Vietnam is a year-round destination, a beautiful country full of beautiful, warm and friendly people. The Vital Vietnam Tour is an 18-day group offering (10 people maximum) with monthly departures. See it all: the bustle of Saigon, Viet Cong Tunnels at Cu Chi, the Mekong Delta, beautiful beaches at Nha Trang, World Heritage Sites in ancient Hoi An, Hue and Ha Long Bay, colonial Hanoi, and hilltribe markets at Sapa on the Chinese border. Price is $2097/pp, twin share. Details on request. Vietnam Vet Tours are customised, specifically designed to get vets back to any area of operation, no matter how remote. We will work with groups, a couple of buddies or just one brave guy. Guides are typically English-fluent ARVN vets who know the sites and the history. They are excellent guides and good, understanding companions. Ethnic Explorer Tours are custom tours (from 2 to 14 days) for those wishing to leave the typical tourist track and take a closer look at the unspoiled hilltribes of the mountain north. Many of Vietnam's 54 ethnicminorities maintain a lifestyle unchanged for hundereds of years. Travel is by 4-wheel A/C vehicle, motorcycle, mountain bike, foot &/or native river boat. Travel through mysteriously beautiful mountains of bizarre geological formations. The people are hsopitable and colorful. Included are stilthouse homestays, remote mountain markets and tourist-free festivals.

Vietnam has been rated the most stable and safe country in the Asian-Pacific region according to a survey by the Political and Economic Risk Consultancy in Hong Kong.