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marine creatures. It is the favorite Ly Son island
place of marine creature researchers, Mui Ne beach in Phan Thiet
oceanographers and tourists.
Cua Dai - Hoi An
Nha Trang is also known as a city
of festivals: Sea festival and the
place to hold competitions: Miss
Universe 2008, Miss World 2010.

Po Klong Garai tower

It is the common name for the most
grandiose and beautiful Cham tower
cluster in Vietnam located in the
Northwest of Phan Rang. Cham tower
(Ninh Thuan Province) is about 7km
from the city center. Po Klong Garai
tower is a complex of three towers:
main tower (20.5m high), fire tower
(9.31m high), gate tower (8.56m high).
The towers worship King Poklong
Garai (1151 - 1205) who had many
merits in ruling the country.

Po Klong Garai Tower was built from
the late 13th century to the early 14th
century under the guidance of King
Che Man. This tower is the climax of
architecture and sculpture of Cham
people. Every year, Cham people
organize Kate Festival in July in
Cham calendar, which is the biggest
festival in the year for Cham people.

Mui Ne

It is the name of a fishing village,
22km Northeast of the city Phan
Thiet (Binh Thuan Province) along
Nguyen Dinh Chieu road (road 706).
Developing from a desolate beach
strip with desert like red sand hills,
far from traffic roads and only several
poor fishing villages, Mui Ne now has
hundreds of resorts and hotels.

From Phan Thiet city to Mui Ne,
there are many relics and famous
landscapes for tourists to drop in
such as Mui Ne fishing village, Ong
Hoang Castle, Mui Ne sand hill,
Poshanu tower, Duc Thanh School,
Suoi Tien, Hon Rom.

Over the past years, the sand hill has
become a composition theme for
many photographers.