Haiphong, Vietnam Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

Located 100km east of Hanoi on the Cua Cam River, one of the main channels of the Red River Estuary, HAIPHONG has long been North Vietnam's principal port, and its history runs the gamut from major seventeenth-century trading centre through bombardment by both the French and the Americans. These days it's a small, orderly city of broad avenues and subtle, cosmopolitan charms, with good hydrofoil and ferry links to Cat Ba Island, Mong Cai and Hong Gai (for Ha Long Bay), but not much else of interest. The city's crescent-shaped nineteenth-century core lies between the curve of the Tam Bac River and the … more »