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			<title><![CDATA[ Vietnam World Heritage Sites ]]></title>
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  <strong>HANOI -HALONG BAY - PHONGNHA - HUE- HOIAN - MYSON - NHATRANG - HOCHIMINH -MEKONG</strong>
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<strong>( 14 days) Daily departure - World Heritage Sites</strong>
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<p><strong>Are you interested in visiting the World Heritage Sites of Vietnam ?
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1993 Complex of Hué Monuments
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1994, 2000 Ha Long Bay
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1999 Hoi An Ancient Town
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1999 My Son Sanctuary
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2003 Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park</strong></p>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Luxury Hotels ]]></title>
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A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis.
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  The provision of basic accommodation, in times past, consisting only of a
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  room with a bed, a cupboard, a small table and a washstand has largely been
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  replaced by rooms with modern facilities, including en-suite bathrooms and
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  air conditioning or climate control. Additional common features found in hotel
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			<title><![CDATA[ Highways ]]></title>
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 Viet Nam&#39;s road system includes: national roads administered by the central level; provincial roads managed by the provincial level,
district roads managed by the district level, urban roads managed by cities and towns: and commune roads managed by the commune level. The total length of the
Viet Nam road system is about 222,179 km with 19.0 % paved, mainly national roads and provincial roads (source: Vietnam Road Administration, 2004). The
national road system... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Nha Trang: New record for banh tet ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <div id="refHTML"></div><strong>Nha Trang: New record for banh tet</strong>
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  The Yasaka-Saigon-Nhatrang Hotel will make a new record banh tet, a cylindrical glutinous rice cake filled with green bean paste and fat pork, following its
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			<title><![CDATA[ “Cốm” - Autumn’s special gift ( my fav :P ) ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <div id="refHTML"></div>&quot;Cốm&quot; (green sticky rice) is a delicacy that is made only in autumn and cherished by all Vietnamese. For Hanoians, nothing
evokes autumn like the taste of young rice from Vong village, the grain so sweetly scented that they left a lasting impression...
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Served with red persimmons or ripe bananas, &quot;Cốm&quot; is truly delicious. Vong village, on the... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ “Banh khuc”, so delicious! special food in Vietnam ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <div id="refHTML"></div>Banh khuc is a traditional cake of Vietnam and so delicious!
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The cake is a rice ball made of glutinous rice mixed with cudweed (khuc)-most important ingredient and filled with green bean paste, pork, and spices.
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Cudweed grows during lunar January and February, when the drizzling rain lasts all day, and it can be found along the edges of rice fields. There are two
kinds: &quot;nep&quot; and &quot;te&quot;. The latter is more flexible and... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Hu Tieu (My Tho Noodle Soup) ]]></title>
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 My Tho seafood noodle soup is different from Chinese noodle soup, nam vang soup, and Hue beef noodle soup, because it contains soy bean,
lemon, chili, and soy sauce instead of herbs and lettuce.
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			<title><![CDATA[ The Best Time to Go to Hue ]]></title>
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 The coast and delta area of Hue has tropical climate and is divided into two distinguished seasons. The dry season (from March to August) has
a maximum temperature of 400 C and the colder, rainy season (August to January) has temperatures that can go down to 19,70 C. In higher areas (on mountains,
highlands) the temperature is generally cooler.
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  Best time to go
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			<title><![CDATA[ Lau Mam (Mixed Soup) ]]></title>
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 Lau mam was a popular dish among farming communities hundreds of years ago, especially in the southwestern provinces. Nowadays, lau mam is
considered a delicacy and is often served to special guests. Lau designates the broth, and mam the salted fish.
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  The main ingredient used in the broth is marinated fish to which meat and vegetables are added. Various ingredients, such as seafood, fish, and meat, are
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			<title><![CDATA[ People of Vietnam ]]></title>
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 In 1998, Vietnam had a population of over 76,000,000 and of these most of them lived around the Red and Mekong deltas, where the population
density is around 1000 people per sq km. The population is made up of mainly ethnic Vietnamese people (those whose ancestors moved to the area thousands of
years before) who have settled in the lowlands, while the largest minority group consists of ethnic Chinese. The Chinese immigrants (those whose families
settled in the area... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ 5 Tips for a Better Travel Experience ]]></title>
			<link>http://therathetravelagency.yuku.com/topic/3116/t/5-Tips-for-a-Better-Travel-Experience.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ <div id="refHTML"></div>Hitting the road once will change your life forever. Fact. You will become more adaptable and thinking on your feet will become second
nature. Confidence and self belief will blossom as you overcome the trials and tribulations engendered by life on the road, and you will evolve. Interaction
with others, from all walks of life, will become a daily event. The people you meet and the situations you encounter, both good and bad, will slowly begin to
define you. Some days... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ More than meets the eye ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <div id="refHTML"></div> Visitors to the Sam Son coast in the north will discover many amazing sights aside from the beautiful beaches.
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Tourists fly kites at Sam Son Beach
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Located near Truong Le Mountain, the coastline is a famous tourist site in the northern province of Thanh Hoa. It was discovered and turned into a holiday
<a class="thesaurus"></a> resort in the early 20th century by the French.
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The coast, located in Quang Xuong District&#39;s Sam Son Town, is 15 km... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Tours to Monkey Island ]]></title>
			<link>http://therathetravelagency.yuku.com/topic/3114/t/Tours-to-Monkey-Island.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ <div id="refHTML"></div>We went on the Monkey <a class="thesaurus">Island</a>
<a class="thesaurus">tour</a> with someone else, the trip included a visit to four
different islands and it was such a fab day, we got to feed Emu&#39;s and Deer and we saw loads of other animals and beautiful sights - except for the actual
Monkey <a class="thesaurus">Island</a> as they had a bear that was made to do
tricks - In the UK I donate to WSPA to help stop stuff happening to bears so I was almost in tears.... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Dau Go cave - wooden stakes cave ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <div id="refHTML"></div>Hang Dau Go is one of the most beautiful caves at Ha Long Bay. The cave is located on a limestone islet 187 m above sea level. You
would have to hike the 90 rocky steps to head to the cave&#39;s entrance. There are three chambers with the outer one having the most spectacular stalagmites
and stalactites. Locals claim that these giant formations are the guardians of Dau Go cave. The middle chamber is accessible through a narrow passage and there
is a round crytal like... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Hien Luong Bridge on Ben Hai River ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <div id="refHTML"></div>Famous Hien Luong Bridge was first built by French sappers in 1950 and was selected as a temporary demarcation line separating the
country into the North and the South under the Geneva Agreement on <a class="thesaurus">Vietnam</a> signed in 1954. Before the Bridge was built, the only way to transport goods and people across the river was by boat. However, not
too long after the bridge was built, Vietnamese people could not cross the river anymore without a very special... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Central - Overview Climate ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <div id="refHTML"></div>Thua Thien Hue
<br>
It features a tropical monsoon climate, featuring all four distinct seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter. The spring is cool and warm, the summer is hot,
the autumn is cool and the winter is cold. Average temperature is 25oC. The best time for tourists is from November to April next year.
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It features a tropical monsoon climate, featuring all four distinct seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter. The spring is cool and warm, the summer... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Da Lat - Lang Bian two mounts one legend ]]></title>
			<link>http://therathetravelagency.yuku.com/topic/3110/t/Da-Lat-Lang-Bian-two-mounts-one-legend.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ <div id="refHTML"></div>From the entrance to Da Lat City, <a class="thesaurus">visitors</a> can see two high mounts with sharp, harmonious and proportioned outline eminent in the blue sky. These are the two highest mounts of
Lang Bian Highland at the height of 2.167 meters. In clear days, the two mounts may be seen in the distance of hundreds of kilometers.
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<img src="http://www.dalat.gov.vn/web/english/welcometodalat/images/006.jpg" alt="" border="0">
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The legend told Lang,... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Dong Thap at night ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <div id="refHTML"></div>Planning on a trip to Dong Thap City? Then be prepared that you will not have the chance to do anything else after 20:00. Everything
will be closed by then. There are of course still some coffee shops and restaurants open, but there is nothing very special about these places at all. Anyway,
there is no discotheque, no night activities. The light is out, locals stay at home after 8 PM, even young people have their own things to take care of. So
there are pretty much... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Caobang Bangioc Vietnam Discovery Tour ]]></title>
			<link>http://therathetravelagency.yuku.com/topic/3108/t/Caobang-Bangioc-Vietnam-Discovery-Tour.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ <strong>CAO BANG TREKKING</strong>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Cow fighting in Pac Mieu ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <div id="refHTML"></div>The northern upland province of Cao Bang is famous for hosting many festivities, of which the most captivating is the cow fighting held
annually in early Spring in Pac Mieu Town (Bao Lam District).
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<a class="thesaurus">Visitors</a> to this attraction are fascinated by the
performances of the fighting cows, the most common being U-cows that are breed exclusively in Bao Lam. This particular breed of bovine has the strength of the
gayal, and far superior to... ]]></description>

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