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Vietnam
'Nam shares it's borders in the north with China
and to the west with Laos and Cambodia. This place is booming with
development and still one of the bargain destinations on this
planet. Stunning beaches, forests, rice paddies, mountains, islands
off the coast. And two very famous cities-Hanoi in the north and Ho
Chi Minh City, the former Saigon, in the south.
Area : 331,114 sq km
Population :
77.000.000
Capital : Hanoi
Language : Vietnamese/ French, English,
Chinese
Major religion :
Buddhism
Cities : Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, Haiphong,
Nha Trang, Cam Ranh, Hue
Currency : New Dong
GNI per capita : $480
Internet domain : .vn
Phonecode : # 84
Hotels : Hotel Equatorial, Ho Chi Minh City ;
Caravelle Hotel , Ho Chi Minh City ; Park Hyatt, Ho Chi Minh City ;
Windsor Plaza, Ho Chi Minh City ; Renaissance Riverside Hotel
Saigon ; Hotel Majestic, Ho Chi Minh City ; Hotel Continental, Ho
Chi Minh City ; Intercontinental Asiana, Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City ;
Victoria Can Tho Resort ; Sofitel Metropole Hanoi ; Hilton Hanoi ;
Hotel De L'Opera, Hanoi ; Sunny Hotel , Hanoi ; InterContinental
Hanoi, Westlake ; Maison D' Hanoi ; (a plethora of cheap hotels in
the Old Quarter, Hanoi) ; Novotel Coralia Ocean Dunes & Golf
Resort Phan Thiet ; Coco Beach Resort, Mui Ne ; Life Wellness
Resort, Quy Nhon ; Sheraton, Nha Trang ; Sunrise Beach Resort, Nha
Trang ; Diamond Bay Resort Nha Trang ; Evason Ana Mandara, Nha
Trang ; Nam Hai, China Beach, Hoi An ; Furama, China Beach ; Six
Senses Hideaway, Ninh Van Bay ; Six Senses Con Dao, Bay Canh ;
Crazy House Hotel, Dalat ; Sofitel Palace Hotel, Dalat
;
Restaurants : The Deck-must see-38 Nguyen U Di,
An Phu, District 2, Ho Chi Minh City ; An Vien, Ho Chi Minh City ;
Ngon, Ho Chi Minh City ; Underground, Ho Chi Minh City ; Amigo,
District 1, Ho Chi Minh City ; Cyclo Cafe, Ho Chi Minh City ; Pho
Le, Ho Chi Minh `City ; Pho Minh, Ho Chi Minh City ; Pho Phu Voung,
Ho Chi Minh City ; Le Caprice, Ho Chi Minh City ; Com Nieu
Sai Gon, District 3 , Ho Chi Minh City ; Minh Duc, District 1, Ho
Chi Minh City ; Lang Nuong Nam Bo, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City ;
Emporer, Hanoi ; Bobby Chin's, Hanoi ; Ly Qoc Su, Hanoi ; Pho Co
Cu, Hanoi ; Au Lac, Hanoi ; Le Beaulieu, Metropole Hotel, Hanoi ;
Tavanh, Sapa ; Croissant, Hanoi ; Cafe Lautrec, Hanoi ; Paris Deli,
Hanoi ; Pho, Hanoi ; Brothers Cafe, Hanoi ; La Badiane, Hanoi ;
Emperor Restaurant, Hanoi ; Wild Rice, Hanoi ; Luna de Autunno,
Hanoi ; Green Tangerine, Hanoi ; LaVerticale, Hanoi ; Madame Hien,
Hanoi ; Quan An Ngon, Hanoi ; Highlands ; Cay Bang, Mui Ner ; Nam
Son, Nha Trang ;
Bars/Cafes : La Place, Hanoi ; La Salsa, Hanoi ;
Bamboo Bar, Hanoi ; Cafe Nola, Hanoi ; Sunset Bar, Hanoi ; Le Club,
Hanoi ; The House of Soinh Tinh, Hanoi ; Press Club, Hanoi ; Ciao
Cafe, 74 Nguyen Hue, Ho Chi Minh City ; Hideaway Cafe, Ho Chi Minh
City ; Rooftop Craavelle Hotel ;
Shopping : Nha Tho,Hanoi ; Mosaique Decoration,
Hanoi ;Ipa-Nima, Hanoi ; Tan My Design, Hanoi ; Module 7, Hanoi ;
54 Traditions Gallery, Hanoi ; Dome Homewares, Hanoi ;
Diamond Plaza, Ho Chi Minh City ; Khaisilk, Ho Chi Minh City ; Ben
Thanh Market, Ho Chi Minh City ;
Attractions : War Remnants Museum, Ho Chi Minh
City ; Cu Chi Tunnels, Cu Chi (Ho Chi Minh City) ; Ben Than
markets, Ho Chi Minh City ; Reunification Palace and it's
gardens, Ho Chi Minh City ; The Opera House, Ho Chi Minh City ;
French Colonial Post Office, Ho Chi Minh City ; Mekong Delta
Cruise-explore the canals between My Tho and Vinh Long ;
China Beach, Danang ; Hoi An-Quan Cong Temple, Phuoc Kien pagoda,
Japanese bridge ; Hue-Thai Hoa Palace, Halls of the Mandarins, the
Forbidden Purple City ; Halong Bay ; Marble Mountains/Son Tra
Peninsula(all near Danang/Hue/Hoi An ; Vinh Tran Pagoda ; Ho Tay,
Hanoi ; French District, the Cathedral, Cham Tower and Xuan Huong
Lake-Dalat, Vietnam's honeymoon destination. ; Hue ; Scuba Diving,
Nha Trang ; Thap Ba Hot Spring Centre, Nha Trang ; Sapa ;
Hanoi-Temple of Literature, One Pillar Pagoda, Hoan Kiem Lake, Ho
Chi Minh's stilt cottage ; Art Vietnam Gallery, Hanoi ; Tran Quoc
Pagoda ; Temple of Literature, Hanoi ; Ngoc Son Temple, Hanoi ; Ho
Chi Minh Mausoleaum ; Waterfall and 800 m toboggan ride through the
forest at Datanla ; Cable car in Truc Lam near Dalat
;
Airports : No Bai (HAN) is 45 km from Hanoi, Tan
San Nat (SGN) is 7km from Ho Chi Minh City(15 -45 minute drive
depending on traffic)
Must play 18 @ : Dalat Palace G.C. (Dalat),
Ocean Dunes G.C. (Phan Tiet), Song Be Resort (Ho Chi Minh City),
Dunes, Da Nang Golf Club ; |