Country Info
- Hanoi
- Capital
- Dong (VND)
- Currency
- 79,939,014
- Population
- VN
- Country Code
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Top Hotels in Saigon
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Le Duy Hotel Ho Chi Minh City
108 reviews -
Oasis 1 Hotel Hanoi
22 reviews -
Palace Hotel Vung Tau
25 reviews -
Novotel Ha Long Bay Halong Bay
171 reviews
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Gold Hotel Hue
32 reviews -
Bro&Sis Hotel - Hang Bun Hanoi
6 reviews
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Northern Hotel Ho Chi Minh City
165 reviews
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Hanoi Harmony Hotel
55 reviews
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Que Huong Liberty 4 Hotel Ho Chi Minh City
271 reviews
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Can Tho Golf Hotel
66 reviews -
Golf 3 Hotel Dalat
37 reviews
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Chau Long Sapa Hotel II
175 reviews
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Victoria Can Tho Resort
250 reviews
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Rex Hotel Vung Tau
22 reviews
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Tan Hai Long Hotel and Spa Ho Chi Minh City
316 reviews
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Tan My Dinh 2 Hotel Ho Chi Minh City
9 reviews
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Indochine Hotel Hoi An
96 reviews
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Asia Paradise Hotel Nha Trang
112 reviews
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Asia Hotel Hue
166 reviews
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Hotel Que Huong-Liberty 3 Ho Chi Minh City
162 reviews
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Hoi An Glory Hotel & Spa
147 reviews
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Ngoc Huong Hotel Hue
25 reviews
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Phuoc An River Hotel Hoi An
111 reviews
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Ocean Star Resort Phan Thiet
8 reviews
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Norfolk Hotel Ho Chi Minh City
63 reviews
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Saigon - Quang Binh Dong Hoi
3 reviews
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Zenith Hotel Hanoi
5 reviews
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Thien Thai Hanoi
41 reviews
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Maison d'Hanoi
190 reviews
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Hotel Que Huong Liberty 1 Ho Chi Minh City
47 reviews
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Halong Dream Hotel Halong Bay
9 reviews
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Star View Hotel Hanoi
30 reviews
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Viet Anh Hotel Hanoi
55 reviews
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Elios Hotel Ho Chi Minh City
280 reviews
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New Epoch Hotel Ho Chi Minh City
14 reviews
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Asian Ruby Hotel Ho Chi Minh City
148 reviews
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Hoi An Riverside
182 reviews
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Imperial Hotel Vung Tau
74 reviews
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Bach Tung Diep Hotel Hanoi
9 reviews
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Saigon Hotel Ho Chi Minh City
81 reviews
Saigon
Travel Blogs from Saigon, Vietnam
Vietnam, my homeland
This is a top pick! ... so timid. I just missed the Vietnamese New Year, but hopefully it will still be fun! This is my third time back to Vietnam and still I don't think I know much about my homeland. I'm trying to brush up on my Vietnamese by listening to the Little Saigon ...
To Saigon
This is a top pick! ... lake. At least the sun was shining today so it would soon dry up. Little consolation to me as the first sunny day in Vietnam and I'm stuck in a bus! The landscape we drove past on the way was unlike anything I had expected. After the endless fields ...
End of Tour
This is a top pick! ... , for example, listening to western humour on the bus made it a bit strange that we were actually travelling through Vietnam... I prefer travelling on local transport with local people to make the experience so much more authentic. One of the major ...
Saigon
This is a top pick! Hi Guys, You can read our update from Vietnam in our entry from Vientiane, Laos Peoples Dem Rep entitled 'Touring Vietnam with the Irish and Rum!'. Cheers, K & ...
Muddy Water Mekong / Motorbike city
This is a top pick! ... worse. Over the 3 weeks I travelled in Thailand and Cambodia, I never saw a single accident. In my first 4 hours in Vietnam, I saw two accidents. (OUR bus hit someone on a bicycle). The Vietnames are definitely shit drivers. Just pray and use the ...
Washed out
This is a top pick! ... bums and dodging the daily monsoon rains, we packed our things and headed off South again to Vietnams southern capital city - Saigon. The bus trip was another fairly long journey and we arrived late at our final destination, although the bus did drop us ...
Taken aback by the excitement of Saigon
This is a top pick! ... The Vietnamese have such a very strong sense of social cohesion that I really admire about the culture. Whilst in Thailand and Vietnam, I have found it very easy to make contact with the locals... more so than Singapore and Malaysia. There is no ...
Whizzing round SE Vietnam
This is a top pick! ... bus from Hoi An to Nha Trang but decided on not stopping in this town and booked straight onto the 8.30 am bus to Saigon. Its mostly a beach resort, and although there are diving operators, Im told that the diving isnt too great, so I will save both time ...
Going Underground
This is a top pick! ... for petrol and look at the map. We arrived at the Cu Chi tunnels 2 hours later (it was much more difficult getting out of Saigon than I had imagined). We thoroughly enjoyed our time there. We went down into the tunnels and saw how life was 10m ...
Cruising into Saigon
This is a top pick! ... nbsp; The mile walk made us sweat uncontrollably but it was worth it to see this sombre and heart wrenching photographic account of the Vietnam War. I think the worst part for me was the images of the children, both of then and now, who fell victim ...
Cu Chi Coo - Trip day 4
This is a top pick! ... last day with our fantastic guides and although we have seen some heartbreaking sights, we feel we have really got to see the real Vietnam. We began the day by popping over to a café for some breakfast (again me with my yogurt dutifully supplied by the ...
Crawling through Tunnels
This is a top pick! ... pool table which we made our home for a couple of hours before heading back, glad to be leaving tomorrow. ----------- Sorry the Vietnam entries took so long. I was so far behind when I arrived in Cambodia that I just bought a new diary and started ...
Back in 'nam
This is a top pick! ... more locals on nights out. Bad thing about not traveling on the truck is having your friends with you. Maybe I just need to learn to strike a better balance. From Saigon I hopped on a bus and met the truck 2 hours later at the Cambodian ...
If you want to get ripped off, go to Vietnam
This is a top pick! ... straight into the river at various points, and bits of my Lonely Planet guide which mention to avoid driving anywhere after dark in Vietnam as it was very dangerous went flashing through my head. Felt like I was slowly going mad by this point, and ...
Big water babies
This is a top pick! ... the padded rooftop bar. Next up was the City of Ho Chi Minh museum. This basically told the story of Saigon and the cultural history of Vietnam. The main reason for us going here was to see a famous photo. In the 1960s Buddhism was being repressed ...
Last Stop in Vietnam
This is a top pick! ... 're fed some information (via a lot of really good photographs) and some propaganda. Better off to read 'Idiot's Guide to the Vietnam War' available at Borders Books!! It still is amazing to be here and to see a different perspective and photos taken by ...
Mixed emotions
This is a top pick! ... sit to enjoy a mangosteen or custard apple (I have been searching for months trying to locate a custard apple, I found success in Vietnam). However, you suddenly become the prime target for multiple vendors. All I'm thinking in my head is "no more small ...
Sad times
This is a top pick! Today we visited the Vietnam War museum to learn more about this countries history and the mistakes and terrible killing that occurred less than 30 years ago! The remainder of our day was spent organizing our onward trip by boat, which places we would ...
Capital of the South
This is a top pick! ... made worse with it being pitch black and with bats flying at you. Boy, were we pleased to see daylight! On returning to Saigon we were busy again sorting out laundry, sending our first batch of travel photos back home as well as getting our mug shots ...
Welcome to Vietnam, son!
This is a top pick! ... ) breakfast. We then headed to Cu Chi temples, the underground network used by the Vietnamese to avoid the Americans during the Vietnam war. Apart from the film at the beginning, this was excellent, getting to see the traps used by the Vietnamese, and ...
Hanging with Uncle Ho
This is a top pick! ... copy to pirate). It is nearly impossible to find a new, legitimate copy of a Lonely Planet or best seller in Cambodia and Vietnam. Hell, they even have pirated shops there now. If any cafe or tour agency or hotel starts getting good write-ups in ...
Hanging with Uncle Ho
This is a top pick! ... when it came to the use of Agent Orange and its affects; it was really just heartbreaking. For our few days in Saigon, I have to say that Vietnam really became a favorite. I can't say enough about the people; always nice, asking where you are from, ...
My first full day in saigon was spent at ...
This is a top pick! ... 1972 nearly 3,680 American aircraft and 4,844 helicopters were shot down/lost with a total of 15 million tonnes of ammunition dropped on Vietnam. There are 2 sides to every story, but if it was one thing the museum drove home was that war is very ...
Christmas day was really good waking up to ...
This is a top pick! ... of flashy toys 'Santa' had brought them.!! The guide book (and commonwealth advice online) mentions that Saigon is by far the WORST place in Vietnam for petty theft and street robberies. They advised not to walk the streets at night, and dont have ...
Leg 3, Vietnam
... up liking it as much as I thought I would...... maybe communits propaganda videos before the tour didnt help. Thats about that for Vietnam, worth the trip but it takes some desire on the part of the tourist to view it, its not as set up tourism ...