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…
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…
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.
Dozens of single-dish street restaurants packed into narrow lanes — the heart of Hanoi's…
A 600-year-old pottery village 13 km from central Hanoi where you can watch artisans…
Thu Duc City — formerly District 2 — lies across the Saigon River from…
District 1 is the commercial and historical core of Ho Chi Minh City, containing…
The Saigon Opera House — officially the Ho Chi Minh City Municipal Theatre —…
The Independence Palace — known after 1975 as Reunification Palace — is one of…
The Saigon Skydeck occupies the 49th floor of the Bitexco Financial Tower — at…
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…
HCMC's most liveable expat quarter — international restaurants, co-working spaces and low traffic.
A growing community of long-term residents drawn by the town's charm, slow pace and…
A UNESCO World Heritage trading port frozen in the 15th–19th century, famous for tailors…
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…
The delta's largest and most famous floating market, near Can Tho — boats piled…
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…
Can Tho's riverside promenade and boat harbour, the starting point for most floating market…
A community of houseboats and fish farms on the Hau River near the Cambodian…
Vietnam has three distinct urban characters compressed into one country: Hanoi — the thousand-year-old northern capital with temple…
