Vietnam Festival tour guide pick you up at your hotel and depart for city tour to discovery – Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon, is the largest and busiest city in Vietnam with a population of more than 8 million people and was captured by French in 1859. Nowadays, Ho Chi Minh is the head of Vietnamese business and entrepreneurs. The city is rapidly changing, reflecting the sharp influx of foreign trade within last decade.

In this package, tour guide will take you to visit Reunification Palace - this famous edifice was the former residence of the President of Southern Vietnam until end of April 1975.

Close to the palace are some striking French colonial structures including the Notre Dame Cathedral – built in early 1880 years, Old Post Office, People Committee Hall and Ben Thanh market, where anything and everything is for sale. After that, enjoy your lunch with Vietnamese foods at local restaurant.

Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon, is the largest and busiest city in Vietnam with a population of more than 8 million people and was captured by French in 1859. Nowadays, Ho Chi Minh is the head of Vietnamese business and entrepreneurs. The city is rapidly changing, reflecting the sharp influx of foreign trade within last decade.

Ho Chi Minh City formerly named Saigon is the largest city in Vietnam. It was once known as Prey Nokor, an important Khmer sea port prior to annexation by the Vietnamese in the 17th century.

Under the name Saigon, it was the capital of the French colony of Cochin-china and later of the independent republic of South Vietnam from 1955–1975. South Vietnam, as an anti-communist republic, fought against the communist North Vietnamese and Viet Cong during the Vietnam War, with aid from the United States of America and countries including Australia, New Zealand and South Korea. Saigon fell when it was captured by the communists on 30 April 1975, bringing an end to the War with its enemy's victory. Vietnam was then turned into a communist state with the South overtaken. On 2 July 1976, Saigon merged with the surrounding Gia Định Province and was officially renamed Ho Chi Minh City after Ho Chi Minh (although the name Sai Gon  is still commonly used.)

Cu Chi is a rural district, approximately 30km north-west of Ho Chi Minh City. It lies between the Saigon River and the Vam Co Dong River. Cu Chi played an important role during the two resistance wars. It was an underground village with a network of tunnels totaling more than 250km. The main tunnel is from 60 to 70cm wide and from 80 to 90cm highs. The tunnels are approximately 3 to 10m under a layer of earth able to sustain the weight of 50ton-tanks, heavy artillery and bombs of up to 100kg

Vietnam is a typical wet rice country, rice is strongly worshipped here. Visitors to Vietnam will surely maze with the number of dishes made from rice: steamed rice (com) in daily meals, glutinous rice cake (square cake or banh chung), rice noodle, rice vermicelli, steamed rice pancakes (banh cuon) and many other ones. A common fish sauce bowl is also a very interesting image that can be seen in almost every meal of Vietnam people, representing Vietnamese solidarity. Two above are just some of many fascinating features of Vietnam food culture. It can be sure that discovering Vietnam food culture lets guests know much about people in this small beautiful country