written by Todd DePastino On January 23, 1973, President Richard Nixon announced that America’s war in Vietnam was over. A peace treaty had been signed in Paris that day, he said, which would bring “Peace with Honor” and ensure South Vietnam’s independence from North Vietnam and the United States’ military withdrawal from that troubled

written by Todd DePastino Our last full day in Vietnam was a free one in Ho Chi Minh City. Since our hotel is located in District 1—the very heart of the city—there were many options for spending the day within a few blocks. I suggested folks check out the Pittman Building, site of the

written by Todd DePastino Today, we head to enemy country, 35 miles northwest of Ho Chi Minh City to a place once known as the “Iron Triangle.” Before 1966, this was the capital of South Vietnam’s Viet Cong insurgency. The Viet Cong weren’t just present here. They ran the place. They were the village

written by Todd DePastino We often say there was no one Vietnam War. There were many. A unique version of the war was fought in the Mekong Delta, today’s destination. The Mekong Delta juts out from the southern end of Vietnam’s curvilinear land form. It’s an anomalous part of the country, a one-of-a-kind ecosystem,

written by Todd DePastino Officially, it's Ho Chi Minh City. But no one calls it that. For residents and most Americans, it remains Saigon, the former capital of the defunct Republic of Vietnam and, today, the dynamo powering Vietnam's Tiger Economy. We landed at Tan Son Nhut International Airport--another one of those American-developed properties

written by Todd DePastino A quick poll of our travelers at the end of Day 7 was almost unanimous: they wanted more time in Danang. I don't blame them. If I had to choose one place to live in Vietnam, it would be Danang. It's considered Vietnam's cleanest and most livable city. It's also