Vietnam
Browse 27 travel guides across 3 destinations
Hoi An
Hoi An's Three Sacred Noodles and the Dumplings That Will Ruin Your Life: A Food Writer's 10-Day Eating Campaign
A relentless eating campaign through Hoi An's UNESCO old town—three sacred noodles, white rose dumplings, the best banh mi in Vietnam, and where the locals actually eat.
Activity GuidesHoi An Beyond the Postcards: A Field Guide to Vietnam's Most Seductive Small Town
Beyond the lantern-lit old town lies a landscape of rice paddies, water coconut groves, and fishing beaches that most tourists never properly explore. A field guide to moving through Hoi An with intention.
Other Guides
Phu Quoc on a Shoestring: How to Do Vietnam's Island Paradise for $30 a Day
A practical budget guide to Vietnam's largest island, covering dorms, scooter days, free beaches, and the fish sauce factories that actually matter.
Solo TravelHoi An: The Solo Traveler's Guide to Vietnam's Ancient Town of Lanterns and Tailors
A solo travel guide to Hoi An, Vietnam, covering the ancient town, tailors, food, cooking classes, beaches, day trips, accommodation, safety, and what to skip.
AdventureHa Giang: Vietnam's Most Dangerous Road Is Also Its Most Honest
A motorbike adventure guide to Vietnam's northernmost province, covering the 350km Ha Giang Loop, Ma Pi Leng Pass, Dong Van Karst Plateau Geopark, and practical safety logistics for the limestone mountain roads.
Budget GuidesNinh Binh on a Shoestring: How to See Vietnam's Best Limestone Landscape for $35 a Day
A budget travel guide to Ninh Binh, Vietnam — karst boat rides, cave hikes, and how to live well on less than a Hanoi hotel night.
Budget GuidesNha Trang: Vietnam's Cheapest Beach City, Where $5 Hostels Have Rooftop Pools and the Seafood Is Negotiable
A former hostel owner's no-nonsense guide to Vietnam's most honest beach city, with beds, banh mi, and a daily budget that stays under 0.
Budget GuidesDalat: Where $25 a Day Gets You a French Villa Bed, Three Waterfalls, and Coffee Straight from the Farm
Vietnam's Central Highlands hill station at 1,500 meters — a former French colonial retreat where dorm beds cost , motorbike rentals run a day, and the night market feeds you for under .
Budget GuidesHa Long Bay on $35 a Day: How to Skip the Cruise Ship and See the Karsts Anyway
The honest budget guide to Vietnam's most famous bay — local ferries, $5 hostels, $16 day tours, and why the overnight cruise is the worst value on the water.
Culture & HistoryHo Chi Minh City: A City with Two Names and No Pause Button
Most travelers treat Saigon as a waypoint to the Mekong Delta or Hoi An. They photograph the cathedral scaffolding and leave. The real city is in District 3's crumbling French villas, District 5's incense coils, and the motorbike rivers that flow through every intersection.
Culture & HistoryHanoi: A Culture and History Guide to Vietnam's Thousand-Year Capital
A neighborhood-by-neighborhood walk through Hanoi's Old Quarter guild streets, French colonial landmarks, lakeside temples, and wartime sites — with honest notes on what to skip and how to read the city's rhythms.
Culture & HistoryHue: Vietnam's Imperial Capital, Where the Nguyen Dynasty Left Its Mark
Between Da Nang and the DMZ lies a city of walled citadels, royal tombs, and court cuisine that most travelers skip. The Nguyen Dynasty ruled from here for 143 years. Their monuments remain.
AdventureDa Nang: Vietnam's Adventure Coast
Marble Mountains, the Hai Van Pass by motorbike, Ba Na Hills hiking, and coastal surfing—Da Nang is Vietnam's outdoor playground where mountains meet the sea.
Culture & HistorySapa Unpacked: Rice Terraces, Hill Tribes, and What the Guidebooks Won't Tell You
Beyond the Instagram terraces lies a living highland culture—Hmong indigo weavers, Red Dao healers, and trekking routes that pass through villages where tourism is commerce, not performance.
Culture & HistoryHoi An: Where Lantern Light Hides the Last Great Trading Port of Southeast Asia
Beyond the silk lanterns and tailor shops lies a 500-year-old trading port with Chinese assembly halls, Japanese timber bridges, family kitchens that have cooked the same dishes for generations, and a river that made the town rich and now threatens to erase it.
Budget GuidesVietnam Unpacked: A Solo Budget Traveler's Guide to Surviving Scooters, Eating on Plastic Stools, and Crossing the Country for Under $30 a Day
A solo travel veteran's no-bullshit guide to Vietnam: how to survive Hanoi traffic, eat the best pho on plastic stools, ride sleeper trains across the country, and travel independently from the Chinese border to the Mekong Delta for under $30 a day. With specific addresses, prices, opening hours, and what to skip.
Food & DrinkHanoi Street Food: Where to Find the Capital's Best Phở, Bún Chả, and Egg Coffee — From 6am Broth Lines to Midnight Bia Hơi
The definitive pavement-level guide to Hanoi's street food scene — where grandmothers grill at dawn, egg coffee was invented, and the best meals cost less than a taxi ride. Covers phở, bún chả, chả cá, bánh mì, egg coffee, late-night Tống Duy Tân, and the back-alley spots locals actually eat.
Culture & HistorySaigon in All Its Contradictions: War Echoes, Hidden Alleys, and the City That Refuses to Be Defined
A storyteller's walk through the layers of Vietnam's most misunderstood metropolis—from war museums and colonial ghosts to hidden alleys and vertical cafes.
Food & DrinkSaigon Eats: A Food-Lover's Guide to Ho Chi Minh City's Best Bites, Secret Spots, and Late-Night Feasts
A food writer's unfiltered guide to Saigon's best banh mi, pho, com tam, snail feasts, coffee culture, and craft beer—from morning rituals to midnight street food.
Budget GuidesSaigon on $25 a Day: A Former Hostel Owner's Field Manual to the World's Best Value City
The real budget breakdown for Ho Chi Minh City from a former hostel owner: where to sleep, what to eat, what to skip, and how to experience the world's best value city without emptying your wallet.
ItinerarySaigon in 72 Hours: A Field Guide to Cheap Beer, Hard History, and the Best Meals in Southeast Asia
A budget-focused, thematic guide to Ho Chi Minh City: war history, street food, hidden alleys, and the real Saigon that punches above its price tag.
Culture & HistorySaigon Unlayered: A Culture & History Guide to Ho Chi Minh City's French Boulevards, War Museums, and the Streets That Refuse to Forget
From Eiffel's Central Post Office to the Cu Chi Tunnels, this is a walk through 300 years of French colonial ambition, American intervention, and Vietnamese resilience. Includes specific addresses, prices, opening hours, and where to eat.
Hanoi
Hanoi Is a Palimpsest: Where Confucian Temples, French Balconies, and B-52 Wreckage Share the Same Block
A thematic field guide to Hanoi that reads the city like layers of parchment—Confucian temples, French colonial ghosts, revolutionary concrete, and the street food that justifies the flight. Written by Irish folklorist Finn O'Sullivan with specific addresses, prices, and the stories most guides miss.
Culture & HistoryHanoi Is a Palimpsest: Where Confucian Temples, French Balconies, and B-52 Wreckage Share the Same Block
Hanoi does not hide its history—it stacks it. From Confucian temples and French opera houses to revolutionary monuments and living guild streets, learn how to read a thousand years of layered history in Vietnam's capital.
Budget GuidesHanoi Under 5: Where Your Money Actually Goes in Vietnam's Unquiet Capital
A street-level budget guide to Hanoi that skips the tourist markup and shows you where locals eat, sleep, and drink—starting at 4 per day.
Culture & HistoryHanoi: Where a Thousand Years of Vietnamese Soul Survives the Chaos — A Culture & History Guide
From the chaos of the Old Quarter to quiet temple courtyards — how to spend your days in Vietnam's thousand-year-old capital.
Food & DrinkHanoi Unpacked: Where Smoke, Fish Sauce, and 1,000 Years of Hunger Collide
A street-level food guide to Hanoi by Tomás Rivera — from 6 AM pho rituals to midnight bia hoi, with specific addresses, prices, and the stalls locals actually frequent.