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Vietnam is one of the most excellent holiday spots for all travel lovers around the world. The South China Sea coastline is a paradise for beach traveling. The country has developed a lot by using tourism. The Vietnam War was responsible to rebuild the nation.

Vietnam is a habitat of a large number of verities of species. So, the UNESCO recognized the country one of the best natural heritage in the world. Any Asian tour remains incomplete without traveling Vietnam.

Vietnam is a part of Indo China Peninsula and the main land is at 0-200 m altitude from the sea level. The timeless beauties of natural are in abandon in Vietnam. Hanoi is the capital city of Vietnam. From Hanoi, you can start for the Halong City. In this trip, you must need a guide to understand the local language. This is a one-day long drive. But, in the road you get a lot of fresh seafood which are really very delicious. In Vietnam, The cities are full of heavy traffic. To beat the traffic, you should have to pass through the main city in the morning. The urban population mainly uses motorcycles as one of the cheapest transport vehicles. Rented Bikes are also available for city to city travel. In most of the small towns a lot of people walk in the street without any proper direction. This also causes high traffic gathering. So in small towns the speed of the vehicles becomes 20-30 km per hour.

The Vietnamese believe in the existence of the Dragon. The Dragon is a mythological creature that inhales air and gives way fire from its mouth. Most of the shops and Hotels are decorated by lovely painting of the dragon. They also think that these Dragon are helpful to keep away their enemies. The word Halong comes from two Vietnamese word ‘Ha’ and ‘Long’. ‘Ha’ means land and the second one, ‘Long’ means Dragon. Rice is the main food of Vietnam. The fertile valley of the river, Red is famous for high quality paddy production. The lush immature paddy fields are real charm for the eyes. Some people use their land for producing local vegetable and varieties kind of fruits. They bring them in the local markets for sale. The village people ware a special kind of bamboo made hats that protect them from sun and rain. We find a restaurant where some dogs are kept in a cage. The guide informs us that Dog meats are available in that restaurant. The Vietnamese are affectionate of dog meats, rice wine and snake meats. They also use the snake meat to make a special kind of wine and there is a huge demand of that snake wine in this part of the world. One liter of snake wine costs a round 20 – 25 USD. Every year, a lot of snakes are killed in Vietnam for producing snake wine. After killing a snake, its blood is squeezed out form it. This fresh snake blood is also traded in high price. The Vietnamese people love to drink snake blood for good sexual health. They are ready to pay a big amount to eat the raw snake gall bladder. Boating is very common in the seashore of the Vietnam towns. You can easily get the pleasure of luxuries paid boating during the sunrise and sunset. Some magnificent combination of blue water and sky is unforgettable for any tourist.

The Vietnamese are very friendly with the tourist. In the villages their life-style is very simple and exotic. They take the tourist as their own gusts. To visit Vietnam, from any part of the world, it is better to reach to Bangkok first. From Bangkok, it is easy to fly to Hanoi by the Thai Airways. So, please do visit Vietnam for a pleasant, great experience.