Along Phượt - Hoi An City is located on the bank of Thu Bon River, Quang Nam Province. There used to be a famous place called Faifoo once known to Japanese, Chinese, Portuguese, Italian traders from the 16th and 17th centuries. Prosperity, is a major trading center of Southeast Asia, one of the main stations of merchant ships in the Far East. Hoi An was fortunate not to be devastated during the two wars and avoided the massive urbanization process of the late 20th century. Starting in the 1980s, the architectural and cultural values ​​of Hoi An ancient town gradually improved. scholars and tourists pay attention, making Hoi An tourism become one of the attractive destinations of Vietnam.

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History of Hoi An
Due to the favorable geographical features, from the first 3,000 years, there were the first classes of residents in Hoi An today. Through archaeological research results have discovered many types of jars with production tools, living tools, excellent jewelry made of stone, pottery, glass, metal, copper coins, artifacts iron, jewelry with refined manufacturing techniques to confirm the length of existence and development of the late Sa Huynh culture, the peak of the pre-prehistoric period (from the second century onwards).


In particular, at excavation pits, vestiges in Hoi An in this period discovered two types of coins: Ngu Thu, Wang Mang, Han Dynasty, pottery and Western Han iron objects, bronze artifacts. Dong Son culture (in the North), artifacts bearing typical mark of Oc Eo culture (in the South), or jewelry with refined manufacturing technology originating from India, China ... proving residence People in Hoi An in Sa Huynh culture period had wide exchanges with the outside. This also allowed the assertion that there was a strong foreign trade formed in Hoi An.

Under the Kingdom of Champa (2nd century to XIV century) Hoi An at that time was called Lam Ap Pho. Dai Chiem Hai Khau (Cua Dai) and Chiem Real Lao (Cu Lao Cham) become an important stop on the international maritime route. Lam Ap Pho is a developed trading port, attracting many Arab, Persian and Chinese trading boats to trade and exchange. The main export products at that time were silk, pearls, tortoiseshell, gold, frankincense, fresh water, etc. Many ancient bibliographies noted that there was a quite long period of time, Chiêm Port Lâm Lâm City played an important role. most important in creating the prosperity of Tra Kieu capital and My Son religious and religious center.

With the ruins of Cham architectural foundations, Cham wells and Cham statues (the statue of Vu Cong Thien Tien Gandhara, the statue of the God of Wealth Kubera, the statue of the Elephant God ...) and pieces of Chinese pottery and porcelain, Dai Viet , Middle East II century - XIV and jewelry, pieces of famous colored glass items of the Middle East, South India were discovered to shed light on the theory that there used to be a Linyi city. Champa) before Hoi An (Dai Viet era), once existed a port town with prosperous maritime trade.

In the beginning of the fourteenth century, after the event of King Chiem Thanh and Che Man cutting two continents of O and Ly to prepare for the wedding of Princess Huyen Tran of Emperor Tran Nhan Tong, the southern border of Dai Viet country reached the North bank of the river. Thu Bon. At the beginning of the 15th century, the Ho Dynasty (Ho Han Thuong) continued to expand the territory to both Chiem Dong and Co Luy (respectively Quang Nam and Quang Ngai areas today), dividing the new land into 4 continents: Thang, Hoa, Tu, Nghia; place Thang Hoa Highway to dominate the 4 continents, appoint An An Government to look after the pacification and reclaim the land. The strategy of emigration from the northern regions was initially interrupted by Dai Viet feudal dynasties; partly due to the constant dispute, annexation between Vietnam - Champa, partly because the invading Ming army set the yoke to dominate our country.

Until the middle of the fifteenth century, in 1471, the great army "South to advance in Champa" of King Le Thanh Tong dragged down the capital of Do Ban of Chiem Thanh, set up the Quang Nam Dynasties, began the main presence. knowledge of Vietnamese in the Central region. However, it was not until the time when Nguyen Lords came to defend Thuan Hoa-Quang Nam region that the career of Dang Trong land really entered a peak time.

Starting in 1558, when Nguyen Hoang was determined to leave his Nguyen land in Thanh Hoa to go to the South, escape the yoke of King Le - Lord Trinh, implement the plan to create an area. independent probation, long-term development, based on the advantages of the land "Hoanh Son, first-class, great body." The whole vast land area from Hai Van Pass to Cu Mong Pass has just become stable and attracted a large number of people in the Northern Delta and North Central provinces to reclaim and set up villages and build new lives. A part of the Vietnamese population developed from the areas of Thanh Hoa - Nghe An - Ha Tinh has stopped the exile, settled and built a village on the romantic Thu Bon river.

In order to win hearts and minds, be able to cope with the mighty power of the Le - Trinh government in Dang Ngoai, Nguyen Hoang issued and implemented a series of positive policies, building and strengthening the power of the a new governmental institution such as encouraging reclamation, appreciating talented people, building a strong army ... By the time the Nguyen Lords succeeded in Dang Trong, it was a period of great development of the goods industry. international trade, and the golden age of the East Asian trading system. Along with the strategies of the Nguyen lords at the same time; Hoi An resident community - Quang land has known to promote diligence, intelligence and creativity to build more and more prosperous towns and villages.

From the middle of the sixteenth century, the "Chiem harbor" in the Central region which has traditionally been from the Champa era was reborn. Do t taste

From a ruined "port", Hoi An quickly recovered and became the most prosperous international trade center of the country and Southeast Asia. Hoi An plays the role of a coordinating center for the central trade ports such as Thanh Ha (Hue), Thi Nai (Binh Dinh) and together with the ports of Dong Nai, Saigon, Ha Tien ... becoming the key trading ports in Dang Trong. Moreover, as an inter-regional center, Hoi An has joined with Goa (India), Ayuthaya (Siam), Malacca (Malaysia), Batavia (Indonesia), Lyzon (Philippines) ... connected with Formosa (Radio). Loan), Macao, Xiamen (China), Pusan ​​(Korea) create a complete trading system of Asia.

Since the late nineteenth century, due to many unfavorable factors, Hoi An's "sailing port town" gradually declined, leaving the position of an international trade center to Da Nang's "mechanical port". However, Hoi An is still the political, military, economic and cultural center of Quang Nam.

Under the French colonial period, Da Nang was a "concession" land, and Quang Nam became a "protected" land. In addition to the Nam dynasty government, there was the protectionist government of the French colonial government, headed by the French envoy and concurrently Chairman of the Council of Quang Nam province, who closed the porcelain in Hoi An with the headquarters of the Ministry. government protection machine. During the resistance wars, the French colonialists and then the American imperialists all chose Hoi An as a provincial capital, placing many political and military headquarters of Quang Nam.

Traveling to Hoi An at what time?
The weather in Hoi An has two distinct seasons each year, the rainy season lasts from August to December and the dry season lasts from January to July every year, sometimes depending on the weather each year there may be cold spells. but not too cold and last long
  • The best time to visit Hoi An is from February to April, the weather is almost no rain at this time and quite pleasant
  • Go to Hoi An on the 14th lunar month to attend the old town night. On this occasion, you will have the opportunity to listen to traditional songs, play folk games and enjoy delicious food, especially to see the red lanterns spread all over the street.
  • If you want to discover more Cu Lao Cham, you can go in the middle of summer, hot weather will be suitable for exploring activities of the sea.
Directions to Hoi An Public transport

Bed cars
From Hanoi and Saigon (as well as famous tourist destinations along the two ends of the country), there are many open buses to Hoi An. If you do not mind the cramped space, long time and want to save travel costs, you can choose this option. No need to switch back and forth between different types of vehicles.

Planes
Hoi An is located between 2 airports of Da Nang and Chu Lai. In fact, the distance from Da Nang airport to Hoi An (30km) is closer than from Chu Lai airport (70km) so probably not many people choose to fly to Chu Lai, flights to Danang still have many options. Choose about more flight time. However, if you buy a cheap flight ticket to Chu Lai, you should choose this airport, from here there are also buses from the airline to the center.

Train
Similar to the plan to go by plane, if you go by train, you also have 2 options: Da Nang station (30km) and Tam Ky station (50km). If you are from Hanoi and the North, you should stop at Da Nang station, you from Saigon and the South stop at Tam Ky station, it will be less time-consuming than going to Da Nang and going back by taxi.

From Hanoi daily there are 6 trains to Da Nang that are SE1, SE3, SE5, SE7, SE9, SE19. In terms of reasonable time travel, you may be interested in the SE1 train (from Hanoi 22h20 to Da Nang 13h25) SE3 (from Hanoi 19h30 to Da Nang 11h05) or SE19 (go to Hanoi) from Hanoi 20h10 to Da Nang 12:20)

From Saigon daily there are 5 trains to Tam Ky, namely SE2, SE4, SE8, SE10 and SE22. Similarly, the trains to Tam Ky during the day are SE2 (from Saigon 21h55 to Tam Ky 12h24) SE4 (from Saigon 19h45 and to Tam Ky at 11h08) and SE22 (from Saigon 14h40 and to Tam At 8h12)