Ho Chi Minh City ranked the among world’s 18 best food cities

The travel website Thrillist has recently published an article ranking the 18 best food cities in the world, which includes Ho Chi Minh City.

Best Street Food Streets in Ho Chi Minh city

Street food in Ho Chi MinhCity (Saigon) is arguably the best in Vietnam. The street food scene in Saigon permeates every district, neighbourhood and alleyway. The city boasts so many street food outlets that Saigon feels like one gigantic open-air restaurant.

Giant kites in Saigon sky

The fields in Hoc Mon district, Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam have become a favorite place for residents to fly kites every weekend. The vacant land located between Highway 22 and a road in Hoc Mon district is considered the largest kite field in Saigon. With a width of 300 m and 1 km long, the site attracts hundreds of people every afternoon, particularly on the weekend.

The flower market that never sleeps in Saigon

Wandering the Ho Thi Kyflower market at night is an exciting experience in the life and culture of Saigonese (Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam).

Museum of traditional medicine opens to tourists

About 3,000 valuable objects of Vietnamese traditional medicine are on display at a unique museum in Ho Chi Minh City. The museum, called the Vietnam Museum of Traditional Medicine or FITO Museum, is run by the Fito Pharma Medicine Ltd Company.

Tourists take photos of newly painted Saigon Post Office

The HCM City Post Office building was re-painted on April 7. Many young people and foreign tourists have taken photos of the 130-year building. A local TV channel also shot a video about the new light yellow coat of the old building.

A visit to Saigon’s time capsule

At first I think it is not a good day to visit the Independence Palace. It is blazing hot at 1:30 p.m. as Saigon has just entered the “hotter” season. To reach the palace itself, visitors have to walk a long way from the gate under the merciless sun.

Sacred 300-year-old pagoda of the Chinese in Saigon

 Hoi Quan On Lang, also known as On Lang Pagoda, (Vietnamese: Hội Quán Ôn Lăng) was built in the 17th century by Chinese immigrants from Quanzhou in Fujian province. The nearly 300-year old pagoda is now a sacred place of worship for the Chinese community in Ho Chi Minh City’s Cho Lon area.

The life of Saigonese in 1990

The life of Saigon people more than 20 years ago is portrayed through the lens of American photographer Catherine Karnow.

Ho Chi Minh city beautiful night views

When the night falls, Saigon puts on a gorgeous, charming beauty, the testament for the development of the most modern city in Vietnam.