Lonely Planet lists central Vietnam in top 10 Asia-Pacific destinations

 

The Middle Vietnam is proud as the sixth out of Lonely Planet's top 10 must-visit destinations in Asia-Pacific.

It is bookended by the hustle and bustle of Ho Chi Minh City and the historic environment of Hanoi Capital, and bring visitors a most diverse region as featured by the U.K. travel magazine. 

Hue's attractive cuisine embodies the city's imperial legacy, while south in Hoi An's well-known paths where showcase local dishes, including fragrant cao lau noodles. Seafood is well-known in neighbouring Danang, which is alongside the Han River, one of Vietnam's most charmful urban destination. 

Hue is the former imperial capital that ever witnessed the glories and falling of the Nguyen Dynasty, the last ruler to govern the country, is well-known for a food paradise.

Tuyen Lam Lake in Dalat

 

Compared with Dalat in 10 years ago, Dalat and neighbouring areas nowadays lose a lot of immense space. The encroachment of green houses and houses built in the city inner to the suburb have tore up the deserted ground. Spaces that is believed to unable to afford are disappeared and vanished.

If you visit Dalat now, you can not find wild sunflowers within it, just empty valleys inside the city. If you want to see wild sunflowers, just go to outside of Dalat. 

Dalat in Apricot Season

 

If you visit the surroundings of Dalat City at this time, you would see the apricot blooms in the suburbs and it will fade in 3 or 4 weeks if there is no rain. After New Year, it is the best time to visit there to admire the beauty of nature.  

Going to Dalat, you should go to Lac Duong District, Lang Biang foothills, Da Nhim Commune.These are places with higher elevation than Dalat City.

OneHhundred-Year-Old Church

 

 

 

 

Notre Dame Cathedral is one of the one-hundred-year-old churches in Vietnam. Nesting in the commercial hub in Ho Chi Minh City provides services for holidays. It was constructed in 1877 - 1880 and is a must visit for tourists. 

 

One of the characteristics of this church is all materials imported from France, in which red orange bricks retain the color to the present. Two sharp peaks were build in 1984, once the highest place in the city at that time. Visitors took these peaks as landmark to guess the direction to downtown.  

Sapa Organized a Marathon Run.

 

The mountain marathon run attracted thousands of professionals and enthusiasts to participate in. Part of the attraction is the landscape of Sapa in cherry blossoms and primitive forests. 

More than 2,000 runners joined the race in Sapa from the night of 20 to 22 November, 2020, with different distance of 10km, 21km, 42km and so on. Particularly, a 100 km race started at 9 pm on November 20, taking place overnight through the high mountains. The participants ran enjoying a sea of clouds in early morning. 

Discover the Surrounding of Dalat

 

Don Duong District nests near Dalat City. About 40 km from Dalat City to Dran, you will easily admire vegetable terraced valleys with automatically watering system designed by farmers in Dalat.

Heart-Shaped Island Lan Ha

 It is an island formed by a block of rocks covered with green trees and taking a heart-shape, about 160 meters wide and around 110 meter in length. The highest pick is about 16 meters from the sea level. 

It is an island Lan Ha, Hai Phong Province. Just below the tail of the island, you find a sandy beach with 10 meters wide and 50 meters long, connecting another island as you see in the photo. 

 

Ao Dai Collection

 

 

 

The show of the Ao Dai Collection took place in December of 2020. It inspires the sincere and unique feeling when a girl is coming to her husband's home. The collection figures different patterns, colors. materials, and sewing technique.  

Moc Chau in Plum Season

 

 

 

At this time, Moc Chau begin to wear the white colour of the plum blossoms. If you visit Moc Chau right now, you will see plum trees scattering along two sides of road leading up to hills or valleys around the town.

 

Plum blossoms is a typical characteristics of the plateau with fragile beauty. Taking a pain, you go deeply into villages, you will find the plum blossoms more romantic and wild because the tourism has not exploited it yet.  

 

 

Resort in Da Lat City

 

 

 

Resort in Da Lat

 

On Lam Tuyen Lake, a resort was built to inspire the image of a village in Switzerland or France. The Resort is located in the side of Tuyen Lam lake. This place is considered as the miniature Switzerland in Da Lat. 

 

In recent times, this resort has featured in many tourist promotion magazines in Lam Dong province, as well as on social networks thanks to its romantic space. 

 

This place is the highlight of the western-styled architecture of Da Lat city. This architecture is combined art and nature, an advantage of a city in mountainous region.

 

 

Weekend in the Nature of Trang An

 

 

 

If you don't have any plan for this weekend, this image help you decide your tourist destination with your friends or family. 

 

Trang An is a must-visit spot where you would capture the beauty of nature. Taking a boat or a kayak along Sao Kheu River to enjoy Trinh Temple, Toi Cave, Sang Cave, Tran Temple, Quy Hau Cave and a lot of others.

Don Duong Church in Dalat

 New Year is an opportuniy for you to discover the surroundings of Dalat. One of the must-visit destinations you should not miss out in your itinery is Don Duong Church. From Dran, you follow Highway 27 to Phi Nom intersection to return to Dalat or head down Ngoan Muc Pass to arrive in Ninh Thuan Province.

Homestay for New Year

 

New Year is coming around the corner. Homestay in Lao Cai is a place to stay away from the hustle and bustle of a city. 

A homestay house, built with Po Mu wood of Day ethnic people, nests in the heart of Ta Va Village. You would enjoy a life nearby nature, with a room filled with sunshine through windows. Additionally, an open kitchen is convenient for barbecue party among a group. 

Beauty of Ha Giang Tourism

 

The third prize is  a piece of work "The Moss Roof House, taken in Khuoi My village, home for the Dao minor ethnic group by photographer Ngo Chi Thanh.

This is a photographic contest "Beautiful Photos of Ha Giang Tourism in 2020" that portrays many perspectives on nature and minor ethnic people in this rocky region.

Ha Giang Province

 

The piece of work "The Beauty of the Remote Border" by Pham Hoai Nam, taken in Lung Tao Commune, won the first prize of the collection "Photos of Ha Giang Tourism". The photo depicts a group of children passing a road, carrying bags in a row among majestic mountains. 

This is a photographic contest "Beautiful Photos of Ha Giang Tourism in 2020" that portrays many perspectives on nature and minor ethnic people in this rocky region.

Sapa in Winter

 

 

Sapa is a must visit

 

The terraced fields in Sapa is a must in your plan, if you want to see gradually turning golden rice fields that have captured the attention of professional photographers across the country. 

You don't worry about the accommodation here because homestay, long-built hotels, and lots of tourist service are at your disposal. 

To travel to Sapa, you have many options such as rental of a motorbike, self-driving car or booking a bus. 

Lonely Planet, a famous tourist website, has recently chosen it as a must visit in the year. The selection has explored all beautiful spots across the country. As you may know, Hoang Lien Son is known as the Indochinese Alps thanks to the dotted high mountains such as Fansipan, the highest peak in Vietnam. It is an opportunity for you to enjoy terrace fields to romantic valleys. Also, you could feel the hospitality of minor ethnic people like Mong, Dao Do, and Giay.

 

Hoang Lien Son Rocky Mountain

 

Hoang Lien Son Rocky Mountain is one of the top ten wonders of nature in Vietnam. Lonely Planet, a famous tourist website, has recently chosen it as a must visit in the year. The selection has explored all beautiful spots across the country. 

As you may know, Hoang Lien Son is known as the Indochinese Alps thanks to the dotted high mountains such as Fansipan, the highest peak in Vietnam. It is an opportunity for you to enjoy terrace fields to romantic valleys. Also, you could feel the hospitality of minor ethnic people like Mong, Dao Do, and Giay.

Da Lat Hill

 

Recently, young people pour into Dalat City to hunt 'clouds' in spots like Thien Phuc Duc Hill, Cau Dat tea Hill ... far from the city center, you should get up early from 4am to move and watch the sunrise.

Bare Hill is also known as Bride Hill because there are always couples who choose to take wedding photos, especially at the end of the year. This is also the ideal place to watch sunrise and hunt clouds, when you will take great photos when the sun starts to dawn. The best time is around 5am - 5:30 pm when the first rays of sunlight of the day pass through the canopy.

Sapa In Apricot Season

 

Tea Hills in Sapa

The photo describes the scene of tea hills at the sun rise. This is a tourist destination for visitors or photographers to catch breath-taking moments, particularly, in the midst of early winter, the rows of trees with young leaves would look like a fairyland for them to explore. 

An ideal position of viewing the pink cherry apricot blossom in the enclosing of the green background of the tea hills is from high hills. Cherry blossoms are starting to bloom, offering the best photos in the first week of December. Early morning or sunset are two good times to capture the best frames of nature.

Da Lat in Christmas Season

 

This is a peaceful picture on small village Xuan Truong. Early in the morning or late in the morning, mist hangs across the pine forests, hillsides and winding roads.

The photographic collection "Da Lat in Winter" by young photographer Tran Ngoc Anh (also known as Py Tran), who lives and works in Dalat. The author said that from the end of October of this year to March of the following year is the best time to "hunt" the cloud, when this city enters winter, dry and cold weather.