Vietnamese studio Vo Trong Nghia Architects has unveiled plans for a trio of housing towers in Ho Chi Minh City linked by aerial bridges and shielded from the harsh tropical sunlight by swathes of bamboo (+ slideshow). More about Vo Trong Nghia plans trio of towers covered in bamboo plants and linked by bridges
MIA Design Studio has completed another project at the Naman Retreat in Vietnam: a series of holiday villas featuring rooftop pools that surround sunken lounges (+ slideshow). More about MIA Design Studio creates homes with rooftop pools for Vietnamese beach resort
Curving balconies featuring tropical planting wrap a lightwell in the core of this narrow home in Ho Chi Minh City that is just 3.5 metres wide. More about Curved lightwell cuts through 3.5-metre-wide Vietnam townhouse by Kientruc O
Vietnamese studio H&P Architects has used leftover construction materials to build a multicoloured community building in the grounds of a stadium in Vietnam's Ha Tinh province (+ slideshow). More about H&P Architects sources recycled materials to build Re-ainbow community shelter in Vietnam
Vietnamese firm Vo Trong Nghia Architects has unveiled designs for a verdant university campus in Ho Chi Minh City, featuring tree-covered rooftops, balconies and a plant-filled courtyard (+ slideshow). More about Vo Trong Nghia unveils tree-covered university campus for Ho Chi Minh City
Architecture in Vietnam is changing thanks to a growing economy and thriving tourism industry. Discover over 40 examples on our new Vietnamese architecture Pinterest board, including a 460-metre-high skyscraper and a kindergarten featuring a knot-shaped roof where children can grow vegetables.
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Vietnamese office MIA Design Studio has transformed a polluted lake in the city of Qui Nhon into a scenic visitor attraction, with the addition of a waterside park that conceals a new sewage system (+ slideshow). More about Waterside park by MIA Design Studio runs alongside a lake in Vietnam
As Vietnam continues to invest in its tourist industry, all sorts of new architecture has been springing up in the country – from traditional thatched and bamboo structures by architects like Vo Trong Nghia and a21studio, to a 460-metre skyscraper underway in Ho Chi Minh City. See more stories about architecture in Vietnam »
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Plants climb all over vertical concrete louvres surrounding the facades of this holiday resort on the Vietnamese coastline designed by Vo Trong Nghia Architects (+ slideshow). More about Vo Trong Nghia's Babylon hotel building features hanging gardens on its facades
British architect Atkins has started work on a 460-metre-high skyscraper in Ho Chi Minh City, which is set to become the tallest building in Vietnam on completion. More about Atkins starts building Vietnam's tallest skyscraper in Ho Chi Minh City
White latticed screens and trailing planting shade the glazed facade of this Vietnam day spa, by MIA Design Studio, from the midday sun (+ slideshow). More about Vietnam spa by MIA Design Studio features latticed walls, hanging gardens and pools of water
This Vietnam house extension cantilevers off the edge of a stone plinth, protecting the rooms inside from annual flooding (+ slideshow). More about Nha4 Architects adds flood-proof extension to family home in Vietnam
Colourfully painted window shutters form the facade and roof of this guest house and kitchen in Ho Chi Minh City, designed by local studio Block Architects (+ slideshow). More about Facade of colourful shutters allows light and wind into Block Architects' Vegan House
This Vietnam community centre by architecture studio 1+2>3 features bamboo roofs thatched with coconut leaves, which pitch inwards to direct rainwater towards a series of planted courtyards (+ slideshow). More about Cam Thanh Community House in Vietnam features thatched roofing and secluded courtyards
Vietnamese studio MM++ Architects stripped a house back to its concrete frame to create this pared-back open-plan villa featuring red brick walls, pivoting glass doors and leafy gardens (+ slideshow). More about MM++ Architects replaces the old walls of a Vietnam house with red bricks and pivoting glass
Perforated brickwork, an open-air living space and a roof covered in palm leaves are among the traditional methods used to improve the climate inside this house in Vietnam (+ slideshow). More about Vietnam house by MM++ Architects features a palm-leaf roof and an open-air living space
A grid of 24 red brick arches frames the interior of this Vietnam coffee shop by Wangstudio, which sits between a garden and a reflective pool of water (+ slideshow). More about Wangstudio's F Coffee is a Vietnam cafe made up of 24 brick arches
Intended to encourage more austere worship for Buddhists, this stone shelter in a Vietnam city park was designed by a21studio – the firm behind the 2014 World Building of the Year (+ slideshow). More about Stone canopy by a21studio forms monastic pagoda in a Vietnam park
Perforated brick walls enclose the concrete structure of an old house in central Vietnam, which has been remodelled by architecture studio Tropical Space (+ slideshow). More about Perforated brick house by Tropical Space is based on termites' nests
A bamboo framework filled with plants surrounds the brick core of this sanitation facility designed by H&P Architects for a school in rural Vietnam (+ slideshow). More about Toigetation by H&P Architects is a bamboo toilet block covered in plants