The opening hours of Saigon tourist attractions are not by default the usual 8am to 5pm. Some of these attractions in Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon, have lunch breaks where they’ll be closed completely. Use this guide to plan your visits in maximizing your time and tour in Saigon…

Vietnam720: Po Nagar Cham Towers from Nha Trang, brought to you by Aimee from yVietnam. She calls it ‘The absolute wonders of Cham Culture’.

By hydrofoil, the southern coastal town of Vung Tau is hardly far enough from Ho Chi Minh City for travelers to grab a catnap. Arriving in Vung Tau after the 75-minute journey, the first thing you notice is the wide, curving bay filled with fishing boats so colorful you may wonder if a fleet of tankers carrying oil paints simultaneously ran aground there. Forested mountains hug the long coastline; French colonial mansions dot the foothills. A luxurious marble pathway greets visitors along Front Beach. In the mornings, sidewalks gleam with fresh catches of fish sold to passersby. On the rocks that the early tide has exposed, women scrape away at stubborn, clinging shellfish…