Things To Do: Ho Chi Minh City
Now comes the good part. When you're studying in a place like Ho Chi Minh City, what are the tourist-y and off-the-beaten-track places that you can visit? Here are a few suggestions:
- Buy a Ginkgo t-shirt at Le Loi in District 1.
- Cool off at the Dam Sen Water Park.
- Dance the night away or sample the local brew at bars like Go2, ZanZBar or Apocalypse Now.
- Go shopping at Saigon Square, the night market, Ben Thanh market or the War Surplus Market.
- Have a tour of the historical sites in Ho Chi Minh City like the Reunification Palace, the War Remnants Museum, Le Quy Don, City Hall or the Museum of Vietnamese History.
- Sample the mouth wateringly-spicy Vietnamese cuisine.
- Visit the Dai Nam Tourist Park or the Twenty-Three September Park.
- Visit the Contemporary Art Gallery at District 2.
- Watch a water puppet show at Ngon Restaurant.

