Ho Chi Minh City holidays
On the radar
Forty years on: Vietnam’s underground legacy of war emerges into lightProjects to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam war include the opening of Vietcong tunnels, rebuilding of archaeological sites and special exhibitions
Saigon street food: 'There's no future for my son selling food this way'
Vietnamese street food is modernising with western tourists using YouTube and local blogs to find the best dishes, but 78% of vendors still work illegally
Top 10 hotels in Ho Chi Minh City
Get the most out of Vietnam's biggest city by choosing a great base – from Graham Greene's old haunt to a boutique bolthole with views over the Saigon river
Vietnam: Essential Information
Stretching along the south China sea
from southern China to the gulf of Thailand, Vietnam boasts stunning landscapes, wonderful cuisine and two of Asia's most interesting cities - Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) and Hanoi. Now encouraging Western visitors but the war won against the US is still a huge influence.
Ho Chi Minh City on a plate
Anthony Bourdain loves the food in Vietnam so much he's planning to move there next year.
Fare east
The cuisine is so good in Saigon that one smart restaurant specialises in street food. Natacha Du Pont De Bie picks her way through a city bursting with flavours.
A beating cobra's heart in your glass of wine, sir?
Howard Marks plunges into the maelstrom of Saigon, where war has been turned into a tourist attraction, and cruises the teeming canals of the Mekong Delta, where eating out is an adventure in itself
