Hoi An, Hanoi, and Ho Chi Minh City win Travellers' Choice Best of the Best 2023

Accordingly, Hoi An City in Quang Nam Province ranked second, while Ho Chi Minh City ranked 11th in the list of the 25 World's Trending Destinations.

Hoi An, a city on the central Vietnamese coast, is hailed by TripAdvisor as a well-preserved example of an important Southeast Asian trading port from the 15th to 19th centuries. Already a common stop for backpackers, it is becoming better known to tourists.

Ho Chi Minh City, for its part, sets the cultural and economic pace for the country. "Vietnam's largest bustling city boasts charming French colonial architecture and wide boulevards, usually thronged and choked with traffic," the website described.

Meanwhile, Hanoi claimed third place in the 25 World's Best Food Destinations. The charming Vietnamese capital has aged well, preserving the Old Quarter, monuments and colonial architecture while making room for modern developments, stated Tripadvisor.

The website suggested that one of the great ways to immerse in the local culture is to walk around the streets of the Old Quarter, do a little shopping, and eat delicious street food.

It also named the best Hanoi street food dishes to sample, including banh cuon (steamed rice rolls), pho bo (traditional Vietnamese noodle soup with beef), bun cha (barbecued pork with rice vermicelli), banh mi (baguette), bun oc (snail rice vermicelli soup), bun ca (fish rice vermicelli soup), banh tom (shrimp cake), banh goi (crispy "pillow" cake), banh duc nong (Vietnamese hot steamed rice cake), and egg coffee.

(Source: NDO)