A day exploring Ho Chi Minh City on the occasion of April 30: See secret tunnels, listen to garden music

(Dan Tri) - During the April 30 holiday this year, Ho Chi Minh City has many fun activities and interesting places to visit. Residents and tourists can refer to the schedule for a day around Ho Chi Minh City with the following attractive destinations.

Suggestions for designing your own tour around Ho Chi Minh City on April 30 ( Video : Cam Tien - Moc Khai).

9:00: Visit the War Remnants Museum

The War Remnants Museum is located on Vo Van Tan Street (District 3, Ho Chi Minh City). This is a place to preserve memories of a time of bombs and bullets, a destination for every citizen, especially the younger generation, to better understand the value of peace .

The plane is on display at the museum (Photo: Moc Khai).

The museum was established in 1975, preserving more than 20,000 documents, artifacts and images. It is also a place that regularly organizes exchanges with historical witnesses and traveling exhibitions, contributing to spreading the message of opposing unjust wars, towards a more humane and harmonious world .

The photos tell the fierce scenes of war (Photo: Moc Khai).

Time-worn photos, artifacts, and authentic documentary footage… create a quiet space, making many people ponder for a long time after coming here.

War Remnants Museum

Address: 28 Vo Van Tan, Vo Thi Sau Ward, District 3, HCMC

Opening hours: 7:30-17:30

Reference price: 40,000 VND/person/trip

12:00: Lunch at Do Phu Coffee - Korean broken rice

At noon, you can choose to combine eating and learning about history at Do Phu Coffee - Dai Han Broken Rice. This coffee shop and broken rice shop is located at 113A Dang Dung, Tan Dinh Ward, District 1, HCMC.

Du Fu Coffee - Korean broken rice (Photo: Nam Anh).

This is a 2-storey wooden house with simple architecture, but it used to be a secret base of operations of the Saigon Special Forces under the management of Mr. Tran Van Lai, a member of the Saigon - Cho Lon - Gia Dinh Military Region Special Forces unit.

Broken rice at the restaurant is served with pickles and kimchi (Photo: Moc Khai).

Here, you can enjoy broken rice with fragrant, well-marinated ribs, served with a rich sweet and sour fish sauce. Not only that, you can also explore the secret basements where weapons and secret letters of the Saigon Special Forces were stored during the war.

Du Fu Coffee - Korean Broken Rice

Address: 113A Dang Dung, Tan Dinh Ward, District 1, HCMC

Opening hours: 7am-10pm

Reference price: From 30,000 VND

17:00: Watch the sunset at the Creative Park

Creative Park, inaugurated earlier this year, is an open space nestled on the banks of the Saigon River with many modern amenities such as a green riverside walkway, a central stage, a multi-purpose sports area, a skateboarding rink, a basketball court, a pickleball court... and convenience stores for people to come and play and shop.

Creative Park attracts many young people to come and play (Photo: Moc Khai).

Not only a place to exercise or organize community events, the park is also a "virtual living corner" loved by many young people, an ideal place to watch the sunset. In addition, surrounding the park are a series of cafes and restaurants with a variety of styles, from minimalist to modern, making this area even more vibrant and attractive.

Creative Park

Address: Starting from Ba Son bridge to Thu Thiem bridge, the main gate is on Nguyen Thien Thanh street, Thu Thiem ward, Thu Duc city

Opening hours: 7am-11pm

Reference price: Free entrance

8pm: Relax at the end of the day at Ni Coffee Shop

This coffee shop is the brainchild of young people, hoping to create a Western space, a place for people to gather and reminisce about old stories. The owner of the shop used the space of old Western houses to come up with decoration ideas and spent 6 months looking for old items to arrange in the shop.

The coffee shop has a cool garden, hung with red flags with yellow stars (Photo: Moc Khai).

The main space of the restaurant is a 3-room tiled-roof wooden house. In front of the door is a garden with gourd and squash trellises and neatly planted vegetable and rice beds, taking visitors back to a peaceful countryside.

Delicious rib noodle dish at the restaurant (Photo: Moc Khai).

Every day, the restaurant serves vermicelli with meatballs, vermicelli with pork ribs, and meatballs from morning to night. Every week, the restaurant also has artistic activities such as amateur music, bingo, acoustic singing, etc. Sitting in the cool green space, listening to the gentle sounds, brings a feeling of extreme relaxation and comfort after a long day.

Ni Coffee Shop

Address: 128D Nguyen Dinh Chinh, Ward 8, Phu Nhuan District, HCMC

Opening hours: 24/24

Reference price: From 39,000 VND to 65,000 VND

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