How Buses Work in Vietnam: Tips, Fares, and Online Reservations
Everything you need to know to use buses in Vietnam: from how to pay for metro-buses, scheduling, to doing research about long-haul sleeper buses.
Tips, insights, and itineraries for travelers in Vietnam
Everything you need to know to use buses in Vietnam: from how to pay for metro-buses, scheduling, to doing research about long-haul sleeper buses.
Our favourite towns in Vietnam to live and work as digital nomads, including best cafes and co-working spaces to work, and leisure opportunities.
Vietnam is increasingly hiring foreigners to fuel its international growth. Here are the best websites for find jobs in Vietnam as an expat.
Our personal experience finding apartments in Vietnam for long-term says. We cover Facebook groups, Vietnamese classified ads, and more
Our top 10 favourite street-food dishes in Hanoi and where to go, plotted on an interactive map. From Spicy crepes to Phở to spring rolls.
Best neighbourhoods and websites-online to finding rentals as an expat in Hanoi, including cheap nomads and safety-first families
We asked expats living and working in Vietnam: “what were some things that you found surprising about Vietnam after living in country?”
A DIY tour of funky cafes in Hanoi with delicious exotic coffees, like yogurt coffee, coconut coffee, egg coffee and great things to see along the way.
Big Five studies show that Thai culture is more open and laid-back, while Vietnamese culture is more hard-working and more anxious.
Our personal ranking of the best things to do in Hanoi (that aren’t LAME): do a DIY street-food tour, check out the Museum of Ethnology, and more
Our guide to the important neighbourhoods of Hanoi, like the Old Quarter, West Lake, Kim Ma, and more. Where to live and what to see.
Huge brands like Nike, Samsung, Adidas, North Face, and Fjallraven have much or most of their manufacturing in Vietnam — and the migration continues.
Vietnam is ranked #1 sustainable tourism destination in Asia. Top reasons why Vietnam ranks so highly: nature, food, culture, history, shopping, and more.
Awesome souvenirs from Vietnam that can easily fit your luggage, from bamboo purses, to rice-wine, to feng-shui statues, tea-sets, weird mushrooms, and more.
Phu Quoc will re-open to tourists in November. Is the mega-resort island for you? We discuss our favourite *non-resort* things to on the small tropical island in Vietnam.
Phú Quốc, Da Nang Nha Trang have re-opened to tourists under a restricted pilot program in November. The rest of the country may open in April 2022. Here is what we know.
An alternative way to experience Vietnam is do a DIY self-tour of Hanoi’s famous Guild Streets: streets singularly dedicated to a craft like wood-working, weaving, painting, metal-work, and more
Our list of the best things to do in Da Nang, strung together as an ideal one-week itinerary: beaches, cave-temples, mountain-hikes, and more
We identity some of the most underrated travel destinations in Vietnam. From the precipitous cliffs Ha Giang on the Chinese border, to the lonely lost beaches of Phu Yen.
There are great deals to be found in Vietnam, but Vietnamese shop-keeps are shrewd hagglers. Study these tips to get an edge.