Ho Chi Minh City
High-octane city of commerce and culture hiding timeless alleys and teeming markets.
High-octane city of commerce and culture hiding timeless alleys and teeming markets.
Imagine a city where the exotic chic of old Asia blends with the dynamic face of new Asia.
Home to historical sites, fantastic food and the country’s most iconic beach, central Vietnam deserves to rate as a top priority for travellers.
Floating markets, sleepy villages and rice paddies abound in this lush rural landscape.
Graceful historic Hoi An is Vietnam’s most atmospheric and delightful town.
Welcome to the beach capital of Vietnam.
Palaces and pagodas, tombs and temples, culture and cuisine, history and heartbreak – there’s no shortage of poetic pairings to describe Hue (pronounced ‘hway’).
For most visitors, the northeast is all about Halong Bay.
Welcome to the roof of Vietnam, where the mountains of the Tonkinese Alps (Hoang Lien Mountains) soar skyward, their long shadows concealing some of the country’s best-kept secrets.
Dalat is quite different from anywhere else you’ll visit in Vietnam.
Fringed with white-sand beaches and with large tracts still covered in dense, tropical jungle, Phu Quoc has been quickly morphing from a sleepy backwater to a favoured beach escape of Western expats and sun-seeking tourists.
As HCMC continues its insatiable expansion in every direction, swallowing up rural communities and country backwaters, finding a respite from urban life has become more of a challenge.
Right about now Danang is Vietnam’s most happening city.
Established as a hill station by the French in 1922, Sapa is the one place in the northwest where tourism is booming.
The epicentre of the Mekong Delta, Can Tho is the largest city in the region and feels like a veritable metropolis after a few days exploring the backwaters.
Draped along the banks of the Hau Giang River (Bassac River), Chau Doc sees plenty of travellers passing through on the river route between Cambodia and Vietnam.
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