ThingstodoHoChiMinhCityUpdated August 2026

Credits

Photo credits

Every photograph on this site comes from Pexels under its free licence. Where we wanted a photograph of a specific place and could not confirm one, we say so here and in the caption rather than substituting something that looks close enough.

Photographs used, by Pexels ID.
IDWhat it actually showsPhotographerSource
11742808The Bitexco Financial Tower reflected in the Saigon River at sunsetThịnh LaPexels page
12740918Ho Chi Minh City Hall lit at sunset
Wanted Independence Palace; no Pexels photo of the palace could be confirmed. This is City Hall, a different building 900 m away, and the caption says so.		see the Pexels pagePexels page
12741805The Ho Chi Minh City cityscapesee the Pexels pagePexels page
19981178Ho Chi Minh City's skyline lit at night, reflected in the riversee the Pexels pagePexels page
27966251Sunset over Ho Chi Minh Citysee the Pexels pagePexels page
28899310Mid-morning traffic under the street trees in central Ho Chi Minh City, with taxis and motorbikesTường ChopperPexels page
29748951A street vendor selling fruit from a bicycle in Vietnam
Vietnam-wide, not confirmed as Ho Chi Minh City. Caption does not claim the city.		see the Pexels pagePexels page
29813825The clock tower of Bến Thành Market against a clear skysee the Pexels pagePexels page
30407636A woman riding a motorcycle past a market in Saigonsee the Pexels pagePexels page
31577037A Vietnamese street-food market in Bình Thuận
Wanted Saigon street food; no confirmable HCMC street-food photo was found. Bình Thuận is ~200 km east of the city. Caption names the province.		see the Pexels pagePexels page
31991164Ho Chi Minh City's skyline over the river, with a bridge in the foregroundsee the Pexels pagePexels page
34549741A traditional boat on the Mekong River at Ngã Năm, in the delta
Wanted a My Tho / Ben Tre day-trip boat; this is Ngã Năm in Sóc Trăng — genuinely the Mekong Delta, but not the stretch day tours visit. Caption says so.		see the Pexels pagePexels page
34704788A Hanoi street hung with Vietnamese flags, busy with people and motorbikessee the Pexels pagePexels page
8228852Landmark 81 and the Saigon skyline at nightsee the Pexels pagePexels page

Video thumbnails come from YouTube and are credited to their creators beneath each embed.