Ho Chi Minh City Travel Guide (2026): When to Go, Where to Stay, Getting Around
Disclosure: This article contains affiliate links. If you make a booking through these links, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Ho Chi Minh City, Without the Rookie Mistakes Our first hour in Saigon, we stood frozen at a kerb near Ben Thanh Market, waiting for a gap in the motorbike traffic that was never, ever coming. A man selling banh mi from a cart watched us, grinned, and just walked straight out into it — slow, steady, unbothered — while a hundred scooters flowed around him like water around a rock. That’s the whole city in one image: chaotic on the surface, completely manageable once you know the trick. ...