7 Vietnam most attractive destinations

Vietnam, a country with thousand years of history has so many attractive destinations. Golden forests, Silver sea and friendly people, that is a small aspect of Vietnam but attract many tourists.

1. PHU QUOC ISLAND

Phu Quoc tourism, the journey to the heaven of Vietnam belongs to Kien Giang province. This is the choice for many people who love islands and oceans; especially for the one wants to experience themselves with many unforgettable memories in the island which is known as the Pearl Of East Ocean.

Phu Quoc Island

The pure natural in Phu Quoc island attracts many tourists come here to enjoy the fresh and cool atmosphere. With many coasts cover the whole island, 99 hills with the system of flora and fauna, Phu Quoc is the choice of many people who like to discover or for researchers come there to do there work. With the system of 12 islands, Phu Quoc is known as an archipelago for many beautiful cruises that have many interesting activities like fishing, diving, trekking...

2. SAPA

If any one like the cool and fresh air, they can visit Sapa. Sapa is located in Lao Cai province in the North of Vietnam. With an ideal height, Sapa has the good temperature to relax in the hot summer days. 

Sapa in mid-noon

For the whole year, for 4 seasons,  Sapa is always covers with thick fog that makes us feel like standing in the heaven with many clouds around us. Moreover, when coming to Sapa, tourists can have chances to see many architectures that was built by French in Vietnam war, take a visit to Silver Fall, discover the culture and tradition of H'Mong and Dzao ethnic group there or they can join the love market in Sapa. For one word, just AMAZING !

3. HA LONG BAY

Ha Long Bay has twice recognized as the world heritage by UNESCO. Coming to Ha Long Bay, tourists can enjoy the natural beauty here so that they can understand why UNESCO recognized it as the world heritage.

Ha Long Bay

With more than 1969 islands and islets, Ha Long attracts thousands of tourists everyday. So many exciting caves with surprising  beauty insides will make tourist feel like they are coming to the Heaven, not on Earth anymore. The whole Ha Long like a giant colorful picture that the Mother of Nature gives to Vietnam, this is a favor that hardly any other countries have.

Thien Cung Cave

The islands in Ha Long is never boring, inside some islands, there are many AMAZING caves that will be a big surprise for tourists.

Amazing Thien Cung grotto

When the sun rises, it is time for the whole bay show its beauty. Hardly anyone can pass away without taking a look at that gift of nature.

4. CU CHI TUNNEL

Located in the North-West of Ho Chi Minh city, just about 70 km, Cu Chi tunnel is a small but very magic place in Vietnam war against the US for more than 30 years. This tunnel is not only famous in Vietnam, it is also famous for many tourists in the world, it like a legend of Vietnam in 30 years war against US force. in 20th century.

Magic Cu Chi Tunnel

In the past, Cu Chi tunnel is a small village of people living here, they lived inside the tunnel while above there heads, the US bombarded each second. No matter how hard the war was, inside Cu Chi tunnel, many children were born. It is the signal for the lives in the hard war of Vietnamese people.

Cu Chi Tunnel Entry

Cu Chi tunnel includes many parts, it has the rooms for family, public wells, public bathrooms and many other kinds of structure that were built by Vietnamese by HANDS.

Map of Cu Chi tunnel

Nowadays, Cu Chi tunnel just has about 120 km length and it becomes the place that attract many tourists, especially the US soldiers come to visit their old battle field.

5. HA NOI

Being chosen as one of the most attractive places in Asia by the Smart Travel Asia magazine, Hanoi - the capital of Vietnam- has its own attractions for many tourists.

Hanoi Overview

Consists of many roads with big ancient trees, in the morning, it is the best time to go around Hanoi and enjoy the sunlight shining through the tree leaves. Walking around Hoan Kiem lake, learning about the legend of the lake or visit the Old Quarter to see the unique architecture there, sitting on the pavement to have a cup of Hanoi coffee is the normal and easy things you can do in Hanoi. Visiting the Ho Chi Minh complex to have a bow in front Ho Chi Minh president or coming to Museum of Ethnology will bring you many interesting information and knowledge about Vietnam. Hanoi cuisine with Pho (Noodle) or Cha Ca (Fish chop) will make you know more about the tasty of Hanoi.

6. MEKONG RIVER

Vietnam, an agricultural country, the life of people always stick to the rivers and their banks. Coming to Mekong river, tourists can visit some floating market, the great features of people there.

Mekong River

Taking a small sampan, tourists can go through the small channels, listen to the sailors singing their traditional songs or taking part in some early market will bring them unique feeling about this area.

7. HOI AN ANCIENT TOWN

 This town is compared as a beautiful sleeping princess in the central of Vietnam. This is the town that was founded in the 15th century with the ancient houses. Nowadays, the architecture of the houses in Hoi An are still kept like the first time they were built.

Hoi An ancient town

Not only is Hoi An famous for its architecture, it is also known for many delicious dishes there. However, Hoi An now also attracts tourists for good foods, nice views and cheap price of products.

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"Yummy" Halong

Halong, a city is known as for many different kinds of landscapes and sightseeing. Besides, this city is also famous for it tourism. Coming to Halong, tourists can have chance to enjoy the beauty of that city. Many caves, islands and islets is being brought to the light of beauty. If there are any places on Earth that can be considered to be the Heaven on land, it must be Halong. This city is recognized as the World natural heritages for two times. Each time tourists come here, they can find many interesting places even they have come here for many times.  The things that many of tourists like are seafood in Halong. Excellent seafood of Vietnam, you must come to coastal region such as Halong, Nha Trang or Phu Quoc… Come to Halong bay, besides exploring the picturesque beauty of the gulf, should not miss the opportunity to enjoy excellent seafood dishes.  

1.Fried Grilled Squid

One kind of special Halong seafood is Grilled Squid. This kind of dish is not too difficult to make. The Squid meat is grilled until it becomes very small. It is then circled or flattened. After that it is fried in a full-oil pan.

Grilled Squid

After cooking, Fried Grilled Squid has the yellow color. It tastes is very special with the unique smell of seafood, a little bit tough and the flavour of squid.

You can easily find this kind of dish in some cruises and boats in Ha Long Bay.

2. Crabs.

Whenever you visit Ha Long Bay, the food that the people there want to invite you is the crabs. The sea crabs are much bigger than these one in land, so normally, they will boil the crabs with a special kind of soup.

Crabs in HaLong

After the crabs are served to tourists, you can take a cracker to crack the shell of the crabs. For me, I would like to use bare hands to enjoy this kind of food. The smell of the crabs is really attractive that hardly can anyone deny it. And when you taste, you can not forget the flavour of this food as well as the image of Ha Long sea food.

3. Baked snails.

Snails seem to be the kind of seafood that appear popular to tourists. But when you come to Ha Long, they have a unique kind of cooking snails. The snails are chilled with Vietnamese sauce, salt, pepper. After that, they put the snail into the burning coals.

Baked-snails

When being served, you can take a niddle to try this kind of food. It is really tasty and delicious.

4. Quality of seafoods

What people worry about the most when travelling is the quality of the food they eat. Coming to Halong, enjoy the seafood there, you do not need to worry about the quality as well as the personal hygiene as all the food in this city is very fresh and they are always in the best quality.

 Fresh Seafood

All of seafood, including fishes, crabs, shrimps, lobsters, oysters or sea snails… you can find when coming to visit Halong. The only one element that we cannot describe on this section is the fresh and delicious flavor of each dish, which can only be experience during real taste. 

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