page_title: The Amazing Race Asia 3
section_title: Leg 3 (Vietnam)
hierarchical_section_title: The Amazing Race Asia 3 / Race summary / Leg 3 (Vietnam)
caption_attribution_description: The Mieu Temple within the Imperial City, Hue, Vietnam. The Citadel was badly damaged duing various wars, but this building remains.
context_page_description: The third season of The Amazing Race Asia is a reality television game show based on the American series, The Amazing Race. The third installment of the show features ten teams of two with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around Asia to win US$100,000. The season premiered on September 11, 2008 and consists of 11 episodes, two episodes fewer than the first and second seasons. The season finale aired on November 20, 2008.
  In 2009, the series was nominated for an International Emmy Award for Best Non-Scripted Entertainment, losing to the Dutch reality series The Phone.
  Friends Vince Chung and Sam Wu, representing Hong Kong, were the winners of the Race. Vince also became the first non-Asian by nationality to win the Race.
context_section_description: Airdate: September 25, 2008
  Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens)
   Ho Chi Minh City (Mien Dong Coach Station) to Huế (Bến Xe Phía Bắc)
  Huế (Trần Thanh Mại – Caltex Service Facility)
  Hương Thủy (Khải Định Tomb)
   Hương Trà (Minh Mạng Tomb) and Hương Thủy (Khải Định Tomb)
   Hương Thủy (Dạ Lê Thượng Shrine or Rice Paddy Field)
   Huế (Quốc Học Park to Huế Citadel – Thế Miếu Temple) 
  In this Roadblock, one team member had to retrieve seven coins representing the seven emperors of the Nguyễn dynasty at Minh Mạng Tomb then bring them back to Khải Định Tomb, where they would find out that they had to place the coins in the correct order of the reign of the emperors to receive their next clue. Each table that had a coin at Minh Mạng Tomb also contained information about the reigns of the corresponding emperor, and racers could return to the tomb to obtain this information.
  The Detour of this leg was a choice between Sticks and Stalks. In Sticks, teams had watch a silent demonstration and then make ten incense sticks to receive their next clue. In Stalks, teams had to thresh rice stalks into a farming machine and fill two baskets to receive their next clue from a farmer.
  Additional tasks
  At the Caltex service facility, teams had to change the rear tires and engine oil of a marked jeep, their transportation for the rest of the leg, to receive their next clue.
  At Quốc Học Park, teams had to search for a marked cyclo with their next clue and use it to travel to the Pit Stop.
  Additional note
  Teams began the third leg outside the Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens.
caption: Teams finished this leg of the Race in Huế, Vietnam's ancient capital, at Thế Miếu Temple inside its old citadel.
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