Country Info
- Hanoi
- Capital
- Dong (VND)
- Currency
- 79,939,014
- Population
- VN
- Country Code
Vietnam Slideshow
Top Hotels in Saigon
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Bon Bien Resort Phan Thiet
16 reviews -
Seagull Hotel Quy Nhon
33 reviews -
Vinh Suong Seaside Hotel Phan Thiet
8 reviews -
Catba Island Resort & Spa Halong Bay
29 reviews -
Dynasty Mui Ne Beach Resort Phan Thiet
45 reviews -
Golden Hotel Nha Trang
33 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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Bach Tung Diep Hotel Hanoi
9 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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Bao Khanh Hotel Hanoi
16 reviews
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Moon View Hotel Hanoi
13 reviews
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Royal 1 Hotel Hanoi
40 reviews
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Hoian Lotus Hotel Hoi An
93 reviews
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Petro House Hotel Vung Tau
12 reviews
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Ngoc Sang Hotel Nha Trang
1 review
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Dalat Palace Hotel
46 reviews
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Thang Long Opera Hotel Hanoi
43 reviews
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Hanoi Luxor Hotel
233 reviews
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Blue Ocean Resort Phan Thiet
106 reviews
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Hanoi Capital Hotel
135 reviews
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Van Loi Hotel Hoi An
49 reviews
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Kimtho Hotel Can Tho
166 reviews
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Anise Hotel Hanoi
134 reviews
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Kim Lien Hanoi
1 review
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Duy Tan Hotel Hue
19 reviews
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Saigon Tourane Hotel Da Nang
9 reviews
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Beautiful International Hotel Vung Tau
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Hoabinh Palace Hotel Hanoi
191 reviews
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Wild Beach Resort and Spa Ninh Phuoc
36 reviews
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Zephyr Hotel Hanoi
109 reviews
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Bamboo Green Hotel Da Nang
16 reviews
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Asian Hotel Ho Chi Minh City
68 reviews
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Flower Hotel Hanoi
26 reviews
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Hanoi Old Quarter Hotel
84 reviews
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Ariva MS Salute Hotel Hanoi
70 reviews
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Phu Thinh 2 Hotel Hoi An
54 reviews
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Victoria Sapa Resort and Spa
238 reviews
Saigon
Travel Blogs from Saigon, Vietnam
Nevermind Tours - Motorbiking VietNam - blog 2 SGN
... what the do best which is work so bloody hard. There motorbikes every where. Some say there are 10 million people in SaiGon and 12 million motorbikes. Restaurants are open almost 24 hours in District 1 (central CBD) But there's plenty of food to be ...
Arriving in 'Nam'
... called Kampot, near the southern coast of Cambodia, we hired a taxi to take us the 3 hour trip to the border with Vietnam. Our time in Kampot was interesting, filled with cunning taxi drivers whose aim is to entrap you into parting with more money than ...
Welcome to Saigon
We arrived yesterday to Saigon (properly Ho Chi Minh City - or HCMC). The bus drive was actually really nice. The sceanery was constantly changing from town to town and there were heaps of Catholic churches, about one per Km. We even stopped for a ...
Banners, flags and dancing in the streets
... to the joyful chaos that hit us, as it seemed the entire eight million population of Saigon had taken to their scooters to celebrate Vietnam's qualification for the final stages of the Sea Games football tournament. Note the word 'qualification'. Far ...
War Museum
... and interesting but also very heavy and completely against Americans. There were some incredibly photographs of soldiers and citizens in Vietnam at that time. The museum also showed a clear picture of the atrocities of war as well. They had a whole ...
I'm giving the city it's real name to all ...
... at Don Muang International airport in plenty of time for our 11am flight. Handing over our tickets and passports, newly printed Vietnam vias's costing 2000 baht (about 33 pounds) stapled into the middle pages. Within seconds he says there's a problem. ...
Sjette dag i Vietnam
Idag startede vi med at se Cu Chi Tunnelerne, hvor Viet Cong'erne gemte sig i lang tid. Eftermiddagen har vaeret brugt paa hygge med de tilbagevaerrende gruppemedlemmer foer vi splittes for alle ...
Now in the South....
... a glass case of all his medals of honor (including the purple heart, etc.). The plaque was inscribed: To the people of Vietnam. I was wrong. I am sorry. I just lost it after that.... Anyway that is where I am at. Just trying to collect ...
Femte dag i Vietnam
Idag fik jeg sendt min cykel paa vej mod Danmark, og eftermiddagen gik med at finde et sted hvor jeg kunne faa lavet en ao dai, den vietnamesiske nationaldragt til ...
Saigon/HCMC, one month in
... group of people though and we're having a great time putting the world (and the school) to rights in the pub after work. Saigon itself is a great place to live for a few months and we could happliy stay here longer. Once you get past the fact that ...
Saigon .... saigon ... Saigon
... the tunnel! I spent the remainder of the day brushing up on my history (and by "brushing up" I mean learning that Vietnam is actually still a communist country! Jeez - this is embarassing .... ) and visiting the market place eating at the street ...
hotter hot heat.
i came back to post my photos today, but a large part of the draw into this internet cafe right now is the fact that it's air conditioned in here! if i complain this much about the heat now, you don't want to come back to check my blog in a month from ...
Good evening Vietnam
... it. Seems to be working for me so far! The number of motorbikes and mopeds is really amazing Apparently there are 9 million in Saigon. If anything that estimate seems a little on the low side. Just took it handy the first couple of days and walked ...
Down to South Vietnam
... because of the dangerous undercurrents. Its a shame, but they made for great photos as they were empty. Although the whole of Vietnam is in the tropics, as you head south, you feel it more. Everywhere you go there are bananas, coconuts, pineapples, ...
This and that
... dangerous, except for PP, which has a distinctly ominous feel - kind of out there on the edge. - The prosperity and friendliness of Vietnam. In the traveler areas, about 60-70% of interactions are about money. Once out of those areas, the "What's your ...
Saigon
... measurement system out of respect: 1 elephant penis (ep) = 1 meter. Expect me to use this in the future. okay, back to vietnam. mylinh had talked about what a relief it was to be in thailand, where the architecture is a little more coherent and less ...
Tredje dag i Vietnam
Idag stod vi tidligt op og saa et kaempe flydende marked, altsaa et sted hvor familiehusbaade moedtes for at handle med hinanden. Hen paa eftermiddagen gik vi i land og steg paa en bus til Saigon med vores ...
Good Mooooorning Vietnam
... and I feel like it has been so much longer (maybe because we both talk about a mile a minute-- and constantly!). I immediately liked Vietnam more than Thailand. The people are really friendly, it has such a crazy chaotic vibe, and the city is a little ...
Short stay in Bangkok, first few days in Vietnam
... everything you need is right there. We spent our time in Bangkok checking into and booking flights, getting our visa for Vietnam, shopping, and enjoying the fantastic Thai food. We decided to save most of the sightseeing for later. Bangkok is ...
Fjerde dag i Vietnam
... med en gaatur i Saigon, hvor vi bl.a. saa posthuset, operahuset, den katolske kirke, War Remnants Museet (Museet om den amerikanske krig i Vietnam) og til sidst spiste vi frokost pa Pho 2000, hvor Bill Cliton spiste frokost da han i 2000 besoegte ...
Syvende dag i Vietnam
Saa er det foerste dag af den naeste tur. Her til morgen sendte jeg foerst Tara i lufthavnen, hvorefter jeg selv startede med at pakke og sortere, for saa at flytte over paa det hotel hvor min tur til Hanoi starter fra. Lige nu sidder jeg saa paa ...
Saigon
... of nice architecture (ze French again!) coffee shops, parks and markets. There was a good war museum there full of old US and Vietnam relics from grenades to helicopters, they even had a mock up of an old POW camp.... Independence Palace was also good as ...
Soggygon
... were akin to Superman in their lightning speed garment changing. Where did the plastic come from? It was the plastification of Saigon. Those riding double on scooters wore ponchos made for two. Children sat under the ponchos drivers wore, ...
Vietnam Blog
Sunday, October 1, 2006 18:41 Local Time Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam Latitude: 10° 46.1' N Longitude: 106° 42.5' E Hello Again, Hopefully this entry can get out when I finish it. The Internet on the ship is very unreliable, but at least ...
Saigon
... need to tell me what I need. Then there are the moto drivers. Of course they are everywhere in SE asia but ín Saigon they were really annoying. It's disappointing when time after time people come up to you smiling and asking you the usual questions ...
Good Morning Vietnam!
... is pretty good and prices are very low. I got a silk kimono for next to nothing! Our first stop is Saigon Vietnam. Saigon Vietnam Xin Chao! Welcome to Vietnam! How to describe Vietnam....well, it's the least Americanized region we have visited ...
Yeah its not raining
... got back up to the air. Next stop after the tunnels is the war musseum where you are treated to photograghes from the war. I am in Vietnam so I will be seeing this from this side of view but I dare anyone to go to that museum and not be shocked by what ...
Back To Saigon
... a small wild cat. The trade in wild animals is as illegal here as anywhere else but the police are obviously not too interested. We check out of the Spring, say goodbye to Saigon and Vietnam and head to the airport. Cambodia here we ...
A little bit of everything
... our hotel operator/travel agent, we left Hanoi on the overnight train headed for Sapa, a hilltribe village in the northern highlands of Vietnam. Depending on who you talk to, the train ride was either quite fun (me) or a little taste ...