Scenic in Vietnam
Famous for: Tallest building in the world
Ho Chi Minh City’s Bitexco Financial Tower stands 262 metres lofty at the centre of the city’s business district and offers visitors a matchless city view from its Sky Deck. Designed...
Famous for: Architecture, temples, churches
The Cao Dai Temple was completed in 1955 when the Cao Dai Army was created following the Japanese occupation of Indochina. Caodaists believe that all religions are eventually the same and seek t...
Famous for: Market, Chinese temples, Chinese restaurants
Ho Chi Minh City’s Cholon is Vietnam’s biggest Chinatown with roots dating back to 1778; it’s also a place of great historical and cultural significance. Chinese minorities hid...
Famous for: Museum, Tunnels, Scenic Beauty
The Cu Chi Tunnels are chiefly a huge war museum offering visitors a sneak peak at the subversive life of Viet Cong-era soldiers. Comprising more than 120km of tunnels, they were first started a...
Famous for: Temple, Market, Scenic Beauty
Situated close to the Ben Thanh market, the Mariamman Hindu temple serves the small commune of 100 or so Chinese and Vietnamese Tamil Hindus living in Ho Chi Minh City. It is the only Hindu...
Famous for: Churches, Museum, Scenic Beauty
In a quiet corner of lively downtown Ho Chi Minh City stands Notre Dame Cathedral, the one enduring monopoly of Catholicism in the mainly Buddhist Vietnam. Built in the late 1880s by French colo...
Famous for: Museums, sculpture
With their roots dating back as far as 192 AD, Vietnam's aboriginal Cham people lived an Indian way of life in both culture and language. The Cham Museum in Danang is devoted to this period ...
