Hà Tiên

 

• Hà Tiên is a small town located on the banks of the Giang Thanh river and surrounded on all the sides with mountain ranges. The town is 120 kilometres from Rạch Giá (provincial capital of Kiên Giang) and 370 kilometres from Saigon. Hà Tiên has 10 famous tourist attractions the names of which are mentioned in a piece of poetry named "Hà Tiên Thâp Vịnh". Besides the attraction of swimming in the sea, visitors are likely to be interested in sightseeing. And the most likely place to be is Đông Hồ (Đông Lake). The lake is two kilometres wide and about three kilometres long. The vast water surface looks tranquil all the time, due to the shelter offered by the surrounding mountains