Category: Local Life

Ba Na Hills travel guide: perched at 1,487 metres above sea level in the Truong Son mountains west of Da Nang, Ba Na Hills is one of Vietnam’s most spectacular — and most surreal — travel experiences. Famous worldwide for its Golden Bridge, a pedestrian walkway held aloft by two enormous stone hands rising from…

Cat Ba Island travel guide essentials: if Ha Long Bay is Vietnam’s crown jewel, Cat Ba is where you come to truly wear it. Spread across 285 square kilometres of limestone karst, tropical jungle and jade-green sea, Cat Ba is the largest island in the Ha Long Bay archipelago — and the only one you…

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…