I Spent 15 Days Straight in VIETNAM | Journey from North to South 

I like how Joey's travel blog rarely puts music in the background, it makes the video feel more natural and actual experience of his travel.

As a Vietnamese fan, i'm glad Joey was enjoying the traveling experience in Vietnam. Btw, just a small correction only, Hanoi is Vietnam's Capital city, while Ho Chi Minh City is Vietnam's major economic center, which is why most people mistook HCMC for the capital. Hehe anyway, thank you for showing us your trip. Hope someday you will be back in Vietnam for more experience. I would recommend trying Vietnamese authentic street foods, they are delicious!

Now I get all the stories about his dad, he's chill af

Your mom was turning 60 and yall still climbed like 3 different mountains on her birthday vacation? That is impressive. It's nice that she's able to go out and see these beautiful locations in person.

Rare Vietnamese viewer here! Thank you so much for visiting Vietnam! Our country is very beautiful and the culture and food is top notch! I really enjoy your videos. Love from Vietnam ❤

as a vietnamese, it's crazy to see joey see almost all of vietnam while i haven't seen even 1/10th of it wished i could've met joey but i never go out like a real trash taste listener so it was never possible for me to meet him

That guy with the table across from you guys' at the cafe was a real MVP. You can see him motioning and talking to the cafe staff concerned you guys weren't mixing your egg coffees before drinking it which was why the staff came up to you and told you what you were supposed to do.

Somehow, it feels oddly refreshing to see Joey or the boys in another country other than Japan 😂 Don't mind more travel vlogs!

I lived in Vietnam for 8 years and watching this gave me nostalgia thank you Joey

Bro you have the chillest and coolest parents. You are soo lucky. Cherish all the time you spend with them.

Many people mistake HCM city as the capital, but it’s actually Hanoi It seems like the tropical weather gives you a hard time traveling, but I’m glad that you are able to explore some beautiful sites in Vietnam ❤️

Vietnam looks absolutely beautiful. BTW, a good way to remember the difference between stalactites and stalagmites is stalactites have to hold tight to the ceiling or they'll fall, and if a stalagmite grows tall enough it might reach the ceiling.

I live in Vietnam currently, (native New Yorker) and watching this felt like a trip down memory lane. The first time I went to Vietnam I went to most of the same places that you went to (Sa Pa, Hạ Long bay, Hội An, Marble Mountain, District 1...). The first wide shot of Hanoi that you took in this video was from a venue that I went to last week! Glad you had a great time here! I've been living here for 5 years and it's been a cathartic experience for sure.

This video actually made me miss home. I'm from Vietnam but I've been living in Ireland for the past 5 years now. It's nice to see my culture seen by someone I watch for such a long time and seeing some of the place I recognise as well. Thank you Joey. Maybe come and visit Ho Chi Minh next time, would love to show you around.

The anxiety level experienced just watching Joey through the screen was palpable. Super contrast at the end from all the beauty and wonder of the first half. Definitely a powerful journey and an incredible vlog, Joey. (And Happy B-Day to The Anime Mom!)

Joey learned fast: In most of Southeast Asia, the higher up you go, the less humid it becomes (with some exceptions for coastal areas, or anywhere near large bodies of water); this is usually why people escape the hot weather by either going up the hills, or vacationing by the ocean. Japan is further up above the equator, and thus would usually be cooler and drier. Joey and his family hit all the great spots and took joy not only in the scenery and the food, but also getting to know the people they met in their travels. I think that makes for a perfect tourist experience.

Ur dad is so chill i love his vibe we need more people like him on this planet

Hiii Joey, glad to see you enjoyed yourself in Vietnam. I saw you in Sapa but wanted to leave you alone with your family (absolutly not because of me freezing in the presence of you lmao). You're always welcome back to Vietnam and show case what Vietnam is really about!! Sending our Vietnamese love to you ❤❤

This feels like such a different side of Joey thanks for the tour of Vietnam

Thanks for vlogging your Vietnam trip! Wow this makes me want to go to Vietnam myself. Im Viet-American and my mom immigrated to the US right after the Vietnam War so she doesn’t have many good things to say about her homeland sadly. But I feel like her view is skewed and that Vietnam’s changed a lot by now. It looks so beautiful!! Wow!

I went to Vietnam last year as part of a group tour and it was an amazing experience. It was so much fun to see each new place Joey visited and to be like “hah! I was there!” The food was great, the history was super interesting and insightful, the architecture was amazing. The only downside was the heat and humidity but you have to expect that in South East Asia. But anyway, I could live of Bahn Mi for the rest of my life.

I’m so glad that Joey visited Vietnam. As a Vietnamese, it is so awesome seeing his reaction to our culture, foods, cities and places. Hope he will come back again someday.

Happy Birthday to your mom! Never knew how much beautiful scenery there was in Vietnam. Lots of interesting history too. Looks like it would be a very interesting country to visit.

I LOVE Joey's vlogging style. It's simple, nothing crazy, well edited, plenty of his own thoughts, and I feel like this side of Joey has always been the same. Always been really down to Earth with his vlogs, and I like that a lot. No need to try hard here! I hope you loved Vietnam, Joey, it looks like an awesome place, rich with culture and history. My only experience is with the absolutely DELICIOUS food. Highly recommend Vietnamese food. Food is the gateway to the soul. Edit: Oh my god... Vietnam is BEAUTIFUL.

Im a Vietnamese and been living abroad for 3 years now. Seeing ur vlog makes me miss Vietnam so much. Btw Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam, not HCM city although HCM city is bigger than Hanoi. Nice vlog nevertheless

You could just see the pure happiness on joey’s face

I'm from Vietnam, been watching Joey for a while now but for some reason, I never expected him to visit Vietnam. Me and my family are going to Hanoi pretty soon for a 5 days trip and watching this gave me a bit of insight on what to expect. A bit disappointed that my hometown (Da Nang) didn’t get much screen time though but it’s still a pleasant surprise nonetheless.

You’ve already been to quite an amount of countries now, it’s nice to see you’re having fun :)

Some fun fact about every place Joey when by in Việt Nam: - Hà Nội is one of the oldest city in Việt Nam and had being the capital since the 1010 (yes). - Bus trip in Việt Nam mostly have a half way break every tip, mostly for the driver because maybe it were their only break time for them, plus car license test is expense and most of bus trip driver is 100% do have license from military duty. The rest area is mostly made from the local though - Sa Pa is the only place in Việt Nam able to have snow in the winter, it not as beauty as you would think. Sa Pa is a small province, it was never been a tourism place before because it was mostly small villages of Vietnamese ethnic live. But since the weather was so great that they open the tourism from it. - Hạ Long bay is an UNESCO World Heritage and the second one in Việt Nam, the name meaning is "descending dragon". - Hội An is also an UNESCO and the third one. The town official name if "Ancient Town Hội An", although have been keep the look since the 16th-17th century and way before that more. - Hồ Chí Minh city is maybe not an ideal place for tourism but since this is the biggest city and not the capital, they have a lot mark of modern history in Việt Nam and you mostly know it was the Vietnam War (we called it American War though). The France influence in Việt Nam also made this city having more better environment than the North cities. Those are reason made this city a second best place to go in Việt Nam, Hội An is the best after all - The Củ Chi tunnel was dig bigger for tourism, imagine it was smaller and darker and so fricking deep in the war. Still can't imagine how the veteran made that.

I'm surprised that you came to our country for a trip. Hope your family and yourself enjoyed the trip in our country. Thanks for coming on behalf of all of your fellow viewers from Vietnam

Ooh we're eating good today! More vlogs and now with Joey's family! Happy to see you enjoy your time in Vietnam!

Living vicariously through travel vlogs and this was an amazing view of Vietnam! Your family is so cute and your dad is cool AF

Bro wrote the title like he spent 15 days in prison😭😭

Feels somewhat surreal seeing Joey walking the places I've been to before, it's nostalgic. Part of me wished I was outside during his stay so I might get to meet him lol.

omgggggggg Joey I can't believe you're finally experiencing Vietnam. Love ya and the boys alot!!

That was super interesting! Thanks. Happy Birthday to your Mom.

the viet cong were so innovative, some of the best to ever do it. truly a testament to lengths people can go when motivated by a just struggle for liberation.

Welcome to Vietnam, Joey! I am glad that you have visited our country. Sorry for any inconvenience that may occur during your trip but I hope that you really enjoyed your time spent here.

That's so crazy! I also went to VN for 2 weeks for the first time, in between June and July and my family and I did the same thing where we went all the way up North and then back down South! I wish I got to spend more time in Ho Chi Minh City. We did so much hiking and got to see the Angel's Eye Mountain as well as the waterfall. As a Vietnamese viewer, I'm so glad to see more people posting their visit to Vietnam!

a little correction on the video, ha noi is actually the capitol of vietnam, and hcm city is the most populated city in vietnam. thanks for visiting vietnam, hope you had a great trip and i enjoyed this video very much!

I feel like the crusader in Indiana jones at the moment by saying "You have chosen wisely" to pick being with family over anime expo. lol. I am so glad you were able to go and have a amazing time with them. There are times I wish I had spent more time with one part of my family before we moved and I do regret not being able to. (I was really little though so I thought I had all the time in the world then)

I'm off to Vietnam this November and this has got me so excited! Gland you andyour fam had a great time and Happy Birthday to your mum!

Love how, when Joey and his dad are together, they're just vibing big time. Reminds me of whenever I team up with my mom and we inflict ourselves on the world.

Nice one Sir, you have captured the re-watch trifecta: The atmosphere, Mood, Immersion (i just made that up), Can watch this over and over. Good work :D

BEAUTIFUL VIEWS!!!! Happy birthday to Momma Anime Man ~

Love this video. I’m actually planning to go to Vietnam in the next 2-3 years so I’ll be sure to rewatch this once I know I’m going for ideas. As far as where you should go, I went to Taiwan years ago and loved it. Wonderful place. If you’re looking for some place further away, Malta is a small island in the Mediterranean and one of my favorite places on earth

The caves at the bay was probably my favorite part. The war historic place was a very harsh reminder of how bad war is. I think people often forget that in times of peace. I wouldn't wish it on anyone. I personally always wanted to travel the Greek isles. Love me some Greek mythology and taking a cruise in the Aegean Sea would be a dream come true. Probably why I loved the caves the most in this video. So spiritual and mythical. They also somewhat reminded me of the temples in Final Fantasy X.

Thank you for the video! You could have not vlog your stay at Vietnam since it was a family vacation, but you did. I'm so glad for that because it's been so many years since I visited. It feels nostalgic and I'm glad to see some things stayed the same and that you and your family enjoyed Vietnam!

All i ever saw was the hustlin and bustlin of the cities of vietnam. I didnt expect those views outside of the city. Its beautiful and kinda evokes a feeling of wanderlust in me. Great Vlog! 😊

Love Joey's vlog style, its so raw and authentic. Hoping to see even more of this kind of content in the future!

Happy birthday to Mom!! She looks great!! Gg love this video! Love the video! I love learning about different cultures it’s beautiful!! Love 🤗🫶🏻

Love this!! Your family is very chill. I’m also amazed that both of your parents can still hike up mountains and caves at their age!

1 hour of Joey travelling? What an unexpected treat!

Thanks for the vid man, I'm putting this place on the list to visit for sure!

Thanks for visiting our country 🇻🇳

Thanks for the Vlog Joey! It was great! ...honestly it's got me thinking I should record some of our travels in Africa >.>...

I went to Vietnam this year for the first as well, it was quite shocking sometimes but it really put things in perspective. I'm editing all my Vietnam videos right now, and I look back on it very fondly!

the bunker is claustrophobia nightmare fuel. it's like it kept going on and on and on and there's no end in sight. but this was a lovely vlog! Thoroughly enjoyed the rest of the video. except for the bunker snippet. Your family seems like fun people to hang out with too! may I know if you've traveled to Cambodia? there are a lot of places there that feel mystical too.

Opening scene..."we're not going to do anything illegal...on camera." Love your trip videos!

Joey your travel vlogs are beautiful! I love that you show a genuine appreciation and respect for the places you visit! Thank you for sharing your experience and thank your beautiful family for letting us tag-along!

Glad u enjoyed our country mate

Joey should try vlogging more often. His vlogs are really nice and seem authentic.

This was very fun to watch - now I want to go to Vietnam! Also your dad is a whole vibe

Animom telling the buffalo “good job!” On their hike is so cuteeee

This was awesome! I can’t wait for the Korean trip!!!!! North to South again pls

VIETNAM MENTIONED 🎉🎉🎉🎉

19:27 I climbed up that same mountain when I visited Ha Long Bay back in early 2020. Lots of steps to get up, but the view was amazing. And as Joey mentioned, it felt more dangerous going down. Not only was the incline steep, but the steps were not very wide, either. Cool to see Joey visit a lot of the places I went to when I visited. Missed out on Sa Pa, though, so that's on my list when I go back in the future.

your mom is having an awesome birthday, I would like to visit Vietnam too someday.

What an incredible trip you had with your family. Thank you for sharing with us.

Haha love that you filmed this trip! I've always wanted to go to Vietnam but who knows if I'll be able! So living bicuriously through you is awesome! And it's also mind blowing that with the war neither side won and it essentially was just the most horrific war crime war you can imagine.

Vietnam is a fantastic place to travel. That sapa hike was super nostalgic, especially the mud slopes and buffalo

You’re like the 5th of my fav content creators uploading Vietnam trips in the last two weeks ahaha and you’re all vastly different types of RU-vidrs ahaha

so cool that you and your family went to Vietnam. My family hasn't been back for almost 20 years. The last time was only for my dad to see his family for a funeral and that was 10 years ago. Thanks for filming it was so nice to see Vietnam through your pov

Nice! I didn't think you'd be visiting Vietnam. Hope you enjoyed the experience! - From your Vietnamese viewer :D

Vietnam is beautiful. I can't help but be reminded of similar places in the Philippines that Aki can take Joey to the next time they visit. Places like Hundred Islands in Pangasinan, Coron and Puerto Princesa Subterranean River in Palawan, Banaue Rice Terraces, Sagada, Baguio, Vigan, Tagaytay, Chocolate Hills in Bohol, etc.

Vietnamese here, been followed for 6 years, I'm happy that you finally visit Vietnam.

I got to travel to Vietnam too this summer, unfortunately never got to travel to the northern part. Glad you enjoyed it too!

As a Vietnamese viewer (of your anime channel though), I can't believe you reached Sapa but didn't go to the Fansipan! The view and humidity up there is insane, definitely worth an experience (be prepared though)

thx Joey, this vlog brings memories from my internship in Vietnam. Love this country and people, wanna visit Hanoi and other places once again someday

Thank you for sharing our country's natural beauty with international friends. Viet Nam always opens arms to welcome foreigners. There are a lot of gorgeous places waiting for all of you guys.

Watching this video gives me insane flashbacks on when I went to Vietnam several years ago. We only stayed around the parts of Hue (middle Vietnam) and Saigon, but I loved the view rewarded climbing on top of those mountains. Even the mundane lifestyle I stayed at a relative who owned a small coffee shop, was such a sight and an experience! Glad you enjoyed the trip!!

Not related to the video but I would love to hear Joey talk about Japanese literature especially those that can’t be translated (or just books in general)

as a vietnamese viewer im really glad that u enjoyed ur time here, hopefully when u return i can have a chance to meet you in person

Keep up the awesome work and videos Joey

Hell yeah the places you went to in Vietnam looked sick dude

My boy was in my country, let’s gooooo!

ughhh I'm so jealous. I've always wanted to visit Vietnam. I'm planning a trip there next year!

Went to Vietnam for 2 weeks for a school trip like 15 years ago and remember visiting some of these places, Ha Long Bay and Marble Mountain were some of my favourite places.

Thank you for vlogging your trip to Vietnam. I hope you and your family enjoyed yall's stay there! Before covid me and my family would visit our family there every other year, along with being able to visit other cities and touristy areas. I really do miss it, so this vid helped fill in that hole a little bit. I would also like to provide some info from the vid to give context or correct some things that were said. 1. Larger vans are fairly popular in Vietnam as a means of group travel or as rural busses. They can be a bit more expensive so an alternative would be to take a big long distance bus instead, or just scooter the entire way. Also the rest area at 5:34 are located everywhere and would be the equivalent to the Japanese highway rest areas in terms of what they offer. 2. Local Vietnamese businesses/restaurant's will just slap on English words or popular characters on their signs cause its popular and would stand out to attract customers. Most of the time they don't have permission to use those characters or logos but no one really cares there. 3. Night markets/streets are pretty popular in Vietnam and are in most cities/big towns. They are used as a spot for people to hang out, eat, and chill at night when its cooler outside. 4. At 28:12, the game that the two statues are playing is Chinese Chess. My grandparents/aunts/uncles taught me how to play it when I was younger but I don't remember any of it now. I think it plays pretty similarly to western Chess but I could be wrong. 5. A small correction at 37:51, the capital of Vietnam is Hanoi. Ho Chi Minh City (Formally known as Saigon) was the former capital of South Vietnam. It was renamed to Ho Chi Minh City after the war. 6. Another place I would recommend for people to visit while in Saigon would be the Independence Palace, which was the former capital building to South Vietnam. Its a museum now and I remember going through it as a teen with my family. I remember it being a very powerful and humbling experience about how war can be. 7. The Cu Chi Tunnels are another reminder of how brutal war can be. I remember visiting this as a teen and saw the deadly traps and tight caves. My parents used to tell me stories of the war and how close the fighting got to their small town that is just a few hours away from the southern most point of Vietnam. It really is scary how close war can get to you.

For me being Vietnamese I appreciated that you traveled there!

I love the way he compare the village in Sapa with a village in Vietnam. You made my day friend. A new Vietnamese fan from France . Thank you for visiting our country 🇻🇳❣️

Vietnam will make my vacation to Portugal in October well like a day trip to the beach.

This video is a breath of fresh air for me specially because im heading out to my first year of college soon and it definitely took some stress away so im very glad you uploaded this joey.

I'm Vietnamese and I've never realized how the english translations of the caves and mountains sound so surreal

Okay, you've convinced me that I very well might want to visit Vietnam! 15 days is a pretty long stay and I don't have any friends or family who would join me for this, so I would be on my own and would cut the time down. But I would love to do maybe some of the hiking shown and explore the Buddhist caves. And as an American, wouod definitely visit the war museum. I've seen some images of what "Agent Orange" did, but I know that's not even the half of it.

26:22 oh dude you have no idea, a lot of people travel to Hoi An *JUST* to buy suits. It's the town for some of the best Italian style tailor of the country, and it's mindboggling how they're able to do it for a ridiculously affordable price

Your comparison of Cao Lau and Udon were spot on. Hoi An was a trading port for foreign merchants back in the 16 century. Many Japanese merchants come to trade and brought Udon with them. They also built many temples that are still in the city to this day. One of them even married a princess here.

about those tunnels, back then the us soldiers had to clear those tunnels with nothing but a flashlight and a M1911 pistol. they were nicknamed "tunnel rats". those boobytraps you saw were also placed in those tunnels knowing that in case they get discovered they would fall in them in the darkness of those tunnels

Hi Joey! Loved that you showed my motherland in your vlog! Vietnam holds a near and dear place in my heart and watching your vlog brought me back to my childhood! The next time you visit, definitely visit Hue! It has a lot to offer, especially since it was the old imperial city! Much love my dude!

Lovely to see you and your family get to visit my adopted home country. If you ever come again you should definitely go and do the Hai Giang loop. A really nice motorbike trip. Also just hehe HCMC is not the capital of Vietnam, Ha Noi is hehe 😂