Located only seven kilometres from Hue, set among beautiful green rice fields, is the ancient 16th century village of Thanh Toan.

The ancient town of Hue has had a turbulent and rich history. Once it was an imperial city, later on, under the Nguyen dynasty, which ruled from 1802 to 1945, it became Vietnam's imperial capital.

The imperial city of Hue has been acclaimed by UNESCO as ‘a masterpiece of urban poetry’ and there is a good reason why with its host of attractions that includes its green Citadel, royal gardens, royal mausoleums, pagodas and beautiful homes.

The Demilitarized Zone was established by the Geneva agreement in 1954 as a dividing line between North and South in the outcome of the First Indochina War and ran roughly on the 17th parallel north latitude.