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Vinh Hy bay
Non Nuoc seaside resort: Non Nuoc the 16th and the 17th centuries, the
seaside resort stretches nearly 5km name Faifoo was famous for many
with clean wide sand banks and Japanese, Chinese, Netherlands,
clean blue sea water. Non Nuoc Indian and Spanish traders. At
seaside resort is close to the base of that time, Hoi An’s trading port
Ngu Hanh Son and beside Non Nuoc developed prosperously and was a
fine arts stone village with many big trading center of the Southeast
famous stone sculpture works. Asia, and one of the main stops for
trading boats to the Far East.
Champa sculpture museum: (or the Hoi An has ancient street rows that
Cham museum) was built in 1915 are preserved nearly to their original
under the sponsor of France Far state. Ancient houses in Hoi An are
East Research Institute in Vietnam characterized by wood and tubular
and was officially opened in 1939. male and female tiles throughout all
The Cham sculpture museum was streets, combining living space with
adapted from the motif of Champa the shops.
architecture and has a white Main sightseeing points: Cau
showroom. At present, the museum pagoda, Quang Dong Club-house
displays hundreds of original (Ong pagoda), Phuc Kien Club-
sculptures made from sandstone, house, Trieu Chau Club-house,
and some terra-cotta. Sculptures Hoi An Historic Museum, Hoi An
have been collected from Cham Ceramic Museum, family churches,
temples and towers dispersed in the ancient houses including: Tan Ky,
Central region from Quang Binh to Diep Dong Nguyen, Phung Hung
Binh Thuan. ancient house. Inside the ancient
houses, there remain such items as
Hoi An ancient town altar, horizontal lacquered boards,
pairs of wood panels and columns
Hoi An (in Quang Nam Province) is with sophisticatedly carved
situated by Thu Bon river bank. In
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