Is 10 days enough for a Vietnam trip?

Ten days in Vietnam is a good length, provided nobody tries to turn it into a full national survey. That is where many plans go wrong. Vietnam looks manageable on a map, almost neat, but the country stretches a long way and does not travel in straight lines. Airports sit outside cities. Rain changes plans. A bay cruise has a fixed boarding time. Hoi An asks for slow mornings, not a stopwatch. For Indian travellers, a Vietnam itinerary 10 days from India makes sense when it has a spine, not ten loose limbs.