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Minh Thanh Pagoda – one of the biggest and most beautiful pagodas in Pleiku city – is located on the hill of South West Pleiku City. It has a unique, Japanese and Chinese-style architecture with exquisite carvings and a beautiful green campus, creating a peaceful space. Photo: Tran Viet Duc The pagoda is located at 348 Nguyen Viet Xuan Street, Phu Hoi Ward, Pleiku city, Gia Lai Province. About 2km from the center of the city of Pleiku, Minh Thanh Pagoda has a unique, Japanese and Chinese-style architecture with exquisite carvings and a beautiful green campus, creating a peaceful space. In 1964, the pagoda began to be built by Venerable Thich Giac Dao. Since then, the pagoda has become a place of worship and incense offering of Buddhist in the region. Experiencing the changes of history, the architecture of the pagoda began deteriorating. Thus, in 1997, the pagoda was started to be restored and constructed new sections. The 72m-high tower is painted gold and is on...

Cua Van Floating Village, in UNESCO world heritage site Ha Long Bay, has been named one of the 16 most beautiful coastal towns by readers of the U.S. magazine Travel+Leisure . Photo: paradisecruise.com “This little village is completely composed of floating homes,” Travel+Leisure wrote. “About 700 people, traditionally fishermen, live in anchored houseboats, with kids attending a floating school.” Located to the south of Ha Long Town, not far from Ha Long Bay , Cua Van Fishing Village is surrounded by limestone karst mountains. Photo: @travelwithanza The floating village has become a popular tourist attraction in recent years as visitors flock there to see this unique way of life. A majority of villagers have moved ashore, but several have chosen to maintain their livelihood in the floating village during the daytime because the boats are their lifeline. In 2015, the village was named the world’s most charming little town by Huffington Post, also based in th...