Relax a little. Travel the world. From anywhere. No passport, no plane ticket and no luggage.
Experience the same sights, sounds and stories your guide experiences as a local from their Vietnamese perspective while broadcasting their surroundings of where people live, work, shop, eat while on foot and a motorbike. Listen to their condensed version of Ho Chi Minh City's history and culture.
• A Communist apartment complex.
• A vibrant local market with products you have never seen before.
✏ Please note that the Wet Market portion presents some raw animal and seafood products (NOT VEGAN-friendly ^^)
Ho Chi Minh City,
(Vietnamese: Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh; [tʰàjŋ̟ fǒ hò cǐ mīŋ̟] or [tʰàn fǒ hò cǐ mɨ̄n] ()),
formerly and commonly known as Saigon,
(Vietnamese: Sài Gòn; [sàj ɣɔ̀n] or [ʂàj ɣɔ̀ŋ] ()),
is the largest city in Vietnam, situated in the south. In the southeastern region, the city surrounds the Saigon River and covers about 2,061 square kilometres.
Region: Southeast
Founded: 1698
Founded by: Nguyễn Hữu Cảnh
Capital: District 1
Districts:1 sub-city, 16 urban districts & 5 rural districts
Population on 1 April 2019: 8,993,082 (1st)
Time zone: ICT (UTC+07:00)
The city was the capital of South Vietnam until the end of the Vietnam War with North Vietnamese victory in 1975. In 1976, the government of the unified Vietnam renamed Saigon in honor of Hồ Chí Minh.
