Ho Chi Minh City Museum

Ho Chi Minh City Museum is formerly known as the Revolutionary Museum, located right in the center of Ho Chi Minh City. This central building attracts more newlyweds posing for photos on the front steps than anything. Originally built in 1890 by the French as a commercial museum, the building then became the residence of Japanese Governor Minoda. It once was also the office of the Nam Bo Provisional [...]

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War Remnants Museum in Saigon

The War Remnants Museum is one of the most impressive and popular monuments in Ho Chi Minh City (old Saigon). The museum is attractive not only for Vietnamese but also for foreigners. The War Remnants Museum posesses a comprehensive collection of the machinery, weapons, photos, and documentation of Vietnam's wars with the both the French and Americans. It was once called the War Crimes Museum, which [...]

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Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral

Considered the economic and cutural center of Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City attracts a large number of visitors annually. Coming to Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), the visitors not only have the chance to enjoy the active pace of life here, but also have the chance to explore the peaceful spaces in this city. Situated right in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon Notre-Dame Cathedral is one of the most famous [...]

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Saigon Central Post Office

Next to Saigon Notre-Dame Cathedral sits the Saigon Central Post Office. Like the cathedral, located right in the heart of the city, the Central Post Office has long become a prominent feature of the Ho Chi Minh City (old Saigon), always included in a city tour around Ho Chi Minh City. This grand old edifice was constructed between at the end of 19th century by the famous architect Gustave Eiffel [...]

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Ben Thanh Market

Ben Thanh Market is an indispensable part in a Saigon City tour. The clock tower over the main entrance to what was formerly known as Les Halles Centrale is the symbol of Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City nowadays), and the market might as well be, too. Ben Thanh market has long been one of Saigon’s famous landmarks. Opened first in 1914, the market is very crowded, a boon for pickpockets with its narrow, one-way [...]

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Reunification Palace in Saigon

Designed as the home of former President Ngo Dinh Diem, the U.S.-backed leader of Vietnam until his assassination in 1962, Reunification Palace is most notable for its symbolic role in the fall of Saigon in April 1975, when its gates were breached by North Vietnamese tanks and the victor's flag hung on the balcony; the very tanks that crashed through the gates are enshrined in the entryway, and photos [...]

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Cu Chi Tunnels

Cu Chi Tunnel is located only 70 km from Ho Chi Minh City Center in the Northwest. It is miniature battle versatile of Cu Chi’s military and people during the 30-year struggle longtime and fierce to fight invading enemy to gain independence, freedom for their motherland. It also is the special architecture lying deeply underground with many stratums, nooks and crannies as complex as a cobweb, having [...]

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Ho Chi Minh City overview

Originally established as a Khmer trading post, more than 300 years ago, Ho Chi Minh City was destined for greater things. By the 18th century, the city, then named Saigon, had become the provincial capital of the Nguyen Dynasty. However, in the second half of the 19th century, control over the city passed to the French, and Saigon became the capital of French Cochinchina. This was a period of much [...]

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