ThingstodoHoChiMinhCityUpdated October 2026

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Photo credits

Every photograph on this site comes from Pexels, under its free licence, or from Wikimedia Commons, under the Creative Commons licence named beside it. 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 ID.
IDWhat it actually showsPhotographerSource and licence
11742808The Bitexco Financial Tower reflected in the Saigon River at sunsetThịnh LaPexels page, Pexels licence
27966251Sunset over Ho Chi Minh Citysee the Pexels pagePexels page, Pexels licence
28899310Mid-morning traffic under the street trees in central Ho Chi Minh City, with taxis and motorbikesTường ChopperPexels page, Pexels licence
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, Pexels licence
29813825The clock tower of Bến Thành Market against a clear skysee the Pexels pagePexels page, Pexels licence
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, Pexels licence
31991164Ho Chi Minh City's skyline over the river, with a bridge in the foregroundsee the Pexels pagePexels page, Pexels licence
34704788A Hanoi street hung with Vietnamese flags, busy with people and motorbikessee the Pexels pagePexels page, Pexels licence
8228852Landmark 81 and the Saigon skyline at nightsee the Pexels pagePexels page, Pexels licence
wm-cai-rangA vendor's boat at Cái Răng floating market, Cần Thơ, in 2013Jean-Marc AstesanaWikimedia Commons page, CC BY-SA 2.0
wm-cu-chi-tunnelInside a lit section of the Cu Chi tunnelsMinhVN123Wikimedia Commons page, CC BY-SA 4.0
wm-independence-palaceThe front of Independence Palace across its lawn and fountainBalon GreyjoyWikimedia Commons page, CC0
wm-metro-line-1A Metro Line 1 train on the elevated trackKateru ZakuroWikimedia Commons page, CC BY 4.0
wm-war-remnants-museumThe War Remnants Museum building, with a captured US aircraft in the yardChristophe95Wikimedia Commons page, CC BY-SA 4.0

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