Vietnam - Mekong Delta - Bicycle-Pulled

Bicycle-pulled - a popular vehicle in the Mekong Delta.

Sent by Lyra, a postcrosser from Vietnam.

Vietnam - Champa Tower

Champa Tower Ninh Thuan - Phan Rang.

Sent by Lyra, a postcrosser from Vietnam.

Vietnam - Yen Watering Station

Yen watering station.

Sent by Đảo, a Facebook friend from Hanoi, Vietnam.

Vietnam - Ha Long Bay

A view of Ha Long Bay - Quang Ninh Prov.

Sent by Lan, a TravBuddy friend from Hanoi in Vietnam.

Ha Long Bay, situated in the Gulf of Tonkin, includes some 1600 islands and islets forming a spectacular seascape of limestone pillars. Because of their precipitous nature, most of the islands are uninhabited and relatively unaffected by human influence. (read further)

Vietnam - Văn Miếu

Văn Miếu or Temple of Literature in Vietnam.

Sent by Lan, a TravBuddy friend from Hanoi in Vietnam.

This is from Wikipedia : Temple of Literature (Vietnamese: Văn Miếu (文廟)) is a temple of Confucius in Vietnam. Although several Văn Miếu can be found throughout Vietnam, the most prominent and famous is that situated in the city of Hanoi, which also functioned as Vietnam's first university. It is featured on the back of the one hundred thousand Vietnamese đồng banknote. (read further)

The landmark was founded in 1070 as a Confucian temple. Only parts of the Văn Miếu complex date back to the earliest period, although much of the architecture dates to the Lý (1010 – 1225) and Trần (1225 – 1400) Dynasties.

In 1076 Vietnam's first university, the Quốc Tử Giám (國子監) or Imperial Academy, was established within the temple to educate Vietnam's bureaucrats, nobles, royalty and other members of the elite. The university functioned for more than 700 years, from 1076 to 1779. Given the extreme difficulty of the doctor laureate tests, few students passed final examinations. The list of names engraved on the stone stele every year during this period is very small. The stele records 2,313 students graduating as doctor laureats.

Emperor Lê Thánh Tông established the tradition, dating back to 1484, of carving the names of the laureates of the university on stone steles that were placed on top of stone tortoises. Of the 116 steles corresponding to the examinations held between 1142 and 1778, only 82 remain.

Vietnam - Red River's Fishing Village

Fishing village by river Hong, Hanoi.

Sent by Dao from Hanoi in Vietnam.

This is from Wikipedia : The Red River, also known as the Hong - Red, Song Cai, Song Ca - Mother River (Vietnamese), or Yuan River (Chinese), is a river that flows from southwestern China through northern Vietnam to the Gulf of Tonkin (read further).

Vietnam - Quán Thánh Temple

Quán Thánh Temple in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Sent by Dao from Hanoi, Vietnam.

This is from Wikipedia : Quan Thanh Temple (Vietnamese: Đền Quán Thánh), formerly known as Tran Vu Temple (Hán Việt: Trấn Vũ Quán, Hán tự: 真武觀), is a Taoist temple in Hanoi, Vietnam. Dated to the 11th century, the temple was dedicated to Xuan Wu, or Trấn Vũ in Vietnamese, one of the principal deities in Taoism. As one of the Four Sacred Temples of the capital, Quan Thanh Temple is located near West Lake in a ward of same name, Quan Thanh Ward, and is one of the leading tourist attractions in Hanoi (read further).

Vietnam - Sapa

Festival for rural works Sapa.

Sent Jo, a British lady from Hanoi, Vietnam.

This is from Wikipedia : Sa Pa or Sapa (Westernized spelling) is a frontier town and district in the Lào Cai province in northwest Vietnam. It is one of the main market towns in the area, where many ethnic minority groups such as H'mong, Dao and Tay live (read further).

Vietnam - Hoi An Daily Market

The first poscard received from Vietnam. Sent by Jo, a English woman who lives in Hanoi. This postcard shows fresh produce from the farms and fields is being sold at the daily market in Hoi An.