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Vung Tau (Vung Tàu) is about a 125km to the southeast of Ho Chi Minh City, a Vietnamese resort and the centre of the country’s offshore oil industry. Formerly known as Cap Saint Jacques, it …
Caodaism is a new Vietnamese faith. It originated from Ngo Van Chieu, a minor civil servant on Phu Quoc Island, in the early 1920s. During a séance, he was contacted by a spirit called the …
In District 1, not far from the main tourist area, Ben Thanh is the largest market in Saigon and one of its main attraction. It sells almost everything – food, clothes, jewelery, live snakes, vehicle …
The building housing the Fine Arts Museum is worth a visit in its own right as a fine example of French Colonial architecture.
Inside, there are some interesting exhibits, notably a large display of propaganda …
The Cu Chi tunnels are located in Tay Ninh province next to the Saigon River, about half-way between Ho Chi Minh City and the Cao Dai Holy See – the journey usually takes around 1½ …
It presents a partial, but riveting, view of the American War, as it is known in Vietnam. The horrors of warfare, aptly demonstrated by a large gallery of graphic pictures and deformed embryos, and a …
Phu Quoc, 45km from the coast of Vietnam, can be reached by a brief flight from Ho Chi Minh City or a much longer boat trip from Rach Gai, 250km from Ho Chi Minh City …
