Vietnam

A UNESCO World Heritage Bay in the Gulf of Tonkin scattered with nearly 2,000 limestone karst islands, their dramatic cliffs and hidden lagoons carved by millions of years of tropical weathering.

A remarkably preserved historic trading port on the Thu Bon River in central Vietnam, inscribed by UNESCO in 1999 for its synthesis of Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese and European architectural traditions.

Dramatic red and white sand dunes on the south-eastern coast of Vietnam in Binh Thuan Province, among the most accessible and visually striking coastal aeolian landscapes in mainland Southeast Asia.

A UNESCO-listed karst national park in central-northern Vietnam containing the world's largest known cave, Son Doong, and over 300 documented cave systems spanning more than 100 kilometres of underground passages.

A historic palace in central Ho Chi Minh City that served as the presidential residence of South Vietnam until 30 April 1975, when a North Vietnamese tank crashed through its gates, ending the Vietnam War.

Centuries-old rice terraces carved into the slopes of the Hoang Lien Son mountain range in north-western Vietnam by Hmong, Dao, Tay and Giay ethnic minorities, creating one of the most dramatic agricultural landscapes in Southeast Asia.