The Nho Que is the green river that runs at the bottom of the Tu San canyon, below the Ma Pi Leng...
Sung Sot Cave, the "Surprise Cave", is the most visited cave in Ha Long Bay: you almost always re...
Hai Phong, a large port city of northern Vietnam, is mostly a gateway port to Cat Ba island and L...
Hoa Lu was Vietnam's capital in the 10th century under the Dinh and then Le kings, before the mov...
Lao Cai is the border town with China, at the end of the Hanoi night train line, and the gateway ...
Mu Cang Chai, in Yen Bai province, is known for its terraced rice fields (La Pan Tan, Khau Pha, C...
Bich Dong ("jade grotto") is a small complex of tiered pagodas built against the mountain, a few ...
Pu Luong Nature Reserve (Thanh Hoa province) is one of the quietest terraced rice-field landscape...
The Muong Hoa valley is Sapa's classic rice-terrace trek: you walk down from town through Y Linh ...
Cat Cat is the easiest H'mong village to visit from Sapa: 2 to 3 km from the centre, you walk dow...
Tam Dao is a former hill station founded by the French in the early 20th century, 70-90 km north-...
Yen Tu is the sacred mountain of Vietnamese Buddhism, in Quang Ninh province: in the 13th century...
