Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) (Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) & Cu Chi) Travel Guide 2026

Highlights & What to See in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)

• Independence Palace (Reunification Palace) & War Remnants Museum — Step inside the preserved 1960s modernist presidential bunkers and cabinet rooms (65,000 ₫) and visit the War Remnants Museum two blocks away (40,000 ₫).
• Saigon Central Post Office (1891), Book Street & Notre-Dame Cathedral — Send a postcard from beneath the vaulted Gustave Eiffel-Workshop iron roof and browse leafy Nguyen Van Binh Book Street.
• 42 Nguyen Hue Cafe Apartment Building & Dong Khoi — Climb the 9-story 1960s residential block converted into dozens of independent balcony cafés and boutiques.
• Jade Emperor Pagoda (Chùa Ngọc Hoàng) & Cholon (District 5 Chinatown) — Incense-wreathed Taoist-Buddhist temples (Thien Hau Temple) and bustling Binh Tay Market.
• Cu Chi Tunnels by Saigon River Speedboat or Morning Coach — Explore the 250 km subterranean network at quieter Ben Duoc (90,000 ₫) or Ben Dinh (125,000 ₫).

Transit & Getting There

Connect to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) via Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) Central Station (Vietnam Railways (Đường sắt Việt Nam) Reunification Express (SE1/SE2, SE3/SE4, SE19/SE20) & Chapa/Lotus VIP Sleepers) and local transit using Grab App, Hanoi Airport Bus 86.