The Rough Guide to Vietnam

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Rough Guides, 2000 - Travel - 500 pages
A handbook to one of Southeast Asia's most intriguing travel destination, this guide covers accommodation in all ranges, & provides tips on everything from elephant riding to boating in Halong Bay.

Contents

Getting there from Britain Ireland
3
Getting there from Australia
11
Health
17
Information and maps
23
The southern and central
61
HO CHI MINH CITY AND AROUND 63119
63
Moving on from Ho Chi Minh City
70
City sights
80
The Mekong Delta
239
Hoi An
240
Pagodas and beaches around Hoi An
251
Monkey Mountain
264
The Royal Mausoleums
281
Thuan An Beach
291
Shopping and markets
356
The Perfume Pagoda
362

Eating
97
My Tho
123
Cai Mon
129
Tra Vinh
136
Soc Trang
144
Chau Doc
150
Rach Gia
156
Hon Chong Peninsula
162
Bao Loc
170
Plei Ku
189
THE SOUTHCENTRAL COAST 196236
196
Long Hai
206
Ca Na
213
HA LONG BAY AND THE NORTHERN SEABOARD 369389
369
Cat Ba Island
376
Can
390
Visiting minority villages
393
Villages around Sa Pa
400
PART THREE CONTEXTS
421
Religion and beliefs
443
Vietnams ethnic mosaic
452
Music and theatre
461
Environmental issues
469
Index 495
475
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