The Tien River, a branch of the Mekong River in southern Vietnam, flows through an area enriched with alluvium, making the land of Tien Giang and Ben Tre, the two provinces that the river flows through, prime for growing thousands of hectares of tropical orchards.
There’s a good reason why Ly Son Island is called the Kingdom of Garlic: the bulb is cultivated all over the place and is the main source of income for the 20,000 human inhabitants.
On May 26, 2009, the UNESCO voted to recognise Ca Mau CapeNational Park as the world biosphere reserve, a move described as an important step to preserve the biodiversity of the flooded forest as well as humanity value for the sake of sustainable development.
Thousands of rocks in different shapes and sizes create the uniqueness of Ham Ho, also known as the "Forest of Stone", in the central province of Binh Dinh.
Lo Dieu and Tan Thanh are among the little known beaches in Binh Dinh Province but are truly rewards for travelers who dare to overcome the tough, winding road sections as well as the breathtaking passes to reach the sites in remote communes of the central province.
Located 38km from Lao Cai City, Sapa is a mountainous district of Lao Cai Province 1,600m above sea level. With an average temperature of about 18 degree Celsius, Sapa lures tourists all year round with its splendid mountain landscapes, ethnic villages and terraced rice fields.
Sailing down the Da River in Hoa Binh province is a wonderful way to relax for a couple of days
On a Sunday morning my friend and I drove towards Hoa Binh on a surprisingly quite highway. We headed straight for the Hoa Binh Power Plant and Reservoir, a massive project built from 1988 to 1994, where we planned to hire a boat and sail about for the day.
Lying within the flooded Dong Thap Muoi area in Cao Lanh District, Dong Thap Province, Gao Giong Eco-Tourism Park has become a popular destination for both domestic and foreign tourists to relax and enjoy meandering sampan cruises through the wetlands. The environment is an example of the region’s mangrove lowlands and the park acts as a ‘green lung’ of the Dong Thap Muoi region.
My Tho is around 72 kilometers south of Ho Chi Minh City. Since the 17th century, the fertile land in the north of the Tien River has been reclaimed and developed by generations of inhabitants into an area lush and green with rice fields and orchards, and trade has thrived for centuries along its river banks.
The most beautiful postcards and landscape paintings or photo-graphs come to life with just one glimpse of Cham Island (commonly known in Vietnamese as Cu Lao Cham). Strung along in the shape of mermaid, the eight islets that form the island are lush green paradises fringed by pristine white-sand beaches and blue waters.