The ranking list was revealed by the US magazine at the Star Awards held in February.

Accordingly, the other three hotels, including InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort, Park Hyatt Saigon, and The Reverie Saigon were also rated four stars.

The nation was ranked fourth in the number of five-star hotels in Southeast Asia, after Indonesia with four hotels, Singapore with four hotels, and Thailand with three hotels).

The Forbes Travel Guide identifies itself as the only global independent assessment unit in the hotel business. Only 20% of hotels rated by the organisation are five-star hotels.

The Forbes Travel Guide's five-star ranking is the gold standard in the hotel industry and only honours "superior service, state-of-the-art facilities and impeccable service quality".

Founded back in 1958, the Forbes Travel Guide is the oldest travel handbook in the US and is the first to offer a five-star rating system for the hotel industry.