A stroll in the woods isn't your style. A relaxing day on the beach just doesn't suit you. Instead, you're into the high-octane living style that only a cosmopolitan city can deliver. The way people speed by on motorbikes and in cars, the way vendors shout about their wares on the streets is more your pace, and it's always delicious. The pace, the action, the blurring colors, the sounds, sights, and smells: that's what you desire from your travel paradise. You want the never-ending excitement and adrenaline that beats along the city streets. Then the next time you travel, make Ho Chi Minh City your destination.

The War Remnants Museum Perhaps the most popular attraction, the War Remnants Museum features artifacts of what was left behind during the Vietnam War in the 60s. There is a good collection of American planes, tanks, and artillery, as well as a great number of pictures of the country during and after the war years.

Getting around is easy using local transport, cyclos, motorbike taxis (helmets are compulsory) or renting your own motorbike for around $3-7 per day. Pick up your free map from the Tourist Information Center, which also covers Hanoi. Other thrills of this buzzing city are the Reunification Palace, which has been left exactly as it was the day Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese. Features include a circular sofa, vintage 1960s paraphernalia and a replica tank on the front lawn. Less entertaining is the War Remnants Museum with some gruesome photographs and exhibits. The Cu Chi tunnels of the Viet Cong can also be explored, although this is not a trip for the claustrophobically inclined.

Pose for a photograph outside the City Hall, next to the statue of Uncle Ho, visit one of the very pleasant pagodas in the city with their gorgeous sculptures or visit the Dai Nam Van Hien Temple in the tourist park which also houses the zoo, shops, hotels and a huge man-made mountain.

Ho Chi Minh City is draped with beautiful architectural masterpieces such as the beautiful church, Notre Dame de Saigon. The church looks like a floating structure through the night with its magnificent lighting. Other tourist destinations are the Municipal Theater, The Ben Duoc Relic Underground Tunnels, the War Remnants Gallery, Dam Sen Trouist and Cultural Park and also the Can Gio Eco Beach Resort. Ho Chi Minh City has become satisfied with its modern theatres and cinemas that count through the hundreds.

The people of Vietnam simply love to watch movies, international and local alike. In fact, 70% of Vietnam's income comes from the movie and entertainment industry rendering it the center of its active film industry where private film outfits and companies are also based. HoChi Minh City also features plazas that are very modern and breath taking at night like the Diamond Plaza and the Kumho Asiana Plaza just situated in front of the French and US embassies. However, do not forget to indulge yourself with Vietnam's cuisines within the many restaurants in and around Ho Chi Minh.




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