https://www.vietnamforamericans.com Vietnam, worked out for American travelers en https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/same-street-names-every-city https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/same-street-names-every-city Sat, 17 Oct 2026 15:55:24 GMT Hai Ba Trung, Tran Hung Dao, Le Loi, Nguyen Hue. The same dozen names run through every town in Vietnam because they are a history lesson painted on signs. Here is who they were. https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/returning-to-vietnam-vietnamese-american https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/returning-to-vietnam-vietnamese-american Sat, 17 Oct 2026 15:55:24 GMT A first trip back has questions the tourist articles do not answer: which visa, which passport, what Vietnam considers your children to be, and how to stay with family. Here is the practical layer under the emotional one. https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/funeral-tents-altars-ghost-money https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/funeral-tents-altars-ghost-money Sat, 17 Oct 2026 15:55:24 GMT A tent across the lane, music at four in the morning, paper money burning in a bin on the pavement. These are the most visible pieces of Vietnamese religious life, and here is what each one means and how to behave around it. https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/vietnam-limited-mobility https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/vietnam-limited-mobility Sat, 17 Oct 2026 15:55:23 GMT Vietnam's pavements, boats and old towns are hard on anyone who walks with difficulty. The trip is still possible, and the way to make it work is to choose the places and the transport that fit. https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/peanut-shellfish-allergy-vietnam https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/peanut-shellfish-allergy-vietnam Sat, 17 Oct 2026 15:55:22 GMT Peanuts and shrimp are everywhere in Vietnamese cooking and often invisible. A serious allergy does not rule out the trip, but it changes how you order, where you eat and what you carry. https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/mekong-delta-beyond-can-tho https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/mekong-delta-beyond-can-tho Sat, 17 Oct 2026 15:55:22 GMT The standard delta trip stops at the floating market. A second line of towns runs west to the Cambodian border with homestays, birds, Khmer pagodas and a river crossing, and it is where the delta gets good. https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/exotic-menu-words-to-know https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/exotic-menu-words-to-know Sat, 17 Oct 2026 15:55:22 GMT Nobody is going to serve you dog meat by accident. A handful of dishes do surprise visitors, and knowing their names in Vietnamese is the whole of the precaution. https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/counterfeit-spirits-drinking-safely https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/counterfeit-spirits-drinking-safely Sat, 17 Oct 2026 15:55:22 GMT Methanol in fake spirits has killed travellers in Vietnam, and the bottles have come from ordinary bars and shops. The rules for avoiding it are simple and they are not the ones you have heard. https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/two-days-from-hanoi-halong-or-ninh-binh https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/two-days-from-hanoi-halong-or-ninh-binh Sat, 17 Oct 2026 15:55:21 GMT Most short trips have two days to spend outside Hanoi, and the same limestone scenery is on offer by sea or by river. The choice turns on weather, travel time and what kind of day you want. https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/phong-nha-which-cave-tour https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/phong-nha-which-cave-tour Sat, 17 Oct 2026 15:55:20 GMT Phong Nha has caves you can walk into in an afternoon and one that takes a week and a serious bank balance. Here is how the options sort themselves by time, fitness and money. https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/how-many-days-for-hue https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/how-many-days-for-hue Sat, 17 Oct 2026 15:55:20 GMT Three well-known guidebooks give Hue three different answers, from skipping it to two full days. The right number depends on what you came to Vietnam for, and here is the rule. https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/ha-giang-loop-ride-pillion-or-car https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/ha-giang-loop-ride-pillion-or-car Sat, 17 Oct 2026 15:55:20 GMT The loop is the best road in Vietnam and the one place the licence question stops being theoretical. Here is what each of the three ways of doing it actually gives you. https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/dmz-from-hue-what-each-stop-shows https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/dmz-from-hue-what-each-stop-shows Sat, 17 Oct 2026 15:55:20 GMT The DMZ tour from Hue is a long day with a dozen possible stops, and the standard circuit picks them for the driver's convenience. Here is what each one shows, so you can pick for yours. https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/best-photography-spots-in-vietnam https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/best-photography-spots-in-vietnam Mon, 12 Oct 2026 06:59:30 GMT The light and the hour matter more than the location. Twelve places and the time of day each one wants. https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/best-markets-in-vietnam https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/best-markets-in-vietnam Mon, 12 Oct 2026 06:59:30 GMT The famous ones and the working ones are different propositions. Where each kind is, and how to use them. https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/best-beaches-islands-vietnam https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/best-beaches-islands-vietnam Mon, 12 Oct 2026 06:59:29 GMT A long coastline and no single best beach. Which one suits which trip, and which month. https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/can-tho-floating-market-guide https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/can-tho-floating-market-guide Mon, 12 Oct 2026 06:59:29 GMT A working wholesale market on the water that is finishing by mid-morning. Everything depends on the hour you are on the river. https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/vietnam-and-cambodia-combined-itinerary https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/vietnam-and-cambodia-combined-itinerary Mon, 12 Oct 2026 06:59:29 GMT Two countries that fit well on one trip, and a set of visa decisions that have to be right before you apply. https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/sim-card-vs-esim-vietnam https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/sim-card-vs-esim-vietnam Mon, 12 Oct 2026 06:48:03 GMT Buy a local SIM at the airport if your phone is unlocked and takes one. Otherwise an eSIM. Here is the full comparison. https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/best-national-parks-treks-vietnam https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/best-national-parks-treks-vietnam Mon, 12 Oct 2026 06:48:03 GMT Parks and trekking areas covering caves, karst, jungle and highland terraces, and what each one actually asks of you. https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/con-dao-islands-guide https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/con-dao-islands-guide Mon, 12 Oct 2026 06:48:02 GMT A former prison archipelago that is now among the quietest places to reach a beach in Vietnam. Harder to get to, and that is the point. https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/best-mekong-delta-homestay-tours https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/best-mekong-delta-homestay-tours Mon, 12 Oct 2026 06:48:02 GMT A homestay is not a longer tour. It is a different product, and the province you pick decides what you get. https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/vietnam-itinerary-3-weeks https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/vietnam-itinerary-3-weeks Mon, 12 Oct 2026 06:48:02 GMT Three weeks is where the things a fortnight cuts come back in. What to add, and in what order. https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/vietnam-war-history-sites-guide https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/vietnam-war-history-sites-guide Mon, 12 Oct 2026 06:30:34 GMT Where the war is on the ground rather than in a museum, how the sites are framed, and what to expect as an American. https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/vietnam-temples-pagodas-guide https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/vietnam-temples-pagodas-guide Mon, 12 Oct 2026 06:30:34 GMT Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian, Cham and Cao Dai, often in the same town. A short guide to telling them apart. https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/vietnam-itinerary-for-families https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/vietnam-itinerary-for-families Mon, 12 Oct 2026 06:30:34 GMT A good country for family travel, with three genuine constraints. How to build around them. https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/vietnam-itinerary-first-timers https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/vietnam-itinerary-first-timers Mon, 12 Oct 2026 06:30:34 GMT Before the day-by-day, four decisions set everything else. Make them in this order. https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/vietnam-itinerary-10-days https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/vietnam-itinerary-10-days Mon, 12 Oct 2026 06:30:33 GMT Ten days is the length where three regions become possible without becoming a transit log. Here is the shape that works. https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/vietnamese-cooking-ingredients-to-bring-home https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/vietnamese-cooking-ingredients-to-bring-home Mon, 12 Oct 2026 06:19:59 GMT What is worth the suitcase space, where to buy it, and what to check before you pack it. https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/best-cooking-classes-vietnam https://www.vietnamforamericans.com/article/best-cooking-classes-vietnam Mon, 12 Oct 2026 06:19:59 GMT The market visit is the part that matters, and it is the part to ask about. How to choose one worth the half day.