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5 Best Cities to Visit in Vietnam

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Vietnam is a country occupying the eastern portion of mainland Southeast Asia. Tribal Viets inhabiting the Red River delta entered written history when China鈥檚 southward expansion reached them in the 3rd century BCE. From that time onward, a dominant theme of Vietnam鈥檚 history has been interaction with China, the source of most of Vietnam鈥檚 high culture. Vietnam has a long history of affiliating with a dominant civilization and adapting that civilization鈥檚 ideas, institutions, and technology to Vietnamese purposes. In this article, you鈥檒l discover the 5 best cities to visit in Vietnam.

This pattern of affiliating and adapting was already evident in Vietnam鈥檚 historical relations with China, and it reappeared as descendants of mandarins responded to the challenge of the West by rejecting tradition and becoming communists to combat colonialism. The pattern was evident again as it animated 20th-century artistic movements that employed Western forms to promote social renovation; since the 1980s it has been the driving force behind the Vietnam Communist Party鈥檚 embrace of economic liberalization and integration into the world economy. Such strategic absorption and adaptation have helped propel Vietnam to become one of the world鈥檚 most populous countries, with one of the most rapidly expanding market economies. Let鈥檚 take a look at some cities you should not miss on your tour itinerary.

1. Can Tho

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Can Tho is a city and province-level municipality in southern聽Vietnam.聽 It is situated on the left bank of the Hau Giang River, 90 miles southwest of聽Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon. It is an industrial centre and the largest city of the flat delta region of the聽Mekong River, which includes the聽Ca Mau Peninsula聽and the principal rice-growing areas of the country. A large inland port, Can Tho is protected by dykes from the annual flooding of the Mekong and has a聽canal聽link to Vi Thanh in the southwestern part of the province.

The city hosts a teacher-training and agricultural college founded in 1976. In the 1960s an industrial park for agriculturally related industries was established 6 miles north of the city. Older industries in the area include coconut聽oil extraction聽and聽rice聽milling while the new industries include the manufacture of fertilizer, ice,聽implements, plastic goods, bricks, and聽fish sauce.

Can Tho is served by two airports with the major one being Binh Thuy northwest of the city. Can Tho has a hospital and is the home of Can Tho University, founded in 1966. A former Khmer (Cambodian) district, it was occupied in the 18th century by the Vietnamese to become part of southern Vietnam and is now the centre of a significant concentration of聽Hoa Hao, a militant Buddhist sect.

2. Ho Chi Minh

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Ho Chi Minh City is the largest city in Vietnam. It was the capital of the French protectorate of Cochin china, between 1862 and 1954, and of South Vietnam, between 1954 and 1975. The city lies along the Saigon River to the north of the Mekong River delta; about 50 miles from the South China Sea while the commercial centre of Cho Lon lies immediately west of Ho Chi Minh City.

Ho Chi Minh City retains the faded look of a European city, its many Western-style buildings dating from the period of French colonial rule. Most of the bars and restaurants that thrived in Saigon during the Vietnam War have closed their doors. The elegant Cercle Sportif, a focal point of social life for Westerners after it was founded in 1912, is now a people鈥檚 museum. The old opera house, for 20 years the聽National Assembly聽Building, was converted to a national theatre. The University of Saigon was reorganized to form the University of Ho Chi Minh City. Tan Son Nhut Airport has regularly scheduled flights by Air Vietnam to other domestic urban centres and by聽Air France聽to聽Paris.

3. Hanoi

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Hanoi city is the capital of Vietnam. The city is situated in northern Vietnam on the western bank of the Red River, about 85 miles inland from the South China Sea. In addition to being the national capital, Hanoi is also a province-level municipality administered by the central government. Many of Hanoi鈥檚 monuments are centuries-old and have been destroyed by foreign aggression and civil war, but there remain several historical and scenic points. Among the latter is Lake Hoan Kiem also known as the 鈥淟ake of the Restored Sword鈥�. Historical sites include the Co Loa citadel, dating from the 3rd century BCE; the Temple of Literature, was built in 1070, dedicated to Confucius; the Mot Cot, 鈥淥ne-Pillar鈥�, Pagoda from 1049; and the Temple of the Trung Sisters from 1142. Also, the Central Sector of the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long, built in the 11th century, was designated in 2010 as a UNESCO World Heritage site. The University of Hanoi, the Revolutionary Museum, the Army Museum, and the National Museum are important cultural institutions as well.

4. Haiphong

Haiphong city and province-level municipality are located northeast of Vietnam. It lies on the northeastern edge of the Red River delta, beside a distributary of the Thai Binh River, 10 miles from the Gulf of Tonkin. It is the outpost of the capital, Hanoi, 37 miles west, and is the country鈥檚 third-largest city. Haiphong became a seaport in 1874, and through the French colonial period, it developed commercially as a port and as the southeastern terminus of the railway coming through Kunming (in southwestern China), Lao Cai, and Hanoi. It became a leading industrial centre powered by coal from the mines across the Gulf of Tonkin at Quang Ninh. After 1954 many new industrial plants were built in the city with aid given by Soviet-bloc countries and by China. Haiphong sustained heavy damage from U.S. bombing raids in the early 1970s but was subsequently rebuilt to the beauty that it is today.

5. Da Nang

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Da Nang, known in French as Tourane is a city and province-level municipality. Positioned at the southern end of a horseshoe-shaped bay, it is one of the largest cities in Vietnam and the chief port of the central lowlands. In the 20th century, Da Nang increased in importance after the partition of Vietnam in 1954. The partition left the city of Hue, to the north, close to the North Vietnamese border.

Among Da Nang鈥檚 attractions is the Cham Museum, with many Cham artefacts from the area, Buddhist shrines in limestone caves around the city; the five peaks of the Ngu Hahn Mountains just southeast of the city and China Beach. Each spring, Da Nang holds an international fireworks’ competition that attracts teams from around the world.

Now you know the 5 best cities to visit in Vietnam. I hope you enjoyed reading this article.