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Ha Noi	Ba Be National Park	Cham Holysee of Myson	Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)
Ha Long Bay	Ninh Binh	Quy Nhon	Tay Ninh
Hai Phong - Do Son	The Huong Pagoda	Nha Trang	The Cu Chi tunnels
Cao Bang & Lang Son	Hue	Ninh Thuan	The Mekong delta
Sapa	Da Nang	Mui Ne Beach	The Central Highlands
Dien Bien Phu	Hoi An

TAY NINH

Tay Ninh is the centre of the Cao Dai sect. Their beliefs are an eclectic mix of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. The temple architecture is as extraordinary as the sect, whose patron saints include Joan of Arc, Victor Hugo and Winston Churchill. Caodaism was founded by Ngo Minh Chieu in 1926. The religion grew quickly and by the 1950’s one of every eight southern Vietnamese was a Cao Dai. Caodaism is strongest in Tay Ninh and the surrounding areas but temples are located throughout southern and central Viet Nam.

Tay Ninh Province, which is northwest of Sai Gon, is bordered by Cambodia on three sides. Tay Ninh is home to Nui Ba Den (Black Lady Mountain) which towers 850 meters over the surrounding countryside.

The name Black Lady Mountain is derived from the legend of Huong, a young woman who married her true love despite opposition. One day she was attacked by kidnappers, while visiting a magical statue of Buddha at the top of the mountain. The legend says that rather than be dishonored, she threw herself off the cliff and appeared later in visions to a monk who told her story.
 

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