We live in an era of checklist tourism. We have apps that tell us where to go, influencers who tell us what to photograph, and high-speed trains that whisk us from city to city in a matter of hours. It is possible, in 2024, to "do" Vietnam in ten days. You can wake up in Hanoi, sleep on a train, take a selfie on the Golden Bridge in Da Nang, and be drinking a cocktail on a rooftop in Saigon the next day.