Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City has an incredibly exciting dining scene, thanks in part to entrepreneurial Vietnamese, a sizeable expatriate community bringing with them flavours from all around the world, and risk-taking Vietnamese who have returned from abroad to fulfil their dreams of fusing cuisines from their childhood and adopted homes.
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Vietnam's largest city, Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) – also known as Saigon – is the gateway to the steamy southern reaches of this slender Southeast Asian nation. HCMC is celebrated for its vibrant nightlife, spectacular dining, rich history and French-era architecture. It's easy to while away happy days slurping down amazing noodle soups and walking along century-old streets laid down during the Indochina era.
Bustling Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) is one of Southeast Asia’s best-value destinations. It's easy to enjoy a budget break when you can gobble down a street-side bowl of pho for a couple of bucks and soak up the buzz of life at street level for free. Accommodation and getting around are likely to be your biggest costs, but there are plenty of ways to enjoy Vietnam's southern capital without spending a penny.
Ho Chi Minh City, or Saigon as some still call it, is the largest city in Vietnam and the country’s economic capital. Though it does not boast literal millennia of history and culture like the capital Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City is still unquestionably the metropolis of the South. This no-less-historied city offers a captivating blend of old-world charm and contemporary vibrancy.
Still known by its old name of Saigon for ease,Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) is Vietnam’s southern metropolis – at times hectic, sometimes overwhelming but always worth exploring. The country’s most internationally-influenced and outward-looking city, it's a key stop for travelers to Vietnam.
