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How to choose your first Vietnam route
Choose fewer bases, protect your arrival day and build a route around the experience you want.
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Vietnam Trip Notes
Your next chapter: Vietnam.
Practical guides for exploring Vietnam. Find your next destination, discover regional food and prepare for the journey before you arrive.
The travel guide
A little further from the everyday
Leave room for the journey.
Limestone bays, quiet mornings and a different view around the next bend. Start with a place that makes you curious, then build your Vietnam trip around it.
Fresh trip notes
Places to explore, dishes to try and useful details for your journey.
Top 10 Bib Gourmand Noodle Shops to Try in Vietnam
Go beyond pho with ten Michelin Bib Gourmand noodle stops in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang, including chicken, eel, beef and fish-cake options.
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Top 10 Bib Gourmand Restaurants for Vietnamese Food in Da Nang
Ten Da Nang Bib Gourmand restaurants for noodles, pancakes and local meals. Find dishes to try, accurate street addresses and a map for every stop.
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Top 10 MICHELIN Guide Restaurants for Vietnamese Food in Hanoi
Ten Hanoi restaurants recognised by Michelin, from bun cha and chicken pho to shared northern meals, with ordering tips, exact addresses and maps.
Vietnam Trip Notes6 min read
Top 10 MICHELIN Guide Restaurants for Vietnamese Food in Ho Chi Minh City
Find ten Michelin-recognised Vietnamese restaurants in Ho Chi Minh City, with what to order, branch addresses, maps and one important takeout-only stop.
Vietnam Trip Notes6 min read
Top 10 MICHELIN Guide Restaurants for a Shared Vietnamese Meal
Plan a shared Vietnamese meal at ten Michelin-recognised restaurants in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang, with portion tips, addresses and maps.
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Top 10 Tips for Planning a Central Vietnam Trip
Plan Da Nang, Hoi An and Hue with ten practical tips on bases, transfers, heritage visits, beaches and flexible days.
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Where will Vietnam take you?
Choose a destination, find something to do or get the practical details sorted.
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Ho Chi Minh City
City energy, neighborhood cafes and a useful starting point for southern Vietnam.
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Da Nang
A coastal city base for beaches, Cham culture and trips through central Vietnam.
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Food notes, from north to south
Follow your appetite.
A bowl of noodles, a shared plate, a coffee before the streets wake up. Get to know Vietnam through its regional dishes and the small details that make ordering easier.
Find your next food stopMeet your local guide
A local guide living in Vietnam, sharing a love of travel, regional food and practical trip planning.
Vietnam Trip Notes
Local guide & travel writer
I am a local guide living in Vietnam, writing as Vietnam Trip Notes. I love traveling, discovering local food and sharing reviews and practical tips to help others explore the country. Personal experiences and researched guidance are clearly distinguished.
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