Ho Chi Minh City & Southern Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh City — still lovingly called Saigon by the locals — is Vietnam's most dynamic metropolis: faster, more modern, and wilder than Hanoi, with skyscrapers next to colonial buildings, endless streams of motorcycles, and an energy that never wanes. Add to that the Mekong Delta, the tropical island of Phú Quốc, and the moving history of the Vietnam War at every corner.