Hanoi Old Quarter Street Food
Eat your way through 36 streets: bún chả on Hàng Mành, egg coffee at Giảng, phở at Bát Đàn before 10am.
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Ten days from the Red River Delta to the Mekong, with sidewalk plastic stools, the hiss of a bánh mì grill, and limestone karsts dissolving into morning haze over Ha Long Bay.
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Ha Long Bay & Cat Ba Island
Overnight junk boats, kayaking through Lan Ha Bay's quieter coves, and karst-climbing routes off Butterfly Valley.
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Hoi An Lantern Town & Tailors
Yellow walls in the Ancient Town, custom suits from Bebe or Yaly, and cao lầu noodles only made with local well water.
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Hue Imperial Citadel & Royal Cuisine
Walk the Nguyen Dynasty walls, then try bún bò Huế and bánh bèo at Madam Thu or the Đông Ba market stalls.
Mekong Delta Floating Markets
Sunrise boats at Cai Rang near Can Tho, coconut candy workshops on Ben Tre, and homestays among rice paddies.
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Sapa Rice Terraces Trekking
Two-day hikes through Hmong and Dao villages around Lao Chai and Ta Van, sleeping in valley homestays below Fansipan.
About this Vietnam trip
Vietnam stretches 1,650 kilometers from the Chinese border to the Mekong, and ten days is enough to taste three of its distinct regions if you fly the long legs and travel slow on the ground. Most itineraries open in Hanoi, where motorbikes braid through the Old Quarter and grandmothers ladle phở from aluminum pots before sunrise. The trick on a budget trip is leaning into what is already cheap and excellent: street food, sleeper trains, and family-run guesthouses that often run under $25 a night.
From Hanoi, head east to Ha Long Bay or the quieter Lan Ha Bay off Cat Ba Island, where a two-day cruise with kayaking runs $90 to $150. Then fly south to Da Nang and base in Hoi An for a few nights. The Ancient Town glows under silk lanterns after dark, the beaches at An Bang are a ten-minute bike ride, and a day trip to Hue covers the Imperial Citadel and the tombs of Tu Duc and Khai Dinh. Eat cao lầu at Thanh in Hoi An and bún bò Huế anywhere a local queue forms.
For your final stretch, fly to Ho Chi Minh City. Spend a day on the War Remnants Museum and the Cu Chi Tunnels, another wandering District 1's bánh xèo joints and Bến Thành night market, then drop down to the Mekong Delta for a Can Tho homestay and the Cai Rang floating market at dawn.
Best months are October through April, when the north stays dry and the south sits in its cooler season. Grab the Reunification Express sleeper for one overnight leg, use Grab for taxis, and budget around $40 to $60 per day including a few splurge meals.
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