On the occasion of the Nation Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day (May 1), a large number of tourists flocked to Yang Bay waterfall in Khanh Hoa. Yang Bay, also known as Thac Troi or the Waterfall of the Gods, is located in the middle of a forest surrounded by high mountains.
The waterfall, about 45 kilometres from Nha Trang, is not only beautiful, but has a legend that goes along with it.
The story goes that on the top of 900-metre high Gia Kang Mountain, a great many very smooth stones were laid down, creating a playground for the gods and fairies.
Among the fairies, the youngest often disguised herself as a countryside girl. She was then adopted by a village couple.
After some time, she fell in love with a local man named Cau Son. When informed about their love, the gods became angry and turned Cau Son into a rock. This did not discourage the fairy, however, who decided to stay and guard the statue of her beloved.
So the gods took out their anger on the people of the village by drying up their water. Blazing heat along with dried up rivers and streams was making the place uninhabitable.
Then two frogs appeared, a mother and her baby frog. Searching for water and scorched, the mother frog jumped around until she was overcome by the heat. The baby frog cried over his mother until his last breath.
The gods were so moved that they cried. Their tears created two waterfalls, one large one and one smaller, in the places where the two frogs died.
When the water touched the the statue of Cau Son, he was brought back to life and reunited with the fairy.
To commemorate the great services of the frogs, people decided to named the great waterfall as Yang Bay or Waterfall of the Gods, and the smaller one as Yang Khang or the Child of the Gods, and a third as Ho Cho or the Mother Waterfall.
