Saigon, Mekong Delta and Southern Vietnam Complete Guide 2026: HCMC, Cu Chi, Phu Quoc, Dalat and Mui Ne for Indian Travellers
Browse more guides: Vietnam travel | Asia destinations Saigon, Mekong Delta and Southern Vietnam Complete Guide 2026: HCMC, Cu Chi, Phu Quoc, Dalat and Mui Ne for Indian Travellers TL;DR Southern Vietnam runs on a different rhythm to the rest of the country, and after three trips between 2023 and the May 2026 reunification anniversary I am convinced it is the easiest entry point for an Indian traveller. Ho Chi Minh City, which most locals still call Saigon, is an 8 million person engine of motorbikes, French colonial facades and a skyline led by the 262 metre Bitexco Tower. Notre Dame Cathedral from 1880 and the Central Post Office from 1891 face each other across a small square in District 1. The War Remnants Museum and the Reunification (Independence) Palace tell the story of April 30, 1975, with the city renamed Ho Chi Minh City in 1976. Out from Saigon I went two ways. North-west to the Cu Chi Tunnels, a 250 km network used during the Vietnam War (called the American War here...