Cash or Card in Saigon: Why You Still Need Dong Cards and QR payments are spreading quickly across Ho Chi Minh City, yet cash is still the easiest way to enjoy the city’s everyday pleasures. A bowl of pho at a pavement table, a banh mi from a street cart, an iced Vietnamese coffee, a…
Why Convenience Stores Are a Saigon Travel Essential Ask anyone who has spent a week exploring Ho Chi Minh City and they will tell you the same thing: Saigon convenience stores quietly power the whole trip. They are air conditioned pit stops between sights, late night snack solutions, and the easiest place to grab cold…
An Outstanding Year of Recognition for La Siesta Premium Saigon Only a short time after being honored by Tripadvisor, La Siesta Premium Saigon continues to be recognized on the world stage. Following its place among the Top 9 Best Hotels in Vietnam at the Tripadvisor Travelers’ Choice Awards Best of the Best 2026, the hotel…
Vietnam is famous for pho and banh mi, but some of the country’s most comforting dishes are less familiar to international visitors. One of them is banh canh, a hearty Vietnamese noodle soup made with thick, chewy noodles and a deeply flavoured broth. Banh Canh in Ho Chi Minh City takes on a particularly rich…
If you visit Vietnam around the Mid-Autumn Festival, you will quickly notice one food appearing everywhere: bánh trung thu, or Vietnamese mooncakes. Beautifully packaged in gift boxes, displayed in bakery windows and shared over cups of tea, mooncakes are one of the most recognisable traditions of Tet Trung Thu. In Ho Chi Minh City, finding…
Every year, as the full moon approaches in the eighth month of the lunar calendar, Ho Chi Minh City takes on a colourful festive atmosphere. Streets fill with lanterns, bakeries sell boxes of mooncakes, children carry glowing toys, and families gather to celebrate Tet Trung Thu, Vietnam’s Mid-Autumn Festival. While Hanoi’s Old Quarter is famous…
Ca Mau Vietnam sits at the very tip of Vietnam, the southernmost point on the map and one of the last places in the country where mangrove forest, river, and open sea meet without interruption. This is where the Mekong Delta finally runs out of land, giving way to a maze of tidal creeks, melaleuca…
Long before Da Nang and Nha Trang became household names, Phu Yen Vietnam was already quietly holding some of the most striking coastal scenery in Vietnam. This central coast province is often described as a hidden gem of Vietnam coastal towns, and for good reason. Basalt rock formations rise straight out of turquoise water, fishing…
If Vietnam’s coastline gets most of the spotlight, Can Tho Vietnam is where the country slows down and shows a completely different side of itself. As the largest city in the Vietnam Mekong Delta, the city sits at the center of a maze of rivers, canals, and rice paddies, and it remains the best base…
Nha Trang Vietnam has been pulling visitors to this stretch of Vietnam’s south central coast since the French first marked it out as a resort town in the early twentieth century, and it’s easy to see why. Six kilometers of white sand curve around a bay scattered with nineteen islands, the water shifts between turquoise…
