Author: happywriter

Vung Tau travel guide: beaches, seafood, the Christ statue and how to get there by ferry from Ho Chi Minh City — Vietnam’s most accessible beach escape.

Quy Nhon travel guide: beaches, Cham towers, seafood and how to get to Vietnam’s most underrated coastal city in Binh Dinh province.

Can Tho travel guide: explore Vietnam’s Mekong Delta capital — Cai Rang floating market, river cruises, local food and how to get there from Ho Chi Minh City.

Hue travel guide: Imperial Citadel, royal tombs, Thien Mu Pagoda, royal court cuisine and how to get there. Everything you need to visit Vietnam’s ancient imperial capital.

Sapa travel guide covering trekking routes, rice terraces, hill tribe villages and how to get there from Hanoi. Everything you need to plan a trip to Vietnam’s mountain north.

Ho Chi Minh City travel guide covering what to see, where to eat, how to get around and practical tips for Saigon. Plan the perfect trip to Vietnam’s pulsing southern capital.

Vietnam’s French colonial legacy is visible in almost every city in the country — in the baguettes sold from bicycle baskets at dawn, in the yellowed plaster of government buildings, in the coffee culture that took root when French planters first brought beans to the central highlands. For 67 years, from 1887 to 1954, Vietnam…

The Ha Long Bay travel guide you need exists because words almost fail here. Stand on the bow of a wooden junk as the sun rises over 1,600 limestone islands draped in jungle, their reflections trembling in emerald water, and you understand why this seascape has been called one of the natural wonders of the…

The Hanoi travel guide you’ve been looking for begins not at a landmark, but at a sensory collision: the shriek of motorbikes, the smoke of charcoal grills, the green shimmer of Hoan Kiem Lake at dawn. Vietnam’s capital is a city of 1,000 years of history crammed into streets that refuse to stand still. It…

Hoi An tailor shops are the reason half the visitors to this ancient town pack a near-empty suitcase. Within 24 hours of arriving — sometimes less — you can walk out wearing a perfectly fitted suit, a silk dress cut to your exact measurements, or a linen shirt in a colour you’ve never found anywhere…