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War Remnants Museum
A deeply affecting museum in Ho Chi Minh City documenting the Vietnam War primarily from the Vietnamese perspective.
8 km · about 15 min drive
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Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam · Asia
About Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Tân Bình, 8km from War Remnants Museum.
Ho Chi Minh City is in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam, with about 14 million people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Tân Bình, about 4 km away.
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Within an hour or so of Ho Chi Minh City: War Remnants Museum (8 km), Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) (9 km), Cu Chi Tunnels (40 km).
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Ho Chi Minh City is in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam, about 4 km from Tân Bình.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 14,002,598
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Vietnam
- Region
- Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC)
- Timezone
- Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh
- Coordinates
- 10.8230, 106.6296
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Worth the detour from Ho Chi Minh City
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Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)
Vietnam's largest and most dynamic city with French colonial architecture, buzzing motorbike traffic, and vibrant street food culture.
9 km · about 15 min drive
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Cu Chi Tunnels
An immense network of underground tunnels used by Viet Cong guerrillas during the Vietnam War, now open to visitors to crawl through.
40 km · about 45 min drive
When to drive here
Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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