Locations in Hải Phòng · 9 found
Cát Bà National Park
Cát Bà National Park covers 17,363 hectares of the island's rugged interior - the last habitat of the critically endangered golden-headed langur, with jungle trails to a summit viewpoint over Ha Long Bay and Lan Hà Bay simultaneously, a 12km trek through primary forest to Việt Hải village, and butterfly swarms along the trails in April and May.
Cat Ba Town
Cat Ba Town is the main settlement on Cat Ba Island in Hải Phòng province - a compact harbour-front town that serves as the base for Lan Ha Bay kayaking, overnight cruises, and Cat Ba National Park trekking, with a lively seafood restaurant strip, night market, and the new Sunworld beach on its doorstep.
Cát Cò Beach
Cát Cò is a series of three beaches on the southern edge of Cát Bà town - the island's most accessible swimming spots, set against karst peaks with forested cliffs dropping to the sand, a short walk from the town centre.
Do Son Beach
Đồ Sơn, about 20 km from central Hải Phòng and 120 km from Hanoi, was northern Vietnam's go-to beach in the 1980s and 90s - today a nostalgic, low-key seaside town with brown, silty water, French-era villas, the new Đồi Rồng artificial beach and the Đồ Sơn buffalo fighting festival.
Lan Hạ Bay
Lan Hạ Bay is the southern section of the Ha Long karst system - 400 limestone islands, hidden beaches, floating fishing villages, and some of the clearest water in the Gulf of Tonkin, with a fraction of Ha Long's boat traffic and far better kayaking conditions. The bioluminescence night kayaking tour is an experience Ha Long Bay doesn't offer.
Radio Tower Viewpoint
The Radio Tower viewpoint on Cat Ba Island is the best accessible sunset spot since Cannon Fort closed in late 2025 - a Viettel telecom tower near the summit of Nui Ngoc offering panoramic views over Lan Hạ Bay, Ben Beo harbour, and Cat Ba town from nearly 100 metres above sea level.
Sunworld Beach Cat Ba
Sunworld Beach on Cat Ba Island is a recently developed artificial beach in the town centre - nearly 1km of white sand and clear water with palm trees, a beach club, bar, and a growing complex of nightlife venues including a ticketed jet-ski and fireworks show, positioned as the main beach attraction directly accessible from Cat Ba Town accommodation.
Trung Trang Cave
Trung Trang Cave is the largest accessible cave on Cát Bà Island - a 300-metre limestone grotto inside the national park with exceptional stalactite and stalagmite formations, a bat colony, and a history stretching from local legend to wartime military use.
Việt Hải Village
Việt Hải is a fishing and farming village of 87 households inside Cát Bà National Park - nicknamed 'island within an island', reachable only by boat from Bến Bèo or by a 12km jungle trek through the national park. No road access to the outside world.
Local Food You Must Try
Bánh đa cua
Thick red-brown rice noodles in a rich crab paste and tomato broth - Hải Phòng's most iconic dish, eaten only here with its specific thick noodles and topped with pork ribs, fried tofu, and water spinach
Bánh mì cay Hải Phòng
Spicy bánh mì unique to Hải Phòng - stuffed with a fiery slow-cooked pork and chilli filling, eaten as a late-night street snack, with a heat level that surprises visitors used to milder northern food
Bánh bèo Hải Phòng
Steamed rice flour discs topped with dried shrimp and spring onion oil - the northern version is thicker and chewier than the Huế original, served in small ceramic bowls with a salty-sweet dipping sauce
Bún cá cay
Spicy fish noodle soup unique to Hải Phòng - a fiery red broth of fried fish, lemongrass, and fresh chilli poured over rice vermicelli, topped with dill and fried shallots, with a heat level that sets it apart from any other northern fish noodle soup
Nem cua bể
Fried spring rolls stuffed with sea crab meat, pork, and glass noodles - a Hải Phòng specialty using fresh blue swimmer crab from the bay, the filling is sweeter and more delicate than regular nem rán, eaten at family meals and celebrations
Cháo khoái
Rice porridge with pork offal, fried dough sticks, and century egg - a Hải Phòng street breakfast with Chinese-influenced roots from the port city's trading history, eaten at dawn stalls near the old market with a sharp ginger dipping sauce
Chả chìa
Pork and prawn paste grilled on lemongrass skewers over charcoal - the lemongrass perfumes the meat from the inside as it cooks, a Hải Phòng specialty eaten at street stalls near the ferry piers with rice paper and fresh herbs
Sủi dìn
Chewy glutinous rice balls filled with sweet peanut and sesame paste in a warm ginger syrup - brought to Hải Phòng by Cantonese traders through the port centuries ago and fully adopted as a local comfort food, eaten at Chinese-Vietnamese stalls in the old merchant quarter