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Dalat Images - Please Click Slideshow to View Static Images

Published on 2010-05-15 18:38:00

The French doctor Alexandre Yersin discovered Dalat in 1893, developing it into a hillside retreat for the French colonists sweltering in the lowlands. Little did he know that one day it would become one of the most beloved cities of Vietnam. Dalat > read more

Saigon Images Gallery - Please click slideshow to go to collection

Published on 2010-04-12 03:36:00

Though officially named Ho Chi Minh City since 1975, nobody but nobody who lives here calls the city anything but Saigon. (Even the state-run Vietnam Railways refers to it as Saigon rather than Ho Chi Minh City). Saigon is noted for its variety of c > read more

Hoi An Images Gallery - Please click slideshow to visit collection

Published on 2010-03-17 17:39:00

Once upon a time, Hoi An was Southeast Asia's busiest port. When traffic moved elsewhere the town took a long nap. This preserved the town's unique architecture, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Chinese temples jostle Sino-Portuguese shophouses w > read more

Hanoi Images Gallery - Please click slideshow to view collection

Published on 2010-03-06 01:25:00

Hanoi's Old Quarter is one of the city's most unusual and lively places. Although there are two official marketplaces here, the entire area is in fact one large market. In the quarter, you can browse for giant red candlesticks, silk, snake wine, wove > read more

Phu Quoc Images Gallery - Please click slideshow to visit collection

Published on 2010-03-06 01:20:00

Phu Quoc Island may have been overlooked by the producers of "The Beach" but not by devoted beach bums. A string of beach resorts with no street vendors? No souvenir sellers? Such beaches still exists on Vietnam's Phu Quoc Island. Development on t > read more

Saigon Images Gallery - Please click slideshow to go to collection

Published on 2010-03-06 01:05:00

Though officially named Ho Chi Minh City since 1975, nobody but nobody who lives here calls the city anything but Saigon. (Even the state-run Vietnam Railways refers to it as Saigon rather than Ho Chi Minh City). Saigon is noted for its variety of c > read more