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The brickworks just outside Vinh Long is a popular stop on many Mekong Delta tours.
The modern day Ho Chi Minh Trail is more symbolic than exact – it’s not the original trail, but a relatively new highway, which was completed in 2002 to the chagrin of many who believed it to be a foolish endeavor, a colossal waste of money, and a tribute to an artifact of war that represents bloodshed, death, and to some, defeat.
Located just over 90 kilometers south of Ha Noi in Ninh Binh Province, the Trang An grottoes stretch over 1500 hectares, across a vast landscape of rivers, limestone mountain ranges and valleys below.