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Vietnam's bustling largest city sets the cultural and economic pace for the country. The former Saigon boasts charming French colonial architecture and wide boulevards, usually thronged and choked with traffic. Taxis are an option for seeing the sprawling city. The War Remnants Museum shows the Vietnam War through Vietnamese eyes. Don't miss the impressive Jade Emperor Pagoda. Go to the frenetic Ben Thanh Market for food, flowers or frogs. Tour through the Mekong Delta, past rice paddies and houseboats.

Things to do in Ho Chi Minh: Cu Chi Tunnels • War Remnants Museum • Bitexco Financial Tower Observation Deck • Ben Dinh Tunnels • The Venerable Thich Quang Duc Monument • Benthanh Street Food Market

Highly rated hotels in Ho Chi Minh: The Reverie Saigon • Caravelle Saigon • Park Hyatt Saigon • Le Méridien Saigon • Sheraton Saigon Hotel & Towers • Vinpearl Luxury Landmark 81 • InterContinental Saigon Hotel • Renaissance Riverside Hotel Saigon • Hôtel des Arts Saigon - Mgallery • Lotte Hotel Saigon • InterContinental Residences Saigon • Hotel Nikko Saigon • Sofitel Saigon Plaza • Pullman Saigon Centre • The Reverie Saigon Residential Suites

Viet Nam's electricity is 110V, 220V 50Hz and uses plug types A, C & D

Plug Type: A
Plug Type: C
Plug Type: D

Great Circle Distance between Heathrow and Tan Son Nhat International Airport is 6,349 miles, with a flight time of approx 13 hrs. Ho Chi Minh's IATA airport code is SGN.
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Climate: In the southern part of the country and on the southern islands the climate is hot all year round, with the rainy period in the summer. Between November and mid-February, the temperatures are around 31°C. In mid-February, the temperatures starts to rise and reach the highest level of the year between March and May, averaging 35°C but with peaks of 40°C, before the arrival of the monsoon in the summer. The rains during the May to mid-November monsoon season are abundant with the maximum rainfall in September. The best time to visit southern Viet Nam is from December to mid-February. March and April are still dry months, but they can be uncomfortably hot. However, sea breezes blow along the coasts and on the islands. Viet Nam is located in the path of typhoons, the tropical cyclones of the western Pacific, which affect the country from the east. In the south, typhoons generally occur from mid October to late December, with the most in early November. In January, and again from March to mid-May, some tropical depressions can occasionally form, generally off the central-southern coast, but they almost always dissipate over the sea before reaching the coast. However, they can cause abnormal waves.