8 April 2025 | Author/Destination: Asia / Asien | Rubric: General, UNESCO World Heritage
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Thu Bồn River at night © Nguyen QuocTrung/cc-by-sa-4.0
Hội An, formerly known in the Western world as Faifoo or Faifo, is a city of approximately 120,000 people in Vietnam’s
Quảng Nam Province, registered as a
UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1999. Along with the Cù Lao Cham archipelago, it is part of the
Cù Lao Cham-Hội An Biosphere Reserve, designated in 2009. In 2023, Hội An was registered in the
UNESCO Creative Cities Network list.
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