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Phu Quoc Beyond the Beaches: Pepper Farms, National Park, and Sunset Sailing

Phu Quoc gets booked for its beaches, but the pepper farms, the national park trails, and a sunset boat trip out to the southern islands are what actually make a few days there memorable.

by EnViet Team

Islands & Beaches Cat Ba Island: The Local, Laid-Back Alternative to Ha Long Bay

Everyone talks about Ha Long Bay, but the island where a lot of those cruises actually dock gets skipped entirely. Here's why Cat Ba is worth a few days on its own.

Cat Ba Ha Long Bay Lan Ha Bay

Islands & Beaches Con Dao: Vietnam's Remote Islands and the History Behind Them

Before Con Dao was a quiet island escape with some of the country's best diving, it was a prison colony that held Vietnamese political prisoners for over a century. Both sides of that story are still visible today.

Con Dao history islands