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Ho Chi Minh City, on the southern tip of Vietnam, is one of South East Asia’s emerging boom cities. Still affectionately known by many as Saigon, this is Vietnam’s largest city and its economic engine room.
Ho Chi Minh City has an irrepressible soul and an entrepreneurial energy that hums day and night. Despite almost a century of colonialism and brutal conflict, today this city is renowned for its warm hospitality, which even extends to former foes. A youthful enthusiasm flows through this city, just like the stream of scooters, motorbikes and cars that flow endlessly through its chaotic streets.
In Ho Chi Minh City, it feels as though the future has arrived… and yet the past is never far away. Wide boulevards built during the French colonial era are lined with cutting edge skyscrapers, while jasmine scented temples gently rub shoulders with chic rooftop bars
More than 9 million people call Ho Chi Minh City home and the dynamic energy of its streets is part of its charm. The city is divided into a series of numbered districts and District One is where almost all of the city’s main attractions can be found.
As the sun goes down, find yourself a seat at one of Ho Chi Minh City’s famous rooftop bars, a perfect way to soak up the buzz of the city.
Dynamic, chaotic and energizing. Ho Chi Minh city may have burst onto the world stage as a battle zone but today, there is no better destination to plug in to the pulse of 21st century Asia.
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Top Travel | Legendary O Quy Ho pass in Vietnam’s northwest
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Legendary O Quy Ho pass in Vietnam’s northwest
O Quy Ho is one of the 4 most daunting passes in Vietnam’s northwestern region. The other three are Ma Pi Leng in Ha Giang province, Khau Pha in Yen Bai, and Pha Din between Son La and Dien Bien province. The beauty and magnificence of O Quy Ho pass inspires adventure lovers.
The 50-km long O Quy Ho pass, also known as Hoang Lien Son or May (Cloud) pass runs through the Hoang Lien Son range connecting Lai Chau and Lao Cai province. The pass is associated with a legend about the Love waterfall, where a fairy and a lumberjack named O Quy Ho met and fell in love.
Because they could not get married, the fairy turned into a bird and flying over the mountain, called out his name “O Quy Ho”. The pass is also called “Cloud” pass because it is obscured by clouds the year round. Vu Truong Giang of Sa Pa township says that from the pass, visitors can admire the imposing panorama of Fansipan mountain, the highest mountain in Indochina: “O Quy Ho pass, called the Sa Pa heaven’s gate, is the highest point of Vietnam’s roads, 2,000 meters above sea level. At the top of the pass, you can see Lai Chau’s beautiful valleys below. When it is sunny in Lai Chau, the passes of Lao Cai province are often shrouded in clouds.”
The climate on either side of O Quy Ho pass, in Lai Chau and Lao Cai province, is often very different during the year. When it’s warm and sunny in Lai Chau, it’s cold and cloudy in Lao Cai and vice versa.
Ms Hong Anh of the Sao Viet Travel Company says: “We organize tours of O Quy Ho pass to explore a number of scenic spots there like Thac Bac (Silver) waterfall, one of Lao Cai’s 10 most beautiful waterfalls. The road over O Quy Ho pass has been upgraded making the trip easier for tourists. At 2,000 m above sea level, you can see an ocean of clouds.”
As one of the most difficult and winding passes in Vietnam’s northwestern mountains, O Quy Ho inspires a lot of adventure tourists. Minh Trang is a visitor from Hanoi: “I have crossed O Quy Ho pass by motorbike twice, once in the daytime and once under a full moon. I had two very different experiences. Under the full moon, the view from the pass was extremely beautiful and romantic.”
O Quy Ho is one of the most attractive destinations in northwestern Vietnam. Blessed by nature, its beauty offers tourists a majestic landscape.
Top Travel | Exploring Lai Chau cuisine
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Lai Chau province in Vietnam’s northwest is famous not only for its scenic spots but also for its cuisine.
Farming and livestock production are the main jobs of the Lai Chau people. Their daily meals involve home-grown vegetables and domestic animals.
The small indigenous pig, 10 to 15 kg, is a local specialty. The pig is so small that the locals can carry it with their arms to the market. That’s why they call them “carried-under-arm” pigs.
The pigs eat only tree leaves and roots so the pork is delicious and lean. Steamed-pork, grilled-pork, and smoked-pork are typical food.
Nguyen Thanh Trung is a Lai Chau local: “Smoked-pork is a traditional dish of the mountain region. It is made only in winter because in other seasons, it’s not easy to dry pork.
Pork are cut into pieces and marinated with salt, chilies, and nuts for several days. After that, the pork is dried on the hangers in the kitchen until its fat comes out.”
Local markets are also popular destinations for visitors to Lai Chau, where they can sample purple sticky rice.
To make this dish, the locals soak rice for 2 to 3 days and then dye it with a local leaf called “Khau cam” to give the rice that distinctive purple color. The rice is cooked in a wooden steamer over charcoal and then is served with pork, grilled fish, and cinnamon grilled pork paste.
Grilled freshwater fish is also a popular dish in Lai Chau. Fish is marinated with local nuts called “mac khen”, herbs, lotus seeds, chilies and green grasses and then fixed to bamboo sticks before being grilled over charcoal.
In the villages of the Thai in Lai Chau, visitors are invited to sample bamboo shoot and bauhinia flower salads. Local people prefer to make salad from bitter bamboo shoots.
They soak the bamboo shoots for 30 minutes and then boil them twice. Bauhinia flowers, a typical flower of Vietnam’s northwest, are also used to make the salad.
Fresh flowers are selected and mixed with grilled fish, boiled bamboo shoots and sauce made of lemon juice, garlic, chilies, and herbs. Nguyen Phuong Anh is a tourist from Hanoi: “The salad is eye-catching with white and purple bauhinia flowers. It has a special taste with the combination of grilled fish, buttery bauhinia flowers, bitter bamboo shoots, and sweet-sour sauce. I really like it.”
Lai Chau also offers tourists other unique food made of moss. Moss soup, and grilled fried moss are often served at wedding parties.
Corn wine, known as Mong Ke wine, is indispensable with the meals of Lai Chau people. The wine is made of corn fermented with leaves and millets and cooked with water of the Sung Phai stream.
After distilling, the wine is shared into small jars and kept underground for 2 years which gives the wine a natural taste.
After exploring the magnificent landscape of Lai Chau, sampling local food will ensure visitors an unforgettable experience
Sơn La City - A Pearl of Northwest Vietnam
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About Son La city
Sơn La is a province in the center of Northwest region in Vietnam. It is 20039' geographic coordinates Northern latitude and 103011'-105002' Eastern Longitude. The northern part is bordered by the provinces of Lai Chau, Yen Bai; eastern borders are the provinces of Phu Tho, Hoa Binh; western province of Dien Bien; southern borders with Laos and Thanh Hoa. It’s 300kms far from Hanoi with an area of 14.125km². The population is more than 1 million, the ethnic communities living in Son La comprise of 12 ethnic groups, Black and White Thai is the majority ethnic state, followed by Kinh, H’Mong, Muong, Xinh Mun, Kho Mu, Khang, La Ha, Dao, Chinese, Laos, Tay.
The province has one town (Son La City) and ten districts with different attractive tourist destinations such as:
Son La Center city has an area of 330.1 km ². Eastern borders Muong La and Mai Son, Thuan Chau district the west, south of Mai Son district, north of Muong La district. Coming to Son La – City of white Ban flower: Son La Prison tour, Tat Tong cave, King Le Temple - Ngu Che Guilin stela, Ban Heo banyan tree, Ban Mong hot water, Hin and Bo cultural tour villages…