Category: Saigon Guide
Getting Around Ho Chi Minh City: By taxi and rental car
Taxis are the most comfortable way of getting around, and not too expensive – about 12,000 dong for the first 1km, plus 10,000 dong per additional km. (Prices jumped about 30% in 2008 due to the soaring price of fuel but have since been reduced.) It’s usually not hard to flag a taxi anywhere in Read more
Getting to Ho Chi Minh City: By train
The train station GA Sai Gon www.saigonrailway.com.vn is on Cach Mang Thang Tam (CMT8) Northwest of the city center, and is a short taxi or public bus ride away from the main hotel districts. There is an official train ticket office in the backpackers district, located at 275C Pham Ngu Lao.
Getting to Ho Chi Minh City: By bus
If you take a bus, you will end up at one of the following bus stations: Cho Ben Thanh Bus Station – This is right in the centre of HCMC, in walking distance of the tourist sites and accomadation Mien Dong Bus Station – Buses heading north leave and arrive here. Mien Tay Bus Station Read more
Getting to Ho Chi Minh City: By plane
Tan Son Nhat (Tân Sơn Nhất) (IATA: SGN | ICAO: VVTS) is Vietnam’s largest international airport. You can fly direct to SGN from Siem Reap, Phnom Penh, Vientiane, Pakse, Bangkok, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Bandar Seri Begawan, Manila, Hong Kong, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Nanning, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Beijing, Shanghai, Kunming, Seoul, Busan, Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, Nagoya, Read more
Overview of Ho Chi Minh City
Following the fall of Saigon in 1975, Saigon was renamed Ho Chi Minh City. However the old Saigon moniker is still used by both Vietnamese and foreigners, especially when referring to the most central part of the city, to which most tourists flock. The helpful, Tourist Information Center (4G 4H Le Loi St, District 1. Read more
