Best Places to Visit in Vietnam

Volumes have been said and printed about Vietnam's bitter past, a scar that will remain a scalding reminder with the struggles and hardship they lengthy endured. The Vietnamese core family values and the spirit to take good care of one's family, one's relative, and the relative's kin, sum up the collective resolve of a country, battered and beaten to a pulp, but stood up again; this occasion in the world economic stage. Vietnam is standing proudly. It will be the political and economic progress of this nation of 83 million inhabitants during the last ten years that catapulted this nation into a looming tiger economy, a far cry from its initial political and economic isolation inside the aftermath in the Vietnam war and well into the 80's.

Vietnam is the place to find two World Natural Heritage sites namely Halong Bay and Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park along with scenic organic landscapes such as the PhuQuoc island and the historic villages along the Mekong River. Vietnamese cuisine is fast gaining interest and recognition for its elegant simplicity and healthful preparation characterized by employing very little oil and a mix of vegetables. The Vietnamese coastal regions abound with popular and world-class beaches and scenic boat rides. But nothing strikes on spot the essence of Vietnam as the picturesque view of large expanse of rice fields using the harvesters, clad in their native Ao'Dai and wearing their familiar conical hats to protect them from the heat.

Now that the Tiger has finally roused from his deep slumber, progress is seen all around, flowing, like the lots of motorbikes, massing and gushing forward in a sea of headlights and honkers within the streets of Hanoi. International acceptance of Vietnam's fresh- found status is a whole lot apparent in the booming tourism industry. And it would hurt a bit if you finally give it a try for Vietnam.