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Plan
Visas, money, SIM cards, health, safety, etiquette and when to go — everything to settle before you book.
Accessible travelDu lịch cho người khuyết tật
Safety
Emergency numbers and embassiesSố điện thoại khẩn cấp
Etiquette
Etiquette and customsPhép lịch sự
Visa
Extending a visa and visa runsGia hạn thị thực
Health
Health and vaccinationsSức khỏe và tiêm chủng
Health
Is the tap water safe?Nước uống
LGBT travellersDu khách LGBT
Money
Money, ATMs and cardsTiền tệ và ATM
Notes run to 500,000 dong
Safety
Safety and common scamsAn toàn và lừa đảo
Safety
Solo and female travellersDu lịch một mình
Etiquette
Tipping in VietnamTiền tip
Health
Travel insurance for VietnamBảo hiểm du lịch
Visa
Vietnam e-visaThị thực điện tử
Visa
Visa exemptionsMiễn thị thực
Exemption lists and durations change; always check the official source
Weather
When to go: weather by regionThời điểm nên đi
Culture
Festivals, peoples, crafts and performing arts.
Art
Cai luong and traditional theatreCải lương
An overview of Vietnam's three main traditional theatre forms — cải lương, tuồng and chèo —…
Art
Don ca tai tuĐờn ca tài tử
Southern Vietnamese chamber music from the Mekong Delta, inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible…
Festival
Hue FestivalFestival Huế
Hue's biennial arts festival blending imperial court ceremonies, royal music, and…
Festival
Hung Kings FestivalGiỗ Tổ Hùng Vương
Annual commemoration of Vietnam's legendary Hung Kings, held on the 10th day of the third…
Festival
Kate FestivalLễ hội Katê
The Cham Balamon community's principal annual festival, held at ancient towers in…
Festival
Mid-Autumn FestivalTết Trung Thu
Vietnam's Mid-Autumn Festival, held on the eighth lunar full moon, centres on children…
Festival
Perfume Pagoda FestivalLễ hội Chùa Hương
Vietnam's longest festival: a spring pilgrimage by boat to limestone cave temples…
Religion
Religion and belief in VietnamTín ngưỡng
An overview of Vietnam's layered religious landscape: Buddhism, ancestor veneration, Cao…
Festival
Tet: Vietnamese New YearTết Nguyên Đán
Vietnam's lunar new year: the country's most important festival, when transport fills…
Ethnic Group
The ChamNgười Chăm
An ethnic group descended from the Champa kingdom, with Hindu and Muslim communities…
Ethnic Group
The Khmer of the Mekong DeltaNgười Khmer
The Theravada Buddhist Khmer community of the Mekong Delta, with ancient pagodas, distinct…
Ethnic Group
The Kinh (Viet) majorityNgười Kinh
The Kinh (Viet) are Vietnam's majority ethnic group, comprising around 85% of the…
Ethnic Group
The TayNgười Tày
Vietnam's largest ethnic minority, the Tay live in the northeastern valleys and are known…
Craft
The ao daiÁo dài
Vietnam's national garment, worn at weddings, Tết, schools and formal occasions, with a…
Art
Water puppetryMúa rối nước
A thousand-year-old Vietnamese art form in which puppeteers work hidden beneath the water's…
History
Periods, events and the people behind the places.
A thousand years of Chinese ruleBắc thuộc
Vietnam's millennium under Chinese imperial rule, from 111 BC to AD 938, and the uprisings…
Period
French IndochinaĐông Dương thuộc Pháp
The French colonial federation (1887–1954) that reshaped Vietnam's cities, economy and…
Person
Ho Chi MinhHồ Chí Minh
Revolutionary leader, founder of the Viet Minh, and president of the Democratic Republic of…
Period
Le Loi and the Le dynastyNhà Lê
Vietnam's longest imperial dynasty, 1428–1789, founded after expelling Ming China and later…
Period
Reunification and Doi MoiĐổi Mới
From reunification in 1976 through the hardships of the subsidy era to the Đổi Mới reforms…
Event
The August Revolution and independenceCách mạng Tháng Tám
How the Viet Minh seized power in August 1945 and Ho Chi Minh declared Vietnamese…
Period
The Ly dynastyNhà Lý
Vietnam's first long-stable dynasty (1009–1225), which founded Hanoi, built the Temple of…
Period
The Nguyen dynastyNhà Nguyễn
Vietnam's final imperial dynasty, ruling from Hue between 1802 and 1945, when Emperor Bao…
Period
The Tran dynasty and the Mongol warsNhà Trần
The Vietnamese dynasty that repelled three Mongol invasions between 1258 and 1288, leaving…
Person
The Trung SistersHai Bà Trưng
Trưng Trắc and Trưng Nhị led Vietnam's first recorded rebellion against Han rule in AD 40…
Person
Tran Hung DaoTrần Hưng Đạo
Thirteenth-century general who repelled three Mongol invasions and remains a revered…
Person
Vo Nguyen GiapVõ Nguyên Giáp
General who led Vietnam at Dien Bien Phu and through the American War, buried in his home…
Food
Dishes and regional cuisines, linked to where they come from.
Dish
Banh cuonBánh cuốn
Steamed rice-sheet rolls filled with pork and wood-ear mushroom, a staple breakfast dish of…
Dish
Banh khotBánh khọt
Small crisp-edged rice-flour cakes topped with prawn, associated with Vũng Tàu and eaten…
Dish
Banh miBánh mì
Vietnamese baguette sandwich filled with pâté, cured meats, pickled daikon and carrot…
Dish
Banh xeoBánh xèo
Turmeric rice-flour crepe filled with pork, prawns and bean sprouts, eaten wrapped in rice…
Drink
Bia hoiBia hơi
Fresh unpasteurised draught beer brewed and delivered daily, sold from low street-corner…
Dish
Bun bo HueBún bò Huế
Spicy beef and lemongrass noodle soup from Hue, made with fermented shrimp paste and thick…
Dish
Bun chaBún chả
Hanoi dish of grilled pork patties and belly served in sweet-sour broth with rice…
Dish
Bun rieuBún riêu
Vietnamese noodle soup with a tomato and freshwater-crab broth, tofu, blood cake and…
Dish
Cao lauCao lầu
Thick chewy noodles with char siu pork, greens and crackling, made only in Hoi An using a…
Dish
Cha caChả cá
Hanoi's signature dish of turmeric-marinated fish cooked table-side with masses of dill…
Dish
Com tamCơm tấm
Broken rice topped with grilled pork chop, shredded pork skin and steamed egg meatloaf; a…
Cuisine
Eating street food safelyĂn uống đường phố
How to read a street-food stall, understand the real risks, and order without Vietnamese.
Cuisine
Eating vegetarian and veganĂn chay
A guide to Vietnam's Buddhist com chay tradition, hidden animal ingredients, useful…
Drink
Egg coffeeCà phê trứng
A Hanoi drink of whipped egg yolk and condensed milk served over strong coffee, tasting…
Dish
Fresh spring rollsGỏi cuốn
Fresh Vietnamese rice-paper rolls filled with herbs, protein and vermicelli, served with…
Dish
Hu tieuHủ tiếu
Rice or tapioca noodle dish of Chinese-Cambodian origin, central to southern Vietnamese and…
Dish
Mi QuangMì Quảng
Wide turmeric-stained rice noodles with a shallow, flavour-concentrated broth, shrimp, pork…
Dish
PhoPhở
Vietnam's signature noodle soup: bone broth, rice noodles, and beef or chicken, with…
Drink
Vietnamese iced coffeeCà phê sữa đá
Vietnam's signature iced coffee, brewed through a phin filter over condensed milk and ice…