Vietnam Travel Guide

Vietnam runs long and narrow along the South China Sea, with Hanoi as its historic, lake-dotted capital in the north — an Old Quarter of narrow trading streets and French colonial architecture, and a natural jumping-off point for Halong Bay's limestone karsts.

Best time to visit

October to December brings Hanoi's most comfortable, driest weather, after summer's heat and heaviest rain.

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Hanoi's Old Quarter is a tangle of narrow trading streets built around Hoan Kiem Lake, with motorbikes, street food stalls, and French colonial architecture packed into a genuinely walkable historic core, and Halong Bay a popular overnight trip away.

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