Population : 1,372,424

Known as Faifo to early Western traders, it was one of the major trading centres in Southeast Asia between the 16th and 17th centuries, when it was home to thriving population of Japanese and Chinese merchants. This mixed cultural heritage can be seen today in the town's architecture, with the famous Japanese covered bridge and all the houses were made by wood and were decorated with horizontal lacquered boards and vertical parallel panels engraved in the medieval Chinese style, pillars were caved with ornamented designs. 1999 Unesco named the town as one of Vietnam's four World Heritages sites.