Kon Tum Museum

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This museum is one of the region's best, with good lighting and clear English text detailing local religious and spiritual life, including displays on the iron forges of the Sedang (Xo Dang) people and the significance of gongs to Vietnam’s hill communities (Vietnam's gong culture is included in Unesco’s List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity). Highlights include an impressive log coffin and a musical instrument known as a trung (a marimba made from bamboo tubes).


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2. Kon Harachot

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Kon Harachot's beautiful rong sits next to the rustic football field.

3. Catholic Seminary

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4. Immaculate Conception Cathedral

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5. Kon Tum Konam

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In the eastern suburbs of Kon Tum, this village has a large and appealing rong.

6. Kon Tum Kopong

1.84 MILES

You may see villagers weaving baskets out of bamboo along the streets of Kon Tum Kopong village.

7. Kon K'lor

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Near the suspension bridge across the river you'll find a large rong in the village of Kon K'lor.

8. Kon Jodreh

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