Tourist guides
Vietnam is long and thin. A bad itinerary turns it into a transit problem. A good one feels like three holidays in one. Pick by trip length or by who you're travelling as.
Every guide here states what it suits, what it skips, and what you should not try to add. Use the itinerary builder to draft a route, then read the matching guide.
By trip length
Vietnam in 7 days
Tight but rewarding. North or central — not both.
Vietnam in 10 days
Hanoi → Hạ Long → Hội An → HCMC works well at this length.
Vietnam in 14 days
The classic shape. North to south end to end.
Vietnam in 21 days
Adds Hà Giang loop, Phong Nha caves, Phú Quốc — pace becomes human.
Vietnam in 30 days
Add a beach week, add a slow week, add a backwater. The trip you remember.