Ho Chi Minh City Sights

  1. Botanic Gardens

    One of the first projects undertaken by the French after they established Cochinchina as a colony was to found the Botanic Gardens. Though once one of the finest such gardens in Asia, they're now merely a pleasant place for a stroll under giant tropical trees. The emphasis is on the fun fair, with kids' rides, a fun house, miniature train, house of mirrors and such.

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  2. Cong Vien Van Hoa Park

    Next to the old Cercle Sportif, which was an elite sporting club during the French-colonial period, the bench-lined walks of Cong Vien Van Hoa Park are shaded with avenues of enormous tropical trees.

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