Tag: hcmc
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- HCMC Metro Line 1: A Rider Guide
How to ride Ho Chi Minh City's Metro Line 1 — the stations, fares, hours, and where the Bến Thành to Thảo Điền corridor is genuinely useful for visitors.
transport · Updated 2026-07-20 - Cu Chi tunnels day trip from HCMC
The Viet Cong tunnel network — Ben Dinh vs Ben Duoc, half-day vs full-day, what the experience is actually like, plus the speed-boat alternative.
day trips · Updated 2026-07-06 - Day trips from HCMC
The 8 day-trips from HCMC — Cu Chi tunnels, Mekong Delta, Vung Tau, Cao Dai, Long Hai beach, Can Gio mangroves, Tay Ninh, Buu Long.
day trips · Updated 2026-07-06 - Mekong Delta day trip from HCMC — and why two days is better
My Tho and Ben Tre on a one-day tour vs Can Tho on a two-day. The honest read on what the rushed one-day tour actually shows you.
day trips · Updated 2026-07-06 - Củ Chi Tunnels (Day Trip from HCMC)
The Việt Cộng tunnel network outside Saigon — 250 km of underground passages, hospitals, kitchens, command posts. Two main visitor sites and a stark history.
attractions · Updated 2026-07-05 - HCMC Bình Thạnh District
The residential district adjacent to D1 — Landmark 81 (Vietnam's tallest building), good food, mid-priced apartments popular with younger expats.
regions · Updated 2026-07-05 - HCMC District 1 (Quận 1): The Historic Core
Saigon's tourist and business heart — French colonial architecture, Bến Thành market, the Reunification Palace, the Opera House, and where most visitors stay.
regions · Updated 2026-07-05 - Thảo Điền (HCMC District 2 / Thủ Đức City)
The leafy riverside expat enclave east of central HCMC — international schools, Western restaurants, art galleries, and a different rhythm from Saigon proper.
regions · Updated 2026-07-05 - HCMC District 3 (Quận 3): Old Villas and Quiet Streets
Central but calmer than D1 — French colonial villas, leafy boulevards, Tao Đàn park, and some of the city's most established restaurants.
regions · Updated 2026-07-05 - HCMC District 5 (Chợ Lớn): The Chinese Quarter
The 19th-century Chinese-Vietnamese (Hoa) merchant quarter — Bình Tây market, Thiên Hậu temple, Cantonese herbalists, and HCMC's best dim sum.
regions · Updated 2026-07-05 - HCMC District 7 (Phú Mỹ Hưng): The Planned International Suburb
A 600-hectare planned new town in HCMC's south — international schools, Korean and Japanese communities, leafy streets, and Crescent Mall as its centre.
regions · Updated 2026-07-05 - HCMC Gò Vấp District
Working-class residential district northwest of central HCMC — authentic local food, big markets, and the everyday HCMC that 9 million people actually live in.
regions · Updated 2026-07-05 - HCMC Phú Nhuận District
Central residential district between District 1 and the airport — long-established Vietnamese community, decent street food, growing café culture.
regions · Updated 2026-07-05 - HCMC Tân Bình District (Airport Area)
The airport district, with Korean Town along Lê Văn Sỹ and Phạm Văn Hai, large markets, and cheap accommodation for early-flight nights.
regions · Updated 2026-07-05 - Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)
Vietnam's largest city — commercial, cosmopolitan, hot year-round, and full of motorbikes. Still widely called Saigon by locals.
regions · Updated 2026-07-05 - Southern Vietnam: HCMC, the Mekong Delta, and the Islands
Ho Chi Minh City, the rice-rich Mekong delta, Phú Quốc and Côn Đảo islands, and the hot, flat, year-round-warm south.
regions · Updated 2026-07-05 - Cost of Living in Ho Chi Minh City
HCMC-specific cost detail: rent by district, food, transport, healthcare and entertainment by lifestyle tier.
living in vietnam · Updated 2026-06-11 - Tan Son Nhat Airport (HCMC)
Guide to Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City — getting in, ground transport, facilities, and the best way to leave.
transport · Updated 2026-05-21 - Parking in HCMC, Hanoi and Đà Nẵng — motorbikes and cars
Where to park, what it costs, the foreign-tourist gotcha at major sights, and the apps that find parking spots in HCMC and Hanoi.
transport · Updated 2026-05-21 - Finding an Apartment in Ho Chi Minh City
Facebook groups, agents, district price ranges and the deposit conventions that confuse newcomers in HCMC.
living in vietnam · Updated 2026-05-21 - International Schools in Ho Chi Minh City
ISHCMC, BIS, SSIS, EIS, AISVN, RISS — fees, curricula, waiting lists and how to actually choose.
living in vietnam · Updated 2026-05-21 - Vietnam museums worth visiting
The 12 Vietnamese museums that justify a half-day — War Remnants, Ethnology, Vietnamese History, Cham Sculpture, plus the smaller specialty ones.
history · Updated 2026-05-21 - Vietnamese street food culture by region
Hanoi pavement-corner culture, Hue royal-cuisine-on-the-street, HCMC mobile vendors, Mekong floating markets — the regional street food map.
culture · Updated 2026-05-21 - Where to Stay in Ho Chi Minh City
District 1 for tourists, Thảo Điền for expat life, Phú Mỹ Hưng for families with kids, District 3 for calmer central — a clear comparison of HCMC's main accommodation neighbourhoods.
regions · Updated 2026-05-21 - Vietnamese real estate market by city
Property price trends in HCMC, Hanoi, Da Nang and the secondary cities — what is happening in 2026 and the foreign-buyer angle.
economy · Updated 2026-05-21 - War Remnants Museum (HCMC)
The most-visited museum in HCMC — a sobering, well-curated account of the Vietnam War from the Vietnamese perspective, with extensive photography from both sides.
attractions · Updated 2026-05-17