Lions, tigers, bears and a haunted house in Vietnam?  It's not a
fairy tale, and the only missing ingredient is a voice
exclaiming, "Oh, my!"  Lac Canh Dai Nam Van Hien is a
$219-million amusement park that began construction in 1999 and
opened Sept. 11, 2008. It's about 25 miles from Ho Chi Minh
City, up Highway 13 in the province of Binh Duong, and is
designed to entertain, engage and enlighten visitors within its
1,100 acres.  When the park opened, Huynh Uy Dung, the man who
put up the money, who is also an executive of Dai Nam Joint
Stock Co., said: "This is a work that we have entertained for
tens of years. Even the name of Dai Nam Van Hien Paradise also
expresses our desire to preserve and honor the country's
thousands-year-old cultural values."  I made my third visit to
Vietnam this decade in August, taking a 19-day Inside Vietnam
tour with Overseas Adventure Travel. Instead of making a repeat
visit to the old Cu Chi military tunnels during a day in Ho Chi
Minh City, I decided to hire an English-speaki