Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh City, commonly known as Saigon, this is a city with a turbulent and colourful past, although today it is the country’s commercial centre with over eight million inhabitants and four million motorbikes.
Visit the famous Cu Chi tunnels, a complex underground network stretching for 124 miles, which included hospitals, meeting rooms, sleeping quarters and kitchens. Begun during the last years of French rule and vastly expanded during the 1960s, the tunnels provided a base for the Vietcong from which to attack US forces within just 30 miles of Saigon.
Well worth a visit is Lively Ben Thanh market, a fascinating insight into Saigon’s daily life, you can find anything here, all at extremely good prices! The colonial-style central post office is a marvellous photo opportunity.