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The South of Vietnam
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Ho Chi Minh City is located in the northern edge of the Mekong Delta and along the Saigon River (the name of a fantastic river flowing across the city. This river gave birth to Saigon).
This city is one of the three biggest municipalities in Vietnam, with population of over 5 million also the largest city in Vietnam and also the center of industry, commerce, tourism and international communication.
Being a big city (as Ho Chi Minh City) with a focus of many valuable products, tasty fruits, large hotels enclosed excellent services, consumer goods and a great deal of handicrafts attracting tourists and interesting places such as: Nharong Wharf where president of Ho Chi Minh left home to look for the way of national salvation in 1911, Unification Assembly Hall, the city is a leading tourist center of the whole country. Besides, there are such places of interest as the Museum of history, the municipal zoological garden, lacquer production factories... That is the "Pearl of the Far East" which is called formerly, nowadays it becomes an attractive place for tourists and foreign investors proposing diplomatic relation and co-operation in travel and trading.
Situated about 75 km from Ho Chi Minh City, Cu Chi Tunnels is the best known place for during the Vietnam War. Cu Chi Tunnels lay above network of underground tunnels which reach a total length of 250 km, and enable resistance fighters to move around unobserved. Visitors can go down into a section of the tunnels which have been maintained.
It is about 99 km from Ho Chi Minh City, and is a place attracted by Cao Dai religion. Coming here, visitors can take sightseeing to Caodai Holysee. The best position to see is from a balcony which overlooks the chequered floor of the nave. From there, beyond the highly decorative pillars you can see a great globe with a large eye perched on top of the main altar.
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