Travelers rave about Vietnam's incredibly friendly people, unique 54 traditions, beautiful landscape and countryside.
In charming Hanoi, dine in one of the French colonial villas converted into gourmet restaurants. Shop at fashionable boutiques and galleries featuring traditional and contemporary artists. Explore the fascinating maze of 36 streets in the Old Quarter. Venturing outside the city, cruise along dramatic limestone islands in Halong Bay, visit remote hill tribe villages and terraced rice fields in Sapa.
Farther south, Hue, the former Imperial capital that is a quiet city renowned for the magnificent architecture of its citadel, palaces, royal tombs, pagodas and temples, built under the Nguyen dynasty on the banks of the Perfume River. In the UNESCO-designated river town of Hoi An, tour centuries-old merchant houses, visit busy silk and fish markets. Nearby, in Danang, relax at Furama Resort near famous China Beach.
In Ho Chi Minh City (former Saigon), Vietnam's dynamic commercial center, explore colorful produce markets, or perhaps stop in a designer shop to order a haute couture ao dai . Take a day trip to the Cu Chi Tunnels and watch an unusual, eclectic religious ceremony at the main temple of Cao Daism, a unique fusion of world religions. On another day trip, tour the narrow canals of the Mekong Delta to see a traditional side of Vietnamese life.
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