A 7?Day Vietnam JourneyDay 1: Arrival in Hanoi & Old Quarter ExplorationsWe landed in Hanoi around noon, and I had pre?booked ...

An ethereal sliver of light shimmers on rippling water, cast from a buttery full moon between mysterious rock forms that rise from the water and throw ghostly shadows. We are surrounded by several ...

At this mythical spot, upstream from Vietnam’s capital, Hanoi, the nation’s ancient kings honoured their founding ancestors by building temples. Today, the Hung kings’ temples are rooted in a region ...

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Vietnam, that land where ancient customs blend so readily with contemporary dynamism, making it the most desirable travel destination in Southeast Asia. Two of its most legendary places are Hanoi, its ...

Captain Tho Pham first went out to sea when he was 14 years old. Now, he’s been a junk skipper in Halong Bay for more than a decade. He knows his way through the tangle of islands that cover Halong as ...