Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)

Renamed Ho Chi Minh City in 1975 in honour of the nationalist leader, most people still call Vietnam's largest city Saigon. Saigon buzzes with energy; everyone is up to something, buying, selling, building, moving, this is a city that doesn't have...

Mekong Delta

By the time the Mekong reaches Vietnam, it has travelled from its source high in the Tibetan Plateau, through China, skirted Burma, flowed along the Laos-Thai border and cut through Cambodia. Nine tributaries of the Mekong criss cross this fertile pl...

Phan Thiet (Mui Ne)

Lying to the North East of Ho Chi Minh City, is the charming fishing village of Phan Thiet. The area is ideal for escaping from the hustle and bustle of Saigon without having to travel too far. The village has a long stretch of beach overlooking t...

Phu Quoc

Phu Quoc is the largest of all the Vietnamese islands, an hour's flight from Saigon, it is situated in pristine waters close to the Cambodian border. Development on the island has been slow, leaving the forest covered mountains, waterfalls, clear str...