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The South of Vietnam

Song Be Area

This is a South-east Vietnam province measuring 9,859 sq. km with its north-south length of 200 km and east-west width of 80 km, bordering Cambodia in the North, Ho Chi Minh City in the South, Danang Province in the east and Tayninh in the West.

Highlights of Song Be area

Chau Thoi mountain.
Dau Tieng Lake.
Lo O Spring Tourist Zone.
Binh An Lak Tourist Zone and Soc Siem.
Thien Hau Thanh Mau's Temple.
Tibetan Pagoda.
Lai Thieu.
Fruit-tree Gardens.
Hoi Khanh Pagoda.

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Cat Tien

The Cat Tien forest borders on three provinces: Dong Nai, Lam Dong and Binh Duong, is about 200 km from Ho Chi Minh City. This is a primeval forest with an area of about 10,000 ha, suitable for life environment of animal, of rare and unusual creatures with a number of animals such as birds, crocodiles, species of python, and etc. Besides, numerous species of insect attract visitors who like to discover and to inspect them.

See more in Dong Nai, Lam Dong, Binh Duong

Vung Tau City

Situated 125 km from Ho Chi Minh City, is a famous seaside resort in Vietnam, known under the French as Cap Saint - Jacques. Vung Tau beaches are easily to reach from Saigon. There are main beaches including front beach and back beach. Visitors can take bathing at back beach. Besides, visitors also pay visit to mountains by climbing into it for sightseeing Peninsula's mountains.

A number of interesting religious sites around town consist of several pagodas and huge standing statue of Jesus blessing the East Sea. Vung Tau is nowadays considered as the center of producing oil. Many foreign companies have come here for investing and exploring on oil.

Highlights of Vung Tau

Nirvana Meditation retreat (Niet Ban Tinh Xa).
Whale Temple (Lang Ca Ong).
Giant Jesus.
White Villa (Bach Dinh).
The Lighthouse (Nui Nho).
Buddha Shrine (Thich Ca Phat Dai).

See more in Ba Ria - Vung Tau

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