[HO CHI MINH CITY] Vietnam’s parliament on Thursday (Jun 12) gave the green light to a sweeping administrative overhaul, cutting its 63 provinces and cities into just 34, which will redraw the ...

Doubles start from about 3 million dong. The Hammock Hotel, overlooking the Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Museum in District 1, has quiet, clean rooms, each adorned with a hanging hammock chair.

Although Japan got into the game first, ultimately putting 43.7 trillion Vietnamese dong ($1.72 billion) into the Ho Chi Minh City project, capital city Hanoi’s China-backed system beat it to ...