Inside the Ho Chi Minh City Travel Guide

Top Hotels in Ho Chi Minh City

Caravelle Hotel

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Once the gathering spot of wartime journalists, this recently renovated up-market hotel is now a comfortable refuge for business and leisure travelers …

Omni Saigon Hotel

Renaissance Riverside Hotel Saigon

Rex Hotel

Grand Hotel

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Great food at a very cheap price, but can be very hot in certain months and has dangerous traffic with pick pocketing.

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Introduction

Ho Chi Minh City is the heart and soul of Vietnam. It's a bustling, dynamic and industrious centre, the largest city in the country, the economic capital and the cultural trendsetter. Yet within the teeming metropolis are the timeless traditions and beauty of an ancient culture.

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Not to miss

Jade Emperor Pagoda Built in 1909 by the Cantonese (Quang Dong) Congregation, the Jade Emperor Pagoda is truly a gem among Chinese temples. It is one of the most spectacularly colourful pagodas in HCMC, filled with statues of phantasmal divinities and grotesque heroes. The pungent smoke of …

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Facts for the Traveller

Population : 6063000 Area : 2356km² Longitude / Latitude : 106.662452698 / 10.7591819763 Currency : Dong (VND) Weights & Measures system : Metric

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Getting there & Getting around

Getting there Ho Chi Minh City's Tan Son Nhat International Airport hosts flights from many major international airports, as well as domestic flights from 11 centres. If you can't travel directly to HCMC, the next best route is via Bangkok, Hong Kong or Singapore. Buses run to the city from …

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History

Recent History After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the government - deprived of much-needed aid - had no choice but to seek reconciliation with the West. Ho Chi Minh City took doi moi , the period of rapid political and economic change of the 1980s and 1990s, to its heart, constructing new …

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Weather

Being only 10.5° above the equator and between 5 and 10m (16-35ft) above sea level, Ho Chi Minh City is almost a template for tropical weather. Temperatures rarely vary from about 30°C (86°F); however, the seven- or eight-month wet season can certainly make things wet, sweaty and …

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Overview of Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City, or, Saigon as it is once again commonly known, is a relatively young city for Asia, founded just in the 18th century. Settled mainly by civil-war refugees from north Vietnam and Chinese merchants, it quickly became a major commercial center. When the French took over a land they …

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Overview

Once romantically referred to by the French as the Pearl of the Orient, Ho Chi Minh City is still called Saigon by almost everyone who lives there. It is a modern city by Asian standards and has only been under firm Vietnamese control for a little more than 200 years. The city's character remains …

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