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Nha Trang is a coastal city and capital of Khánh Hòa province, on the South Central Coast of Vietnam. It is well known for its pristine beaches and excellent scuba diving and is fast becoming a popular destination for international tourists, attracting large numbers of backpackers as well as more affluent travelers on the Southeast Asia circuit. It is already very popular with Vietnamese tourists. Nha Trang Bay is amongst the world's most beautiful bays. Tourists can participate in Sea Festival and August- Nha Trang Rendezvous Festival every 2 years. Nha Trang is the site of the Miss Universe 2008 Pageant to be held on July 14, 2008. It will be broadcast live on NBC Television on that date (which will be on the evening of July 13 back in the US.)

Ha Tinh is located on the Northern Central of Vietnam, surrounded by Nghe An Province on the north, Quang Binh Province on the south, Laos on the west, and East Sea on the east. Located on the east of Truong Son Mountain Range, Ha Tinh's terrain is both narrow and sloping, tilting towards the east. To the west is a high mountain range (with average height of 1,500m), following with a range of hills, small and narrow elongated plain and coastal sandy banks.

Đèo Ngang (thơ Bà Huyện Thanh Quan)
Bước tới Đèo Ngang bóng xế tà -- Cỏ cây chen lá đá chen hoa
Lom khom dưới núi tiều vài chú -- Lác đác bên sông chợ mấy nhà
Nhớ nước đau lòng con quốc quốc -- Thương nhà mỏi miệng cái gia gia
Dừng chân đứng lại trời non nước -- Một mảnh tình riêng ta với ta

Hội An (or Hoi An) a small city in the South Central Coast of Vietnam. It is located in the Quảng Nam province and is home to approximately 88,000 inhabitants. The city possessed the largest harbour in Southeast Asia in the 1st Century and was known as Lâm Ấp Phố (Champa City). Some scholars have suggested that it comes from the word "hải-phố" (海浦) meaning "sea town", while others have said that it seems more likely to simply be a shortening of Hội An-phố (會安浦), "the town of Hoi An", to "Hoi-pho" which became "Faifo".. (Hướng Dẫn Du Lịch)
In 1999, the old town was declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO as a well-preserved example of a Southeast Asian trading port of the 15th to 19th centuries, whose buildings display a unique blend of local and foreign influence

Thị Xã Cần Thơ (or Can Tho), the name comes from "Cầm Thi Giang" - river of poems, is a city in Vietnam. The city, regarded as "Western capital", with an estimated population of 1,121,000 as of 2004, is the biggest city in the Mekong Delta. The city is located on the south bank of Hau River, the bigger branch of the Sông Cửu Long (Nine Dragons River) aka Mekong River. It is 169 km from Saigon, Vietnam’s largest city. Cần Thơ’s climate is tropical and monsoonal with two seasons: rainy, from May to November and dry, from December to April. Average annual humidity is 83%, rainfall 1,635 mm and temperature 27 °C.

Quận Sa Pa (or Sapa District) is a frontier town and located in Lao Cai Province, north-west Vietnam, and 350km's north-west of Hanoi, close to the border with China. The Hoàng Liên Sơn (or Hoang Lien Son) range of mountains dominates the district, which is at the eastern extremity of the Himalayas. This range includes Vietnams' highest mountain, Fansipan, at a height of 3142m above sea level. The town of Sapa lies at about 1600 meters of altitude. The climate is moderate and rainy in summer (May—August), and foggy and cold with occasional snowfalls in winter. Sapa is a quiet mountain town and home to a great diversity of ethnic minority peoples. The total population of 36,000 consists mostly of minority groups. Besides the Kinh (Viet) people (15%) there are mainly 5 ethnic groups in Sapa: Hmong 52%, Dao 25%, Tay 5%, Giay 2% and a small number of Xa Pho. Approximately 7,000 live in Sapa, the other 36,000 being scattered in small communes throughout the district.

Binh Duong (Vietnamese: Bình Dương; Hán Tự: 平洋) is a Province of Vietnam. and located in the southeastern part of the country, immediately to the north of Saigon. The area is considered to be good cropland, and agriculture is an important industry in the province. Bình Dương is also home to a significant manufacturing industry, and in the first half of 2004, the province had the second highest levels of foreign investment in Vietnam. Nike, Adidas, H&M and McDonald’s have set up factories to manufacture goods they sell locally and abroad in the province. The southern DI An (Dĩ An) and Thuan An (Thuận An) wards are highly urbanised and have eventually merged into the Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) metropolitan area. (Hướng Dẫn Du Lịch)

Cà Mau pronunciation is a city in the Mekong Delta region, and located in the southernmost part of Vietnam's inland territory. Vietnam's incumbent Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng was born and raised here. The city is characterized by its system of transport canals and most goods are transported here by boats and barges. The city's population is approximately 181,000 (as of 2008). The majority of its residents are ethnic Vietnamese and Chinese, with a large population of ethnic Khmer. There are 300 Khmer Krom households and 400 Hoa households. Ca Mau city is accessible by road (360 km south-west of Ho Chi Minh City) via National Road 1A or by air (Ca Mau Airport). Ca Mau is administratively subdivided into 8 urban "phường" and 7 rural "xã".

Nam Dinh city (Vietnamese: Nam Định) is a city in the Song Hong (Red River) Delta of northern Vietnam, and is the capital of Nam Dinh Province. The city of Nam Dinh is 90 km southeast of Vietnam's capital, Hanoi. From August 18-20 there is a festival held in Nam Dinh called the Co Trach. This celebration honors General Tran Hung Dao, a 13th century national hero who was a commander-in-chief of Vietnam and fought off the Mongols in their invasions of Vietnam

Collection of panoramas from members of 360 VR Panorama Group at social network photo.vn including firstly with Chealse and the list will grow soon.

Hanoi Flower Fetival 2010 - Lễ Hội Hoa Hanoi 2010

The entry-into-force of the U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) on December 10, 2001, created a wealth of new opportunities for both sides. Now it is up to the nationals and companies of the two countries to make good use of the opportunity. The BTA is the centerpiece of U.S. efforts to open Vietnam’s market and promote reform of its trade and investment regime. BTA implementation requires Vietnam to make significant legal; regulatory and administration changes. It can be expected that as Vietnam continues to implement BTA requirements, American firms will benefit from more open and transparent access and fair treatment of U.S. goods and services.
(Ref. http://vietnam.usembassy.gov/ccg-ch1.html)

Ninh Bình is a town in the Red River Delta of northern Vietnam. It is the capital of Ninh Bình Province. The area is one of astounding natural beauty with limestone peaks whose splendor is often said to surpass that of Halong Bay. It is true that this area is often referred to as the Ha Long Bay on land. The tour includes being rowed along the Boi River, which makes for a truly unforgettable experience, passing between towering limestone peaks.

Đông Hà is the capital town of Quang Tri Province, Vietnam. Dong Ha is situated at the crossroads of National Highway 1A and Road 9, part of the East-West Economic Corridor (EWEC). It lies on the Reunification Express Railway and is served by Dong Ha Railway Station. EWEC is an economic development program which includes Northeast Thailand, Southern Laos, and central Vietnam.

During the Vietnam War, Dong Ha was the location on a strategically important U.S. Marine Combat Base, outposted to provide surveillance of troops movements across the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). Dong Ha was overrun on March 31, 1972, during the initial assaults of the North Vietnamese Easter Offensive.

Tourists come to Dong Ha nowadays, especially ex-servicemen from the U.S. and Vietnam, who nearly always include a DMZ tour in their programs.

Sa Dec (Vietnamese: Sa Đéc) is a town in Đồng Tháp Province in the Mekong Delta of southern Vietnam. It is a river port and agricultural, industrial trading center, During the Vietnam War, it was the site of an American Swift Boat base.

Before the nineteenth century, it was the capital of Dong Khau Dao, and it was known as the one of the largest cities in the Mekong Delta.


Thien Hau pagoda
Sa Dec Industrial zoneToday, this town has a population of approximately 103,000. There are three industrial zones in this town, designated by the codes A, C1, and C. They attract a large number of businessmen from the Mekong Delta region.

Sa Dec is also known outside of Vietnam as the place where the French novelist Marguerite Duras fell in love with Huỳnh Thủy Lê, a gentle, older Vietnamese landowner.

Tây Ninh ( 西寧 in Chữ Nôm) is a town in southwestern Vietnam. It is the capital of Tay Ninh province, which encompasses the town and much of the surrounding farmland. Tay Ninh is approximately 90 km to the northwest of Saigon or Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam's largest city. The city is most famous for being the home of the Cao Dai religion, an indigenous Vietnamese faith that includes the teachings of the major world religions. The Cao Dai religion's Holy See, built between 1933 and 1955, is located around 5 km to the east of Tay Ninh's town centre.

Hai Phong is located in the center of the Red River. It is approximately 100 kilometres from Hanoi and serves as the primary seaport for the northern region of the Viet Nam. Hai Phong has existed as a significant port city for at least several centuries, and was one of Vietnam's principal trading centres. When Vietnam was invaded by the French, the city became France's main naval base in Indochina.

After World War II, when Vietnam attempted to regain its independence, Hai Phong was the site of the first military action undertaken by the French, being shelled by the French heavy cruiser Suffren which resulted in more than two thousand casualties.

Later, in the Vietnam War, the city was subjected to heavy bombing by US Navy and Air Force strike aircraft due to its status as North Vietnam's only major port. After the war, the city was built up as a significant industrial centre.

Vũng Tàu is a city in southern Vietnam. The city area is 140 km² (54 square miles) including 13 urban wards and one village. It is the capital of Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, and is the crude oil extraction center of Vietnam. During 14th and 15th centuries, the cape that would become Vũng Tàu was a swamp which European trading ships visited regularly. The ships' activities inspired the name Vũng Tàu, which means "anchorage". The Portuguese navigators passed Vũng Tàu many times and named it after Saint Jacques. The French invaded Vietnam afterwards and called it Cape Saint Jacques. The cliff of Vũng Tàu is now called Mũi Nghinh Phong (literally meaning “Cape of breeze welcome”).

Vĩnh Long (Hán Tự: 永隆; literally "eternal prosperity") is a town in Vietnam. It is the capital of the Vĩnh Long Province in the Mekong Delta. Narrow bridge over canal in An Binh Island.Vĩnh Long is on the Co Chien river, which branches out from the Mekong at the narrows of My Thuan about ten km upstream from Vinh Long, only to meet it later downstream. Across the Co Chien from Vinh Long are the An Binh and Binh Hoa Phuoc islands, some fifteen km across, with the main Mekong river on the other side. A number of canals run through Vĩnh Long, as well as the islands, with tall pedestrian/motorcycle bridges crossing them. Much transportation takes place by boat, so that parts of the town, and especially An Binh, become unreachable at low tide. A temple of literature is at the end of a old wet market along the canal Lavoo Nu.

Quang Binh formerly Tiên Bình under the reign of Lê Trung Hưng of Lê Dynasty, this province was renamed Quảng Bình in 1604) is a province in the North Central Coast of Vietnam. The province is bordered by Laotian province of Khammouan on the west, South China Sea on the east, Hà Tĩnh province on the north and Quảng Trị province on the south. It's home to the World Heritage Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park and also home to several famous Vietnamese public figures, including the family of former South Vietnamese president Ngo Dinh Diem, general Vo Nguyen Giap, poet Han Mac Tu, etc.