With the newly opened HCMC-Trung Luong expressway, Tien Giang Province is now just over 40 minutes drive from HCMC. Tourists who like eco-tourism will find many places in Tien Giang Province that will interest them, including the Cai Be floating market.
Kien Giang province is planning to organize the Announcement Ceremony of Kien Giang - the Worlds Biosphere Reserve combined with the 2010 Mekong Delta Economic Cooperation Forum. This is a very important event through which Kien Giang appeals for the entire community’s assistance in preserving and upholding the reserves potential.
In the summer, going to the highlands must be an ideal option for tourists to getting closer to nature and escape from the hot and muggy of the tropical summer in HCMC. Visiting magnificent waterfalls, poetic vegetable and flower gardens and strolling around endless pine hills will be nice experiences in Dalat, the city in mist and pine trees.
Madagui is one of the most popular tourist sites in the southern province of Lam Dong. In the local language, Madagui means the river of the Ma ethnic minority group. The resort leaves a special impression in the hearts of domestic and foreign visitors with its dreamlike and romantic beauty.
Duong Lam Village in Son Tay Town, 60km west of Hanoi has become increasingly popular half-day trip for weekend travellers. Ha Nguyen Huyen, owner of the 163-year-old house in the village, has welcomed tourists since 2005 when it was recognised as a National Cultural and Historical Relic.
Ben Tre is well-known as the land of coconuts. The province, 86km from HCM City, is home to 40,000ha of various coconut species. Waterway travel is an attractive way of travelling the byways and highways of this destination.
Known in the Mekong Delta as the “father” of the floating hotel concept, travel operator Dang Dung has created a truly unique tourist accommodation for guests wanting to immerse themselves in southern culture.
Ba Vi, a magnificent limestone mountain range which is called Lord of Mountains in the Vietnamese spirit in association with the Son Tinh-Thuy Tinh legend, is considered one of the most potential ecotourism regions in the north. The mountain is endowed with superb scenery and historical heritages.
Lac Lake is one of the largest natural lakes in Vietnam and is considered by many to also be the most beautiful. Covering more than 500ha at an elevation of 500m, it is one of the most famous landscapes in the Central Highlands.
Quan Son Lake is situated in My Duc District, Ha Tay Province. It covers an area of 850ha with nearly 100 mountains and a diversity of plantation, pagodas and historic relics. The lake water is clear with fresh air year round. Visitors to the lake will be taken by surprise at the natural beauty: the water, the clouds, the river and the mountains. Quan Son eco-tourism system is covered with rebirth-forests of rare plantation and animal species. Wildlife: birds, reptiles, mammals are plentiful in the forest. The area has retained traces of national cultures, festival traditional identities. The attraction lies in the natural beauties almost untouched and untapped.