Built in 1938, this pagoda (120 Nguyen Van Troi St) is a lovely ochre-coloured building that fuses French and Chinese architecture.
The giant bell is said to be made of bronze mixed with gold, its great weight making it too heavy for thieves to carry off. Behind the pagoda are coffee and tea plants tended by 20 monks, who range in age from 20 to 80, and half a dozen novices. Linh Son Pagoda is about 1km from the town center, near the corner of Phan Dinh Phung St. The sign on the front gate reads ‘Phat Giao Viet Nam’ (Vietnam Buddhist Association).