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Destinations:

• Phu Quoc Island

Location: Phu Quoc Island lies in the Gulf of Thailand, Kien Giang Province, 45 km from Ha Tien and 15 km south of the coast of Cambodia.
Characteristics: Phu Quoc, the largest island in Vietnam, is also part of an archipelago consisting of 22 islands and islets. The island covers an area of 585km2 and is 50km long.

• Ha Tien’s Beauty

Location: Located about 90km from Rach Gia City.
Characteristics: Ha Tien is a seaside and fishing resort which offers several beautiful and interesting sites to discover.

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• U Minh Forest

Location: The section of U Minh Forest in Kien Giang Province is U Minh Thuong (upper U Minh) and the other section in Camau Province is U Minh Ha (lower U Minh).
Characteristics: U Minh Forest, a special swamp in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta, is habitat to hundreds of precious fauna and flora species.

• Camau Bird Sanctuary

Location: In Dam Doi District, actually 45km south-east of the Ca Mau City.
Characteristics: It is a living and gathering place of indigenous storks.

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• Xiem Can Pagoda

Location: The Xiem Can Pagoda is located 7km from the town of Bac Lieu, on the same road that leads to the Bac Lieu Bird Sanctuary.
Characteristics: This Khmer pagoda is over a century old, and was built, carved, and decorated in an original ethnic style.

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• Dat Set Pagoda

Location: Dat Set Pagoda (Buu Son Tu) is located on Luong Dinh Cua St., Soc Trang Town, Soc Trang Province.
Characteristics: This pagoda is visited by many local and foreign tourists who come to burn incense and to see the display of precious clay items, such as the thousand Buddha statues and the four sacred animals (dragon, unicorn, turtle, and phoenix).

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• Ninh Chu Beach

Location: Ninh Chu Beach is located in Khanh Hai Townlet, Ninh Hai District, Ninh Thuan Province.
Characteristics: It is famous for its 10km of white sands happed like a crescent moon, turquoise water, and green pine trees.

• Ca Na Beach

Location: Ca Na Beach is located in Phuoc Dien Commune, Ninh Phuoc District, Ninh Thuan Province.
Characteristics: This is a calm, pristine beach with its turquoise water lapping the relatively rocky shore.

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• Mui Ne

Location: 24 km north-east of Phan Thiet City.
Characteristics: It is a fishing village as well as a familiar tourism area in Binh Thuan Province.

• Phu Quy Island

Location: It lies at the junction line of the mainland and Truong Sa (Spratley) Island, 120km from Phan Thiet City.
Characteristics: In the island, several pagodas and temples such as Linh Quang, Cao Cat, An Than have been recognized to be cultural -historic relics.

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• Tay Nguyen Grave House

Location: Tay Nguyen Grave House is located in the Central Highlands, Kon Tum Province.
Characteristics: According to aged old customs of ethnic minority groups in the Central Highlands, after the burial of the deceased they grave to shelter the grave from rain and sunshine.

• Ba Na Village

Location: Ba Na Village is in the Central Highlands, Kon Tum Province.
Characteristics: Ba Na Village has many beautiful wooden stilt houses. The staircases leading to the houses are made from tree trunks; each step meticulously chiselled by the skilled Ba Na men.

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• Da Dia Rapids

Location: Da Dia Rapids is located in An Ninh Dong Commune, Tuy An District, Phu Yen Province.
Characteristic: It is strangely structured rocks include large upright stones equally arranged in a star pattern.

• Nhan Tower

Location: Nhan Tower is near to Nhan Mountain, on the northern bank of Da Rang River, close to National Highway 1A in Tuy Hoa City, Phu Yen Province.
Characteristic: The tower has quadrilateral shape with four stories; the fourth story is smaller than the first one.

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• My Khe Beach (in Quang Ngai)

Location: My Khe Beach is situated in Co Luy Village, Tinh Khe Commune, Son Tinh District, Quang Ngai Province.
Characteristics: My Khe Beach is one of the most beautiful beaches in Central Vietnam. It is approximately 8km long and has fine white powdery sand.

• Sa Huynh Beach

Location: Sa Huynh Beach is situated in Pho Thanh Commune, Duc Pho District, 60km south of Quang Ngai City.
Characteristics: Sa Huynh is also called Sa Hoang, it means “gold sand”. Therefore, the color of sand is not white like some others, it is glitter yellow sand.

• Son My Site

Location: Son My Site is situated in Tu Cung Hamlet, Tinh Khe Commune, Son Tinh District, Quang Ngai Province.
Characteristics: The site was built in memory of the civilians who were killed during the American War. It is located on the land where the American troops cruelly massacred the local people on the morning of 16 March 1968.

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• Cua Tung Beach

Location: Cua Tung Beach is located in Vinh Linh District, Quang Tri Province.
Characteristics: Although Cua Tung Beach is not very wide or long, it has its own beauty. The beach has sparkling green water, silky sand, and it is touched by soft breezes throughout the year.

• Quang Tri Citadel

Location: Quang Tri Citadel is situated in the central of Quang Tri Town.
Characteristics: Quang Tri Citadel was a military bastion and it was also an administrative head office of Nguyen Dynasty in Quang Tri Province (1809 -1945).

• Vinh Moc Tunnels

Location: Vinh Moc Tunnels is situated in Vinh Linh Village, Vinh Thach Commune, Vinh Linh District, Quang Tri Province.
Characteristics: Vinh Moc Tunnels - a place well-known as an underground village constructed to avoid bombardments during the American War (1965-1966).