In 1969, a 20-year-old Corporal Benfell led eight men into combat in Vietnam.

Lucy Casley checks in to a Ho Chi Minh City hotel with an excellent rooftop pool and bar.

Lucy Casley shares her guide to making the most of Hanoi's many treasures.

International festival, Sea Walls: Murals for Oceans, organised by PangeaSeed, a public art project that brings the oceans into the streets around the world, is coming back to Napier for a second year. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A trip to Vietnam is fine, whatever the weather, writes Eli Orzessek.

President Donald Trump's official counsellor, Kellyanne Conway has told TV audiences to "go buy Ivanka's stuff".

In Vietnam, Eli Orzessek finds friends to help him navigate a new country.

The Funky Monkey Boy Band performs on a boat in Nha Trang, Vietnam.

With global growth under pressure, the outlook for the export-dependent region is faltering.

Hospital staff in China were horrified to find a poor little girl was forced into marriage and fell pregnant to a much older man.

Samsung has bet large on Vietnam, and farmers are now earning more than bankers.

COMMENT: Paul Thomas is from a remarkable family of eight boys and three girls. All eight boys served in the New Zealand army. Five saw active duty.

The sole survivor of a horrific plane crash which killed 29 people has revealed how she clung to life in the jungle for a hellish week.

Man sought over alleged gold fraud has flown to Vietnam, say police.

Hoi An is well known for two things - its unique heritage-listed town centre, Hoi An Ancient Town, and its cheap tailoring services.

With a six hour stopover in Hanoi, is it worth leaving the airport?

Fewer people have seen inside this incredible place than have reached Everest's summit.

Veteran Robert Davies says the failure to repatriate soldiers from non-commonwealth war cemeteries in Malaysia is a "a blight on the honour of this country".

It's never 'just one drink' in Vietnam - mostly due to the insane drink specials, writes Eli Orzessek.

Australian drug trafficker has 15 days to appeal her death sentence.

For our arrival in Ho Chi Minh City there was a Maori powhiri, which certainly went down well with the locals.

When I'm asked to complete a well-being questionnaire a day before setting off on holiday, I put a big cross over an angry-looking face, indicating five out of five for my stress level.

By the end of my Contiki tour of Vietnam, it felt like I'd been on the road for weeks - but now that I'm back in the office, it's like a blink of the eye.

With its old mustard coloured buildings, multitudes of lanterns, bicycles and happy looking dogs, Hoi An is definitely our cutest stop yet.

As flames started to lick the front deck of the burning cruise ship New Zealand woman Cathy Kewish knew there was no other choice but to jump for her life into the water.

The Aphrodite Cruise ship, carrying 37 tourists from at least seven different countries, including New Zealand, caught fire while docked in Ha Long Bay.

Eli Orzessek reports from Contiki's Vietnam Highlights tour.

A passenger from Vietnam arrived in NZ with live Siamese fighting fish in plastic bags, declaring them as "wet fish" on his arrival forms.

I'd been warned about the intense traffic in Vietnam when I had trouble crossing the streets in Taiwan.

Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao made her first million at 21, trading fax machines and latex rubber.