When the Mekong Delta floods each year Vi Thanh comes alive with floating markets, wetland tours and dishes celebrating the season’s bounty.

Australian travel magazine Lonely Planet has named Quy Nhon in central Vietnam among the world’s 25 best destinations for 2026, praising the city’s beaches, cuisine, and easygoing seaside charm.

Although the ancient town of Hoi An in central Vietnam has not officially resumed tourism activities after a historic flood, many foreigners are showing up to admire the travel hotspot despite its dirty roads and closed businesses.

A Japanese travel agency said that it plans to launch a point-to-point transport service in the 2030s that would connect Tokyo with U.S. cities such as New York, using space technology to cut travel time to just 60 minutes.

Before direct flights and souvenir shops sprung up, Hanoi’s Old Quarter was peaceful and intimate, a world captured by a Japanese photographer 30 years ago.

Banh mi, once praised world’s best by international travel magazines and a symbol of Vietnam’s street food scene, was not on CNN’s list of the 50 best breads in the world because it is typically labeled as a sandwich rather than bread.

At the World Travel Awards Asia-Pacific in Hong Kong on Oct. 13, 10 Vietnamese resorts including InterContinental Da Nang and Six Senses Ninh Van Bay grabbed top spots.

As floodwaters that had submerged Hue for four days began to recede on Friday, international tourists returned to visit the Imperial Citadel and royal tombs.

Vietnam has outperformed regional neighbors such as Thailand and Malaysia to be named Asia’s best culinary destination at this year’s World Culinary Awards.

As rains fade in northern Vietnam, Ban Gioc Waterfall trades its summer spirit for jade-green water and fields glowing gold beneath the mist.