Day 01
A Day in Ho Chi Minh City's Chinese Communities
- Experience the local life of bustling Ho Chi Minh City. Learn about Vietnamese and Chinese communities as you travel to Chợ Lớn, one of the world's largest and oldest Chinatowns.
- Start with a visit to the iconic Binh Tay Market with your Ho Chi Minh tour guide, famed for its maze of food stalls and grand Sino-French architecture. Learn about the everyday life of the fruit and vegetable sellers before stopping for a glass of traditional Café Sua Da - Vietnamese iced coffee - and the chance to try some of Vietnam's exotic fruits.
- Afterward, pass through the chaotic backstreets where everything from spare motorbike parts to religious artifacts is frantically traded.
- Stop at historic Cha Tam Church, where President Diem was seized during the 1963 coup, and hear about the city's turbulent past before walking through the oldest streets of Chợ Lớn.
- Visit a traditional Chinese medicine shop and see how herbal tea is prepared before arriving at the Minh Huong communal house, home to one of Chợ Lớn's oldest Chinese communities.
