. Hai Van Gate attracts visitors

Hai Van Gate has grown to become a popular attraction among tourists as it offers stunning views of the surrounding water bodies and landscape. Photo: Van Dung - VNA

Foreign tourists visit Hai Van gate. Photo: Mai Trang - VNA

Vehicles circulate through Hai Van gate. Photo: Mai Trang - VNA

Tourists visit Hai Van gate relic site. Photo: Mai Trang - VNA

Hai Van Gate includes fortifications, store houses and cannon forts. The gate was recognised as a national relic site in April 2017. Photo: Mai Trang - VNA

A bird-view of Hai Van Gate. Photo: Mai Trang - VNA

Hai Van Gate attracts visitors

15/08/2024 16:01 GMT+

Located 490m above sea level, Hai Van Quan (Hai Van Gate) national relic site is sits atop its namesake mountain pass and connects Da Nang’s Lien Chieu district with Thua Thien-Hue’s Lang Co township, Phu Loc district. Located 490m above sea level, Hai Van Gate sits atop its namesake mountain pass and connects Da Nang’s Lien Chieu district with Thua Thien-Hue’s Lang Co township, Phu Loc district. It has grown to become a popular attraction among tourists as it offers stunning views of the surrounding water bodies and landscape. The relic complex was built in 1826 under the rule of the Nguyen Dynasty’s King Minh Mang (1791-1841), who ordered the construction of multiple defensive structures on Hai Van Pass to protect the then imperial capital of Vietnam in Hue. Photo: VNA