Hoi An is an ancient town of Vietnamese people, located in the lower part of the confluence of the Thu Bon river in the coastal plain of Quang Nam province, about 30km South of Da Nang city.
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As the only traditional Southeast Asian port type in Vietnam, Hoi An retains nearly a thousand intact architectural monuments such as streets, houses, meeting halls, temples, shrines, and ancestral temples, ancient wells, ancient tombs and customs and practices, rituals, cultural activities, beliefs to traditional dishes.
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Hoi An also has a fresh and peaceful natural environment with lovely small suburban villages, which are well known for craftsmanship such as carpentry, bronze, potter... With unique and typical values of an ancient city, in 1999, Hoi An was recognized by UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage.
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