Watch This BEFORE Visiting Ho Chi Minh City/Saigon 🇻🇳 (Vietnam Travel Vlog) 

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Dude, did you not do any historical research on Saigon? The architecture is French colonial because is was controlled by the French for years before the U.S. came in. In Viet Nam it's not the Viet Nam War, it's the American War. Duh?!?!!?

I totally disagree that Saigon is skippable. To me it's a quintessential Vietnam experience. That said, it's not a must-see place, either. Personally I wasn't impressed with Da Nang but Hue and Hoi An are great. If possible, try to get to the Mekong Delta and rent a scooter to explore the jungle. The city of Saigon is not exceptional but the Mekong Delta, jungles, and tunnels outside the city are nice.

knowing the reasons behind (like history) is not sugarcoating guys 😢 it’s just respect for a different culture. When we know more, we just make more respectful opinions 🤷🏻‍♀️

Gonna give my 2 cents here. - Saigon is the economic engine of the country. It's not the most "interesting" or geographically aesthetic city, but it is the largest and most modern with so many migrants moving there and adding to the fabric. This has created a chaotic phase of development over the past few decades with everyone trying to eke out a living in such a confined space. This has led to lots of pollution and poor urban planning. - People come to Saigon mainly for the history, food and nightlife. - There are plenty of food markets around, they're just not all congregated in the touristy areas. Locals don't go to places like Ben Thanh. - Numbeo is a terrible source for data and I'd take it with a grain of salt. - The War Remnants Museum is obviously biased in favour of the Communist Party's views. They never showcase the atrocities they themselves committed. - Obviously the city, as with the rest of the country, is still in the process of developing after all the shit to do with colonialism and wars with the US, China and Cambodia, not to mention the US' trade embargo. - Saigon was once a much more relaxed, better planned city but that ended with the war and the chaotic development phase that took place after. Moving forward, it will continue to develop, people will have more disposable income, the city will become more modernised and clean with more things to see and do. That's just a by-product of the massive growth that has taken place there. Heck, I remember being in Saigon in the early 2000s and it was way worse back then.

You visit Saigon for historical places, diverse and yummy food selections, and for services. But you must do your research and have an idea of what you want to do. You may also enjoy the city more if you have a partner. It's a big city so one could be very lost of knowing exactly what to do while in Saigon. 😊😊

Good Video. I'll travel a lot around Asia about 6 months out of the year, usually staying in Cebu City in the Philippines look forward to hearing your thoughts about the Philippines.

When you come back to Saigon, I hope you also visit the Westerner expats town in district 2 and Korean expats town in district 7.

As a Saigonese i kinda agree with you. Saigon is just so so. I tried walking in the center around 2 hours i went everywhere. The sidewalk is not good. The service not too many. So many thing to improve. However it’t easy to eat or play in Saigon because people is more lively. Hope Saigon can change in 5 years so you can impress more

Also I see on Expedia for a package for hotels and they mention location like District 1,2,3. Could you explain what it means?

Dude can you make a vlog of how and what documents needed to travel to Vietnam. Also which city would you recommend for a noobie like me to visit. I love to go where locals go to eat.

Hi! There I hope u can respond I was wondering how was the flight there! I live 11/12 hrs away from Japan and 18 from Vietnam and is there a lot of turbulence!? And is it fun cus I am going 17 of December till the 31!

What hotel did you take?

Thanks so much, Wes, and BTW, I love NYC! Was there in early 2010s. I booked SGN for April to May, as I've already done Asia (SE Asia), 4 x, most recently Bangkok in '22 & '23, and I wanted to try somewhere different. Appreciate your honesty, and you were very objective with what you rated and your reasons. If I am disappointed, I'll stick to Thailand in future, but of course it's the essence of life to try new places. I am staying in Quan 1 - Ben Thanh ward, very near D. Bui Vien, and am hopeful of a nice holiday, but if not, at least I tried a different country! Thanks again. Kisses to the Big Apple and US. Make America Great Again, lol! Best regards, Miles - Brisbane QLD. xo

I am not a huge fan of big cities! I feel you on that, my girl and I will be visiting Saigon soon, this video was very helpful. Thank you

Is there a ba na hills videos? for sai gon, it's best to go to can tho and do the mekong river tour

🔥🔥 I Appreciate your channel bro! Motivated me to start traveling and start my own RU-vid channel documenting my journey 🙏

I love Sài Gòn. I like its chaos, its dirt, and its crazy. It's not an ancient city, but it has its own style, and the people there have a lot of character. It's really not a good sex tourism destination, though. Go to Thailand or the Philippines for that.

thanks for honest views...very helpful :)

Is it like Bangkok just too city like Manila too

Filling out my evisa. Its asking me the province in Saigon? I don't know, it's my first time. I want to go to the tourist spot. How much are the hotels?

I love how you're not sugarcoating Saigon like most travelling RU-vidrs do.

What hostel did you stay at? Would you recommend?

30 dong? 10 cents us?

Ya got me bro, got a vietnamese woman from there, top pick bro 💪

Great video bro, thank you!

Great Video. ...but that Museum is incredibly one sided view, I saw the same in Laos. That traffic is insane.

Fantastic Vietnam People

Am in Vietnam right now as a tourist, we went to Saigon Square just this afternoon. One of store where bags are being sold, we ask the sales lady how much the price of the bag were interested in, she replied are buy buying, we replied can we ask the price first? Then she told us if you don't buy I will not say price. Really?😢😅 I mean other than her the other girl where we bought sweets and coffee was very nice and friendly😊.

You should give it more time. Districts 2, and 7 are nicer and cleaner. To the tourists it's chaotic but to the locals it's order.

Thanks for a solid travel review video which covers important topics.

Your feeling is quite similar to my feeling when I came back Vietnam in the first time after leaving there 2 years. It's noisy and polluted. I had no words but I felt much better after living there for a few days.

In central Saigon ,house prices are like $1 million usd for an average house.

Impressive there’s a global village scenario going on modernity has reached almost every corner of earth

how do you make friends when you go to a place like Ho Chi Minh City?

Very good video! Very honest on your thoughts!

District 5 is not really a place for tourist. Thao Dien in district 2 and Phu My Hung in district 7 are places that are more foreigner-friendly.

NICE :)

As a vietnamese myself i kinda 90% percent agree with you about pollution, entertainment, trafic congestion, horn noise,etc. 2 big city in vietnam ha noi and hcm city, beside visit historical building, try some local food, there's not much to do as a tourism

Have a great day thank you for sharing this video Im glad im here hoping to watch more videos from you. Kapiso Mo Vlog 9:18

I appreciate your candid views. Keep it up!

Amazing

Hcmc is one hell of a city and cheapest for sure. Never bored here after 1 year. D1 expensive area is extremely cheap

Look mom, I featured in a youtube video! 🥰😂 It was a lot of fun to meet you and the rest of the gang at the hostel, Europe next? 🌝

Spectacular Vietkongs

Thanks you just created a new passport bro movement to vietnam...here come the trans hunters

Saigon used to be known as East Paris by the way, don't know what's known as East Paris nowadays

This guy had provided his observation about the city/culture but is not very observant in his understanding

Go eat Pho Le and go check out District 5!

Which do u prefer Thailand or Vietnam?

Spend a couple of days, get a hotel with a rooftop pool!!

Good video. How would you rate Da Nang and Hanoi out of ten?

nice. been following you for over a year now. i wanted to meet you in da nang which ill be there november 8th. my birth and hometown is near hi an. ha noi is more crowded and old building. saigon is my favorite city or mexico city. those 2 are my fav

Saigon is dirty, chaotic , noisy and hot but its fun to visit for a few days .

I agree..i wasnt bothered by saigon personally..the rest ofcthe nam i liked

I hope they do something with the pollution and traffic

Ho Chi Minh Wonderfull

The honesty is very helpful. I'm going to Vietnam for the first time in like 50 days and Da Nang and Hanoi always looked more interesting, but your video kind of seals the deal. If time isn't too limited I hope to visit Saigon for a quick trip.

Currently in Saigon. Much nicer than Manila but not as nice as Bangkok. I liked Da Nang more than Pattaya though. Off to Kuala Lumpur next then Hanoi. So far the only city I could live comfortably in would be Bangkok.

Great video, Is Saigon more Touristy than Hanoi? Cheers

Please can you let me know how much is the salary for a fresher data scientist in saigon ? I have a Master degree in computer science and and will get a college degree from Canada in machine learning and ai in the end of the year. Thanks a lot.

Love your content brother but we will have to agree to disagree here. I prefer 'HCMC' to Bangkok. I stayed mainly in 'Thao Dhien' i.e. district 2 aka 'the white mans part of town' - despite being a brown man! Its a highly 'marked-up' part of town, with luxury restaurants, cafes, malls, apartment blocks and even its own 'casa del habano' but still much cheaper than London but then which place isn't?! For a city of 10 mil+ people, I found HCMC to be full of remarkably friendly yet busy people and I found it easy to make friends and the average woman to be very beautiful and easy to approach - seriously wasn't expecting Vietnamese women to be so beautiful but I'll be ready for next time. District 5 'Cho Lon' was an interesting part of town, as was 'Phuong nga' or district 9. I encourage you to give it another try!

Saigon is a jewel

@WheresWes damn dude, youd have thought you ran over a puppy the way people are crying on here. Good stuff though. Keep on keepin on.

You not harassed because you blended in, local assume you one of us DuMa from the States. If you white, good luck with the vendor 😂 wish you happy journey

I would recommend reading history before visiting saigon . Its not easily digestible if your from the west . I found myself in tears wanting to find somewhere more civilised and refined (am from chelsea in london)

4:38 why you gotta show the one Black guy in Vietnam when talking about s*x tourism? LMAO

Good video. I guess it's all about expectations and perspective. I had a terrific time in Saigon a couple of weeks ago. But, I also hired a personal tour guide and stayed at the best hotel in the city. You get what you pay for. I had a great experience from start to finish. Da Nang was a whole different level. Stayed at the Intercontinental resort in a 5,000 sq. ft. villa with a butler. I guess when you get to be my age, you will see Vietnam differently.

clean is Saigon, u probably havnt venture outside Dist1, which is tourist backpack area. Saigon gas many districts btw

This guy said he's not a big fan of big cities and then visit one to tell us he doesn't like it. Imagine if I said I don't like beef and then I go to a steak house.

Go film ho chi Minh slums dude

I think saigon is famous for the foods, but if you want to see more culture, you should go to the North!

I've lived in the US and many other countries in the world, including Spain, the Philippines, Thailand and Cambodia, and I must say that Viết women are the *hottest*.

I am in Colombia now and have made up my mind that its not a " wifey country". Not a country to go look for wife, but to have fun😜( you knw what I mean ? Leaving in January for Greece.

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you are the most honest travel vlogger i have ever seen. you say it how it is rather than trying to please everyone for extra views.

Going to places where you live in the US! Where homeless people & junkies are hanging around! Isn’t it messy? Is it worthy to go visit America? YES! We travel to other countries for experiencing other cultures, without any expectation that they should live to ours norm in ours head! Wise guy! 😅

I agree I have been all around vietnam and saigon is messed up. It's also the only place i've seen multiple crimes happen

gotta respect the viets on their amazing development. a country that has recovered from multiple wars.

To each their own and all, but I found Saigon more enjoyable and more authentic than places like Hanoi and Da Nang

French influence in their building architecture.

You should do some researchs on the country first.

lol, yeah those girls in the Japanese district get very edgy, even if you're just holding your phone while walking through. That was my first clue that I'd accidentally stumbled into some sort of red light district. Also the war "museum" was just garbage communist propaganda. But yeah, agree with all your takes and conclusion re Saigon. I wouldn't be in a rush to go back

saigon is horrendous after about 3 days if your just travelling.... but after about 3 months, after you learn the traps and find alot of the actual amazing spots and can venture otuside the tourist trap of bui vien.. after that period of time it you discover theres a certain magic to it, and you have so much to do you will never be bored. its probably the best place to smoke a fat blunt and just walk around high as shit lol... but the pollution never gets old and is by far the worse thing about saigon!

The Vietnam war is intersting but many do NOT understand it, i say this as i read your comments about it I always ask the question when people debate on this "Who was America truly attacking?" than a follow up "Who won the war?" At this point people typically say "Vietnam won", than you go talk to a South Vietnamese and ask them the same thing and the answer will not be anything like "Vietnam won" Fun fact, many VIetnamese still go with the ideas of the tribes of the "Three stick people" There is a reason why some Vietnamese call Saigon, saigon and others don't. VN war was a proxy war, and American lost a lot sure, and did a lot of bad but they were not the ones that truly lost.. Again "Who was American truly attacking?" It wasn't ALL of Vietnam, they were trying to stop SOMEONE, i won't say who...but y'all know :) On the side isn't it funny in China they put General Mao on all their money? I wonder how the 80+ million Chinese back 110 years ago would have felt about that

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Well you are a tourist that is inexperienced so that’s why you don’t know where the best spots are.

you never do your homework before u travel.

My eyes burned just to walk around the city, and I inhaled the pollutants air.

I’m scared eat street food I’m sure you’ll get sick

😄 if you're looking for China culture in Vietnam, you'll get disapointed

You need to stop comparing Vietnam with Thailand. They do not share any history together. Thai is indigenous, while Vietnamese are direct descendants of Han Chinese. The first emperor of Vietnam came from Beijing. The first King of Thailand came from India who married a Cambodian Khmer girl. The languages are also very different between the two. No relation between the two. Learn your history, brah.

Need a little bit of research regarding the Vietnam conflict. A lot of what you see there is communist propaganda. Communist north Vietnam took over the more capitalist, American back South Vietnam. In the US, go to any Viet communities and shop and you would never see the official communist Vietnam flag hanging around. There is a lot of untold story in that museum. As far as your opinion about Saigon, I got no problem with it. Everyone's experience is different. I been there once and I was just cultured shocked just because I am a Viet from the US. Street vendors are mostly located within local neighborhoods and not in the main tourist area. With any big cities there will be dirty and eye sore areas. Vietnam has come a long way and is one of the favorite place that people are now recognizing as a tourist destination. Very proud of my native country. Haven't been there since 2009 and it seems to look better now.

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The Philippines is not that developed. I did not like it....not for me.

Terminator 8.

SAIGON? It's called Ho Chi Min City!

👎 overall. Btw all major cities have nicer and more rundown areas 🙄

i do find vietnam women attractive but im also noticing that the westerner/mainstream 3rd vibe is taking full effect in this world.. da nang will prob be where i will visit. then ill prob couple it with with phillipines.. Although thailand having legal weed does carry big favor in potential. Great vid.

It sounds like you find Vietnamese women more attractive than Thai women?