Heritage trail · Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City: women of the south
From the ao dai and the market traders of Saigon to the women who dug and defended the Cu Chi tunnels, a trail through the city and the history beneath it.
The walk through time
How she dressed, past to now
The Saigon trail
The city and the tunnels
Southern Vietnamese Women's Museum
Stories of southern women, including an ao dai collection spanning a century.
Ben Thanh Market
The city's best known market, where generations of women have run the stalls.
Cu Chi tunnels
First dug by hand in the late 1940s and expanded in the 1960s. Women helped dig, supply and defend it.
Eat like a local
End back in the city with com tam, Saigon's broken rice plate.
- Cu Chi
- About 70 km away, 1.5 to 2 hours by road
- Time
- One full day
- Wear
- Clothes you can crawl in
Cu Chi is a place of remembrance for many families. Visit it with that in mind.
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