The Journal

Everything before you book

Honest guides to playing pickleball in Vietnam — the courts, the weather, the visa, and what a week on tour is really like. Written by someone who lives here and plays.

Hoi An lanterns at night, Vietnam Start here
Playing in Vietnam

Can you play pickleball in Vietnam? (Yes — here's where)

The honest answer, city by city: where the courts are in Hanoi, Da Nang and Saigon, what they cost, whether you'll find a game as a visitor, and how the scene exploded in under two years.

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Read enough? Come play.

Small-group pickleball tours across Vietnam. Eight players max, all levels, led by a local who plays.

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