A country · 226 places · 40 regions
Vietnam, all of it.
226 curated places across 40 regions — photographed, mapped, and noted with the season each is best in.
The 4 biggest regions — Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang and Huế — read below as chapters, with 36 more waiting past them.
Chapter I · Hanoi · 37 places
Hanoi
A tranquil lake at the heart of Hanoi's old quarter, wrapped in legend about a returned sword and a golden turtle. The small Ngoc Son Temple sits on an islet reached by a red wooden bridge.
via Wikimedia CommonsChapter II · Ho Chi Minh City · 34 places
Ho Chi Minh City
An archipelago of sixteen islands in the South China Sea off the coast of Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu Province, Côn Đảo is best known for its French and Vietnamese colonial-era prison complex — among the harshest detention facilities of the colonial period — and for its largely intact marine and terrestrial ecosystems. The surrounding national park protects nesting beaches for the endangered green sea turtle, and the coral reefs around the smaller islands are considered among the best preserved in Vietnam. The island's relative inaccessibility has limited development and retained a quiet, uncrowded character.
✦ November to May · $$
Chapter III · Da Nang · 8 places
Da Nang
A UNESCO World Heritage Site in Quảng Nam Province, Mỹ Sơn is a valley containing the ruins of more than seventy Cham Hindu towers and sanctuaries built between the fourth and fourteenth centuries. The brick temples, dedicated primarily to Śiva, reflect a sustained architectural tradition influenced by Indian religious forms while developing distinctly local ornamentation in their carved friezes and tower profiles. Many structures were damaged during American bombing campaigns, giving the site a melancholic, overgrown quality heightened by the surrounding forested hills.
via Wikimedia CommonsChapter IV · Huế · 8 places
Huế
Vietnam's last emperors ruled from Hué, made capital of the unified country in 1802 and seat of the Nguyen dynasty until 1945. Through it winds the Perfume River, linking the walled capital, the Imperial City and the innermost Forbidden Purple City, and binding palaces, temples and royal tombs into a landscape of unusual grace. UNESCO inscribed the Hué monuments in 1993.
✦ November–March · $
Regions of Vietnam
- Hanoi37
- Ho Chi Minh City34
- Da Nang8
- Huế8
- Ninh Bình6
- Quảng Bình5
- An Giang4
- Khánh Hòa4
- Lào Cai4
- Quảng Nam4
- Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu3
- Gia Lai3
- Red River Delta3
- Tây Ninh3
- Bắc Kạn2
- Cao Bằng2
- Đồng Nai2
- Đồng Tháp2
- Haiphong2
- Kiên Giang2
- Lâm Đồng2
- Nam Định2
- Phu Yen2
- Thanh Hóa2
- Yên Bái2
- Bắc Giang1
- Bạc Liêu1
- Bắc Ninh1
- Bến Tre1
- Bình Định1
- Bình Thuận1
- Đắk Lắk1
- Hà Giang1
- Hòa Bình1
- Kon Tum1
- Mekong Delta1
- Quảng Ngãi1
- Quảng Ninh1
- Quảng Trị1
- Trà Vinh1
Every place in Vietnam
