A brand new series from Insight brings you the Smart Guide to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. The unique and innovative A-Z format of Smart Guides allows you to plan your trip according to your own personal taste. Themed headings cover over 400 amazing things to see and do from architecture, history and hotels to museums, restaurants, shopping and much more for a truly tailor-made, individual travel experience. Area overviews conveniently highlight the best each area has to offer, from elegant Hanoi and bustling Ho Chi Minh City to their surrounding areas, including information on excursions to Cat Ba, Con Dao and Phuc Quoc. The main attractions explored within these historic cities include Ho Chi Minh's mausoleum, Hoan Kiem Lake and the striking Opera House, Independence Palace, the War Remnants Museum and the Jade Emperor Pagoda. A special chapter features guidance through Vietnam's war trail. The guide also contains a street atlas with full index and detailed mapping which is cross-referenced to the main text for ease of use. The front-cover flap highlights all the top sights of the destination for quick reference whilst the back-cover flap provides useful phrases to help you get by, along with other useful contact information. Smart Guides - the smart way to navigate.