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The largest tea plantation in Southeast Asia supplies gorgeous vistas alongside tea for the surrounding countries.

Extravagant mosque honors modern Islam.

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.

Malaysian fireflies create a dazzling display as thousands light up in unison.

Vietnam's feral abandoned water park offers access to a post-apocalyptic funscape, now with fewer crocodiles.

Order your phở stir-fried, sans soup.

This steamed rice crepe specialist has been rolling up its namesake dish for over 30 years.

This time-honored eatery near Hoàn Kiếm Lake serves the classic pairing of rice vermicelli soup and savory sticky rice.

For true northern-style phở with broth as clear as consommé, hunt for this restaurant hidden within a residential home.

For a taste of Vietnamese gastropub culture, look no further than this convivial seafood joint that stays open till midnight.

Founded by French colonists in 1919, this mountain resort has been transformed into one-of-a-kind theme park.

Don’t miss the local staple of rice vermicelli with charcoal-grilled pork patties and pork belly.

Vietnam’s everyman “broken rice” dish is given one major upgrade at this humble institution.

This crab paste noodle soup specialist has been doling out its namesake dish for more than four decades.

Order your coffee crowned with salted whipped cream or blended with coconut and ice.

Under Hanoi’s medieval citadel sits a secret military headquarters from the final years of the Vietnam War.

A cityscape of burial tombs that you can easily lose yourself in.

Shoes and revealing shirts are not allowed inside this giant Vietnamese Christ.

Drink and learn at this striking ode to coffee culture and history.

Home to what locals claim is the largest whale skeleton in Southeast Asia, which is worshiped yearly.

A sculpture park that takes the use of clay to a whole new level.

This tiny Vietnamese village is known for eating snakes and serving their still-beating hearts in shots of vodka.

Located off a bustling strip, a silent teahouse employs workers with hearing- or speech-related disabilities.

This network of tunnels housed an entire village for years, and even had a hall for screening movies.