(Jim) Amy just walked up to me in the Business Class lounge at Danang Airport to show me a headline buried on page 10 of the Vietnam News, the government's official English-language newspaper. Four civet cats in Cuc Phuong National Park just died of bird flu. They are investigating the recent unexplained deaths of several monkeys at the Primate ...

Great place to spend a few days... Chinese-styled town with lots to see

We arrived back in Hanoi from Halong Bay late afternoon, perfect timing for picking up our luggage at Hotel Elegance2 where we'd left it and getting some nice salad rolls made up for tea on the train...(did I mention the great bagettes in Hanoi...hmmm those french bakers really left their mark!) Our sleeper train carriage (1st class) has 4 berth...

Let me tell you about this hidden treasure of this country Vietnam.It is then ranked number 3 by Top World and you can read about is on their website www.topworld.com or from http://www.vietnamtourism.com/e_pages/h eritage/myson.asp by example. My Son, located 69 km southwest of Da Nang City, was an imperial city during the Cham dynasty, between...

Arrived in Da Nang this morning on the first tour bus out of Hue. A beautiful 3 hour drive through rice field which ends with a long passage via tunnel through the mountain chain that separates Vietnam from Cambodia finally emerging on the flats of Da Nang province. Not much to say about Da Nang. We will only spend the night here before flying o...