Travel Guides

One of the earliest known records of the area now known as Ho Chi Minh City says that it was a small fishing village called Prey Nokor, inhabited by Khmer people. In the year 1623 Vietnamese refugees...

Ho Chi Minh City (former Saigon) is the economic capital of Vietnam. It is situated by the side of the Saigon River towards the northern part of the Mekong River delta.

Located on the southeastern part of Vietnam, on the right bank of River Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City has a tropical climate. Its location being very close to the sea, climate of the city steadily varies...

Ho Chi Minh City is the commercial center and the largest metropolis of Vietnam. Situated in the southern region of Vietnam, this area is dominated by the estuary of the Mekong River system and is...

In Quang Ngai Commune of Cat Tien District there is a cluster of interesting archeological sites. To get there from Ho Chi Minh City, follow National Road No. 20 to the T-junction named Nga Ba...

Dong Khoi has been mentioned most about becoming HCM City's first pedestrian street, but it is Luu Van Lang, a small street on the side of Ben Thanh market, that has that distinction.

Tao Dan Cultural Park in HCM City's District 1 has long been an entertainment and recreational venue for Saigonese.

After several years of being left deserted, the secret tunnel under Gia Long Palace, now the HCM City Museum, is being repaired. In early 1962, when Doc Lap (Independence) Palace, now the...