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CNN votes Hue one of top ten tourist destinations in Vietnam

TTH.VN - According to the Tourism Department, CNN, a well-known media company CNN (U.S.A), has just voted Hue one of the 10 top beautiful tourist spots in Vietnam.

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Hue attracts tourists with its heritage system

According to CNN, Hue is selected as a major tourist attraction because Hue is an ancient capital, where the last feudal dynasty of Vietnam existed. The system of heritages, mausoleums, pagodas…is still well maintained.  In addition, Hue is valued highly also by its poetic Perfume River flowing through the city, by its system of distinctive traditional handicraft villages,  by its unique culture,  and by its friendly people .

Tourists experience a pedicab tour in Hue

Together with Hue, nine other tourist spots voted by CNN are: three- million-year-old Song Doong Cave (QuangBinh Province); Thu Bon River (Quang Nam Province); Ha Noi Opera House; Dong Van Stone Plateau (Ha Giang Province); Sapa Town (Lao Cai Province); Phu Yen Disc-shaped Cliff (Phu Yen Province); Can Tho City, Da Lat City (Lam Dong Province) and Phu Quoc Island ( Kien Giang Province)

Story and Photos: Duc Quang

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