Vietnam
Limestone peaks tower over shimmering bays, fragrant street food stalls spark with flavor, and colorful night markets burst with excitement. Explore this dynamic destination and find out if it fuels your travel vibe.
- High season: Nov - Apr
- Languages: Vietnamise
- Time zone: 🕐 UTC +7
- Major religion: Buddhism
- Population: 100 million
- Capital: Hanoi
- Currency: Dong (VND)
- Flag: 🇻🇳
Best Places to Visit in Vietnam
Vietnam is a tapestry of diverse landscapes, cultures, and experiences. From the majestic mountains of Sapa to the pristine beaches of Phu Quoc, and the historical grandeur of Hue, we’ve handpicked the best places to visit that will ignite your wanderlust and create lasting memories.
Vietnam Essentials
Start With the Big Three
Want a clear starting point for planning a trip? These three core guides cover what travelers usually look for first — what to see, what to do, and what to eat — giving you a solid overview before diving deeper.
Vietnams most popular destinations
Sketch your Travel Route
Vietnam events and night life
Festivals by Day, Adventures by Night
ETHICAL EXPLORATION
The Heart of Sustainable Vietnam
Explore Vietnam with a lighter footprint. Learn how to support local communities, choose eco-friendly transport, and find the hidden gems that prioritize the planet as much as the experience.
Guides, Routes & Travel Stories
Discover Vietnam
The Good and the Bad
Insights from
Seasoned Travelers in Vietnam
In love with Vietnam
Vietnam is a fantastic country, a real gem of Southeast Asia. Beyond the fact that it has absolutely unreal, one-of-a-kind natural sights like Lan Ha Bay, Ha Long Bay, and Ninh Binh Province — places like these simply don’t exist anywhere else on the planet — what impressed me the most personally was the north and its small ethnic communities.
Traveling there feels like getting into a time machine and going back in time. Everything is so raw, so authentic. Kids riding along the road on the backs of water buffalo. Men and women gathering at markets in their colorful traditional clothes, not for tourists or shows, but because that’s just how things are done.
It’s not easy to see this side of Vietnam. Even though the country isn’t that big, getting to these places turned out to be quite difficult. But it was far away from the main tourist hubs that I saw the Vietnam that stayed with me forever.
Andrea H. G., Catalonia
Not coming back...
Want me to tell you something you won’t read in most guidebooks about Vietnam? The country is basically one huge plastic dump. An insanely beautiful land by nature, completely buried under trash.
And it doesn’t matter where you are. Hiking a jungle trail up to a sacred mountain, standing on a quiet, remote beach, or just stopping by the side of the road. Plastic is everywhere. The only real exception is the territory of big hotels, which get cleaned every day by their staff.
It’s shameful. It’s disrespectful.
What hurts the most is seeing this in fishing villages. Places that have lived off the sea for hundreds of years, and now that same sea is being turned into a landfill. Traveling through this country is literally painful, because there is so much beauty here, and it’s been so badly disfigured.
Alex Evans, UK