StoriesStories, inspiration, and recommendations for cultural adventures in Asia. Taiwan Where’s next for InsideAsia?We're about to launch our next InsideAsia destination - can you guess where it is? Vietnam The local beers! As well as trying as much Vietnamese food as our stomachs can handle, I feel it's important to try the local beers too. Interestingly a lot of... Vietnam Top tips for travelling in Vietnam We've learned some things on our journey through Vietnam... And made some mistakes as well, just so you don't have to! Here are our top tips for... Vietnam Hue and the Thien Mu Pagoda Hue was a lovely surprise. A big city with a relaxed small town feel perhaps thanks to it's huge student population. Coming from Hanoi, the roads... Vietnam Love Food: Central Vietnam We were already hooked on Vietnamese food, but as we've travelled south down to Hue and Hoi An the meals are just getting better and better. No... Vietnam Coc Ly Market, Sapa It was a privilege to visit the Tuesday morning market at Coc Ly, in Lao Cai province near Sapa in north-western Vietnam. This is a real working... Vietnam Halong Bay; "Where the dragon descends into the sea" It's a hard job waking up to views like this, but somebody has to do it. Today we're exploring beautiful Halong Bay, a World Heritage site since... Vietnam Love. Vietnam. Food: the North Of course a big part of our research trip is to try as much of the local food as we can. Here are some of the great meals we've eaten in Northern... Vietnam "To be as easy-going and open as a Hanoian" Our tour of Vietnam begins in the capital, Hanoi, on a hot, hot, hot sunny day in November. There is a famous saying in Vietnam: "to be as... Load More