20 Things to Do in Hanoi in 2026
History sites, museums for a hot afternoon, bún chả and egg coffee, water puppets after dark, and two…
Guides, destinations, and tips for city life in Vietnam
Hanoi Old Quarter, Saigon rooftops, Da Nang beach city — urban Vietnam
Vietnam's highland city attracts nomads with its cool weather, strong cafe culture and low…

The heart of Da Lat — a crescent-shaped lake ringed by gardens, colonial villas,…
The beating heart of Da Lat evenings — street stalls selling bánh tráng nướng…

St. Joseph’s Cathedral, on Nhà Chung street west of Hoàn Kiếm Lake, is a…

The Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum is at 66 Nguyễn Thái Học, across the…

The Vietnamese Women’s Museum is a four-floor museum at 36 Lý Thường Kiệt, about…

The Old Quarter is Hanoi’s historic trading heart, a dense grid of narrow streets…

Hanoi Train Street is a narrow residential alley in the Hoan Kiem district where…
Dozens of single-dish street restaurants packed into narrow lanes — the heart of Hanoi's…

The symbolic heart of Hanoi — a tree-lined lake with a small island temple,…
Hanoi's largest lake, ringed by upscale cafes, restaurants and expat apartments.
A 600-year-old pottery village 13 km from central Hanoi where you can watch artisans…

District 1 is the commercial and historical core of Ho Chi Minh City, containing…

The Saigon Skydeck occupies the 49th floor of the Bitexco Financial Tower — at…

The Saigon Opera House — officially the Ho Chi Minh City Municipal Theatre —…

The Independence Palace — known after 1975 as Reunification Palace — is one of…
HCMC's most famous market, best visited at dawn for the local wet-market section and…

HCMC's famous backpacker strip, closed to traffic at night and packed with bars and…
The commercial and historical centre of Ho Chi Minh City — colonial architecture, rooftop…

A UNESCO World Heritage trading port frozen in the 15th–19th century, famous for tailors…
A growing community of long-term residents drawn by the town's charm, slow pace and…
Hand-rowed wooden boats drifting along the Thu Bon River past lantern-lit shophouses — the…
Sa Dec is a small river town in Dong Thap province known for its…
Chau Doc sits at Vietnam’s northwestern corner, 30km from the Cambodian border on the…
Can Tho's riverside promenade and boat harbour, the starting point for most floating market…
A smaller, quieter floating market in Vinh Long province, trading mainly with local boats…
Hau Giang's historic floating market at the junction of seven river branches, quieter and…
A community of houseboats and fish farms on the Hau River near the Cambodian…
The delta's largest and most famous floating market, near Can Tho — boats piled…
History sites, museums for a hot afternoon, bún chả and egg coffee, water puppets after dark, and two…
Ho Chi Minh City doesn’t ease you in gently. The traffic hits you first. Then the noise. Then…
Vietnam has three distinct urban characters compressed into one country: Hanoi — the thousand-year-old northern capital with temple…