Ho Chi Minh City & Hanoi Included in 16 Top Asia Travel Destinations

Asia is the largest continent of earth and is also one of the most densely populated. This continent consists of 49 countries and is known for its size, diversity and growth rate in the world. Home to so many places, states and countries, there are numerable travel options within this continent.

Asia is fast growing to be travel destinations for many tourists and has managed to attract people from all across the world. Countries like China, Thailand, Singapore, Japan and India have huge number of tourists coming in each year.

The top travel destination in Asia is Bangkok and is known for its tourist attractions like Grand Palace, Floating market and Buddhist temples. Chiang Mai in Thailand is the second largest city of this country and is also one of the top travel destinations in the Asian continent. Tokyo is another hot favorite destination to travel in Asia and is famous for Yoyogi Park, Venus Fort and Asahi Beer hall.

Beijing and Shanghai are some of the places in China which attract many tourists every year. Some other destinations on this list include Singapore, Kyoto, New Delhi, Ubud(Indonesia), Seoul(South Korea), Taipai(Taiwan), Hanoi(Vietnam), Ho Chi Minh city(Vietnam), Male(Maldives) and Siem Reap.

The world heritage - Ha Long bay

Situated in the North-East region of Vietnam, Halong Bay is a bay in the Gulf of Tonkin comprised of regions of Halong City, the township of Cam Pha, and a part of the island district of Van Don. Halong Bay borders Cat Ba Island in the southwest, the East Sea in the east, and the mainland, creating a 120 km coastline.

Halong Bay is made up of 1,969 islands of various sizes, 989 of which have been given names. There are two kinds of islands, limestone and schist, which are concentrated in two main zones: the southeast (belonging to Bai Tu Long Bay), and the southwest (belonging to Halong Bay). This densely concentrated zone of stone islands, world famous for its spectacular scenery of grottoes and caves, forms the central zone of Halong Bay, which has been named a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The bay itself has an area of 43,400 ha, consists of 775 islands, and forms a triangle with the island of Dau Go (Driftwood Grotto) to the west, the lake of Ba Ham (Three Shelter Lake) to the south, and the island of Cong Tay to the east.

Sapa attractions - Introducing Sapa

Sapa is an attractive town located in Vietnam’s remote Northwest Mountains. Sapa is famous for both its rugged scenery and its rich cultural diversity. Sapa is also known as an incredibly picturesque town that lies in the Hoang Lien Son mountain range near the Chinese border in north-western Vietnam.

Many ethnic minorities live in and around Sapa such as: H’mong, Dzao, Tay, Giay, Muong, Thai, Hoa and Xa Pho. The most prominent in town are the Red Dzao, easily identified by the coin-dangling red headdresses and intricately embroidered waistcoats worn by the women and the Black H’mong, distinguished by their somewhat less elaborately embroidered royal blue attire.

Despite of its commercialization recently, Sapa is still a must-see destination. Nestled high in the Tonkin’s Alps near the Chinese border, Sapa was built as a French hill station on purpose to avoid the heat during the summer. On these days, weekends are still the biggest draw in this bustling small town. Visitors from the capital come to Sapa for a glimpse of the famed Saturday night "Love Market", treks to local hill tribe villages, or an ascent of Vietnam's highest peak, Mount Fansipan.

Topping out at 3,143 meters, Fansipan Mountain has become the most challenging place for professional trekkers coming to Vietnam. There are a variety of options and routes that will see one to the summit.

Hoi An ancient town

From the moment you enter the city, the mystique of an secluded ancient town isolated from the modern world will take your feeling back to old countryside society of Vietnam.

Lying on the banks of the Thu Bon River, Quảng Nam province ( in the South Central Coast of Vietnam), Hoi An Ancient Town is an exceptionally well-preserved example of a South-East Asian trading port dating from the 15th to the 19th century.

Over the last few years, Hoi An has become a very popular tourist destination in Vietnam. Its buildings and its street plan reflect the influences, both indigenous and foreign, that have combined to produce this unique heritage site. In 1999, the old town was declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO under the criteria C (II) and criteria C (V):

Criterion (II): Hoi An is an outstanding material manifestation of the fusion of cultures over time in an international commercial port.

Criterion (V): Hoi An is an exceptionally well preserved example of a traditional Asian trading port.

Occupied by early western traders, Hoi An was one of the major trading centers of Southeast Asia in the 16th century and 17th centuries, where Chinese from various provinces as well as Japanese, Dutch and Indians settled down.

Da Lat – The City of Love and Flower

"Dalat with Cam Ly waterfall
And Lake of Sorrow….”

Dalat has been named as The City with Pine forest, City of Flower,City of  Misty or City of fresh air, poetic Spring… Although,you called its name in which way,Dalat is always be special attractive to tourist by its poetic scene and legend romantic love stories.In peaceful and quite atmosphere,poetic and romantic Dalat by  the cold highlands night, early morning fog and the pine range surrounding the city.To be gifted  a mild climate of the sub-tropical,  Da Lat seem to be not suffer the heat from the south or the cold from the north but the weather is always mild and cool. The Da Lat’s cool is like as you enjoy a fresh ice-cream.

Transportation
Due to its topography,Da Lat’s traffic is only by road,railway and airway,but at the moment,just transfer by road and  airway is available.Da Lat’s airway is via Lien Khuong International Airport and Cam Ly Airport. Lien Khuong International Airport  is just  28 kilometers away from Dalat city,to the south, near national road number 20 of  Lien Nghia ward,Duc Trong district.The Dalat’s second one is Cam Ly Airport at Ward 5, just 3 km away from the city to the west.Weekly, Air Mekong operates 7 flights from Ha Noi to Da Lat and return.

Climate
The air temperature: Da Lat with low temperatures due to high terrain, the average temperature is 18oC.
Temperature: The temperature difference between day and night very large, yearly average is 9 degree Census. Temperatures average annual ground in Dalat is 20,6 degree Census.
Precipitation: Rainy season in Da Lat is often from mid April,raining in April and May is  usually heavy rainfall and thunderstorms in the afternoon - evening. The rainy season usually ends in mid-October, sometimes in mid-November.