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Overview

The high-rise, high-energy beach resort of Nha Trang enjoys a stunning setting: it's ringed by a necklace of hills, with a turquoise bay dotted with tropical islands.

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Must-see attractions

  • Tourists on sun loungers on Nha Trang's Municipal Beach.

    Nha Trang Beach

    Nha Trang

    Forming a magnificent sweeping arc, Nha Trang's 6km-long golden-sand beach is the city's trump card. Sections are roped off and designated for safe…

  • Po Nagar Cham Towers.

    Po Nagar Cham Towers

    Nha Trang

    Built between the 7th and 12th centuries, these impressive Cham towers are still actively used for worship by Cham, Chinese and Vietnamese Buddhists…

  • Museum dedicated to life and work of scientist and explorer Alexandre Yersin.

    Alexandre Yersin Museum

    Nha Trang

    This small museum is dedicated to the scientist Dr Alexandre Yersin (1863–1943), who founded Nha Trang’s Pasteur Institute in 1895. The Swiss-born Yersin…

  • Head of sleeping white Buddha on the hill in Nha Trang, Vietnam; Shutterstock ID 59127226; Your name (First / Last): Josh Vogel; GL account no.: 56530; Netsuite department name: Online Design; Full Product or Project name including edition: Digital Content/Sights

    Long Son Pagoda

    Nha Trang

    Climb steep steps up to this striking pagoda, founded in the late 19th century. The entrance and roofs are decorated with mosaic dragons constructed of…

  • Hon Chong Promontory with view of the bay, Nha Trang, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

    Hon Chong Promontory

    Nha Trang

    The narrow granite promontory of Hon Chong offers fine views of the mountainous coastline north of Nha Trang and the nearby islands.

  • 500px Photo ID: 121357269 - white buddha at the Long Son Pagoda in Nha Trang, Vietnam

    Buddha

    Nha Trang

    On a hilltop behind the Long Son Pagoda, this huge white Buddha is seated on a lotus blossom and visible from all over the city. Around the statue’s base…

  • The French Gothic Nha Trang Cathedral, built in 1928, Nha Trang

    Nha Trang Cathedral

    Nha Trang

    Built between 1928 and 1933 in French Gothic style, complete with stained-glass windows, Nha Trang Cathedral stands on a small hill overlooking the train…

  • Vietnam Nha Trang, 23 November 2014; Whale skeleton in the National Oceanographic Museum ; Shutterstock ID 335284430; Your name (First / Last): Josh Vogel; GL account no.: 56530; Netsuite department name: Online Design; Full Product or Project name including edition: Digital Content/Sights

    National Oceanographic Museum

    Nha Trang

    Housed in a grand French-colonial building in southern Nha Trang, this dated museum has 60,000 or so jars of pickled marine specimens, stuffed birds and…

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