Things to do in Ho Chi Minh-byen

If you look for a city with pictures of modernity in Vietnam, Saigon should be the best. Officially re-named as Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon as known by most of foreign tourists is a young but thriving metropolis, with an obvious Western flavor and influence offering quite a different experience than Hanoi or any other town.

This is the biggest commercial hub of the country, the rendezvous of not just business people but business movers. Beside its hectic life, Saigon remains and preserves traces of brilliant history in the Notre Dame Cathedral, Reunification Palace, Grand Hall, Museums, temples, Cu Chi Tunnel system and so forth.

It obviously promises sufficient fascinating things to discover, whilst it remains as a center for mixed cultures and worth several days to hang around. Saigon is doing its best to regain its famous name from early 20th century: "The Pearl of the Far Orient".