Vietnam Film Locations: Beyond the Famous Sites

When most people contemplate filming in Vietnam, they often conjure images of Ha Long Bay's limestone karsts or the busy streets of Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City. While these parts of the country are certainly filmable, Vietnam's filming potential is much larger than just its best-known destinations. Vietnam is a place of contrasts and variety, with beautiful landscapes, rich cultures, and so many visual narratives to be found. This guide is meant to introduce you to Vietnam film locations that offer something new and different.

##The Appeal of the Unknown: the benefits of exploring wider

There are numerous benefits to exploring beyond the mainstream:

•Something Different: Global audiences have seen cultural and visual scenes that we rarely film - landscapes and cultural scenes with completely different aesthetic and unique visuals give your project something special.

•Authenticity - Options to explore more traditional ways of life and untouched natural beauty. Vietnam has a range of opportunities to film more authentic or undocumented ways of life, particularly in documentaries and cultural narratives.

•Less Crowded - In a lot of cases, the issues of planning around tourist attractions, and capturing busy streets can be avoided with less crowds.

•Cost and Flexibility - Unexpected locations or less-known regions sometimes have fewer demands on film making activity and cheaper costs.

Northern Vietnam: Mountains, Rice Terraces and Ethnic Minorities

North of Hanoi is a vast area of rugged mountains, rice terraces, and many ethnic minority groups. The journey from Hanoi to the North West shows dramatic landscapes as you move from urban into multi-colored landscapes...

•Sapa filming locations: Known for manicured cascading rice terraces and mountainous landscape lost in the mist, Sapa and its surrounding villages another filming option to capture the stunning scenery and get a glimpse of life amongst some of Vietnam's many ethnic groups, including the Hmong, Dao, or other representatives of the 54 ethnic groups. This region is ideal for documentaries, travelogues, and can provide dramatic backdrops for fiction. • Ha Giang Loop Filming: The mountainous province of Ha Giang, with its world famous loop is home to some of the best and most epic and untouched mountain scenery in Vietnam, a perfect backdrop for adventure films and automobile commercials, with winding roads, deep valleys, and traditional towns to film from a very isolated and grand perspective.

• Cao Bang: Home to the most beautiful Ban Gioc Waterfall in Vietnam and many caves and caves systems, Cao Bang has beautiful untouched landscape and deep history.

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Central Vietnam: Historic Towns, Beautiful Coastlines and History

Central Vietnam is a combination of historic charm, beautiful coastlines and breathtaking landscapes.

• Hoi An Filming - The ancient town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site with its still perfectly preserved architecture, and streets lined with lanterns along a tranquil river to give a romantic timeless feel to many period pieces or intimate stories.

• Hue Filming Locations - The previously imperial capital is rich with history and architecture such as the Imperial City, numerous royal tombs, and pagodas to create a royal and historic world and feel.

• Da Nang Beaches Filming - Da Nang has the perfect mixture of a modern city and beautiful beaches for an urban onto coastal scenery.

• Phong Nha Caves Filming - Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park is home to the largest caves in the world and a beautiful mix of untouched caving systems and magnificent landscapes to create a subtle other-worldly feel for fantasy or adventure contexts. ## Southern Vietnam: Mekong Delta, Islands, and Coastal Location.

Southern Vietnam features lush rivers, beautiful farming, and gorgeous Islands.

• Mekong Delta Locations: The expansive and fertile Mekong Delta with its complicated network of rivers, Markets (that float), canals, and beautiful fruit orchards gives a great atmosphere with natural subjects for stories of rural living, agriculture, or waterbased adventure.

• Phu Quoc Locations: This island is a real paradise with white beaches, jungles, and pristine waters, perfect for gorgeous landscapes, luxury commercials, or images requiring untouched beauty.

• Con Dao: Islands with gorgeous reefs, pristine beaches, and history, these locations represent natural beauty and historical context.

Practical Considerations for Remote Locations

As you have seen, there are a lot of creative and geographically friendly locations, but also practical challenges in getting to their locations. Accessibility can present barriers, and local knowledge and support becomes magnified significantly. The time to obtain permits to film in Vietnam for remote, and potentially sensitive locations might add additional time, and definitely require local knowledge. In this case hiring a fixer in Vietnam is essential.

Your Chinese Whisper to the Hidden Locations in Vietnam: Fixers in Vietnam

Fixers in Vietnam is a location scouting Vietnam company with a vast staffing network, and a close familiarity on the geography and culture of the country. Our friendly team can help you find these hidden gems, offer localized support and interpretation, take care of all the logistics and identify and fast-track permits ensuring that complicated shooting processes run as smooth as possible in the most challenging of locations. We are also able to deliver all production services Vietnam meaning that you can focus on your vision.

Conclusion

While the country offers numerous cinematic opportunities, particularly in rural places away from mainstream tourism in central and southern Vietnam, Vietnam provides you the opportunity to realise a wide range of landscapes that may well be unique, in order to distinguish your project in a very competitive marketplace. Let Fixers in Vietnam help you find perfect, unconventional Vietnam film locations for your next work of art. Contact us today and realise the entire cinematic possibilities that this beautiful country has to offer.