Natural features
Ha Long Bay
Hạ Long, Quảng Ninh
Nearly 2,000 limestone islands and pillars rise from the emerald water of the Gulf of Tonkin, making one of the most spectacular seascapes in the wor…
Natural features in Vietnam
Natural features
Ninh Bình and Tràng An
Huyện Hoa Lư, Ninh Bình
A landscape of limestone peaks rising from rice fields and rivers, called 'Ha Long Bay on land', a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Natural features
Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park
Huyện Quảng Trạch, Quảng Trị
A karst national park with some of the world's largest caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Natural features
Phú Quốc
Dương Đông, An Giang
Vietnam's largest island, in the Gulf of Thailand, with white-sand beaches such as Sao Beach, a national park, pepper farms and fish-sauce factories.
Natural features
Pù Luông Nature Reserve
Bá Thước, Thanh Hóa
A green, peaceful valley of rice terraces, bamboo forests and Thai and Muong villages of stilt houses, about 4 hours south-west of Hanoi.
Natural features
Datanla Falls, Đà Lạt
Ðà Lạt, Lâm Đồng
A series of waterfalls in the pine forest just outside Đà Lạt.
Natural features
Thác Bà Lake
Lào Cai
One of the largest man-made lakes in Vietnam, created by a dam in the 1970s, with more than 1,300 forested islands.
Natural features
Xuân Hương Lake and Đà Lạt Night Market
Ðà Lạt, Lâm Đồng
A crescent-shaped lake in the centre of Đà Lạt, with a 5 km path around it lined with pine trees and flower gardens.