Vung Tau, which proudly bears the name of the “Vietnamese Riviera”, is located 128 km from Ho Chi Minh City. This is a resort with a developed infrastructure, its coastal strip is densely built up with villas that were once the residence of the elite, and then turned into restaurants and boarding houses. By and…
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Hanoi, Vietnam
Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam and the former capital of French Indochina, has many names. In the 11th century, it was called Thanglong – “Soaring Dragon”, then Dongkikh – “Northern Capital” and only in 1831, having temporarily lost its capital status, did it receive its current name, meaning “City in the bend of the river.”…