Historic sites
Hoàn Kiếm Lake and Ngọc Sơn Temple, Hanoi
Hanoi, Hà Nội
The lake at the heart of Hanoi, where, legend says, a golden turtle took back a magic sword from Emperor Lê Lợi after he drove out the Chinese.
Historic sites in Vietnam
Historic sites
Hội An Ancient Town
Hội An, Đà Nẵng
A well-preserved trading port with yellow merchant houses, Chinese assembly halls and the Japanese Covered Bridge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Historic sites
Temple of Literature, Hanoi
Hanoi, Hà Nội
Founded in 1070 as a temple to Confucius, it later became Vietnam's first university.
Historic sites
Cù Chi Tunnels
Ho Chi Minh City, Hồ Chí Minh
A network of more than 200 km of tunnels used by Viet Cong guerrillas during the Vietnam War, with hidden entrances, kitchens and booby traps.
Historic sites
Imperial City of Huế
Huế
The walled citadel of the Nguyễn emperors, who ruled Vietnam from 1802 to 1945, with the Purple Forbidden City, palaces and gates, much damaged in th…
Historic sites
Independence Palace, Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City, Hồ Chí Minh
The former presidential palace of South Vietnam, also called the Reunification Palace, kept much as it was on 30 April 1975, when a North Vietnamese …
Historic sites
Po Nagar Cham Towers, Nha Trang
Nha Trang, Khánh Hòa
Brick temple towers built between the 7th and 12th centuries by the Cham people, on a hill above the mouth of the Cái River in Nha Trang.