TRAVEL GUIDE:

HO CHI MINH
CITY
 TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.
ABOUT THE CITY

2.
MAIN SIGHTS

2.1
FACTUAL AND HISTORICAL
INFORMATION

3.
TOUR END
WHERE IS HO CHI MINH CITY?
OVERVIEW:
• Area:
2,061.2 km2

• Population:
8,993,082 (2019)
• 19 districts and 5 rural district
• The largest city in Vietnam
After the war, this city is officially
renamed Ho Chi Minh City after
President Ho Chi Minh.
 “HO CHI MINH CITY 1 DAY TOUR”
SCHEDULE
In the morning:
7:00 am – 8:00 am : Breakfast
8:00 am – 9:00 am : Independence Palace
9:00 am – 10:00 am : War Remnants Museum
10:00 am – 11:30 am: Notre Dame Cathedral and
Saigon Central Post Office

11:30 am: Lunch and Rest

 “HO CHI MINH CITY 1 DAY TOUR”
SCHEDULE
In the afternoon:

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm : Cholon Market

2:30 pm – 3:30 pm : Thien Hau Lady Temple
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm : Ben Thanh Market

5:00 pm: Finish tour

Independence Palace
• Opening and Closing time:
8:00 am – 12:00 am

• Construction started:
1 July 1962
• Construction completed:
31 October 1966
Residence of the President of the Republic of Vietnam
 HISTORICAL
INFORMATION
• The place symbolizes the end
of the Vietnam War when a
North Vietnamese army tank
went through its gates.
WAR REMNANTS MUSEUM
• Opening and Closing time:
7:30 am – 4:30 pm

• Established: 1975

• Has over 1,000,000 visitor per

year
Inside War Remnants Museum
 HISTORICAL
INFORMATION

• It displays old military

equipments and other
related items from the
Vietnam War
 NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL
AND
SAIGON CENTRAL POST OFFICE
NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL
• Opening and Closing time:
6:00 am – 8:00 pm

• Construction completed:
1880

• Architecture style:
Romanesque
SAIGON CENTRAL POST OFFICE
• Opening and Closing time:
7:00 am – 7:00 pm

• Construction completed:
1880

• Architecture style:
Romanesque
Inside Saigon Central Post Office
Inside Saigon Central Post Office
Saigon Central Post Office in 1895
HISTORICAL INFORMATION

• Classical French Colonial

architecture

• Built more than 100 years

ago
CHOLON MARKET

• Opening and Closing time:

6:00 am – 4:30 pm

• Has an area of 25,000m2

Inside Cholon Market
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
• Invest to build by a
Chinese man name
Guoyan (Quách Đàm)
in 1928 and opening in
1930
THIEN HAU TEMPLE

• Opening and Closing time:

6:00 am – 4:30 pm

• Chinese-style temple of
the Chinese Lady of the
Sea “Mazu”
Inside Thien Hau Temple
HISTORICAL INFORMATION

• Thien Hau Temple was

built in the early 19th
century to honour
Mazu the “Goddess of
Seafarers”
BEN THANH MARKET
• Opening and Closing time:
7:00 am – 7:00 pm

• Number of tenants: ~6000

• Total retail floor area: 13,056

m2
Inside Ben Thanh Market
Ben Thanh Market at night
Ben Thanh Market in 1930
 TOUR END

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