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    Thach Dong Cave Pagoda, Ha Tien

    | 10 Jan 2012
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    • This monument marks the Vietnamese lives lost in Khmer Rouge attacks on Ha TIen in 1978.
      This monument marks the Vietnamese lives lost in Khmer Rouge attacks on Ha TIen in 1978.

      Photo: Mark Bowyer

    • Views to the Cambodian border, Thach Dong Pagoda
      Views to the Cambodian border, Thach Dong Pagoda

      Photo: Mark Bowyer

    • Thach Dong Pagoda, Ha Tien
      Thach Dong Pagoda, Ha Tien

      Photo: Mark Bowyer

    • Thach Dong Pagoda
      Thach Dong Pagoda

      Photo: Mark Bowyer

    • The pagoda is set in a cave in the limestone mountain
      The pagoda is set in a cave in the limestone mountain

      Photo: Mark Bowyer


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    Thach Dong Cave Pagoda, Ha Tien
    4kms north on the main road to the Cambodian border

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    10 Jan 2012

    Thach Dong cave pagoda and a small monument commemmorating the slaughter of local civilians by the Khmer Rouge are a short ride out of Ha Tien.

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    Thach Dong pagoda is set in caves in a limestone mountain 4km west of Ha Tien. The pagoda has suffered from recent "upgrades" but is worth a visit. The views across Vietnam and into Cambodia are impressive.

    At the base of the mountain is a clenched fist monument that commemmorates 130 Vietnamese murdered by the Khmer Rouge in 1978. These and other similar border attacks prompted Vietnam's invasion of Cambodia and the ousting of Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge regime in January 1979.


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    Thach Dong pagoda is easily reached when visiting Mui Nai beach.

    Mark Bowyer
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