On the occasion of April 30th holiday, come to Ho Chi Minh City to take a series of extremely meaningful and novel historical and cultural tours.

International tourists visit the Independence Palace, a place that witnessed historical moments - Photo: QUANG DINH

These tour programs are built to promote the significance and historical cultural values, exploit the potential and advantages of the city's tourism resources.

Saigontourist Travel Service Company has just launched a special tour called "50 years - Returning to the beloved South" for veterans from all over the country to Ho Chi Minh City to revisit the old battlefields and combine tourism. The tour will depart with many routes throughout 2025. This is a deep gratitude to those who wrote the golden history of the nation.

The tour lasts 4 days and 3 nights, taking visitors from Ho Chi Minh City to historical sites associated with the resistance war such as the Independence Palace, Cu Chi tunnels, and the Southern Central Office base ( Tay Ninh ).

The rubber forest space, campfire nights or conversations with veterans promise to turn the travel journey into a vivid historical experience class, where the past blends into every step of the traveler.

Meanwhile, Vietluxtour launched a cultural and historical tour attracting young people and international tourists, "Legends of Heroes".

The tour is currently being organized by Vietlux Travel at the request of tourists. The tour also won an award at the "Designing a tourism program to celebrate the 50th anniversary of national reunification" contest recently launched by the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism.

Exploring Cu Chi at night is also an experience not to be missed - Photo: HT

The "Legend of Heroes" journey lasts two days and one night, exploring places associated with glorious feats of arms, such as Sac Forest associated with the heroic battles of special forces from 1966 to April 30, 1975, Can Gio Monkey Island, Sac Forest Martyrs' Cemetery, where the graves of martyrs who sacrificed their lives on this land are gathered during two long resistance wars for national independence and unification, or Cu Chi Tunnels and Independence Palace.

Ho Chi Minh City inner city tours on April 30

Cu Chi, the land of steel and bronze, lasted half a day.

With this tour, the group departs for Cu Chi at 7:30 am, taking turns to learn about the Cu Chi - Ben Duoc tunnels, a wonder of Vietnam's military art. Many structures are located deep underground such as military bunkers, weapon bunkers, air vents, Hoang Cam kitchen, water wells, clothing factories....

Enjoy tea and cassava, the staple food of Vietnamese guerrillas during the war, and experience real gunfire.

The tour is designed to contain many cultural values, the beauty of the old Saigon - Cho Lon people and introduce many ancient architectures with characteristics of the Oriental people - Photo: BT

Half-day memories of Saigon - Cho Lon

Visitors will explore the Secret Mailbox and the floating bunker of the Saigon Special Forces - Do Phu Coffee Shop; visit the Ho Chi Minh Memorial Site - where Uncle Ho stayed before leaving to find a way to save the country, visit Ba Thien Hau Pagoda - the oldest Chinese assembly hall in Saigon, and enjoy the Chi Ma Phu sweet soup (black sesame sweet soup) - one of the typical sweet soups of the Chinese.

At the end of the tour, guests will enjoy "Going to Cho Lon to watch lion dance" at The Garden Mall square, and enjoy famous Chinese dishes in the evening.

International tourists cannot miss the Ho Chi Minh City Post Office - Photo: QUANG DINH

Tour Imprints of Saigon - Gia Dinh - Ho Chi Minh City, half day

Tourists take turns going to Nguyen Van Binh Book Street; Notre Dame Cathedral; Central Post Office; Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Building; Bach Dang Wharf, and viewing Ho Chi Minh City and Saigon River by Water Bus.

Tour of Saigon past and present

A short but complete 30-4 tour for visitors to feel the transformation of Ho Chi Minh City through each period. Departing at 8am, the journey takes you to familiar but never-endingly attractive places: Nguyen Van Binh Book Street, Notre Dame Cathedral, Central Post Office, City People's Committee, Bach Dang Wharf.

The special feature of the tour is the experience of metro line 1 - a new symbol of the city.

Saigon Special Forces Museum on Tran Quang Khai Street, District 1 - Photo: TTD

Saigon Commando, Half Day

Recreate the story of the Saigon Special Forces through this special half-day tour. The group starts at Nhan Huong Quan - a secret liaison point, then goes to the Saigon - Gia Dinh Special Forces Intelligence Museum, where untold stories are kept. The tour is currently very popular with international visitors.

District 1 - night colors, half day length

This is currently a rare tour to explore the city's "Night Economy". The journey begins at 6pm, and visitors will visit iconic architectural works such as the Ho Chi Minh City Museum, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee building and the Notre Dame Cathedral.

The group will then board a double-decker bus to admire the night view of prominent buildings such as the Independence Palace, Bitexco Tower, and the Majestic Hotel. These historical buildings, combined with sparkling lights, will make you feel a Saigon that is both modern and imbued with historical and cultural values.

Experience the modern Metro - River bus - Enjoy Maison Maron chocolate candy

Tourists experience Vietnam's first river bus: admire iconic architectural works such as Bitexco building, Landmark 81, Thu Thiem bridge, Saigon bridge, Ba Son bridge... and go to Thao Dien neighborhood to learn about the production process from cocoa beans to create each chocolate bar...

Notably, in the evening, guests are also suggested to explore Saigon through a new perspective such as joining the Walking city tour, watching the A O show, or the Vespa tour, exploring night cuisine...

4-hour tour ticket to experience the open-top double-decker bus route Saigon - Cho Lon

Experience the double-decker bus at night, passing through many cultural and historical works - Photo: KL

Tour to explore the Vietnamese - Chinese cultural space in the heart of the city. Visitors will visit Thien Hau Pagoda - the oldest Chinese pagoda in the city. Stop at Van Phat Pagoda - a Vietnamese record-holder with more than 10,000 Buddha statues and enjoy a meal with delicious Chinese dishes.

Currently, travel companies in Ho Chi Minh City all have the above tour products and offer incentives to tourists on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and national reunification. A representative of Saigontourist Travel said that in April 2025 alone, the unit has organized a series of special programs for delegations - veterans, people with revolutionary contributions...

Meanwhile, Ms. Tran Thi Bao Thu, communications director of Vietluxtour, said that about 45% of customers were interested in Saigon’s cultural and historical products at the recent Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Festival. Many corporate customers were interested and booked city tours combined with their businesses’ origin-returning activities.

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