Vietnam

The joy and freedom of a solo holiday as an older woman | Letters

Letters: Female readers reflect on their experiences of travelling alone in response to an article by Joanna Moorhead

07, Mar, 2024 @6:39 PM

The world is my office: why I chose to become a digital nomad worker

From copywriters to computer programmers, people with online-based jobs are seizing the chance to take their work on their travels

Greg Lea

11, May, 2019 @4:00 PM

Vietnam’s first ethical elephant tours launch

Yok Don national park has stopped offering elephant rides and now encourages travellers to see elephants in their natural habitat

Antonia Wilson

23, Oct, 2018 @2:42 PM

Best foot forward: the world's most striking pedestrian bridges

A new footbridge held up by two giant hands has just opened near Da Nang in Vietnam, the latest in a line of weird and wonderful structures around the world

Antonia Wilson

30, Jul, 2018 @1:11 PM

Dalat in the spotlight: 50 years after Tet offensive, an invasion of a different kind

Half a century after Dalat’s only major involvement in the Vietnam war, the ‘city of eternal spring’ is grappling with the 3 million tourists who now visit each year

Jamie Thomson

01, Feb, 2018 @7:00 AM

10 of the best contemporary art spaces in south-east Asia

Artists in Myanmar, Cambodia and across south-east Asia produce work in a climate of authoritarianism – and often in open defiance of it. Here are 10 spaces that promote their artistic freedom and independence

Vincent Vichit-Vadakan

06, Nov, 2017 @6:00 AM

Something in the local water makes Vietnam’s cao lau noodles special

Hoi An’s signature noodle dish is the history of the city in a bowl. The cuisines of foreign traders have been added ingredients over time but it is still quintessentially Vietnamese

Carolyn Caldicott

17, Sep, 2017 @11:00 AM

Without Limits: Vietnam review – six disabled people tackle Southeast Asia in this epic travelogue

This 900-mile journey along the Ho Chi Minh trail shows its protagonists are more than a homogenous group. Plus: Love Island meets Gladiator in Bromans

Lucy Mangan

15, Sep, 2017 @5:00 AM

Undiscovered south-east Asia: remote towns and secret beaches

From Vietnam’s little-known islands to Laos’s interior and even tourist-free Thailand, our writers reveal some hidden treasures

Guardian writers

10, May, 2017 @5:30 AM

Top 10 things to do in Hội An, Vietnam

Fabulous fresh food is the order of the day – every day – in this ancient riverside town. But explore the temples and beaches by bicycle and all those grilled dishes and pho will have been well-earned

Liz Boulter

26, Apr, 2017 @5:30 AM

Forget skinny lattes. In Hanoi the best coffee comes with egg yolk

A milk shortage in the 1940s led an enterprising barman to cast around for alternatives – and so cà phê trúng, Vietnamese egg coffee, was born

Halima Ali

29, Jan, 2017 @12:00 PM

Inside Vietnam's astonishing caves on a local tour

Since Son Doong, the world’s biggest cave, opened to visitors in 2013, tourism has soared, but locals around Phong Nha are keen to protect the area and promote community homestays and tours