Introducing Ho Chi Minh City

People's Committee Building and Rex Hotel at dusk.
Fasten your seatbelts as Ho Chi Minh City is a metropolis on the move – and we’re not just talking about the motorbikes that throng the streets. Saigon, as it’s known to all but city officials, is Vietnam at its most dizzying: a high-octane city of commerce and culture that has driven the whole country forward with its limitless energy. It is a living organism that breathes life and vitality into all who settle here, and visitors cannot help but be hauled along for the ride.
Saigon is a name so evocative that it conjures up a thousand jumbled images. Wander through timeless alleys to ancient pagodas or teeming markets, past ramshackle wooden shops selling silk, spices and baskets, before fast-forwarding into the future beneath sleek skyscrapers or at designer malls, gourmet restaurants and minimalist bars. The ghosts of the past live on in the churches, temples, former GI hotels and government buildings that one generation ago witnessed a city in turmoil, but the real beauty of Saigon’s urban collage is that these two worlds blend so seamlessly into one.
Whether you want the finest hotels or the cheapest guesthouses, the classiest restaurants or the most humble street stalls, the designer boutiques or the scrum of the markets, Saigon has it all. The Saigon experience is about so many things – memorable conversations, tantalising tastes and moments of frustration – yet it will not evoke apathy. Stick around this conundrum of a city long enough and you may just unravel its mysteries.
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Ho Chi Minh City image gallery


People's Committe Hall (City Hall) with statue of Ho Chi Minh in foreground.
Thuan Kieu Plaza, Ho Chi Minh City
Women with red fans at Thuan Kieu Plaza.
Fisherman, Ho Chi Minh City
Fisherman near Ho Chi Minh City.
Notre Dame Cathedral, Ho Chi Minh City
Interior, Notre Dame Cathedral.
District one, Ho Chi Minh City
French Colonial building, District 1.
Saigon Tax Trade centre café, Ho Chi Minh City
View from Saigon Tax Trade centre cafe.
Saigon by night, Ho Chi Minh City
Nguyen Hue Boulevard, Ho Chi Minh City
Nguyen Hue Boulevard in District 1.
The Rex Hotel, Ho Chi Minh City
The Rex Hotel at dusk.
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