Tours and activities
Hà Giang Loop
Hà Giang, Tuyên Quang
A road trip of about 350 km through the karst mountains of Hà Giang, Vietnam's northernmost province, on the border with China.
Travel tips in Vietnam
Natural features
Ha Long Bay
Hạ Long, Quảng Ninh
Nearly 2,000 limestone islands and pillars rise from the emerald water of the Gulf of Tonkin, making one of the most spectacular seascapes in the wor…
Historic sites
Hoàn Kiếm Lake and Ngọc Sơn Temple, Hanoi
Hanoi, Hà Nội
The lake at the heart of Hanoi, where, legend says, a golden turtle took back a magic sword from Emperor Lê Lợi after he drove out the Chinese.
Historic sites
Hội An Ancient Town
Hội An, Đà Nẵng
A well-preserved trading port with yellow merchant houses, Chinese assembly halls and the Japanese Covered Bridge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Natural features
Ninh Bình and Tràng An
Huyện Hoa Lư, Ninh Bình
A landscape of limestone peaks rising from rice fields and rivers, called 'Ha Long Bay on land', a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Natural features
Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park
Huyện Quảng Trạch, Quảng Trị
A karst national park with some of the world's largest caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Walks and treks
Sa Pa rice terraces
Sa Pa, Lào Cai
A mountain town in the far north-west, surrounded by spectacular rice terraces and villages of Hmong and Dao people.
Historic sites
Temple of Literature, Hanoi
Hanoi, Hà Nội
Founded in 1070 as a temple to Confucius, it later became Vietnam's first university.
Buildings
Crazy House (Hằng Nga Guesthouse), Đà Lạt
Ðà Lạt, Lâm Đồng
An extraordinary building designed by architect Đặng Việt Nga, looking like a giant tree melting into the hillside, with staircases, tunnels and brid…
Historic sites
Cù Chi Tunnels
Ho Chi Minh City, Hồ Chí Minh
A network of more than 200 km of tunnels used by Viet Cong guerrillas during the Vietnam War, with hidden entrances, kitchens and booby traps.
Tours and activities
Hòn Mun island boat trip, Nha Trang
Nha Trang, Khánh Hòa
Nha Trang bay is scattered with islands, and day trips by boat visit several of them.
Historic sites
Imperial City of Huế
Huế
The walled citadel of the Nguyễn emperors, who ruled Vietnam from 1802 to 1945, with the Purple Forbidden City, palaces and gates, much damaged in th…
Historic sites
Independence Palace, Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City, Hồ Chí Minh
The former presidential palace of South Vietnam, also called the Reunification Palace, kept much as it was on 30 April 1975, when a North Vietnamese …
Tours and activities
Mekong Delta
Cần Thơ
A maze of rivers, canals, rice fields and orchards where the Mekong reaches the sea.
Natural features
Phú Quốc
Dương Đông, An Giang
Vietnam's largest island, in the Gulf of Thailand, with white-sand beaches such as Sao Beach, a national park, pepper farms and fish-sauce factories.
Historic sites
Po Nagar Cham Towers, Nha Trang
Nha Trang, Khánh Hòa
Brick temple towers built between the 7th and 12th centuries by the Cham people, on a hill above the mouth of the Cái River in Nha Trang.
Natural features
Pù Luông Nature Reserve
Bá Thước, Thanh Hóa
A green, peaceful valley of rice terraces, bamboo forests and Thai and Muong villages of stilt houses, about 4 hours south-west of Hanoi.
Attractions
War Remnants Museum, Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City, Hồ Chí Minh
A powerful museum about the Vietnam War (the 'American War' in Vietnam), with American tanks, helicopters and planes in the courtyard and displays in…
Natural features
Datanla Falls, Đà Lạt
Ðà Lạt, Lâm Đồng
A series of waterfalls in the pine forest just outside Đà Lạt.
Attractions
Golden Bridge, Bà Nà Hills
Đại Lộc, Đà Nẵng
A golden footbridge that loops through the mountains, held up by two giant stone-looking hands, in the Bà Nà Hills resort near Đà Nẵng, reached by on…
Natural features
Thác Bà Lake
Lào Cai
One of the largest man-made lakes in Vietnam, created by a dam in the 1970s, with more than 1,300 forested islands.
Natural features
Xuân Hương Lake and Đà Lạt Night Market
Ðà Lạt, Lâm Đồng
A crescent-shaped lake in the centre of Đà Lạt, with a 5 km path around it lined with pine trees and flower gardens.