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Vietnam Travel guide

Sapa

Northwest Vietnam

History The history of the northwest differs to lowland Vietnam. The Vietnamese traditionally avoided mountains, believing the terrain was not suitable for large-scale rice production. For many centuries the area remained inhabited by scatterings of minority people, joined in the 19th century by migrants from Yun-nan, China and Tibet. This was the ‘badlands’, a buffer [...]

Mong Cai & the Chinese Border

Huge industrial zones are being created around Mong Cai, with plots being snapped up by Chinese and foreign corporations. Shopping malls dot the city centre. For the Vietnamese, the big draw is the chance to purchase low-priced (and low-quality) Chinese-made consumer goods. For the Chinese, the attraction is two huge casinos and new golf courses. [...]

Phoenix Island

Bai Tu Long Bay

There’s way more to northeast Vietnam than Halong Bay. The sinking limestone plateau, which gave birth to the bay’s spectacular islands, continues for some 100km to the Chinese border. The area immediately notheast of Halong Bay is part of Bai Tu Long National Park. Bai Tu Long Bay is every bit as beautiful as its [...]

Train schedule from Hue city

Train schedule from Hue city to Ha Noi, Da Nang, Nha Trang, Binh Thuan, Ho Chi Minh Train Hue – Ha Noi Train name Departure Arrival Price (US$/person) A/C soft seat A/C hard berth A/C soft berth SE6 05.39 am 19.58 30 44 50 SE2 15.31 04.50 am +1day SE4 16.47 05.30 am +1day SE20 [...]

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Halong Bay

Imagine 2000 or more islands rising from the emerald waters of the Gulf of Tonkin and you have vision of breathtaking beaty. Halong translates as ‘where the dragon descends into the sea’, and legend claims the islands of Halong Bay were created by a great dragon from the mountains. As it charged towards the coast, [...]

Han River in Da Nang

Train schedule from Da Nang city

Train schedule from Da Nang city to Hue, Ha Noi, Nha Trang, Binh Thuan, Ho Chi Minh   Train Da Nang – Hue Train name Departure Arrival Price (US$/person) A/C soft seat A/C hard berth A/C soft berth SE22 06.22 am 10.23 am 8 11 13 TN2 08.35 am 12.06pm SE2 12.46 15.23 SE4 14.13 [...]

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Boat tickets between Vietnam and Cambodia

Express boat from Cambodia to Vietnam There are three ways to enter Vietnam. They are by plane, by bus and by boat. For those travellers who choose to enter Vietnam by bus or by boat they are required to get Vietnam visa before arrival because visa on arrival is permission for getting at these international airports [...]

Bus schedule between Vietnam and Cambodia

Bus schedule between Ho Chi Minh and Cambodia Service on board All passengers will be served a complimentary light snack and a bottle of chilled water. All of our vehicles are quipped air conditioning. On board toilet and facilities as well as audio visual. Our uniformed friendly and helpful crews are all fluent in khmer [...]

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Bus schedule between Ha Noi – Sapa

Bus schedule between Ha Noi and Sapa A great news for traveller who love to adventure the northwest Vietnam with a limited time given. The Highway Ha Noi – Lao Cai with total length 265km giving a good solution for tourists. In past time, tourists needed three nights two days at least for visiting Sapa [...]

Hai phong

With graceful tree-lined boulevards, an impressive array of colonial-era buildings and an unhurried air, Haiphong is a very approachable city. It’s an important seaport and industrial centre, but few visitors linger. If you do pass through, you’ll find minimal hassles compared to Vietnam’s main tourism centres, with barely a tout to be found. Café culture [...]

Ta Prohm

Con Son and Den Kiep Bac

Most appealing to domestic travellers, Con Son and Den Kiep Bac are potential diversions en route to Hai phong or Halong City. Con Son was home to Nguyen Trai (1380-1442), the famed Vietnamese poet, writer and general. Nguyen Trai assisted Emperor Le Loi in his successful battle against the Chinese Ming dynasty in the 15th [...]

Ba Be lake

Ba Be National Park

Often refered to as the Ba Be Lakes, Ba Be National Park (0281-389 4014; admission per person 20,000d) was established in 1992 as Vietnam’s eight national park. The scenery here is breathtaking, with towering limestone mountains peaking at 1554m, plunging valleys, dense evergreen forests, waterfalls, caves and, of course, the lakes themselves. There are 13 [...]

Northeast Vietnam

History Dominated by the Red River basin and the sea, the fertile northeast is the cradle of Vietnamese civilisation. Until very recently, Vietnam has had challenging relations with the neighbouring Chinese. China occupied the country in the 2nd century BC, and were not vanquished until the 10th century. Any time that the Chinese wanted to [...]

Halong bay

Northern Vietnam

Why Go? Northern Vietnam’s top tickets is the wildly popular Halong Bay, and nearby Cat Ba Island offers excellent hiking, biking and rock climbing. The karst connection continues into Cao Bang province – an essential detour are the sublime lakes of Ba Be National Park – and then west into Ha Giang, Vietnam’s emerging destination [...]

Ngoc Son temple

Around Hanoi

The fertile alluvial soils of the Red River Delta nurture a rich rice crop, and many of the communities surrounding Hanoi are still engaged in agriculture. The contrast between modern Hanoi and the rural villages is stark. Many tour operators in Hanoi offer cycling tours to villages near Hanoi – a great way to discover [...]