Category: Destinations
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Ben Tre Travel Guide: Vietnam’s Coconut Kingdom in the Mekong Delta
Step off the ferry in Ben Tre and the air changes. There’s something heavier and greener about it — the smell of river mud and warm coconut husk, of overripe fruit and wood smoke curling from a kitchen somewhere in the palm grove. Ben Tre travel guide territory is Mekong Delta country at its most…
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Mu Cang Chai Rice Terraces: Vietnam’s Most Spectacular Highland Scenery
There are landscapes in Vietnam that make you stop walking and simply stand still. The Mu Cang Chai rice terraces are one of them. Carved into the flanks of the Hoang Lien Son mountain range in Yen Bai Province, these cascading fields — thousands of hand-built steps rising from valley floor to sky — represent…
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Mai Chau Travel Guide: Vietnam’s Serene Valley of White Thai Villages
Three hours south of Hanoi, the chaos of the city dissolves into something you didn’t know you needed. This Mai Chau travel guide takes you into a valley so green it almost hurts to look at — a place where white egrets skim paddy fields at dusk, weavers work at wooden looms on bamboo verandas,…
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Cham Islands Vietnam: Your Complete Guide to Cu Lao Cham’s Beaches and Reefs
The Cham Islands sit 15 km off the coast of Hoi An, close enough to reach by speedboat in 20 minutes yet utterly removed from the ancient town’s lantern-lit streets. This archipelago of eight islands — known in Vietnamese as Cù Lao Chàm — is a UNESCO Man and Biosphere Reserve where coral reefs still…
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Phu Yen Travel Guide: Vietnam’s Sunrise Province and Wild Coastal Beauty
Phu Yen travel guide starts with a geological wonder: Ghenh Da Dia, a stretch of hexagonal basalt columns packed so tightly they resemble a vast honeycomb pressed against the South China Sea. This is the image that has started drawing travellers to Vietnam’s “Sunrise Province” — a narrow coastal strip halfway between Quy Nhon and…
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Chau Doc Travel Guide: Floating Villages, Sam Mountain and the Mekong Border
Chau Doc travel guide begins with a simple truth: this compact border town near the Cambodian frontier packs more colour, culture, and river life into its few kilometres than most Vietnamese cities three times its size. Perched where the Mekong splits into the Hau River, Chau Doc is a place where Vietnamese, Cham Muslim, Khmer,…
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Bac Ha Sunday Market: Vietnam’s Most Colourful Highland Market Guide
Bac Ha Sunday Market is Vietnam’s most colourful highland market — a weekly gathering of Flower Hmong and fifteen ethnic groups trading textiles, silver and rice wine in the mountains of Lao Cai.
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Tay Ninh Travel Guide: Cao Dai Temple, Ba Den Mountain and Day Trips from Ho Chi Minh City
Tay Ninh travel guide: visit the extraordinary Cao Dai Holy See temple, climb sacred Ba Den Mountain, and discover southern Vietnam’s most unique cultural day trip from Ho Chi Minh City.
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Pu Luong Nature Reserve: Vietnam’s Secret Green Valley Trekking Guide
Pu Luong Nature Reserve is Vietnam’s hidden highland gem — terraced rice valleys, stilt house homestays, and minority village treks without the Sapa crowds. Your complete guide to visiting.
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Buon Ma Thuot Travel Guide: Vietnam’s Coffee Capital and Central Highlands Gateway
Buon Ma Thuot travel guide: explore Vietnam’s coffee capital, Dray Nur waterfalls and Dak Lak’s wild Central Highlands. Flights, hotels, coffee farms and what to see.