According to magazine Travel + Leisure, 5 places in Vietnam have been chosen as top 10 in South East Asia. Top 3 cities are Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh city, and Danang city. Islands Con Dao and Phu Quoc are recognized as top attractive islands in the region.
The ranking event is not only bringing the proud for Vietnam but promoting country's tourism also.
The event of Cai Rang floating market festival will be taken place on 9 Jul 2022 in Can tho province Vietnam. The event activities include introduce of tropical fruits and flowers, dragon boat racing, collecting rubbish on river.
The event help promote tourism not only in Can tho city but also in the vast area of Mekong Delta in Vietnam.
Do you know the best beaches in Tuy Hoa city, Phu Yen, Vietnam. There are attractive beaches in South central Vietnam. Phu Yen is considered as the charming girl sleeping by the edge of Vietnam's Eastern Sea.
If you choose beach holiday in summer you should mark Tuy Hoa, Phu Yen where has soft sand beach with gentle sea waves.
One of very nice resorts is Sao Mai resort that is closed to Tuy Hoa city where has it's owned clean beach. Come and experience Sao Mai resort for lovely beach holiday in Vietnam. It is complex of villas and outdoor pool with green palm garden.
Thanh Luong pagoda is in Tuy An district, Phu Yen province. The famous pagoda is 10 km away from Tuy Hoa city. In 2004, the local discovered an wooden statute of Goddess of Mercy drifting on the sea nearby. They picked up and arranged a solemn procession to worship her in the pagoda.
The pagoda is built of brick, coco shells, snail shells. It is consisted of 3 part: main pagoda, Goddess of Mercy temple, Water Dragon Lake
Nhan brick tower is situated by northern bank of Da Rang river, Tuy Hoa city, Phu Yen province - 1200 km from Hanoi. This mystery tower was name Nhan, for it's place is gathered by lots of Nhan (swallow)
The brick tower was built in the late 11th century, restored during 1960s. It is 25 m high, and can be seen from distance for it stay on a mountain. Nhan tower is not only place for Champa's spiritual activities but also important events in Tuy Hoa city.
Tuy Hoa beach is soft golden sand beach stretching over 10 km long in the front of Tuy Hoa city, Phu Yen province. Nice to seat and swim by the beach in morning to watch sunrise. You can take flight from Hanoi/ Saigon to Tuy Hoa city - Phu Yen.
Assembly Hall of Cantonese Chinese Congregation or Hội Quán Quảng Đông in Vietnamese is situated at 176 Tran Phu street, near Japanese covered Bridge. The Hall was built in 1855 by Cantonese community coming from China and doing business in Hoian.
The Hall was restore in 1915 and again in 1990. The main construction, in the middle compartment, is used to worship Quan Cong - a famous General who lived in 3rd century in China, who is respected by 5 noble characters that real and success traders must follow. On 2 other sides are altars of Saints.
The Hall is ornamented colorfully and attractively by motifs of dragon, phoenix, jade glazed ceramics, paintings...Many ancient objects still remain inside including 4 horizontal lacquered boards, incense burner with the height of 1.6m high and 0.6m wide.
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Annual ceremony praying for peace and lucks is taken place at the Hall on 15th day of January, Lunar Calendar. If you attend the Temple this day you you learn lots of cultural features of Chinese Community in Hoian.
Four hundred years ago, 17th century, Japanese community in Hoian town, Quang Nam province built the roofed bridge across Hoai river connecting with Thu Bon river. Later on they built a pagoda on northern side so that it was call Pagoda bridge.
It has been maintained over 6 times but the architecture is still intact as the beginning with Japanese influence. The wooden bridge under the tiled roof is fixed by wooden panels. Statutes of dogs and monkeys are placed on two ends of the bridge may mean that the bridge was built in the year of monkey and fined in the year of dog, or just they are beloved animals in Japanese culture.
The Saint in pagoda protect sailors when they are on long journey of trading to Vietnam. Legendary, the construction of Japanese Pagoda Bridge is like an obstacle to control the harm from sea monster, and bring happiness and peace to the locals and traders.
Khe Ga Light house also called Ke Ga Light house, is away from Phan Thiet city about 30 km to the south. This designation due to the fact that the light house is located on a headland protruding out to the coast about 500m - like the head of a chicken.
Khe Ga light house was built from 1897 to 1899, designed by French architect Chnavat, and is made entirely by marble materials with 65 m height above the sea. The light house is considered as one of the oldest and highest lighthouses in Vietnam and South east Asia. The 2000w lamp on the lighthouse is the construction signal for shipping.
At night, the lamp lights up to 22 knots. Below is a square house with each side of 40 m, and 3 m deep of system water to serve for those guarding the tower. There are 184 steel spiral stairs leading to the top of the lighthouse. Today the Lighthouse is not only an unique architectural monument but also combined with Khe Ga island to form a stunning attraction for tourists.
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