A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

Stunning wetlands ablaze with pink lotus flowers.

Vietnam's feral abandoned water park offers access to a post-apocalyptic funscape, now with fewer crocodiles.

A small museum dedicated to Vietnam’s lesser-known Iron Age culture.

Unbeknownst to many, this fountain was erected as a tomb and still holds the remains of a Frenchman.

Home to the world's largest collection of ancient Champa's sculptural works, featuring many Hindu and Buddhist deities.

Out of all the statues of Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam, this one is the tallest and the most impressive.

For a taste of Vietnamese gastropub culture, look no further than this convivial seafood joint that stays open till midnight.

Perhaps the only one of its kind, the nearly-forgotten site once held mortal (and rigged) gladiatorial games between tigers and imperial war elephants.

This former monastery in Vietnam now houses a chocolate shop and museum filled with centuries-old taxidermy specimens.

A refugee returns to his homeland to open Ho Chi Minh City’s first Michelin-starred restaurant.

Don’t miss the local staple of rice vermicelli with charcoal-grilled pork patties and pork belly.

This crab paste noodle soup specialist has been doling out its namesake dish for more than four decades.

Vietnam’s everyman “broken rice” dish is given one major upgrade at this humble institution.

Order your coffee crowned with salted whipped cream or blended with coconut and ice.

Under Hanoi’s medieval citadel sits a secret military headquarters from the final years of the Vietnam War.

A gift from the Soviet Union in the 1980s, this is the only statue of the Soviet dictator in Southeast Asia.

A cityscape of burial tombs that you can easily lose yourself in.

This antique shop offers affordable 15th-century Vietnamese ceramics salvaged from a local shipwreck.

An ornate tomb pays tribute to one of the most influential and cherished military leaders in Vietnam's history.

Shoes and revealing shirts are not allowed inside this giant Vietnamese Christ.

Fowl, love and death in Vietnam.

Nearly three tons of weapons from the Vietnam War still remain in this small, hidden museum.

This unique formation is characterized by hexagonal basalt rocks stacked in unique formations.