
Advice from An Expatriate Living in Vietnam By Dr. Wade Brackenbury Get off the “Banana Pancake Trail” in Ho Chi Minh City with these travel tips. As an expatriate living in Vietnam, I am not surprised that many travelers to Ho Chi Minh City have mixed feelings about their experience here. When my wife and [...]
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Quan An Ngon 138 Nam Ky Khoi Nghia, Dist 1 Tel: 829 9449 Vietnam House Restaurant 93-95 Dong Khoi, Dist 1 Tel: 8291623 Dong Du 57 Dong Du, Dist 1 Tel: 8295045 Bach Duong (LA TAVERNE) 29 Le Quy Don, Dist 3 Tel: 930 8180 Ancient Town 211 Dien Bien Phu, Dist 3 Tel: 8299625 [...]
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LookAtVietnam – At “Virtual Space 2” exhibition at 218A Pasteur, District 3, HCM City, five 21 inch screens are used to display 36 pieces of artwork by 10 artists. The ten artists included Nguyen Giang Anh, Pham Do Dong, Le Minh Hoang, Le Khoa, Ho Hong Linh, Phan Phuong, Kim Quyen, Nguyen Tri Minh Tuyet, [...]
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The largest city of Vietnam, in the southern part of the country near the South China Sea. An ancient Khmer settlement, it was known as Saigon throughout most of its history, serving as the administrative center of French Indochina and, after 1954, as the capital of South Vietnam. The city was renamed after the end [...]
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DESCRIPTION: Park Hyatt Saigon Hotel is centrally located at Lam Son Square, near the elegant Opera House in downtown Saigon and within walking distance to businesses, shopping, entertainment and main tourist attractions. Designed to feel more like a contemporary Vietnamese residence rather than a hotel, Park Hyatt Saigon’s attention to detail extends to a range [...]
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Club 6B is a lively little nightclub on Pham Ngoc Thach Street in District 1 just opposite the well known MTV Star Cafe (MTV Sao). Playing mainly dance and techo tunes from the house DJ with the occasional guest or customer jumping on stage to belt out a karaoke tune. A popular spot with the [...]
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Allez Boo is a backpackers bar and restaurant located on the corner of Pham Ngu Lao and De Tham Streets. The beer here is reasonably priced but mixed drinks are a little expensive for the area. There is also a service charge after 1:00am which adds a little extra to the price of drinks and [...]
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HCM City plans to launch a river tour to Cambodia // <![CDATA[ if (202005 The HCM City Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism will draft a plan to develop a river tour to the Mekong province of An Giang and Cambodia. After conducting a survey of short routes, the department found that there was huge [...]
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ADDRESS: Hai Ba Trung St, Le Duan Blvd, Dist 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam TEL: 84-8 35209999 FAX: 84-8 35209955 EMAIL: WEBSITE: http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/ SHORT DESCRIPTION : InterContinental Asiana Saigon is an exciting new landmark in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s commercial centre. The hotel is close to the colonial sights of [...]
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ADDRESS: 243 Tran Binh Trong St, Dist 3, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam TEL: 84-8 38397777 FAX: 84-8 38359969 EMAIL: info@hcm.equatorial.com WEBSITE: http://www.equatorial.com SHORT DESCRIPTION : Opened in September 1996, Hotel Equatorial Ho Chi Minh City is one of Vietnam’s all-new international-class hotels built from ground up in Ho Chi Minh City in more than [...]
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