Welcome to
Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City — still widely called Saigon — is Vietnam's most kinetic and commercially driven metropolis, a city that has transformed itself from wartime devastation into one of Southeast Asia's fastest-growing economies with remarkable speed and energy. The streets pulse with millions of motorbikes weaving between French colonial buildings, modern skyscrapers, and street food carts serving the world's best banh mi and pho. The War Remnants Museum provides an essential and sober counterpoint, while the Mekong Delta day trips, the Cu Chi tunnels, and the extraordinary food scene of Bui Vien street make the city endlessly fascinating.
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Ben Thanh Market
Ho Chi Minh City's iconic covered market, where commerce and chaos meet.
Bitexco Financial Tower
Ho Chi Minh City's skyline anchor, with a helipad jutting out like a lotus petal.
Bui Vien Walking Street
Ho Chi Minh City's wildest street comes alive after dark.
Central Post Office
Gustave Eiffel's grand colonial post office, still sending letters after 130 years.
Cu Chi Tunnels
A 250km wartime tunnel network hiding beneath the Vietnamese jungle floor.
Jade Emperor Pagoda
A living Taoist temple thick with incense smoke and centuries of devotion.
Mekong Delta
A vast river labyrinth where rice paddies, floating markets, and canal life unfold at water level.
Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica
French colonial Gothic in the heart of a Vietnamese megacity.
Reunification Palace
The building where the Vietnam War ended, preserved exactly as it fell.
War Remnants Museum
Vietnam's most unflinching account of war, told through the evidence it left behind.
Why should you go to Ho Chi Minh City
What other travelers have to say, based on real reviews.