On
the huge That Son Range (Seven Mountains) along highway 91 from Long
Xuyen to Chau Doc, Anh Vu, or Ket, Mountain is a well known and
favorite destination for travelers. The 225 meter mountain is located
in Thoi Son ward, Tinh Bien district, An Giang province.
There’s nothing quite like knocking back a few cold ones after a pleasant walk or run through the Vietnamese countryside. And that’s why the Saigon Hash House Harriers have become so popular.“Hashing,”
a weekly jog first begun in 1938 by a group of British officers in
Malaysia wanting to run off the weekend’s excesses, began in Ho Chi
Minh City in 1990. Originally a men’s activity, hash groups are now
mostly co-ed.
Considered one of the
most beautiful places to visit in the central coastal province of Binh
Thuan, the Mui Ne Ward of Phan Thiet Town is most famous for its vast
sand dunes.
One look at Ngu Hanh Son will tell you that it is a spiritual place for Vietnamese people – a place of legends. The Ngu Hanh Son (Five Elements Mountains) south of Da Nang City look like five fingers rising out of the ground. The mountains, located in Ngu Hanh Son District, are also known as the Marble Mountains, and shine with natural beauty and attract many Buddhist pilgrims and tourists.
Travel industry executives attribute a fall in the number of foreign tourists in large part to the global economic crisis rather than the swine flu scare. They also add that domestic travel has picked up some of the slack, riding on a nationwide tourism promotion campaign that has offered significant service discounts.
