For the Char Siu 500g (1.1 lb) pork (shoulder/thigh/belly/lean) 6-7 cloves of garlic, pounded in to a paste in a mortar and ...

Among our stops: Hanoi, Halong Bay, Hoi An and Hue. We skipped Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s largest city and its financial hub -- still called Saigon by most Vietnamese -- because we figured one ...

This is the first of a three-part series looking at Vietnam as it evolved from a poverty-stricken postwar country into the tourist destination it is today. A recent trip to Vietnam, and especially ...