Monday, April 15, 2013

Hon Dau


Hon Dau - a new significant attraction Haiphong city

The project to build an international resort in Hon Dau, Do Son district, Haiphong city is a typical example of breakthrough in tourism development and management for not Haiphong alone.

Provided with only 96.12 ha of land with three sides facing the sea, Hon Dau International Tourism Joint-stock Company has decided to expand the project site outward to the sea that will shorten the gap between Do Son peninsula and stunning Hon Dau island.
Over a long period of construction up to date, the expanded area has reached 120 ha. Consequently, the expected resort of total VND 700 billion investment which was hard to be materialized previously has been gradually come into view. The resort model has been rated by Ministry of Construction as one of the best resorts nation wide. The land area of the project starts from historical Nghieng Wharf where the last French colonists left Vietnam and ends at K15 Pier which is a famous place where nameless ships starts their voyages transporting military provisions from the North to the South for Vietnamese soldiers in the war again the US. The pier is also the starting point of well-known Ho Chi Minh sea route. Hon Dau island with untouched natural beauty in which South Ocean Neptune Temple along with the local famous lighthouse exists is an ideal ecological resort. Bringing into full play the natural advantages, Hon Dau Resort which working round the year is expected to help local tourism overcome the difficulty of traveling seasons as the atraction is presently only known for sea travel and summer vacation. On Dau No mountain, the investor is building a small imitated Da Lat with pine trees, Love Valley, bendy paths, gardens with flowers, different kinds of birds and animals. Travelers visiting the attraction can only go up the hill on foot or by tramcar. On the top of the hill there will be a helistop and a car park for visitor’s use. Right at the hill foot is a artificial beach of 6 ha to be designed by Australian experts and built with a total investment of USD 6 million. Water of the beach will be filtered to make Do Son Beach’s existing brown-coloured water with illuvial become clearer than ever. Staying at the resort in winter, visitors can enjoy mud-bath which is warmed by hot steam system in a glasshouse.
In addition, there will be over 200 villas of different sizes to be constructed and equiped with additional facilities such as a common entertainment area, park, netted beach with white sand, multi-sport hall, music water fountain, festival square etc. In the complex, a multi-purposed international convention hall will also be built with the capacity of over 1.000 seats which is able to serve international summits. In Do Son peninsula, the owner will put up more than 400 villas coming between small green parks and facing all to receive wind from Tonkin Gulf. The villas will be accompanied with recreational areas including a sea park, underwater palace, international statue and sculpture park, underwater and on-land performance quarters, sea clubs, underwater wedding etc. Hence, upon its completion which is not long away, Hon Dau International Resort will come into operation to satisfy luxurious visitors nationally and internationally as well as local residents. It is also the all-year-round resort attracting travelers visiting the beach not only in summer but in winter as well
If tourists in Vietnam Travel have chance to visit Hai Phong city, Hon Dau Resort is a must-see place that should not be missed!

Mountain Elephant


Mountain Elephant likes huge elephant lying between paddy field and blue sky

Through Kien An district, travelers will see Mountain Elephant which is the site of a widely diverse natural landscape. The Mountain looks like a huge elephant lying between paddy field and blue sky, with an area of more 1km2, 145m high reflected in Lach Tray river.

In Mountain Elephant, there are many “fairy caves”, such as Hong Voi, Chieng, Ca Chep, and Be. To the south of the Mountain is the Nam Tao Cave, and to the north is the Bac Dau Cave. According to Chinese myth, Nam Tao and Bac Dau are the two gods who care for life and death. , there are lot of stalactites of various shapes in the cave, looking like kneeling dragons, tigers, and the head of an elephant.
On top of the mountain, there is an flat area, which is called the “Fairy Chess Board”. There are also ruins of pagodas and citadels from the 16th century Mac Dynasty on the mountain. Speciality is the remains of the ancient Viet civilization, including stone axes and chisels, etc, which date back to over 3,000 years.

Du Hang Pagoda


Du Hang Pagoda - ancient pagoda and on the big scale in Hai Phong

Du Hang Pagoda has the ancient style and originated since Tien Le dynasty, come here tourists in Vietnam travel will have a chance to contemplate many valuable Buddha statues, horizontal lacquered board, parallel sentences bearing the art style of the Nguyen dynasty
Lying on Ho Nam Ward- Le Chan District, 2km southwest of City center, Du Hang Pagoda's nom de plume is Phuc Lam Tu, which used to be ancient pagoda and on the big scale in Hai Phong. 
Pagoda has the ancient style and originated since Tien Le dynasty (980-1009). In Le Gia Tong dynasty (1672), high-ranking bonze Nguyen Đinh Sach donated his own properties to buy land to enlarger this pagoda with full lance, ring, temple of forefathers, bonze's house with the tiled roof, and the paths were paved over with Bat Trang bricks...Up to now, the pagoda has been restored by the believers and Buddhist clergymen to make it more and more beautiful.
Du Hang Pagoda currently has magnificent architecture with seven -room Buddha's the full precinct, the3 floor- ring gate with curved roof. Right in the middle of the ring gate is hanging big bronze ring, with a written line "Phuc Lam Tu Chung", or that means the ring of Phuc Lam Pagoda.
Ancient architecture of Du Han Pagoda
Visiting the site of Du Hang pagoda, visitors will have a chance to contemplate many valuable Buddha statues, horizontal lacquered board, parallel sentences bearing the art style of the Nguyen dynasty at the end of 19th to the early 20th century and many ancient graphic fine arts are still preserved in the Buddhist temple of Pagoda
Tower garden of pagoda is quiet under the shady ancient and big trees with tower grave groups of all the progenitor bronzes who died in this Pagoda and those of progenitor contemplation school of Truc Lam Yen Tuand also those of Chan Huyen high -ranking bonzes and many bonzes who had presided Du Hang Pagoda
All the Buddha's altar rooms have architectural shape of Indian or Cambodian Pagodas; the top roofs have 43 pointed curved heads which illustrate for the Holey water bottles bringing the auspicious things to everyone. For long, Du Hang Pagoda has been drawing many tourists attention both at home and abroad
If tourists in Vietnam Travel have chance to visit Hai Phong city, Du Hang Pagoda is a must-see place that should not be missed!