Nha Trang is located 450 kilometers North of Ho
Chi Minh City, 570 kilometers south of Da
Nang and 1350 kilometers south of Ha Noi. There are
daily flights from these cities to Nha Trang and vice versa. It takes
approximately one hour flying from Ho Chi Minh City
, one hour and twenty minutes from Da
Nang and one hour and 45 minutes from Ha Noi. There
are more frequent flights between Ho
Chi Minh City and Nha Trang.
Nha Trang is the capital of Khanh Hoa
Province , a coastal
province being located in the South-Central and possesses an area of 5,197
square kilometers. The population is 475, 669 with a density of 220 persons per
square kilometer.
Khanh Hoa is endowed with rich and diverse
natural resources, especially with huge marine resources, which can be exploited,
processed for exports in large volume. Its islands abound with swallows
that annually provide up to 2 tons of bird nest that represents an
extraordinary material which produce different healthy and precious products.
eg: Birds Nest Soup.
Additionally, on the seabed there are lots of
strikingly colorful corals with protozoan comparable to under-sea parks, highly
attractive for snorkeling and diving activities.
Being endowed with a costal line of 200 km in
length, with nearly 200 large and small islands, Khanh Hoa has a temperate
climate with more 300 sunny days in a year and an average temperature of 26
degree Celsius.
Nha Trang City BeachUpon arriving in Nha Trang, most tourists will pass
through downtown.
Beyond the rows of businesses and homes will be
Nhatrang beach. Tran Phu Boulevard
is Nha Trang's most famous thoroughfare. It runs along the length of the beach
with several major hotels located within a few steps from the beach.
Unlike most major cities in Vietnam where
the primary mode of transportation is the motorbike, many people of Nhatrang
still walk or use the bicycle as their means of getting around. This adds to
the tranquility of the town. There is very little pollution or noise from motor
vehicles