From bustling Ho Chi Minh City to the magnificent Mekong Delta, Chris Schalkx explores this country of contrasts.

After lunch, we bike to Cam Thanh water coconut village to learn about the daily life of families who fish on the local river, and are paddled around in a “unique” (novel) Vietnamese round bamboo ...

After being recognized as one of the “Best Tourism Villages in the World 2025,” Quynh Son Village in Lang Son has captured ...

At 5 a.m. daily the sound of wooden clappers echoes through Thai Hai Village. It is a signal for people living in its 30 stilt houses to wake up, complete their morning tasks and gather at the ...

After running a farm-based homestay for six years, ethnic Tay woman Thong became a surprise social media sensation, drawing attention to her remote village in northern Vietnam. "For the first time ...

Closed to outsiders and plagued by addiction, a Vietnam village tuned its radios to a California preacher. It has bloomed into a showcase for Hmong culture and an unlikely tourist destination. On a ...

Nguyen Thi Kim sitting on a pillar of a destroyed house at the original site of Lang Nu village in Lao Cai province, after part of it was wiped away in a landslide ...

The story of how Le Ly Hayslip became a nonprofit leader and humanitarian started with a trip back to Vietnam in 1986. The US-based nonprofit benefitting Vietnam for 23 years has added five new board ...