Connecting two cities today, two kingdoms in the past and the main route for goods transportation, this is one of the most important routes in Vietnam, if not one of the most famous. The locals use this route for purposes of practicality, the tourists, on the other hand, to satisfy their curiosity (and to tick off the bucket list), though they are all...

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Inspired by the Forbidden City of Beijing, the Imperial City of Hue is a model of the magnificent home for the royal family right here in the backyard of Southeast Asia. Constructed during the Nguyen's ruling era and with the approval by China on the installation of Emperor Gia Long onto the throne in 1804, the palace was intended as the residence of...

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Hue's historical status as an ancient capital has garnered her fair share of symbolic landmarks, each with a unique story of its own, owing to their part in shaping the past of the city. In fact, it may be even hard to point the most significant of them all, for they are all just as representative of Hue as one another. The Citadel...

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