Dalat is located in Lam Dong province, approximately 200 km northeast of Ho Chi Minh City. At an elevation of 1,500 m, Dalat bears the look of an Old French city. It was founded in 1897 when Doctor Alexandre Yersin recommended that the area be developed as a resort town.
This is perhaps the most ancient citadel in Vietnam, built by King An Duong Vuong between 214 and 208 BC to make it the capital of the Au Lac State (the name of Vietnam at that time). The citadel has the structure of an oyster shell with 3 turns: the exterior, the middle and the interior. Legends said that one night the white cocks badly damaged the citadel.
(Cinet)- Kieu Ky - a suburb commune in Gia Lam district, has been well known beyond Vietnam’s border for its craft of planting gold and silver sheets that gives a shining.
It takes about 25 km to get to Ban Yen town, My Hao district from Hanoi along the National Route no.5 (was a village of Van Phu commune in the past). The town is the place of crude soy sauce ('ban' soy sauce) production. Vietnam is famous with many delicious and famous soy sauce areas including Cu Da soy sauce (Ha Tay) and Nam Dan soy sauce (Nghe An); yet Ban soy sauce is a speciality that gourmet Hanoians list as one of special dishes of the ancient capital, which include La pickle, Lang basil, Bang spring rolls, Ban soy sauce, Van Van fish sauce, and Dam Set tilapia. Materials to make the soy sauce consist of rice, maize and soy bean which are abundant and available. The technique to make the sauce is considerably simple; yet Ban soy sauce has a unique taste which is different from other places because of traditional secrets.
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