Vietnams has four main regions: The North, around Hanoi: from the Red River Delta to high mountains near China, to the World Heritage site HaLong Bay, the North harbors some of the most magnificent views of Vietnam in an exotic context. The Central Coast, around the ancient city of Hue, is the home of the still recent Vietnamese kings, and features one of the nicest old seacoast town in Vietnam: Hoi An, A World Heritage Site. The Central Highlands, are hilly and covered with lush forest, features tribes and the occasional elephant, but is still accessible to the more adventurous. Dalat, the former retreat of the French is the largest city in the Central Highlands with a great golf course and the tallest mountain near by. The South, is the economic engine of Vietnam, built around Ho Chi Minh City, former Saigon, but also covering the lush and little-visited Mekong Delta, the rice basket of Vietnam.