Culture in Vietnam
VietnamGo PickJade Emperor Pagoda
A smoky, atmospheric 1909 Taoist temple filled with carved deities — famously visited by Barack Obama in 2016.
Lung Tam Linen Weaving Cooperative
Hmong women's cooperative (est. ~2001) spinning and hand-weaving linen from flax/hemp.
Hidden GemThien Hau Temple
A 19th-century Cantonese temple to the sea goddess Mazu, the spiritual heart of Cho Lon's Chinatown.
Phuoc Tich Ancient Pottery Village
500-year-old pottery village that once supplied the royal court, with 30+ old wooden ruong houses.
Saigon Central Post Office
A working 19th-century French colonial post office with a soaring vaulted hall and vintage phone booths.
Thanh Toan Tile-Roofed Bridge & farm tools museum
18th-century covered wooden bridge in a rice village, with a small farm-tools museum next to it.
Duong Lam Ancient Village farm experience
Laterite-walled ancient village where the relic board arranges ploughing and rice-planting with local farmers.
Notre-Dame Cathedral of Saigon
The red-brick twin-spired cathedral at the heart of colonial Saigon, built entirely with materials shipped from France.
Saigon Opera House
An 1897 French colonial theater hosting the acclaimed AO Show and classical performances.
A O Show at Saigon Opera House
Lune Production's bamboo-circus show with live folk music, at the colonial-era Saigon Opera House.
Sa Pa Love Market Cultural Space
Cultural event space for Sa Pa's love market activities.
Hue conical hat villages (Tay Ho & Phu Cam)
Villages making Hue's thin 'poem hats' (non bai tho) by hand, where some families let you try a stage.
Cuong Hoan Silk Factory (Nam Ban)
Working silk mill where you watch cocoons boiled, reeled and woven on big looms.
Quang Phu Cau Incense Village
Village that dyes and dries bamboo incense sticks in huge red fans — a photo spot with a working craft behind it.
Happy Smile Lantern (lantern-making class)
Short class building a foldable silk lantern to take home, in the Old Town.
Thuy Xuan Incense Village
Incense-rolling street on the tomb route where you can try rolling a stick yourself.
Hoi An Silk Village
Silk showcase with mulberry garden, silkworm house, reeling and looms, plus an ethnic-costume display.
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