Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Laurie Werner is a New York-based writer covering travel and food. After the historic, architectural and culinary sights of Hanoi, ...

After bars and restaurants were allowed to reopen a few days ago, Bui Vien, Saigon's backpacker Mecca, is again buzzing. On May 8 city authorities allowed all "non-essential" services except karaoke ...

Saigon’s Nguyen Hue Street transforms every New Year into a floral paradise and has giant images of the animal representing the year. The city moved the spring flower market to September 23 Park, a 10 ...

There’s never been a better time to be eating in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s bustling southern metropolis of 10 million people. Now at the watershed between history and modernity, HCMC — known as ...