TRAVEL FOR
TOMORROW

A VIETNAM CITY JOURNAL

Alexandra Beaumont

Edited by
Alexandra Beaumont

STAY / EAT / EXPLORE

THE VIETNAM EDITIONHO CHI MINH CITY ↔ HANOI

SOUTHERN VIETNAM

Ho Chi Minh City: a base for better city days

Street-level energy, a useful hotel base and room for a food stop.

Ho Chi Minh City Hall and the Nguyen Hue square, photographed in January 2020

Steffen Schmitz (Carschten) / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · resized / displayed crop

A MANAGEABLE DAY

One area at a time.

  1. 01

    Start with one part of the city

    Group the central streets around Nguyen Hue, Dong Khoi and a chosen museum or landmark. Check visiting information before deciding which interiors to enter.

  2. 02

    Leave room for a food stop

    Banh mi, coffee and a pause between visits can shape the day without turning it into a restaurant checklist.

  3. 03

    Choose the base around your routine

    Compare a Pasteur or Ben Thanh-area hotel with a Nguyen Binh Khiem apartment or a Nguyen Van Cu hotel. Include the arrival route and repeated journeys.

STAY IN HO CHI MINH CITY

Four bases to compare.

Plan the arrival separately.

Save the full hotel name and street address. Review the current airport-to-door route, the final luggage journey and any late-arrival arrangement. Provider estimates of travel time are not guaranteed journey times.

Official Vietnam Tourism city guide ↗