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Traditional wooden boats cross the Mekong with Cai Be church in the background.

The spirit of Vietnam bursts into life along the Mekong

During a cruise on the Mekong River, an excursion proves nourishing in more ways than one.

  • Tim Richards

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Mekong Serenity on the river.

A perfect home away from home on the Mekong

Vietnam and Cambodia may be countries bristling with energy, but serenity abounds when you swap the rails for the river.

  • Tim Richards
Camera, action – getting the picture in Hanoi’s Train Street.

The new, safe and comfortable way to do Vietnam’s infamous Train Street

The spectacle and buzz of life on the track remains Hanoi’s most alluring attraction, but now there’s a new way to see it.

  • Julie Miller
The essence of a unique dish… Cao Lau served in a street cafe in Hoi An.

The Vietnamese dish you won’t find in Australia (and can’t make yourself)

If you think it’s tricky finding specialist ingredients to cook authentic Vietnamese food at home, wait until you try this one.

  • Ben Groundwater
Crossing the road in Vietnam: slow and steady, never stop.

Ten things we’ll never understand about Vietnam

Australian visitor numbers are surging, but there are still many things that might puzzle you about this endearing nation.

  • Brian Johnston
Trump v rock stars

Bruce Springsteen has slammed Trump … again. But does rage bring change?

There’s a long history of dissident musicians taking on the powerful – this is why their voices matter.

  • Warwick McFadyen
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Ninh Binh is often described as “Ha Long Bay on land”.

Australians are flocking here. It might be the next victim of overtourism

As the country hits a landmark 20 million visitors a year, a journey from Phu Quoc to Ninh Binh reveals what’s at stake if tourism outpaces culture.

  • Julietta Jameson
JW Marriott Phu Quoc Emerald Bay Resort & Spa is built on the grounds of an abandoned university. Or is it?

Supposedly built on an abandoned uni, this resort is too good to be true

I thought I was checking in to a five-star Asian resort, and somehow I’ve stepped into another world.

  • Kristie Kellahan
Rescuers carry the body of a flood victim, in Agam, West Sumatra, Indonesia, on Sunday.

More than 1000 dead in devastating fortnight of Asian storms

Hundreds more remain missing after the latest extreme weather to hit the region caused floods and landslides, in a horror wet season.

  • Zach Hope
Krongkarn Jantarasavad (left) praying over her father, who missed dialysis treatment because floods had trapped him inside the family home.

They were expecting their usual floods. What hit was a one-in-300-year monster

The southern Thailand city of Hat Yai is used to flooding. But resident Krongkarn Jantarasavad says what ended up happening was inconceivable.

  • Zach Hope and Am Sandford