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Must-see attractions in Vietnam

  • Vietnamese Women’s Museum

    Hanoi

    This excellent and highly informative museum showcases the roles of women in Vietnamese society and culture. Labelled in English and French, exhibits…

  • Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam - April 15, 2019: the exterior of the central entrance and the tower of Cho Binh Tay market in Cho Lon (Cholon), a Chinatown.
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    Binh Tay Market

    Ho Chi Minh City

    Cholon’s main market has a great clock tower and a central courtyard with gardens. Much of the business here is wholesale but it’s popular with tour…

  • Inside the worlds 3rd largest cave that has its own camping site and beach

    Hang En

    Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park

    This gigantic cave is very close to Hang Son Doong; both have been featured in a National Geographic photographic spread. Getting here involves a trek…

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    Heritage House

    Hanoi

    One of the Old Quarter’s best-restored properties, this traditional merchants’ house is sparsely but beautifully decorated, with rooms filled with fine…

  • Po Klong Garai Cham Towers

    Phan Rang & Thap Cham

    These imposing Cham towers date from the end of the 13th century. Built from brick as Hindu temples, they stand on a platform at the top of Cho’k Hala, an…

  • Architecture outside Saigon Central Post Office

    Central Post Office

    Ho Chi Minh City

    The city's landmark French-era post office is a period classic, designed by Marie-Alfred Foulhoux (though often credited to Gustave Eiffel) and built…

  • Xeo Quyt Forest

    Mekong Delta

    Around 35km southeast of Cao Lanh is the magnificent 52-hectare Xeo Quyt Forest near My Hiep village. One vast swamp beneath a beautiful thick canopy of…

  • Bac Ha Market in Vietnam.

    Bac Ha Market

    Bac Ha

    This Sunday market is Bac Ha’s big draw. There's an increasing range of handicrafts for sale, but it’s still pretty much a local affair. Bac Ha Market is…

  • Hong Van beach in Co To Island.

    Hong Van Beach

    Bai Tu Long Bay

    Most Vietnamese visitors make a beeline for Hong Van Beach – and justifiably so. It's nearly 3km of fine, white sand lapped by blue water and backed by a…

  • Cavern Pagoda

    Mekong Delta

    Also known as Phuoc Dien Tu, this temple is halfway up the western (far) side of Sam Mountain, with amazing views of the surrounding countryside. The…

  • Municipal Beach

    Quy Nhon

    The long sweep of Quy Nhon’s beachfront extends from the port in the northeast to distant wooded hills in the south. It’s a beautiful stretch of sand and…

  • Dao Tien Endangered Primate Species Centre

    Cat Tien National Park

    Set on an island in the Dong Nai River, this rehabilitation centre with a stellar reputation hosts golden-cheeked gibbons, pygmy lorises (both endemic to…

  • Tran Family Chapel

    Hoi An

    Built for worshipping family ancestors of the Tran (陳) clan, this chapel (more accurately an ancestral hall) dates back to 1802. It was commissioned by…

  • Tra Su Bird Sanctuary

    Chau Doc

    This immense 800,000-hectare forest is home to an astounding number of wading birds. Much of the wetland is off-limits to visitors so that the birds'…

  • Ong Temple

    Can Tho

    In a fantastic location facing the Can Tho River and decorated with huge, constantly burning incense coils, this Chinese temple is set inside the…

  • Huynh Thuy Le Old House

    Mekong Delta

    This wonderfully atmospheric 1895 house on the riverfront was once the residence of Huynh Thuy Le, the son of a rich Chinese family who had an affair with…

  • Xa Lon Pagoda

    Mekong Delta

    Originally built in wood in the 18th century, this magnificent Khmer pagoda was completely rebuilt in 1923 but proved to be too small. From 1969 to 1985…

  • Hai Ba Trung Temple

    Hanoi

    Two kilometres south of Hoan Kiem Lake, this temple was founded in 1142. A statue shows the two Trung sisters (from the 1st century CE) kneeling with…

  • Robert Taylor Museum of Worldwide Arms

    Vung Tau

    Come here for a stupendous private collection of military arms, uniforms and paraphernalia from across the globe. One section is dedicated to the conflict…

  • Bay Canh

    Con Dao Islands

    Perhaps the best all-round island to visit is Bay Canh, to the east of Con Son Island, which has lovely beaches, old-growth forest, mangroves, coral reefs…

  • Bai Dram Trau

    Con Dao Islands

    Reached via a dirt track 1km before the airport on Con Son Island, Bai Dram Trau is a sublime, remote 700m half-moon crescent of soft sand, fringed by…

  • Interior of Cho Quan Church

    Cho Quan Church

    Ho Chi Minh City

    Originally built by the French and destroyed three times, this 19th-century house of worship is one of the city's largest churches, with good views from…

  • Queen of the Rosary Cathedral

    Haiphong

    Haiphong’s elegant Roman Catholic cathedral was built in the 19th century and comprehensively restored in 2010. The building’s grey towers are a local…

  • People walk down the colonial streets in historic old town Hoi An.

    Hoi An Old Town

    Hoi An

    By Unesco decree, more than 800 historic buildings in Hoi An have been preserved, so much of the Old Town looks as it did several centuries ago. Eighteen…

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    Xa Loi Pagoda

    Ho Chi Minh City

    The inner walls of this sanctuary, famed as the repository of a sacred relic of the Buddha, are adorned with paintings depicting the Buddha’s life…

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    Tomb of Tu Duc

    Hue

    This tomb (completed in 1867) is the most popular, imposing and impressive of the royal mausoleums, designed by Emperor Tu Duc himself before his death…

  • Cat Ba National Park.

    Cat Ba National Park

    Cat Ba Island

    Cat Ba's beautiful national park is home to 32 species of mammal, including most of the world's 65 remaining golden-headed langurs, the world's most…

  • Cha Tam Church on DL Tran Hung Dao in Cholon.

    Cha Tam Church

    Ho Chi Minh City

    Built around the turn of the 19th century, this decaying light-caramel-painted church exudes a sleepy, tropical feel. A pew in the church is marked with a…

  • Kayaks and water bicycle on Long Beach.

    Long Beach

    Phu Quoc Island

    Long Beach is draped invitingly along the west coast from Duong Dong to An Thoi. Development concentrates in the north, near Duong Dong, where the…

  • Le Van Duyet Temple,Vietnam.

    Le Van Duyet Temple

    Ho Chi Minh City

    Dedicated to Marshal Le Van Duyet (1763–1831), this shrine is also his burial place, alongside that of his wife. The marshal was a South Vietnamese…

  • HWAJG6 Vietnam, Southeast region, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Khanh Van Nam Vien Pagoda, built in 1939, is the only exclusively Taoist pagoda in Vietnam

    Khanh Van Nam Vien Pagoda

    Ho Chi Minh City

    Built between 1939 and 1942, this temple is said to be the only pure Taoist temple in Vietnam and is unique for its colourful statues of Taoist disciples…

  • Old church on forest at Ba Vi National Park, Hanoi, Vietnam.

    Ba Vi National Park

    Hanoi Region

    Formerly a French hill station, the triple-peaked Ba Vi Mountain (Nui Ba Vi) has been attracting visitors for decades and remains a popular weekend escape…

  • Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum at night, Ba Dinh district.

    Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum

    Hanoi

    In the tradition of Lenin, Stalin and Mao, Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum is a monumental marble edifice. Contrary to Ho Chi Minh’s desire for a simple cremation…

  • Temple of Lady Xu

    Mekong Delta

    Founded in the 1820s to house a statue of Lady Xu that’s become the subject of a popular cult, this large temple faces Sam Mountain, on the same road as…

  • Military officer students visiting Ho Chi Minh City Fine Art Museum.

    Fine Arts Museum

    Ho Chi Minh City

    With its airy corridors and verandas, this elegant 1929 colonial-era, yellow-and-white building is stuffed with period details; it is exuberantly tiled…

  • Interior view of building with golden sculpture at Chua Bai Dinh Pagoda is the largest complex of Buddhist temple in country.

    Chua Bai Dinh

    Ninh Binh Province

    Chua Bai Dinh is a bombastic Buddhist complex, built on a vast scale, that rises up a hillside near Ninh Binh. Construction was completed in 2014, and it…

  • Museum dedicated to life and work of scientist and explorer Alexandre Yersin.

    Alexandre Yersin Museum

    Nha Trang

    This small museum is dedicated to the scientist Dr Alexandre Yersin (1863–1943), who founded Nha Trang’s Pasteur Institute in 1895. The Swiss-born Yersin…

  • Thuc Dynasty temple, 5 August 2011, in Co Loa Citadel, near Hanoi, Vietnam.

    Co Loa Citadel

    Hanoi Region

    Located 16km north of Hanoi's Old Quarter and dating from the 3rd century BCE, Co Loa Citadel was the first fortified citadel in Vietnamese history and…

  • Infamous 'Tiger cages' in Con Dao Prison on Con Son Island.

    Tiger Cages

    Con Dao Islands

    The notorious cells dubbed 'tiger cages' were built in 1940 by the French to incarcerate nearly 2000 political prisoners; the USA continued using them in…

  • Patterns in sand on Red Sand Dunes.

    Sand Dunes

    Mui Ne

    Mui Ne is famous for its enormous red and white sand dunes. The 'red dunes' (doi hong) are conveniently located north of the main strip, but the 'white…