Places to visit in Vietnam
136 places to visit in Vietnam, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Cat Ba Island, Citadel of the Ho Dynasty, Ha Long Bay and more. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in a volume for its state or province, filed under Vietnam on your shelf.
136 travel stamps in 27 states and provinces
The best known in Vietnam
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Cat Ba Island
The largest of the 367 islands of the Cat Ba Archipelago, on the edge of Lan Ha Bay with the same rugged limestone scenery as Ha Long Bay. Much of it is national park, and since 2023 it has shared a UNESCO World Heritage listing with Ha Long Bay.
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Citadel of the Ho Dynasty
A 15th century fortress of huge cut stone blocks that served as the western capital of the short Ho dynasty, from 1398 to 1407. Its walls and arched gates still stand in the countryside of Thanh Hoa, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Ha Long Bay
A bay in the Gulf of Tonkin scattered with thousands of limestone karsts and islets, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its name means descending dragon, after the legend of a dragon that made the islands, and boats thread between them past caves and floating villages.
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Hoi An Ancient Town
A trading port that drew foreign merchants from the 15th to the 19th century, its streets still lined with more than a thousand preserved old houses. At its heart is the Japanese Bridge, and at night the riverside glows with silk lanterns.
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Imperial Citadel of Thang Long
The seat of Vietnamese royal power for centuries, begun in 1010 under Emperor Ly Thai To. The French pulled most of it down, but its gates, old foundations and excavated palace remains in central Hanoi are now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Imperial City of Hue
The walled royal enclosure at the heart of Hue's citadel, begun under Emperor Gia Long in 1804 and enlarged in 1833. Behind the great Ngo Mon gate lie the palaces, temples and gardens of the Nguyen emperors, part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site and still being restored.
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My Son Sanctuary
A jungle valley of ruined brick temples built by the kings of Champa between the 4th and 13th centuries. They were raised to Shiva, worshipped here above all as Bhadreshvara, and the site is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Phong Nha Cave
A river cave in Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park, 7,729 metres long with 14 grottoes and an underground river. Boats carry visitors in from the Son River along the first stretch of its passages.
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Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park
A national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site of limestone mountains and forest on the border with Laos, about 500 kilometres south of Hanoi. Beneath it lie hundreds of caves, among them Son Doong, the largest known cave in the world.
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Tam Coc Bich Dong
Two sights in one near Ninh Binh: Tam Coc, where boats are rowed, often with the feet, along a river through three caves in the karst, and Bich Dong, a set of pagodas built into a mountainside. Both are part of the Trang An World Heritage Site.
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Thien Mu Pagoda
A temple on a low hill above the Perfume River, whose seven storey Phuoc Duyen tower is the unofficial symbol of Hue. It has long been the subject of folk rhymes and songs about the city.
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Tomb of Khai Dinh
Finished in 1931 after 11 years of work, this tomb of the twelfth Nguyen emperor climbs Chau Chu mountain in dark stone and concrete, mixing Vietnamese and European styles. Inside, the walls glitter with mosaics of broken porcelain and glass around a gilded bronze statue of the emperor.
Vietnam by state and province
- Ho Chi Minh City29 stamps
- Hanoi28 stamps
- Da Nang13 stamps
- Lam Dong10 stamps
- Quang Tri9 stamps
- Hue6 stamps
- Ninh Binh5 stamps
- An Giang3 stamps
- Bac Ninh3 stamps
- Khanh Hoa3 stamps
- Quang Ninh3 stamps
- Tuyen Quang3 stamps
- Cao Bang2 stamps
- Dak Lak2 stamps
- Dong Thap2 stamps
- Lao Cai2 stamps
- Tay Ninh2 stamps
- Thai Nguyen2 stamps
- Ca Mau1 stamp
- Can Tho1 stamp
- Dong Nai1 stamp
- Hai Phong1 stamp
- Hung Yen1 stamp
- Nghe An1 stamp
- Phu Tho1 stamp
- Quang Ngai1 stamp
- Thanh Hoa1 stamp
Collecting in Vietnam
Does LOQAH have stamps in Vietnam?
Yes. 136 places in Vietnam have LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp, among them Cat Ba Island, Citadel of the Ho Dynasty, Ha Long Bay. More are added over time.
How do I collect a stamp in Vietnam?
The same way as anywhere: open LOQAH at the place and get its stamp. LOQAH checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is confirmed on site, with a gold badge and the date.
How are my Vietnam stamps kept?
Each state or province you collect in gets a volume of its own, and the volumes sit together under Vietnam on your shelf.
I have been to Vietnam before. Can I add those trips?
Yes. In Earlier trips, choose Vietnam and swipe through its stamps, or import your Google Timeline: it is read on your phone and only the places it matches are added.
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