Huyen Khong pagodas offer tranquility calligraphy lessons
Huyen Khong pagodas offer tranquility calligraphy lessons

The former imperial capital of Hue has many pagodas, each designed differently, and all offering tranquility and an escape from the bustling former imperial city in the central region. At one of them, visitors can even get some valuable lessons in calligraphy.

Huyen Khong pagodas offer tranquility calligraphy lessons
Mother of the nation stands firm in restored temple
Mother of the nation stands firm in restored temple

Most people who have been in Vietnam for any length of time will have heard of Lac Long Quan. Legend has it he was the dragon prince who came from the oceans, married a fairy princess and fathered the descendants of Vietnam.

Mother of the nation stands firm in restored temple
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