"Charm oozes from the quaint riverside shop houses of Vietnam’s Hoi An, an ancient town halfway between Hanoi and Saigon along the country’s well-trodden tourist path. Food fanatics make a beeline for succulent spring rolls and noodle soups, but..."
The Best Travel Writing About Vietnam
In addition to our collection of fabulous hotels - and their equally fabulous reviews - Travel Intelligence is built upon some of the finest travel writing on the web. So, to find a range of travel writing about Vietnam and general Vietnam travel tips, you just need to browse the selection of travel articles below...
Articles about Vietnam
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Hoi An Shopping Attractions
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Cynthia Rosenfeld
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Vietnam
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Central Coast
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Hoi An
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Dalat: Vietnam's Shangri-La
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Bradley Winterton
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Vietnam
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Central Highlands
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Dalat
"Dalat is Vietnam's Shangri-la, or at least it would dearly like you to think so. And on a crisply sunny morning early in the year it indeed feels very attractive. After a breakfast of raspberries and cream, croissants and the local coffee, you..."
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Pho Quoc Island
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John Borthwick
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Vietnam
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Southern Vietnam
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Phu Quoc
"Phu Quoc is the classic “before” model of a tropical island. The kind of place you might find just before the forward scouts of “after” arrive — the schemers and avaricious dreamers for whom paradise is never enough. Shaped like a mini-South America..."
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Saigon: City in the Sun
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Bradley Winterton
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Vietnam
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Ho Chi Minh
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Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)
"The travel publicity of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam refers to the country as a destination for the new millennium. This piece of self-promotion is spot-on. Whereas Thailand and Bali have been offering tropical vacations - beach-side..."
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The Turtle of Hoan Kiem Lake
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Simon Busch
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Vietnam
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Central Coast
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Hanoi
"The turtle of Hoan Kiem Lake sounds terribly lonely. Such experts as there are on this elusive animal, Vietnam’s only slightly less fabulous version of the Loch Ness Monster, contend over its age and its species - even its sex is unknown - but they..."
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Three thousand fingers of rock
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Graham Reid
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Vietnam
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North West
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Halong Bay
"Halong Bay, Vietnam. Three thousand fingers of rock point out of the ocean, created either by a dragon, wind and water erosion, or the carving hand of God. You decide. Graham Reid"
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Land of the Spirits
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Solange Hando
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Vietnam
"By late afternoon, an eerie light drifts across Ha Long, the Bay of a Thousand Islands. It clings to the jungle-clad rocks bristling from the sea, the cliffs dotted with caves, the secret lagoons and islets sprinkled like stardust in jade green..."
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Echoes of Glory
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Philip Sen
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Vietnam
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North West
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Dien Bien Phu
"The boom of disco music creeping slowly up the main road may lead you to expect a local wideboy edging towards you in his sports car. More likely it will be a small wooden cart. A mobile junkstore. About the size of a shopping..."
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Hanoi and Halong Bay
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Julie Miller
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Vietnam
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Central Coast
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Hanoi
"Tai chi is known as the most graceful martial art, where the body functions smoothly and fluidly. It is a cleansing, meditative discipline, and best performed at dawn in a pristine environment. What better place to indulge in this ancient practice..."
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Dalat
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Lucretia Stewart
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Vietnam
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Central Highlands
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Dalat
"When Norman Lewis, the veteran British travel writer, visited Dalat in 1950, he described it as “the playground of Indo-China.” Today, over fifty years later, as Vietnam’s premier resort, it still merits the description, though it presents something..."
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