Nearby Attractions

Vietnam's most-visited war museum, housing military hardware, photography, and exhibits documenting the American War (Vietnam War) from the Vietnamese perspective, including the Agent Orange/dioxin exhibit — graphic and emotionally intense for many visitors.

Closed: Open every day, including public holidays — no weekly closed day

40,000 VND standard adult ticket; 20,000 VND for children 6-15, seniors, and persons with disabilities; free under 6. Online tickets available. Open daily 7:30am-5:30pm (ticket counter closes 5pm), including holidays — no weekly closed day.

The former South Vietnamese presidential palace, famous as the site where a North Vietnamese tank crashed through the gates on April 30, 1975, ending the war — preserved largely as it looked that day, including the war cabinet room and rooftop helicopter pad.

Closed: No confirmed weekly closed day (open daily); occasionally closed to visitors without much advance notice during official state functions

40,000 VND for main-palace-only access (20,000 VND concession, 10,000 VND for ages 6-17); 80,000 VND for a combined ticket including the special exhibition (40,000/20,000 VND concession). Multilingual audio guide ~90,000 VND extra. Occasionally closed to visitors without much notice for official state functions.

A late-19th-century Neo-Romanesque cathedral built with materials imported from France, its twin bell towers a signature image of colonial-era Saigon — currently mid-renovation, with scaffolding covering much of the exterior and interior tourist visits restricted.

Closed: No weekly closed day, but interior tourist access is restricted during the ongoing 2017-started renovation (expected to run to around 2027) — check current access on-site

Free, but tourist entry has been restricted since a 2017-started, still-ongoing restoration (expected to run to around 2027) — scaffolding covers much of the twin bell towers and interior visits are limited; the exterior square remains open for photos, and Mass is still held for worshippers. Confirm current access on-site, as restrictions have loosened in stages as restoration sections complete.

A grand French colonial-era post office (completed 1891, often attributed in local lore to Gustave Eiffel's design house) still functioning as a working post office today, with a vaulted iron-frame interior, vintage maps, and old-style phone booths popular for photos.

Closed: No confirmed weekly closed day — open daily, though Sunday hours may run slightly shorter than weekdays

Free entry. Open daily, roughly 7am-7pm (some sources note slightly shorter Sunday hours, ~8am-5pm) — no confirmed weekly closed day. Photography is allowed inside (no flash); charges only apply if you use postal services or buy souvenirs/postcards from the in-hall stalls.

Saigon's most famous covered market and a symbol of the city, its landmark clock tower marking the western gateway to District 1 — nearly 1,500 stalls selling clothing, souvenirs, dried goods, and street food, with an adjoining night market on the surrounding streets.

Closed: Open every day of the week, including Sundays and public holidays — no weekly closed day

Free to enter — there's no ticket booth; you only pay for what you buy. Open daily roughly 6am/7am-7pm/8pm for the main day market (some stalls run to 10pm), with a separate night market setting up on the surrounding streets after dark. Prices are rarely fixed — bargaining is expected and tourist prices commonly start 2-3x above what locals pay.

A richly atmospheric Taoist/Buddhist temple built around 1909 by the local Cantonese community, filled with incense smoke, elaborate papier-mache deity statues, and a famous turtle pond — one of the most photogenic and spiritually active pagodas in the city.

Closed: Open every day — no weekly closed day

Free entry; small incense/joss-paper donations are customary but not required. Open daily roughly 7am-6pm, with extended hours on the 1st and 15th days of the lunar calendar month when it's busiest with worshippers.

A 250km network of underground tunnels used by Viet Cong guerrillas during the war, with sections widened for tourists to crawl through, plus trap displays, a shooting range, and a memorial temple — genuinely outside the city (40-70km northwest) but visited by most HCMC tourists as a half/full-day trip.

Closed: Open 365 days a year, including Tet (Lunar New Year) — no closed day, though expect heavy crowds during major Vietnamese holidays

135,000 VND per foreign adult as of Feb 2026 (a 35,000 VND historical-site fee plus a 100,000 VND guided-visit fee), set by the Cu Chi District People's Committee and applied at both the closer Ben Dinh site (~40-50km NW, widened tunnels, more visited) and the farther Ben Duoc site (~70km NW, narrower original tunnels, fewer crowds, includes a memorial temple). Open daily 7am-5pm (last ticket 4pm), 365 days a year including Tet. Cash (VND) only at the gate. Most tourists visit via an organized half/full-day tour with round-trip transport (commonly 200,000-500,000+ VND depending on group size and add-ons like a shooting range) rather than independently, since public transit doesn't reach the site conveniently.

The 262m-tall Bitexco Financial Tower's 49th-floor Saigon Skydeck, easily recognized by its distinctive helipad disc jutting out partway up the tower, offers 360-degree views over the Saigon River and District 1's skyline — best visited near sunset.

Closed: Open every day, 9:30am-9:30pm — no weekly closed day

Around 240,000 VND for a standard adult ticket as of 2026 (prices reported across sources range roughly 190,000-240,000 VND, and promos/online booking can differ from walk-up counter price — confirm current rate); discounted tickets (~130,000-200,000 VND) for children, seniors, and persons with disabilities. Ticket is valid same-day only. Open daily 9:30am-9:30pm.