Breathtaking Sang Le forest

Breathtaking Sang Le forest

Sang Le forrest in Nghe An Province not only boasts beautiful scenery but also a unique experience. The forest has become a popular tourism destination. Sang Le covers 70 hectares and its natural beauty has still been preserved.

Visitors will see an endless sea of green colour of leaves mixed with white coloured stems. Sang Le’s tall trees bloom with purple flowers during the summer.
There are many ranges of trees 30-40 metres in height standing along the pathway, shadowing over other trees of 20-30 metres and surrounded by a carpet of grass, moss, and ferns.
People living here lead a very peaceful life. The forest provides the area with a plethora of fresh, cool air.
The forest stretches from Pu Mat National Park's headquarters in Con Cuong District, Nghe An Province all the way up to the Tuong Duong-Ky Son route.
Sang Le is a great family of Sang Le trees under Bang Lang group. Sang Le is a local name, and Lagerstroemiatomentsa Presl is its scientific name.

Nghe An's stunning Sao Va Waterfall

Central Nghe An Province boasts a stunning waterfall which is expected to lure lots of visitors and become a major tourist attraction.

Located in Tien Phong Commune in the mountainous Que Phong District, Nghe An Province, Sao Va Waterfall features breathtaking falls which stretch seemingly forever. The falls run around winding hills and mountains and create silvery-white streams.
Local authorities are planning to turn Sao Va into a tourist destination with a bird garden, an orchid garden, a stone park, and a model craft village to attract more visitors to the region.

Vinh Tourist Area and surroundings

Location: Located in Vinh City.  These areas have all the necessary and efficient conditions for developing tourism: there are about 100 places of historical and cultural interest, many of which have been ranked by the government:

Hong Son Temple, Can Linh Pagoda, Vinh Ancient City, museums, King Quang Trung’s Temple.
Vinh City has Uncle Ho Statue and Ho Chi Minh Square attracting more and more tourists from everywhere of the country day after day.
Travelers find it favorable to come to Vinh City because there is a domestic airport, Highway No.1 going past the city, a railway station connecting Hanoi with Ho Chi Minh City, many bus stations and markets and 47 hotels, 02 of which are four-star hotel (Phuong Dong Hotel and Saigon-Kim Lien Hotel), a lot of restaurants, international and domestic tour centers.

Ho Chi Minh Square and Unlce Ho's statue

Besides, this tourist area has the typical vestiges:
Historical & Cultural Relics: Hong Son Temple, Can Linh Pagoda, King Quang Trung’s Temple...
Attraction: Forest Garden – Quyet Mountain, Ban Forest – Hung Hoa Bird Sanctuary
Museum: Museum of Nghe Tinh - Soviet Movement, Museum of the Fourth Military Region, Nghe An General Museum
Park: Nguyen Tat Thanh Park, Central Park, The public place of recreation - Cua Nam Lake
Specialty: Vinh's Eel porridge, Vinh’s orange...
Festival: Hong Son Temple Festival

King Quang Trung's Temple

The surrounding: Thai Lao Monument to the War Dead, Commemorated house for Le Hong Phong, Memorial House of Nguyen Du great poet, Cui Temple, Saint Hoang Muoi (the tenth Emperor)’s temple and tomb, Cua Lo beach, Kim Lien relic area.

Bach Ma The holiest temple in Nghe An

Bach Ma (Bạch Mã) - The holiest temple in Nghe An

Bach Ma temple; which is located in Tan Ha (Tân Hà) hamlet, Vo Liet (Võ Liệt) commune, Thanh Chuong (Thanh Chương) district, Nghe An province; is believed to be of the holiest temples with Con (Cờn) temple, Qua (Quả) temple,

and Chieu Trung (Chiêu Trưng) temple (now belongs to Ha Tinh province).
This temple worships the General Phan Da (Phan Đà), a young talent who greatly contributed to the victory against Ming aggression in early years of the 15th century led by King Le Loi (Lê Lợi).

According to some records and orally-told stories, Phan Da is from Chi Linh hamlet, Vo Liet commune, used to be a talent since his early ages. In 1424, Lam Son (Lam Sơn) insurgent army led by Le Loi headed for Nghe An to set up their general headquarters, he asked for permission to join the army and was soon assigned to important function. In a battle, Phan Da had a spoil of a valuable white horse named "Thiên lý mã" (thousand-mile horse). Since then, to every battle, he used to rise this horse, in his white armour, to rule battles. His fame widely spread. People respectfully called him White-horse God. After his death, his spirit many times blessed and saved his people and country. As a result, a temple was set up to worship this general.

The temple consists of 5 palaces with three-door gates, fringe, and blocks for civil and military mandarins, lower (upper, middle) palaces, which are all in harmony to bring about solemnity and respect. Almost all wooden details are carved with metamorphosed fish into dragon; phoenixes holding in their mouth imperial edict, two dragons flanking a moon, etc. There store in this temple a lot of rare and valuable exhibits such as: golden house, silver house, copper tintinnabulum set (38 pieces), statue of phoenix trimmed with gold, etc. Annually, rituals and offerings are held on 9th and 10th in lunar February.

The unique rock formations in Nghe An

The unique rock formations in Nghe An

Quynh Phuong Commune in Nghe An Province is not only famous for fishermen’s festivals, but also a very beautiful stone bank. Abbutting the sea, Quynh Phuong has great potential for tourism development with its wide sand beaches in addition to its water-sculpted stone.

The bank is a 1km-long natural landscape of stone. The rocks provide a wonderful view, including small pools of water and a big “footprint” on the highest rock.

Legend has it that, with the ambition to connect Quynh Lap and Quynh Phuong communes, a deity decided to carry soil from the highest rock of Quynh Lap to Than Lan Mountain in Quynh Phuong. It is said that the deity used his hair to transport the soil.

He then laid rocks to form a road so he could carry the soil. He slipped along the way, though, leaving his large footprint, which can still be seen in the rock. After his fall, he gave up trying to connect the two towns and disappeared to a place unknown.

After all this time and weather, the “footprint” is wearing away. It’s not an easy climb to the highest rock with its footprint. But once standing on the peak, you will see an open and immense space of blue sky and sea.

Despite being worn by waves, the footprint has still kept its original shape. Five toes can still be distinctly seen. The shore is also home to a large amount of oysters, so visitors can enjoy a delicious meal.

Tomb of Mrs. Hoang Thi Loan

Tomb of Mrs. Hoang Thi Loan

The tomb of Mrs Hoang Thi Loan, Uncle Ho’s mother, is about 14 kilometres from Vinh city, where Ho Chi Minh Square and Uncle Ho’s statue are located. The tomb is placed on Dong Tranh Mountain peak,

which belongs to the Dai Hue mountain range in Nam Dan district, Nghe An province.

The tomb was built in 1985, on the occasion of President Ho Chi Minh’s 95th birthday anniversary. Mrs Hoang Thi Loan was the second daughter of Mr Hoang Duong, Bachelor of Arts, a native to Hoang Tru village, Nam Lien commine, Nam Dan district. She married Nguyen Sinh Sac and gave birth to three children. In 1895 she and her family moved to the royal capital of Hue and made a living for the whole family while Mr Sac was busy preparing for an academic degree. She died of fatal disease in Hue in 1901. Also in that year, her husband achieved his scholar degree.

Mrs. Hoang Thi Loan (1868-1901) was the mother of many patriotic children, including Nguyen Sinh Cung, who later became President Ho Chi Minh. From the mount foot, visitors will have to climb nearly 300 stone steps leading to the tomb. Above it is a concrete roof stylised as the loom with which Mrs. Hoang Thi Loan used to weave cloth to earn a living and feed her children.

Saint Hoang Muoi temple