Vietnam Backpacker Hostel

Ho Chi Minh City


Recently rebranded, this lively place remains a good choice if you want to socialise and be in the heart of things. The building is a sprawling, multistorey affair offering good-value dorms (with eight to 12 beds) and spacious private rooms. It has a rooftop bar and offers lots of fun nights: quizzes, games and even a 'shit shirt' evening!


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Ho Chi Minh City attractions

1. Mariamman Hindu Temple

0.43 MILES

Only a small number of Hindus live in HCMC, but this colourful slice of southern India is also considered sacred by many ethnic Vietnamese and Chinese…

2. Tao Dan Park

0.45 MILES

One of the city's most attractive green spaces is 10-hectare Tao Dan Park, its bench-lined walks shaded with avenues of towering tropical trees, including…

3. Venerable Thich Quang Duc Memorial

0.5 MILES

This peaceful memorial park is dedicated to Thich Quang Duc, the Buddhist monk who self-immolated in protest at this intersection not far from the…

4. Fine Arts Museum

0.61 MILES

With its airy corridors and verandas, this elegant 1929 colonial-era, yellow-and-white building is stuffed with period details; it is exuberantly tiled…

5. Reunification Palace

0.66 MILES

Surrounded by royal palm trees, the dissonant 1960s architecture of this landmark government building and the eerie ambience of its deserted halls make it…

6. Xa Loi Pagoda

0.7 MILES

The inner walls of this sanctuary, famed as the repository of a sacred relic of the Buddha, are adorned with paintings depicting the Buddha’s life…

7. San Art

0.72 MILES

This inspiring, independent, nonprofit gallery was founded by artists, giving other local artists the opportunity to display and develop their intriguing…

8. Norodom Palace Gatehouse

0.73 MILES

The only surviving structure from the original Norodom Palace (which was bombed in 1962 and replaced with today's Reunification Palace) is this impressive…