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  • About
  • Destinations
    • Southeast Asia
      • Thailand
      • Vietnam
      • Malaysia
      • Singapore
      • Indonesia
      • Cambodia
      • Laos
    • East Asia
      • Japan
      • South Korea
      • Taiwan
    • Beyond East and Southeast Asia
  • Travel Planning
    • Solo Travel Mindset
    • Travel Comfort & Pacing
    • Safety & Confidence
    • Money & Value
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Vietnam

Da Nang skyline at night, with the pink cable-stayed Song Han Bridge in the foreground and the lit Dragon Bridge spanning the river beyond it

Planning a Trip to Vietnam? Start With the Region, Not the Circuit.

I’m Malaysian-Australian, and when I picked Vietnam as the first country of my long-term solo travel life, I assumed the […]

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Vietnam | Ms Grey Nomad
Long check-in queues at Tan Son Nhat Airport in Ho Chi Minh City with travellers waiting at airline counters

Ho Chi Minh City for First-Time Visitors: What to Expect and How to Handle It

I have never used Ho Chi Minh City as a long base, and I don’t plan to. Three days, structured

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Vietnam | Ho Chi Minh City | Ms Grey Nomad
Street vendor carrying goods on a shoulder pole walking past a yellow wall with blue windows in Hoi An, Vietnam

Hoi An Is the One Place in Vietnam That Always Works for Me

Hoi An has never let me down. Not once. Not across multiple trips, different seasons, or different stages of my

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Vietnam | Ms Grey Nomad
Street scene with traffic and motorbikes in front of St Joseph’s Cathedral in Hanoi, Vietnam

Hanoi — Why I Keep Going Back, Even Though It’s Full On

Hanoi has never been easy for me. Not on the first visit, and not on any of the ones that

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Vietnam | Ms Grey Nomad
Ho Chi Minh City skyline with river and surrounding buildings viewed from above

Ho Chi Minh City Is Easy to Visit — Harder to Care About

For many travellers, Ho Chi Minh City is less a chosen beginning than an inherited one. It is where routes

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Vietnam | Ho Chi Minh City | Ms Grey Nomad

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