Vietnam
Northern Vietnam
Vietnam’s mountainous, history-rich north, home to the capital Hanoi and the karst seascape of Ha Long Bay.
Northern Vietnam is the country’s cultural heartland: the thousand-year-old capital of Hanoi, the emerald waters and limestone towers of Ha Long Bay, and the misty rice terraces of Sa Pa near the Chinese border. Cool, four-season weather and rugged terrain set it apart from the tropical south.
Explore destinations in Northern Vietnam
City
Ha Long
A UNESCO-listed bay of thousands of limestone islands and karst pillars rising from emerald water.
City
Ha Noi
Vietnam’s capital, where a lake-dotted old quarter of narrow streets meets grand French-colonial boulevards.
City
Ninh Binh
An inland landscape of limestone karst, winding rivers and rice paddies, often called “Ha Long Bay on land.”
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