Vietnam
Looking for a cheaper holiday? Here’s where you can find it
Surging airfares and disruption to routes are leaving Asia’s beaches and hotels empty. One country in particular is offering exceptional bang for buck right now.
- Jimmy Thomson
A ride through this stunning landscape is travel at its most rewarding
My odyssey through areas where tourists never venture might not be travel at its easiest, but if you’re willing to take it on you’ll find paradise, pure and simple.
- Paul Marshall
- ★★★★½
- Hotel reviews
Asian mountain resort is the ultimate place to find tranquillity
Guests can slow down, engage with the surrounding landscape, and reflect (for just $200 a night).
- Julie Miller
The other Angkor: A village that time forgot
As a murderous regime devastated most of Cambodia, one village managed to remain intact.
- Tim Richards
The spirit of Vietnam bursts into life along the Mekong
During a cruise on the Mekong River, an excursion proves nourishing in more ways than one.
- Tim Richards
A perfect home away from home on the Mekong
Vietnam and Cambodia may be countries bristling with energy, but serenity abounds when you swap the rails for the river.
- Tim Richards
The new, safe and comfortable way to do Vietnam’s infamous Train Street
The spectacle and buzz of life on the track remains Hanoi’s most alluring attraction, but now there’s a new way to see it.
- Julie Miller
The Vietnamese dish you won’t find in Australia (and can’t make yourself)
If you think it’s tricky finding specialist ingredients to cook authentic Vietnamese food at home, wait until you try this one.
- Ben Groundwater
- Opinion
- South-East Asia
Ten things we’ll never understand about Vietnam
Australian visitor numbers are surging, but there are still many things that might puzzle you about this endearing nation.
- Brian Johnston
Australians are flocking here. It might be the next victim of overtourism
As the country hits a landmark 20 million visitors a year, a journey from Phu Quoc to Ninh Binh reveals what’s at stake if tourism outpaces culture.
- Julietta Jameson