Destinations

There are many ways to compare Quy Nhon City (Binh Dinh Province) with others, but Binh Dinh People’s Committee Chairman, Vu Hoang Ha, has his own comparison when saying: “Quy Nhon is like a fairy, who after years of secluding herself came out of her palace and joined in the ordinary life, and this made her more attractive.”

Quy Nhon was allowed by the Government to upgrade from a provincial town to a city level. At present, the City covers an area of 216,44 sq. km, from Binh De Pass in the North to Cu Mong Pass in the South, with a population of 250,000 inhabitants. The local area, relating to Sa Huynh Culture (dating back to 2,500 B.C), had been the capital of the Champa Kingdom for five centuries and the native land of many talented and famous personalities.

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Yang Bay Tourist Area in Y Bay Tribe, Khanh Vinh District, Khanh Hoa Province, is suggested as an ideal site for tourists to celebrate the Tet holiday and discover this area that is endowed with magnificent waterfalls, blue lakes and splendid scenery.

Tourists have fun in a cool stream in Yang Bay Tourism Area in Khanh Hoa Province. (more…)

Cherry flowers have been blossoming in recent sunny days in the foot of Hoang Lien Son Mountain range, covering Sapa in the light pink of the flower. Photo: Ngoc Bang.

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Saigon is bustling and crowded in the day time but it become silent and graceful with the street lights and the ,mystery lights from building by river banks. Photos: Trung Nguyen.

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Tra Su Cajuput Forest is located in Van Giao Commune, Tinh Bien District, An Giang Province, about over 20km from Chau Doc Town and 10km from the Cambodia border. Belonging to the national specialized forest system in the western region in Southern Vietnam, it is an ideal destination for ecological and scientific research tours in the Mekong Delta, thanks to its wonderful diverse wildlife.

To get to Tra Su Cajuput Forest, first go to Chau Doc Town and then turn left about 17km to Nha Bang Town in Tinh Bien District. From there it is only 4km to Cam Mountain, which is right next to the Tra Su Cajuput Forest.

Prior to 1975, Tra Su was destroyed by the enemy’s bombs and became uncultivated area. After the war, authorities in An Giang Province invested to reforest cajuput and build a 12km long, 4m wide and 4m high dyke system that helps prevent the area from being swamped during flood season. The forest has been designated as a special restoration zone since 1983, with the target of becoming a renowned scientific forest and nature reserve.

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Sam Mountain is in Vinh Te Commune, 6km west of Chau Doc Town, An Giang Province. The 230m high mountain with beautiful landscapes and many historic remains.

From Long Xuyen, one has to travel almost 60km to get to Sam Mountain which lies west of Chau Doc Town, at approximately 2km from the frontier between Vietnam and Cambodia.

The 230m high mountain does not only offer beautiful landscapes, but it is also where many historic remains deeply loved by the inhabitants of Nam Bo plain are located. Ba Chua Xu Temple, Tay An Pagoda, Thoai Ngoc Hau Tomb, Tao Ngo Garden, and Bach Van Hill are among the famous sites to visit near Sam Mountain.

Xeo Quyt Relic belongs to two Communes of My Hiep and My Long, Cao Lanh District, Dong Thap Province. A revolutionary base during the anti-French and US resistance wars, the 20ha cajeput forest of present-day Xeo Quyt has been reclaimed and become an attractive historical and ecological tourist site in the southern delta.

To visit the boundless watery cajeput forest in the Plain of Reeds by boat is really an interesting excursion. Boating in the cajeput forest of Xeo Quyt requires a lot of skill. To move forward, the boat glides between cajeput trees, whose roots are rough and covered with a brown and thin multi-layer skin. The air is cool and humid and has the fragrance of the cajeput flowers and latex. Now and then, a bird singing or fish splashing produces a sudden sound that echoes amid the quiet environment.

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Ba Den Mountain is located 11km Northeast of Tay Ninh Town and 106km from Ho Chi Minh City. It is a famous complex of cultural, historical and beautiful sites covering an area of more than 24km2.  The complex includes three mountains: Heo, Phung and Ba Den, of which the 986m-high Ba Den is the highest peak in the south.

Ba Den Mountain is also called Black Lady Mountain. According to legends, beautiful Ly Thi Thien Huong, Black Lady, was forced to marry the son of a rich mandarin while she fell in love with a poor man who was fighting the aggressors. Rather than marrying a man she did not love, she threw herself from the mountain.

Several shrines and pagodas were built in the mountain as well as in the caves. Ba and Hang Pagodas attract many pilgrims during the New Lunar Year and Vu Lan Festivals.

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Ba Ra Mountain is located in Phuoc Long District, Binh Phuoc Province, 180 km from Ho Chi Minh City. Ba Ra Mountain is a beautiful spot. The high mountain top with luxurious and dense trees stretches out from a low area of hills.

Ba Ra is a place name closely connected to the heroic resistance of Phuoc Long’s people. There is a very solemn monument commemorating the fighters who sacrificed their lives in the region. At the mountain’s foot, near the townlet of Thac Mo, are the varied vestiges of Ba Ra Prison, where numerous Vietnamese revolutionary fighters were detained by the French.

Ba Ra, as imposing as Ba Den Mountain in Tay Ninh Province, offers an incredible panoramic view from its peak. Around Ba Ra, there are many interesting sites to visit.

This natural reserve belongs to Xuyen Moc District, Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province. Binh Chau-Phuoc Buu Nature Reserve is one of the few areas along the coastline of Vietnam to retain a significant cover of natural forest.

With the total area of 11,293ha, the nature reserve contains three areas of low hills including Hong Nhung group (reaches 118m) in the north, Ho Linh group (reaches 162m) in the south, and Mo Ong group (reaches 120m) in the west. There are very few streams and lakes within the nature reserve such as Nhom and Tron swamps, Coc and Linh lakes and Binh Chau hot spring.

Forest in the nature reserve covers 7,224 ha including 158 ground cover species , 147 timber species, 73 climbers species, 29 bushes species, 23 epiphytes species, 14 orchids species. The nature reserve also supports 49 species of mammal, 106 species of bird, 38 species of reptile and 12 species of amphibian. These include several globally threatened and near-threatened species, such as Bear Macaque, Siamese Fireback and Pale-capped Pigeon…