Wandering Well · Day trips · Vietnam

What are nice day trips from Ho Chi Minh City?

Short answer

Trang Bang is a potential day trip within 50 km of Ho Chi Minh City. Bến Tre, Hoa Thanh, Tay Ninh and Ba Ria are within 100 km of Ho Chi Minh City. We list 9 places below, including 4 lake or river towns (Vĩnh Long and Go Cong) and 3 coastal towns (Vũng Tàu). More below.

Within 50 km 1 place

Trang Bang, Vietnam
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Trang Bang

Vietnam

Trang Bang, a town in Tây Ninh Province in southern Vietnam, is known internationally as the site of the 1972 napalm attack captured in Nick Ut's Pulitzer Pr…

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Within 100 km 8 places

Vĩnh Long, Vietnam
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Inland waterside towns

Vĩnh Long

Vietnam

This Mekong Delta city sits directly on one of the river's many branches in southern Vietnam, with a walkable centre well supplied with cafés and restaurants.

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Go Cong, Vietnam
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Inland waterside towns

Go Cong

Vietnam

This Mekong Delta city where a grand two-storey colonial building with arched green shutters and ornate facades slowly surrenders to tropical vegetation, off…

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Tay Ninh, Vietnam
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Tay Ninh

Vietnam

This city in southeastern Vietnam close to the Cambodian border, dominated by a vast, ornately decorated religious complex whose twin towers, tiered roofline…

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Hoa Thanh, Vietnam
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Sacred & spiritual destinations

Hoa Thanh

Vietnam

Hoa Thanh draws visitors to its extraordinary Cao Dai temple — a vast, ornately decorated structure blending pastel towers, arched colonnades, and vivid reli…

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Vũng Tàu, Vietnam
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Coast & island escapes

Vũng Tàu

Ho Chi Minh city · Vietnam

A coastal city on a peninsula in southeastern Vietnam, Vũng Tàu draws visitors with its beaches — including Bãi Sau and Bãi Trước — a warm year-round climate…

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Bến Tre, Vietnam
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Inland waterside towns

Bến Tre

Vietnam

This waterfront city in Vietnam's Mekong Delta, Bến Tre sits in the river-laced south of the country and offers a walkable centre with a solid café and resta…

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Ba Ria, Vietnam
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Inland waterside towns

Ba Ria

Vietnam

This busy Vietnamese provincial town lined with palm trees, a lively commercial centre, and a good spread of cafés, restaurants, and churches, with upland co…

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Duong Minh Chau, Vietnam
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Duong Minh Chau

Vietnam

A Vietnamese town in Tây Ninh province featuring a grand white colonial-style civic building with a red-tiled roof, set against flat lowland country close to…

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