Bui Vien Walking Street

Bui Vien Walking Street (Vietnamese: phố đi bộ Bùi Viện), a nightlife tourist attraction in Ho Chi Minh city, is an ideal venue for foreign guests and young Vietnamese to come to hang out, especially on weekends and holidays. This tourist area has many exciting activities to do and lots of food to try at […]

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Xa Loi Pagoda

Xa Loi Pagoda (Vietnamese: chùa Xá Lợi; chùa means pagoda) is one of the most famous pagodas in Ho Chi Minh City. The name Xá Lợi is the Vietnamese translation of Śarīra, a generic term referring to Buddhist relics. The pagoda is not only known for its typical architecture but also a mark of the […]

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Vinh Nghiem Pagoda

Vinh Nghiem Pagoda (Vietnamese: chùa Vĩnh Nghiêm; chùa means pagoda) in Ho Chi Minh city is the first pagoda in Vietnam to be built in the Vietnamese traditional architecture style, but with concrete. The pagoda attracts thousands of Buddhist followers and visitors each year. Also, it gets pretty busy on the first and fifteenth days […]

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Jade Emperor Pagoda

Jade Emperor Pagoda (Vietnamese: chùa Ngọc Hoàng; chùa means pagoda), is one of the most spectacularly atmospheric pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City. When traveling to Saigon, Jade Emperor Pagoda will be a peaceful spiritual place but will still leave you with unforgettable impressions.  General information about Jade Emperor Pagoda The pagoda was build at […]

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HCMC issues Covid safety rules to resume tourism

Tourists coming to HCMC must be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 or have recovered from the disease. Visitors aged under 18 must furnish a negative Covid test certificate obtained within 48 hours before arrival. These are among newly issued safety regulations for the city’s tourism industry as HCMC starts to gradually resume tourism activities in so-called […]

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Ba Ria-Vung Tau to allow local visitors at 4 tourist facilities

Authorities in Ba Ria-Vung Tau will allow four resorts and tourist areas in green zones to admit travelers from within Vietnam from September 15. They are the Grand Ho Tram Strip tourism complex, Melia Ho Tram beach resort and Binh Chau Hot Spring Resort in Xuyen Moc District, and Six Senses Con Dao beach resort […]

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What to eat when travelling to Tay Ninh

Tay Ninh is a dry and hot region, located in southwestern Vietnam. It’s famous for being the home of the Cao Dai religion and many unique specialties that you should try at least 1 time when coming here.  What is the specialties of Tay Ninh? 1. Salt shrimp Tay Ninh is not a coastal province […]

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Hung King Temple

Located next to the main gate in the area of ​​Saigon Zoo and Botanical Garden is an ancient architecture resembling the Hue mausoleum temple. The temple was built between 1927 – 1929 under the name Temple du Souvenir Annamite to honor the Vietnamese soldiers who fought and died for France in World War I (1914 […]

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Tan Xa Palace – The Saigon’s Oldest House

Located on the campus of the Archbishop’s Palace (180 Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City), there is an old house hidden in many adjacent high-rise zones – that’s Tan Xa Palace. “Souvenirs” of Emperor Gia Long The house was built by Emperor Nguyen Anh for Pierre Joseph Georges Pigneau, a French […]

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Saigon Opera House – Part 2: RESTORED TO ORIGIN

As our page shared in part 1 of the series about Saigon Opera House, the original Theater was decorated with a lot of reliefs and vivid statues like the Saigon City Hall but the 40s of the last century were removed to “improve, refresh style “to suit new artistic tastes. It was a great loss, […]

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