Table of Contents

LIST OF MAPS. 1 THE BEST OF VIETNAM. 2 VIETNAM IN DEPTH. 3 PLANNING YOUR TRIP TO VIETNAM. 4 SUGGESTED ITINERARIES IN VIETNAM. 5 HANOI. 6 THE NORTHERN HIGHLANDS. 7 NORTHEASTERN COAST. 8 NORTH-CENTRAL VIETNAM. 9 CENTRAL VIETNAM. 10 THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. 11 SOUTH-CENTRAL VIETNAM. 12 HO CHI MINH CITY-SAIGON. 13 THE MEKONG DELTA. 14 CAMBODIA. 15 FAST FACTS. 16 THE VIETNAMESE LANGUAGE. 17 VIETNAMESE CUISINE. INDEX.

About the Author

Sherisse Pham was a Beijing-based freelance journalist for over 4 years but recently relocated to New York to study at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. She has contributed to several Frommer's guides and has written for WWD, The South China Morning Post, People Magazine, CNN.com, and Zagat Survey among others. She graduates in 2010 and hopes to eventually return to Asia to continue reporting on the region.