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Destination Profile
Ho Chi Minh City is erstwhile Saigon. A town that was ravaged by war only 50 years ago, it's now one of Vietnam's most vibrant and alive metropolises. You can come to pinball around the stalls of Ben Thanh Market – shopping for egg coffees, spices, jangling jewelry – and glug buckets with backpackers on sleepless Bui Vien Street. You can go underground in the Cu Chi Tunnels and see curious replicas of Notre-Dame Cathedral. And you can use cheap flights to Ho Chi Minh City from USA as your steppingstone into south Vietnam as a whole. That's the home of the floating markets of the Mekong Delta and the glorious beachfronts of Phu Quoc alike!
The Notre Dame Cathedral of Saigon represents a curious remnant of French influence – it's a replica of its namesake in Paris.
After dark, Bui Vien Street starts to beat with beer drinkers and backpackers and endless high-rise nightclubs.
Visit the Cu Chi Tunnels to see, first-hand, how the Viet Cong managed to move personnel and supplies during battles in the Vietnam War.
No airlines fly direct between the United States of America and Ho Chi Minh City.
The best airline to fly from the United States of America to Ho Chi Minh City is Qatar Airways. The best budget airline is WestJet.