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Vietnamese resort named the best in the world
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Vietnam’s Nam Hai Resort & Spa has been named the best resort in the world in the Travel + Leisure magazine’s annual Design Awards.

A panel of seven design industry experts lauded Nam Hai in Hoi An is ancient town as a stylish take on local, single-story, thatched-huts, in the March issue.

Travel + Leisure praised the property for its creative qualities, including its dark wood elegance and rich materials.

The 35-hectare resort, which opened in December 2006, features traditional residences of Vietnam, nha ruong, creatively re-interpreted to accommodate modern technologies and amenities.

Most of the resort’s 60 one-bedroom villas and 40 pool villas border the sea around a horseshoe-shaped spit of sand.

This is the fourth year Travel + Leisure has held the awards.

Nam Hai has established a reputation as one of the world’s great resorts.

Earlier this month, luxury travel site Globorati.com named it one of the top 10 most romantic hotels for couples.

Reported by Vinh Son