Vietnam
Vietnam runs 1,650km from misty rice terraces to Mekong mangroves — a country of phở steam at dawn, lantern-lit river towns, limestone bays and the best coffee culture in Asia.
Best time: March–April and September–November (varies by region)31°C · Thunderstorm in Hanoi
CapitalHanoi
Population99 million
CurrencyVietnamese đồng (VND)
LanguagesVietnamese; English in tourism
TimezoneUTC+7
Vietnam runs 1,650km from misty rice terraces to Mekong mangroves — a country of phở steam at dawn, lantern-lit river towns, limestone bays and the best coffee culture in Asia.
Fun fact
Vietnam is the world’s largest exporter of robusta coffee — and invented egg coffee (cà phê trứng) in 1946 Hanoi when milk was scarce.
