Hue once served as the capital of Vietnam. Even though this is no longer the case many Vietnamese still rate the city highly as a centre of historical and cultural value.
There are many pagodas, tombs and other types of buildings that link the past to present around Hue’s beautiful countryside.
Many of them were ruined (but luckily not totally destroyed) by war but many managed to escape without any damage. Such places include the Citadel, Thien Mu Pagoda and Long An Palace Museum.
In Hue, there has hundred of famous ancient pagodas, each pagoda has special characteristics, some pagoda associated with legend of ...
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Situated in the Annamite Range, in central Vietnam and near Hue City, Bach Ma national park covers an ...
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Just 43m high, the hill is located 7km from Hue centre, with its foot lying next to slowly flowing Perfume ...
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Temple of Literature is dedicated to memorising and worshiping Confucius, which is a popular practice in many Asian countries, such ...
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Emperors under feudalism often regarded themselves as "thien tu" (son of the God). Hence, to express their respect to Father ...
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Past
Being the first and also the oldest high school in Vietnam, originally Quoc Hoc (National high school) was the school ...
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Famously being one of Vietnam’s seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites, the Imperial City of Hue has long been a must-see ...
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Dong Ba is the biggest commercial center of Thua Thien Hue Province and the adjacent regions. It stands along the ...
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The pagoda is located at the end of Kim Long Road, in Huong Long Ward, on the northern ...
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Located in a narrow valley in Duong Xuan Thuong Village, 8km from Hue City, Tu Duc Tomb is ...
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Minh Mang Tomb is in Huong Tho Commune, Huong Tra District, on the west bank of Perfume River ...
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After his ascendancy to throne in 1916, Emperor Khai Dinh chose the slope of Chau Chu (Chau E) ...
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Gia Long tomb is a bit further away from Hue downtown area. One can go by boat along the perfume ...
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The tomb was situated near Cu Si Hamlet, now Thuong Hai Village, Thuy Xuan Commune, Hue City. It’s ...
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Dieu De pagoda belongs to Phu Cat ward, Hue city, Thua Thien Hue province. Dieu De is the third pagoda ...
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Con Rang is one of the biggest graves of Sa Huynh culture since about 2500 yeas ago. In 1987, teacher ...
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Duong No village is the place where Ho Chi Minh and his father lived. Here, there has stored the house ...
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Behind the Ky Dai is palace - one of the overall structures belongs to Hue ancient architecture complex. Ky Dai ...
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Lang Co beach has 10 kilometers length, belongs to Lang Co commune, Phu Loc district, Thua Thien Hue. The beach ...
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Ngu Binh Mountain is also known as Ngu Mountain or Hon Mo or Bang mountain with 103 meters height on ...
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Phu Cam trade village is traditional handicraft village in Hue. One of the famous places of 'non' – conical hat ...
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Phu Van Lau is located in the Phu Hoa ward, Hue City, Thua Thien Hue province. Phu Van Lau is ...
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Phuoc Lam pagoda is located in Cam Ha ward, Hoi An commune, Quang Nam province. The pagoda was built in ...
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Located on the bank of O Lau river, Phuoc Tich village, Phong Dien commune attracts many people come here. Phuoc ...
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Tam Giang lagoon has 24 kilometers length with an area of 52 square kilometers, Phong Dien, Quang Dien, Huong Tra, ...
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The nine tripod cauldrons were placed in the The Mieu yard. Nine cauldrons were made from in the end of ...
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Thieu Tri tomb is located on Chu Chanh village, Thuy Bang commune and it is far about 8 kilometers from ...
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Along with Lang Co beach, Tam Giang lagoon, Thuan An beach is the masterpieces of Hue which attracts a numerous ...
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Hue museum of royal fine arts is located inside Long An palace. This is the earliest museum established in Hue ...
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