of Indochina and cruise on magnificent Halong Bay. Today the Emeraude offers a regular cruise service on board a luxurious replica steamer with 39 cabins meticulously designed to evoke the nostalgic charm of colonial Indochina (details)
Hue is located in Thua Thien prefecture and is in the central part of Vietnam. Located 660 km from Ha Noi and 1080 km from Saigon, Hue has always been considered the fulcrum of Vietnam's two rice baskets, the Red river delta and the Mekong delta. Hue became the name of Vietnam's most well known ancient capital (details)
The Mekong Delta, in the south, boasts the richest agricultural land in Vietnam as well as the hottest and most even climate. Temperature in the summer range to 38 degree Celsius with very humidity and in the winter season the lowest is in the high of 23 degree Celsius. The delta is covered with green rice paddies and orchards coconuts, mangos pineapples, bananas and oranges. The Mekong River is offered to as the "a mystic dragon with nine tails". This river which is a braid of nine branches by the time it reaches the Mekong Kampuchea. Most Vietnamese call it "Cuu Long" - the river of Nine Dragons - which protects communities as well as isolating them (details)
Spend your time to take beaches break in Vietnam. Vietnam is famous for its long coast beaches, those beaches are well known as Traco beach, Nhatle beach, Langco beach, Nhatrang beach, Danang beach, Muine beach. Traveler could find a lot of resort complex along sea side from north to south Vietnam and it could be your good time for relaxation in beautiful Vietnam (details) |
Banh cuon (rice flour steamed rolls) Grilled green rice & green rice cakes (Banhcom)
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