Destinations
Pho Hien is located 60km from Ha Noi. To go there, take National Highway 5 to Pho Noi, then road 39A through rice fields and luxuriant gardens of longan trees. From the 13* to the 15* century, Hien was a bustling commercial port with boats coming from China, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Great Britain and France.…
Truc Temple and Ngu Dong Son in Thi Son commune, Kim Bang district are about 8 km from Phu Ly town. They are located nearby the National Route no.21 on the tour route from Phu Ly to Perfume Pagoda. They are beautiful caves consisting of five connecting caves creating an interrupted chain with a length…
The Ba Danh Pagoda, which has been neglected by tourists for many years, is becoming a more popular attraction. Among the Vietnamese, the temple has been knows as the “Deserted Pagoda” for a long time. But now things are changing. Nowadays the pagoda has been playing host to many visitors. To get to the pagoda, located…
Belonging to Cat Ba Archipelago, which includes 367 islands, in the south of Ha Long bay, Cat Ba Island is only 30 km from Hai Phong city centre and 25 km from Ha Long city. Not at all is it a random thing when Cat Ba is also called Pearl Island (Dao Ngoc in Vietnamese). With a…
The project to build an international resort in Hon Dau, Do Son district, Haiphong city is a typical example of breakthrough in tourism development and management for not Haiphong alone. Provided with only 96.12 ha of land with three sides facing the sea, Hon Dau International Tourism Joint-stock Company has decided to expand the project…
If you are staying in Hai Phong Province, a visit to Do Son Beach is worthwhile. It is a great privilege of Haiphong to be given by nature the beautiful beach of Do Son. Being is one of the well-known beaches in the north of Vietnam, Do Son is a small peninsular formed by the stretch of Rong…
Phat Diem Stone Cathedral, lies 28 km East of Ninh Binh city, was constructed from 1875 to 1899. And as its name suggests, it was completely built of stone and wood that are readily available in the mountain area of Ninh Binh. The preparation phase, mainly extracting materials from limestone mountains, took the local as many…
Bai Dinh Pagoda is located behind a range of limestone mountains in Gia Sinh commune, Gia Vien district and Ninh Binh province. When visiting the pagoda one time, visitors in Vietnam tourism all feel its great size and imposingness. Its back leans against the Bai Dinh Mountain with the height of 200m. The area for constructing Ba Dinh…
In 1773, Mr. Nguyen Nghiem (the father of the great writer Nguyen Du) visited this cave. After viewing the whole scenery of the mountains, waterways, fields, and sky covered in green mist, he gave the cave a very beautiful and romantic name, Bich Dong (which literally means "Green Pearl Grotto"). Bich Grotto is said to…
Lying not far from Hoa Lu ancient capital is the small fishing village of Kenh Ga. The name actually means Chicken Canal and is derived from a local hot spring which water is used to soak chickens to make it easier to pluck their feathers. Kenh Ga, set on the banks of the Hoang Long River, is…
The national park was officially opened in July 1962 as the first national park in Vietnam, becoming one of the most impressive tourist destinations in Vietnam now. If tourists in Vietnam travel want to visit the national park, the dry season, from December to April is considered the best time when the hard forest rain accounting for 90% of the…
Ninh Binh beautifies Vietnam not only with potential tourist attractions but also with stone carving
In the past, stone carving was only practised in a few households in Ninh Van commune, Hoa Lu district in the northern province of Ninh Binh, and they mainly produced items made of blue stone which were sold only in the region. Gradually over time many people there have benefited from this industry and the noise…
Through Kien An district, travelers will see Mountain Elephant which is the site of a widely diverse natural landscape. The Mountain looks like a huge elephant lying between paddy field and blue sky, with an area of more 1km2, 145m high reflected in Lach Tray river. In Mountain Elephant, there are many “fairy caves”, such…
Lying on Ho Nam Ward- Le Chan District, 2km southwest of City center, Du Hang Pagoda's nom de plume is Phuc Lam Tu, which used to be ancient pagoda and on the big scale in Hai Phong. Pagoda has the ancient style and originated since Tien Le dynasty (980-1009). In Le Gia Tong dynasty (1672),…
