If you are brave, agile, skillful, you can rent a scooter and then in good conscience buy a T-shirt 'I Survived Saigon'. Many say that a motorcycle or a scooter - the best way to travel around town (or to quickly get to the nearest hospital). Rent this vehicle can be naturally everywhere ask in a cafe, hotel, guest house or in the vicinity of the area of ​​Pham Ngu Lao. 100-bottoms "beast" can be found in 7-10 dollars a day, some take a pledge sheet. In Saigon Scooter Centre (25/7 Ð Cuu Long, District Tan Binh) offer rental classic Vespa and Lambretta from 10 dollars a day.

Souvenirs, clothing, artwork, and even cloth on the ground can be found in one of the hundreds of shops in the center of Ho Chi Minh City shelters. The best quality and the highest price - on the street Dong Khoi, cheaper and more interesting - the market Ben Than. What to look for? Silk and textiles from Sapa, lacquered miniatures, plates, cups, posters and posters of "resisting" Vietnam.

As in Saigon, you should definitely pay two to three hours visiting the market. The best, most "typical" - a Cho Ben Thanh and Ben Thanh, which is located in the south-eastern end of the street Le Lai. Find it is not difficult: look for high clock tower, near which it is located, and Old-style bazaar that associates us for a couple of centuries ago.

The main attractions of Ho Chi Minh City: Reunification Palace, Notre Dame Cathedral, Vinh Nghiem Pagoda (the largest in the capital), the Historical Museum, the Museum of Military History, the Botanical Garden and the zoo (the main zoo in the country and a large entertainment center).

Reunification Palace - he's the governor's palace - went to Saigon in the late 19th century by the French colonialists. Despite the fact that in 1963 it was considerably damaged by bombing, after only three years of his fully restored. Then, until 1975, the palace was the residence of the presidents of the US-backed government, and after the liberation of South Vietnam was called the Reunification Palace.

Notre Dame Cathedral is located, how easily it can be assumed at the Paris Square in the city center, was built in a colonial style, in April 1880. Until now considered one of the most unique buildings in Vietnam.

Special mention deserves the Park Dam-Shen, the largest cultural and entertainment center of the city. You can see the reduced copy of Jacques Vien Pagoda, lake, resembling West Lake in Hanoi, puppet show, bird garden, a water park, sports center and the Royal Gardens Nam Tu. Just have a good time can be in the zoo and botanical garden of Saigon, which was designed in the late 19th century. The first inhabitants of the garden have become rare species of trees and plants from India, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. Today you can see thousands of plants and hundreds of species of animals and birds, unique and creepy reptiles.

Another original attraction - the Ku Chi tunnels created during the guerrilla war. This is a huge system of tunnels (200 kilometers) with several levels of depth, with countless entrances, living quarters, warehouses, weapons workshops, field hospitals, command centers and kitchens.