Country guide
Vietnam
6 places across the five collections. Start with what draws you here, then build a journey that gives each place enough time.
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Taewangkorea · CC BY-SA 4.0Find your way through Vietnam.
The country guide gathers The Original 100 and every alternative included elsewhere on the site. A shared regional wonder may appear in more than one country.
Country orientation
Find the shape of your journey.
See how the 6 entries are distributed, then choose a cluster that suits the journey you want. Numbers on this map refer to the list alongside it.
Representative points, including broad regions and shared-border entries. A pin is not a visitor entrance or evidence of a direct travel connection.
- Halong Bay
The Original 100 · Limestone towers rising from the waters of northern Vietnam.
- Phong Nha–Kẻ Bàng
Honourable Mentions · A limestone landscape whose hidden spaces can be immense.
- Hội An
Honourable Mentions · A trading town whose details are best discovered on foot.
- Tràng An
Honourable Mentions · A watery route through a limestone landscape of enclosed spaces.
- Huế
Further Horizons · An imperial city, river setting and royal tombs provide an extended encounter with the Nguyen dynasty's architecture and ideas.
- Mỹ Sơn
Further Horizons · Brick temples in a green valley preserve an important part of the religious and architectural history of Champa.
The Original 100
1–100 · 1 place in this country
Honourable Mentions
101–200 · 3 places in this country
Further Horizons
301–400 · 2 places in this country
Turn the collection into a journey.
Begin with an anchor place and its suggested base. Compare the guides’ seasonal notes and allow separately for time spent travelling. A collection of places in one country is not automatically a sensible route, particularly where islands, mountains or remote regions are involved.
Use the travel workbench to record your chosen overnight stops and the transport information you have checked. It keeps unresearched connections visible and produces a day-by-day outline you can print or export.
For international travel, check current entry requirements, regional advice and the operating details of the actual transport and visitor authorities. Country and territory labels here organise the guides; broad shared landscapes do not imply unrestricted border crossings.