The Fito Museum, located at 41 Hoang Du Khuong Street in District 10, Ho Chi Minh City, stands as Vietnam’s first museum dedicated to traditional Vietnamese medicine and pharmacy. Established in 2007, this unique cultural…
The Thich Quảng Đức Monument marks the exact location where Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk Thich Quảng Đức self-immolated on June 11, 1963, in protest of the South Vietnamese government’s persecution of Buddhists. The famous photograph…
The Southern Women’s Museum, located at 202 Vo Thi Sau Street, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, stands as a representation of the contributions of Vietnamese women throughout history. Established in 1985, this three-story colonial-style…
23rd September Park (Công viên 23 Tháng 9) is a significant urban green space located in District 1 of Ho Chi Minh City, stretching between Pham Ngu Lao Street and Le Lai Street. The park…
Tao Dan Park 62 Truong Dinh Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City Hours: 5:00 AM – 10:00 PM daily Spanning nearly 25 Acres in central Saigon, Tao Dan Park stands as one of the…
Beside the Zoo in District 1 there is a small but lovely museum devoted to Vietnam history. Like many of the museums in Vietnam they have a policy of charging photographers with SLR or other…
The War Remnants Museum stands as one of Ho Chi Minh City‘s most visited museums, documenting the effects of the Vietnam War through photographs, artifacts, and military equipment. Originally opened in 1975 as the “Exhibition…
The Reunification Palace (Dinh Độc Lập), located at 135 Nam Ky Khoi Nghia Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, stands as one of Vietnam’s most significant historical landmarks. This modernist structure, completed in 1966,…
Nguyen Van Binh Book Street, commonly known as Saigon Book Street, is a 100-meter pedestrian-only street located in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, between the historic Central Post Office and the People’s Committee Building.…
Buu Long Temple (Thiền viện Bửu Long) stands as one of Ho Chi Minh City’s most striking Buddhist structures, located at 81 Nguyen Xieng, Long Binh Ward, District 9. The temple complex rises majestically from…