Tag: ho-chi-minh-city
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- Cơm Tấm: The Broken-Rice Plate of Saigon
Grilled pork chop, a fried egg, pickles and a mound of broken jasmine rice — the classic Saigon working lunch.
food · Updated 2026-07-06 - Cooking Classes in Vietnam: Where and How to Learn
Hội An, Hanoi and HCMC all offer serious cooking schools. What to expect, what they cost, and which to pick depending on what you want to learn.
food · Updated 2026-07-06 - Ho Chi Minh City Food Guide: Where to Eat, by District
From cơm tấm pavement stalls to Pizza 4P's — a district-by-district plan for eating in HCMC.
food · Updated 2026-07-06 - Hủ Tiếu: Saigon's Sino-Vietnamese Noodle Soup
A clear pork-bone broth with rice noodles, prawns and crackling — Saigon's everyday alternative to phở, with Chinese roots.
food · Updated 2026-07-06 - Cải Lương: the modern southern renovated theatre
Cải lương is southern Vietnam's hybrid musical theatre, born around 1918 from blending folk vọng cổ song with Western instruments and staging.
culture · Updated 2026-07-05 - Reunification Day 2026 travel guide
What to expect from the 30 April to 1 May 2026 holiday bridge in Vietnam, including crowds, price spikes, transport crunches, and HCMC parade closures.
events · Updated 2026-06-30 - Hanoi vs HCMC phở: the honest differences
Northern phở is lean and clear, southern phở is sweeter and richer, and the herbs arrive in different places on the table.
food · Updated 2026-06-30 - Vietnamese craft beer: breweries and beer halls
A guide to Vietnam craft beer in 2026 — Pasteur Street, Heart of Darkness, Turtle Lake and more, and how the scene sits alongside bia hơi.
food · Updated 2026-06-30 - Phone and Bag Snatching in Vietnamese Cities
The most common urban crime affecting foreigners in Ho Chi Minh City, and to a lesser extent Hanoi. A handful of habits stop almost all of it.
scams · Updated 2026-06-11 - Hồ Chí Minh: a Biography (1890–1969)
From his birth in Nghệ An to his years in Paris, Moscow and Guangzhou and his presidency of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, an outline of the life of Hồ Chí Minh.
history · Updated 2026-05-21 - Nghệ An Province
Hồ Chí Minh's home province and a national pilgrimage stop, with Pù Mát National Park inland and the busy port city of Vinh on the coast.
regions · Updated 2026-05-21 - The Tea House and Gem Shop Scam
A friendly chat in Hoan Kiem or District 1 turns into a sit-down sales pitch for overpriced tea, gems, or art. Here's how to recognise it early and step away politely.
scams · Updated 2026-05-21 - Tan Son Nhat Airport (SGN): Ho Chi Minh City Guide
Saigon's airport is inside the city. That's convenient when there's no traffic and a disaster when there is. How to plan the transfer.
transport · Updated 2026-05-17