Minh Thanh Temple Pleiku, Vietnam.

Sergei Mugashev

Minh Thanh Temple

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Built only in 2014, this large and splendid Buddhist temple, surrounded by water features and bonsai trees, sits south of the city centre. Its proudest feature is a gorgeous nine-tiered pagoda that's lit up at night. Fearsome dragons curl up from the corners of the roof of the main temple building.


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