Vietnam Travel Podcast with Linh Nguyen

society, culture, places, travel, documentary, education · EN-US

The Vietnam Travel Podcast with Linh Nguyen is about getting to know Vietnam slowly, the way a resident does. Vietnam's territory runs 1,650 km from north to south and narrows to 50 km at one point, so a short journey can shift from highland forest to delta water and from monsoonal rain to tropical heat. Over the series, Linh Nguyen covers a broad arc: Hanoi's old streets and the Red River Valley, the central highlands around Da Lat, Can Tho in the Mekong Delta, and the limestone landscapes of Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park. These are places with different climates, languages and religious communities. The show unfolds in connected moves: each place is given time, then revisited as the season changes. Northern monsoonal rains arrive from May to September; the tropical south stays warm. By paying attention to those shifts, the podcast builds a fuller picture of Vietnam than a short trip could. Linh Nguyen lives in Vietnam and stays for two years, moving between