Hanoi is a capital with a millennium-long history. The architecture includes some of the most known Vietnamese classic monuments, decaying but relatively intact examples of French colonial buildings. The city is pleasant, with lakes, many trees, open boulevards.

The Ha Long bay, dotted with 3000 limestone islets rising from emerald waters, is the best known natural wonder of Vietnam. Because of their precipitous nature, most of the islands are uninhabited and unaffected by a human presence. The site's outstanding scenic beauty is complemented by its great biological interest. The islands feature endless numbers of beaches, grottoes, and caves. Ha Long means "where the dragon goes into the sea". According to a legend, as a great dragon who lived in the mountains ran towards the sea, its tail gouged out valleys which later filled out with water, leaving only bits of land over the surface, the many tiny islets...

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You will be picked up at Hotel to start a half-day Hanoi city tour with visit to Ho Chi Minh mausoleum, the final resting place of Uncle Ho (known as president Ho Chi Minh), a great man considered as the Father of the Nation who founded the Vietnam Communist Party in 1930 and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on September 02, 1945.

Ho Chi Minh House-on-Stilts, where Uncle Ho lived from May 1958 until he died in 1969.
One Pillar pagoda with its special architecture built in 11th century dedicated to the Goddess of Mercy.

Quan Thanh temple, which located next to West Lake – the largest of a dozen of natural lakes in Hanoi. The temple was to dedicate to Saint Tran Vu, the Saint who guarded the North of Viet Nam. There you will see a statue cast in black bronze in 1667, 3.96M high and 4 tones in weight.

Temple of Literature, the first university in Vietnam built in 1070 in honor of teaching Confucius doctrine as well as a place to remain 82 old stone steles.

Ngoc Son temple, founded in 18th century, located on an island in the middle of the most famous legendary Hoan Kiem lake, dedicated to Van Xuong, the God of Literature and the National Hero General Tran Hung Dao who lived in the 13th century.

in the afternoon, driven 175KM Northeast of Hanoi to Halong bay, one of the World Natural Heritages recognized by UNESCO with over 3, 000 spectacular limestone islands rising from the clear, emerald sea in the Gulf of Tonkin. Check in hotel and have dinner. Stay overnight in Ha Long.

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After breakfast, you will be transferred to Halong wharf, join a boat trip cruising on the Ha Long Bay to enjoy its spectacular scenery and thousands of islands in various sizes and shapes. Visit some grottoes with beautiful stalactites and stalagmites.

Driven back to Ha Noi in the afternoon with a stop-over at Dong Trieu, a well-known pottery village on the way. End of service.

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Tour Prices (Price per person and in US$)   Wing Economy First Class Luxury Joined Tour 01 person 98 165 215 75 02 persons 87 125 150 73 03 - 05 persons 78 96 135 70 Sgl. surcharge 15 23 34 15

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