Dalat, known as "Le Petit Paris" or "the Eternal Spring City", is the jewel of the Central Highlands in a temperate region dotted with lakes, waterfalls, forests and gardens, 300 km north of Ho Chi Minh City.

Established in 1962, Cuc Phuong National Park, 45km from Ninh Binh and 120km southwest of Hanoi, is one of Vietnam's most important nature reserves.

The town of Cu Chi, approximately 70km northwest of Ho Chi Minh City , has now become a district of greater HCMC and been known as the best site for a massive supply base where the VC mounted their operations of the Tet Offensive in 1968

The Con Dao Islands, also known as Poulo Condore, situated at about 185 km from Vung Tau, and 230 km from Hochiminh City ; the group includes 16 mountainous islands and islets.

About 35km from Bac Ha, Coc Ly Market is a colorful Tuesday market in a mountainous area where ethnic people gather to buy and sell goods, dine and drink, or just wander to enjoy the ambience of the montagnard market by the Chay River.

Deep in the Mekong Delta, Chau Doc town is 280 km (174 miles) south-west of Ho Chi Minh City close to the Cambodian border. Such proximity to Cambodia has been nurturing the eclectic mix of Cham, Khmer, Chinese and Vietnamese cultures and historical richness