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Sapa is a mountain resort in Lao Cai Province in northwestern Vietnam, at an elevation of about 1,600 m. Starting from a town opened as a summer retreat in the French colonial era, it spreads out with Hmong and Dao villages, terraced rice paddies stepping down the slopes, and Mount Fansipan, Vietnam's highest peak. It's a "mountain trip" where trekking through the valleys, rather than walking the town, takes the lead...

The Mekong Delta is a vast water region in southern Vietnam where the Mekong River splits into many branches and pours into the sea. Floating markets, orchards, and canal cruises through palm groves take the lead, visited from Ho Chi Minh City as a day trip to a several-day circuit. It's a region where you can feel "life on the water" firsthand. This page covers everything from the town's overall picture...

Ben Tre is the "coconut kingdom" located in the eastern Mekong Delta. Amid scenery woven from a sea of palm groves and canals, you can enjoy coconut-candy making and canal cruises by small boat — a plain water-region town. It can be visited even as a day trip from Ho Chi Minh City. This page covers everything from the town's overall picture...

Can Tho is the largest city in the Mekong Delta and the base for delta sightseeing. Its specialty is the Cai Rang floating market that opens at dawn, where small boats filling the river buy and sell fruit and ingredients — a scene representative of the delta. The area around Ninh Kieu Wharf bustles with cafés and a night market. This page covers everything from the town's overall picture...

Ninh Binh, south of Hanoi, is the "Ha Long Bay on land," where jagged limestone peaks rise from rice paddies and rivers. Rowboat rides through caves at Tam Coc and the Trang An river cruise take the lead, and it can be visited even as a day trip from Hanoi. The ancient capital Hoa Lu and the giant Bai Dinh temple are also nearby. This page covers everything from the town's overall picture...