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VIETNAM
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BA RIA VUNG TAU
LONG HAI BEACH RESORT Ba Ria Vung Tau
Bien Hoa
Can Gio
CAN THO (regional info)
Golf Hotel Cantho Can Tho
SAIGON CANTHO Can Tho
CHAU DOC (regional info)
Hotel Victoria Chau Doc
Con Dao
Cu Chi
DA LAT (travel guide) (regional info)
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Dalat Du Parc Hotel Da Lat
Dalat Palace Hotel Da Lat
Empress Hotel Dalat Da Lat
DA NANG (travel guide) (regional info)
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Bamboo Green Central Hotel Da Nang
Furama Resort Danang
Sandy Beach Non Nuoc Resort Da Nang
DIEN BAN
The Nam Hai Dien Ban District
Dien Bien Phu
Dong Anh
DONG HOI
Sun Spa Resort Dong Hoi
Gia Lam
HA LONG (regional info)
HA LONG BAY Halong
Halong Pearl Halong
Halong Plaza Hotel Halong Bay
Saigon Halong Hotel Halong City
HAI PHONG (regional info)
Harbour View Hotel Hai Phong
Sunrise Resort Hai Phong
Ham Tien - Mui Ne Beach
HANOI (regional info)
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ASIA HOUSE HOTEL Hanoi
Hanoi Daewoo Hotel, Hanoi
Hanoi Horison Hotel - Managed by Accor Hanoi
Hanoi Hotel Hanoi
Hilton Hanoi Opera
Hotel Nikko Hanoi
INDOCHINA 1 Hanoi
Intercontinental Hanoi West
Melia Hanoi
Moevenpick Hotel Hanoi
Sheraton Hanoi Hotel Hanoi
Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi
Sofitel Plaza Hanoi
SUNRISE HOTEL HANOI
Thien Thai Hotel Hanoi
HO CHI MINH (regional info)
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Bong Sen Sai Gon Hotel Ho Chi Minh City
Caravelle Hotel Ho Chi Minh
Chancery Saigon Hotel Ho Chi Minh City
Continental Saigon Ho Chi Minh
Dong Khanh Hotel Ho Chi Minh City
Duxton Hotel SaigonHo Chi Minh City
Empress Hotel HoChiMinh City Ho Chi Minh
Hotel Equatorial Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City
Hotel Majestic Saigon Ho Chi Minh
Kimdo Royal City Hotel Ho Chi Minh
Legend Hotel Saigon Ho Chi Minh
Liberty 3 Hotel Ho Chi Minh City
Liberty 4 Ho Chi Minh City
Metropole Hotel Ho Chi Minh
New World Hotel Saigon Ho Chi Minh
Palace Hotel Saigon Ho Chi Minh City
Park Hyatt Saigon Ho Chi Minh
Parkroyal Saigon Ho Chi Minh City
Renaissance Riverside Hotel Saigon Ho Chi Minh City
Rex Hotel Ho Chi Minh
Sheraton Saigon Hotel And Towers Ho Chi Minh City
Sofitel Saigon Plaza Ho Chi Minh City
Somerset Chancellor Court Ho Chi Minh City
Somerset Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City
Windsor Plaza Hotel Ho Chi Minh City
HOI AN (travel guide) (regional info)
Ancient House Resort Hoi An
DONG AN BEACH RESORT Hoi An
Glory Hotel Hoian Hoi An
Green Field Hotel Hoi An
HOAI THANH HOTEL Hoi An
Hoi An Hotel Hoi An
Hoi An Indochine Hotel Hoi An
Hoi An Nhi Nhi Hotel Hoi An
Hoi An Pacific Hotel Hoi An
Hoi An Riverside Resort Hoi An
Hoi An Trails Resort Hoi An
Hoian Lotus Hotel Hoi An
Hoian Trade Union Hotel Hoi An
LIFE HERITAGE RESORT HOI AN
Long Life Hotel (also known as Thanh Xuan Hotel) Hoi An
PALM GARDEN BEACH Hoi An
Palm Garden Beach Resort and Spa Hoi An
River Beach Resort Hoi An
Southern Hotel & Villas Hoi An (Phuong Nam-Hotel) Hoi An
Swiss-Belhotel Golden Sand Resort and Spa Hoi An
Thien Thanh Hotel Hoi An
VICTORIA HOI AN BEACH RESORT HOI AN
HUE (travel guide) (regional info)
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Asia Hotel Hue
Hotel Saigon Morin Hue
Huong Giang Hotel Resort and Spa Hue
Imperial Hotel Hue
LA RESIDENCE HOTEL AND SPA Hue
LANG CO RESORT Hue
Pilgrimage Village Hue
Tam Giang Resort and Spa Hue
Villa Hue
Long Hai
Long Thanh
NHA TRANG (travel guide) (regional info)
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EVASON HIDEAWAY NHA TRANG
NHA Trang Lodge Hotel Nha Trang
Six Senses Ninh Van Bay Nha Trang
Sunrise Nhatrang Beach Hotel & Spa Nha Trang
Vinpearl Resort And Spa Nha Trang
Yasaka Saigon Nha Trang Hotel Nha Trang
Phan Rang
PHAN THIET (travel guide) (regional info)
COCO BEACH RESORT Phan Thiet
DYNASTY MUI NE BEACH RESORT Phan Thiet
Novotel Ocean Dunes Phan Thiet
OCEAN STAR RESORT Phan Thiet
Pandanus Resort Phan Thiet
PHU HAI RESORT Phan Thiet
SEA HORSE PHAN THIET
THE BEACH RESORT Phan Thiet
VICTORIA PHAN THIET
Victoria Phan Thiet Beach Resort Phan Thiet
PHU QUOC (regional info)
La Veranda Resort - MGallery Collection Phuquoc
ONG LANG RESORT PHU QUOC
SAIGONPHU QUOC RESORT Phu Quoc
QUINHON
LIFE RESORT QUINHON QUINHON
QUY NHON (regional info)
Seagull Hotel Quy Nhon
Saigon Quy Nhon Hotel Quy Nhon City
Rach Gia
SA PA (regional info)
Chau Long SAPA
Resort Victoria Sapa
Saigon
Thuan An
Trang Bang
Vinh Hao
VUNG TAU (regional info)
BEAUTIFUL VUNG TAU
Rex Vung Tau Vung Tau
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History weighs heavily on Vietnam . For more than a decade, reportage of the war that racked the country portrayed
it as a savage netherworld, yet, only twenty-odd years after the war's end, this incredibly resilient nation is beginning
to emerge from the shadows.
As the number of tourists finding their way here soars, the word is out that this is a land not of bomb craters and army
ordnance, but of shimmering paddy fields and sugar-white beaches, full-tilt cities and venerable pagodas. The speed
with which Vietnam's population of 77 million has been able to transcend the recent past comes as a surprise to visitors
who are generally met with warmth and curiosity rather than shell-shocked resentment and war fatigue.
Inevitably, that's not the whole story. The adoption of a market economy has polarized the gap between rich and poor:
average monthly incomes for city dwellers remain at about $50, but drops to $15 in the poorest provinces.
For the majority of visitors, the furiously commercial southern city of Ho Chi Minh City provides a head-spinning introduction
to Vietnam, so a trip out into the rice fields and orchards of the nearby Mekong Delta makes a welcome next stop -
best explored by boat from My Tho, Vinh Long or Can Tho . Heading north, the quaint hill-station of Da Lat provides a
good place to cool down, but some travellers eschew this for the beaches of Vung Tau and Phan Thiet . A few hours' ride
further up the coast, the city of Nha Trang has become a crucial stepping stone on the Ho Chi Minh-Hanoi run. Next up
comes the enticing little town of Hoi An , full of wooden shop-houses and close to Vietnam's greatest Cham temple ruins
at My Son . The temples, palaces and imperial mausoleums of aristocratic Hué should also not be missed. One hundred
kilometres north, war-sites litter the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) , which cleaved the country in two from 1954 to 1975.
Hanoi has served as Vietnam's capital for close on a thousand years and is a small, absorbing city of pagodas and dynastic
temples, where life proceeds at a gentler pace than in Ho Chi Minh. From here most visitors strike out east to the labyrinth
of limestone outcrops in Ha Long Bay , usually visited from the resort town of Bai Chay , but more interestingly approached
from tiny Cat Ba Island . The little market-town of Sa Pa , set in spectacular uplands close to the Chinese border in the far
northwest, makes a good base for exploring nearby ethnic minority villages.
Vietnam has a tropical monsoon climate , dominated by the south or southwesterly monsoon from May to September and
the northeast monsoon from October to April. Overall, late September to December and March and April are the best times
if you're covering the whole country, but there are distinct regional variations. In southern Vietnam and the central highlands
the dry season lasts from December through April, and daytime temperatures rarely drop below 20°C in the lowlands,
averaging 30°C during March, April and May. Along the central coast the wet season runs from September through February,
though even the dry season brings a fair quantity of rain; temperatures average 30°C from June to August. Typhoons can hit
the coast around Hué in April and May and the northern coast from July to November, when flooding is a regular occurence.
Hanoi and Northern Vietnam are generally hot (30°C) and very wet during the summer, warm and sunny from October to
December, then cold and misty until March.
 Read the full travel guide about travelling to Vietnam here
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