Located a few blocks west of the lake is the notorious Hoa Lo Prison, nicknamed the “Hanoi Hilton” by American prisoners of war during the Vietnam War (called the American War here and everywhere ...

HANOI, Vietnam -- Vietnam was never on my bucket list of places to visit until my husband’s cousin married a Vietnamese woman. The idea of traveling to this exotic land with someone who knew it well ...

Cruising Halong Bay has long been one of the top things to do when visiting Vietnam. And now tourists have a new way to experience the dazzling natural attraction. Northern Vietnam Helicopter Company, ...

Captain Tho Pham first went out to sea when he was 14 years old. Now, he’s been a junk skipper in Halong Bay for more than a decade. He knows his way through the tangle of islands that cover Halong as ...