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In less than a decade, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, has transformed itself into Asia’s most dynamic boomtown—the epitome of the Wild, Wild East. But in its mad dash to the future, will the city still called Saigon make room for its past?
Read the articleDestinations: Ho Chi Minh City · District 1 · Phu My Hung, a.k.a. Saigon South (District 7)
Themes: Arts + Culture · Food + Drink · Hotels + Resorts
Inspired by: The New Look of Saigon, Vietnam — by Peter Jon Lindberg, Published Aug. 2008
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In a prime setting where Dong Khoi Street meets the Saigon River, this 1925 French colonial landmark, like its sister “heritage hotels,” the Contin
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With an enviable location on Lam Son, Saigon’s central square, this gleaming upscale hotel with colonial accents delivers splendidly assured servic
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Celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2008, this slightly corporate feeling but exceedingly comfortable hotel on Lam Son Square is the runner-up to t
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Run by Bien Nguyen, a 30-year-old Australian Viet Kieu, this high-priced upstart is both a see-and-be-seen nightspot (serving well-made cocktails a
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In Vietnam, restaurants with incandescent lighting generally serve dull food, while fluorescent-lit joints with toilet-paper dispensers for napkins
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This cool Mexican bar-restaurant—owned by several members of the design collective from Gaya, just up the block—has quickly become an expat favorit
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A veritable fantasia of white leather and Lucite copped from Philippe Starck, this all-day café serves good lattes and smoothies with a lounge-y so
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At this open-air barbecue-and-beer garden, patrons grill strips of tangy marinated beef—bo tung xeo—on tabletop braziers and share pitchers of foam
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