See & Do
From century-old temples to night markets and craft villages — 214 places across the city, curated by Localis.
78 places found
Museums · Sai Gon
Ho Chi Minh City Museum of History
Bao tang Lich su Thanh pho Ho Chi MinhThe oldest museum in Ho Chi Minh City, holding tens of thousands of artefacts on Vietnamese history and culture.
Museums · Ben Thanh
Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Museum
Bao tang My thuat Thanh pho Ho Chi MinhA mansion that holds more than 20,000 works of art and two national treasures in lacquer
Museums · Xuan Hoa
Southern Vietnamese Women's Museum
Bao tang Phu nu Nam BoA Grade I museum holding 44,108 objects and documents about the women of the South
Museums · Tan Son Hoa
Museum of the Armed Forces of Southeastern Vietnam (Military Region 7 Museum)
Bao tang Luc luong vu trang mien Dong Nam Bo (Bao tang Quan khu 7)Keeping alive the memory of the fighting years of the troops and people of southeastern Vietnam
Museums · Sai Gon
Ho Chi Minh City Museum
Bao tang Thanh pho Ho Chi MinhThe Alfred Foulhoux building, erected 1885-1890, once the Commercial Museum and then the palace of the Governor of Cochinchina — today it holds 45,666 objects and 2 national treasures.
Museums · Sai Gon
Ton Duc Thang Museum
Bao tang Ton Duc ThangA brand-new building inaugurated on 3 January 2025 and ranked a Class I museum since June 2025 — the only place that tells the story of President Ton Duc Thang's life as a system of five themes.
Local markets · Gia Dinh
Ba Chieu Market
Cho Ba ChieuRooted in the 19th-century Xom Market, famous for its food quarter and secondhand goods
Local markets · Ben Thanh
Ben Thanh Market
Cho Ben ThanhSaigon's emblematic market with its hundred-year-old architecture
Local markets · An Dong
Hoa Binh Market
Cho Hoa BinhA historic market in the heart of Cho Lon, with glazed tile roofs and carved Chinese-style wooden columns
Local markets · Thong Tay Hoi
Hanh Thong Tay Market
Cho Hanh Thong TayA distinctive two-shift market that switches flexibly between day and night in Go Vap
Local markets · Phu Nhuan
Phu Nhuan Market
Cho Phu NhuanFormerly known as Xa Tai Market, after the village chief Le Tu Tai who founded it in the second half of the 19th century
Local markets · Chanh Hung
Rach Ong Market
Cho Rach OngThe largest neighbourhood market of the former District 8, holding on through the post-Covid-19 downturn
Local markets · Ben Thanh
Thai Binh Market
Cho Thai BinhRenamed three times from the era of the Nguyen lords to peacetime, in the heart of the Bui Vien quarter
Local markets · Ban Co
Vuon Chuoi Market
Cho Vuon ChuoiOnce a military drill ground where only bananas could be planted, the market was officially named in 1955
Local markets · Xom Chieu
Xom Chieu Market
Cho Xom ChieuThe name comes from the sleeping-mat weaving trade practised on this once-wild land since 1815
Heritage · Ben Thanh
Independence Palace
Dinh Doc LapThe Independence Palace is the very place that marks the complete victory of the resistance war against the United States for national salvation, the liberation of the South and the reunification of the country in 1975.
Arts & creative · Sai Gon
Saigon Opera House
Nha hat thanh phoThe temple of the arts of Ho Chi Minh City
Heritage · Sai Gon
Saigon Notre-Dame Cathedral
Nha tho Duc BaCathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Saigon.
Heritage · Sai Gon
Thao Cam Vien (Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens)
Thao Cam VienThe "green lung" in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City and one of the 8 oldest zoos in the world
Food culture · Ban Co
Co Ut Beef Steak
Bo bit tet Co UtThe beef spot in the Nguyen Thien Thuat apartment block, run by Miss Ut and her son
Food culture · Vuon Lai
Hong Son Grilled Beef
Bo nuong Hong SonA Cambodian-style grilled beef stall of more than 30 years in the Ho Thi Ky market food quarter
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