I apologize to all Vietnamese, but the real reason why we visited their country was the fact that there were no direct flights to Cambodia and we so wanted to visit Angkor Wat (that trip here). We took advantage of Philippine Airlines' sale (every January) of USD 99 for Asian destinations and flew to Vietnam just to fly to Siem Reap. Of course, we took the chance to see a little of the country as well. And the country proved to be a nice stopover.