Top 10 Travel Destinations in Vietnam

Thien Mu pagoda, the Nha Trang Beach, Phu Quoc Island...are the most popular destinations for international travelers according to the survey of Touropia website.

 

 

1.     Halong Bay: Located on the west coast of the Gulf of Tonkin, Halong Bay has a coastline of 120 km, an area of ​​about 1553 square kilometers with 1,969 large and small islands. Most of the islands are limestone. The center of the bay has an area of ​​335 square kilometers with 775 islands and islets.

 

 

As Natural Heritage of Humanity, Halong Bay is not only beautiful with poetic landscapes with numerous limestone islands rising from the emerald water, but also gives visitors a sense of peace when they plunge into its landscape. Considered as one of the 29 most beautiful bays in the world, in Mars 2012, the New Open World organization also officially classified Halong Bay as one of the Seven New Natural Wonders of the World.

 

 

2. Thien Mu Pagoda or Celestial Lady Pagoda: Also known as Linh Mu Pagoda, Thien Mu is located on the hill of Ha Khe, in the left bank of the Perfume River, 5km from the center of Hue city. Thien Mu Pagoda was built in 1601 under the reign of Lord Nguyen Hoang.

 

 

3. Hoan Kiem Lake: Also known as Sword Lake, this is a natural freshwater lake in the city of Hanoi. The lake has an area of ​​about 12 hectares. Previously, the lake had several names: Luc Thuy Lake (Green Water Lake), Thuy Quan Lake (Marine Lake) ... The name of Hoan Kiem appeared in the fifteenth century, in association with the legend of King Le Thai To who gave back the sword to the turtle.

 

4. Hoi An: Belonging to the third largest city of Vietnam, Danang City, Hoi An is located on the north bank of the Thu Bon River. Hoi An was a trading port in the early years of Jesus Christ. But especially between the 15th and 19th centuries, Hoi An called Faifo was one of the most successful trading ports in Southeast Asia where international traders from countries like Japan, China, Portugal, Italy ... came to trade.

 

 

Hoi An retains almost intact relics of ancient architecture and priceless values ​​of immaterial traditions as: religious activities, folk art, cultural festivals, crafts villages, the typical art culinary...

 

 

5. Phu Quoc: Phu Quoc also known as the Pearl Island is the largest island of Vietnam and also the largest of 22 islands in the Gulf of Thailand to form the Phu Quoc district- island dependent of Kien Giang province in the South of the country. The entire island which has a total area of ​​589.23 square kilometers is known by beaches in the list of world’s beautiful.

 

 

6. Sapa: Sapa is a town in the northwest mountains of Vietnam where beautiful terraced rice fields stretching as ladders to climb to the sky. With sublime natural landscapes, mysterious markets, rich cuisine…, Sapa can "hypnotize" most travelers.

In 2009, the tourism magazine Travel and Leisure (USA) voted rice terraces in Sapa as one of the most beautiful fields in Asia and the world.

 

 

7. Mui Ne: It is a destination of southern Vietnam, at 22 km in northeast of the Phan Thiet City belonging to the Binh Thuan province. Mui Ne is known by a wild, green coastline... with sand dunes like the desert, purely Vietnamese fishing villages…

 

 

8. Mekong Delta: Belonging to the downstream of Mekong River, the Mekong Delta has a total area of ​​40.548 km square. Due to the long coast and the Mekong divided into several tributaries, cannals ... with the islands, archipelagos, forests ..., the Mekong Delta is an ideal destination for ecotourism.

 

 

9. Cu Chi Tunnels: Cu Chi is the defense system in the soil in Cu Chi district which was named the "Land of Steel" at 70 km north - west of Ho Chi Minh City. This system was built by Viet Minh (League for the Independence of Vietnam) and the National Front for South Vietnam liberation during the Second Indochina war (1945-1954) and the Vietnam war (1955-1975).

This is a unique structure located deeply in the ground with multiple levels as cobwebs on the length of 200km where there are food warehouses, accommodations, meeting halls, blockhouses for fights...

 

 

10. Nha Trang Beach:  Nha Trang Beach belongs to the coastal city of Nha Trang which is also the center of politics, economy, culture and tourism in the Khanh Hoa province.

In the middle of November 2010, National Geographic magazine has published a list of 99 most beautiful beaches in the world in which the Nha Trang Beach has been in 43th position while Hawaii Beach has been in 45th position.

 

 

The Tripadvisor magazine (USA) recently voted top 10 major tourist destinations in Asia.  The Nha Trang Beach of Khanh Hoa province in Vietnam was ranked in 8th position. According to the opinion, assessment and selection of international travelers, the Nha Trang Beach is one of the emerging destinations in Asia that visitors should visit in 2016.

 

 

These are the destinations that you should not ignore for the first travel in Vietnam. You can send us an email to: info@guideduvietnam.com for more free information. As a tour operator in Vietnam managed by local tour guides, we are always at your service.