Saigon – Ho CHi Minh City,

When wet season comes, most of the time is raining day. The raining season lasts from May to October so that the best times for traveling to Saigon – Ho Chi Minh City is late November through February.  ”Dry season” is considered as a relative term in Indochina.

 Temperatures range from hot in the wet season to hotter in Dry Season; and the humidity nears 100 about every day. Luckily, Air condition machine is equipped in most of Saigon hotels so you don’t need worry too much about the temperature. Natural Disasters never happen in Saigon and that make Saigon is one of the most safety places for travelling in the world.

The biggest national festival in Vietnam starts in-between late January and early February and it is called Tet Holiday. This is an awesome time for travelling to Saigon, as all streets erupt with red color. Tet Holiday lasts about a week.

As a foreigner, you will easy get trouble with many things, such as local people, get lost, lose passport, lose money in hotel, etc.

What should we do in these circumstance?

If you lose your passport, go to your embassy country and get help. The list of consulates in Saigon, Click Here

If you lose money, your assets or even get lost in the crowded city like Saigon, you should know who you ask for help.

Same as other countries over the world, Vietnam also have bad guys and good guys. There are also a small group of people often scam foreigner. Thus, you should be careful. Luckily, most of Vietnamese people are friendly and will help you when you need, especially to the Foreigner.

Noted: When someone robbed your asset, you can ask for help from everyone. They will help you to trace the robber until they catch that robber. But these robbers often have motorbike so that you should ask for help immediately to the people surround there before these robbers run away.

Your first contact should be Police and Bodyguard. Here is the uniform that they wear

Job	Photo	Responsibility
Traffic Pollice		They can be found surround Saigon. Mostly they often stand at the street corner to lead the traffic. Beside that, they also help people to caught robber. Moreover, they are good people to ask for direction
Police		They can be found in Police office. Caught any people who do illegal jobs. Also, help people to find things we lose or stolen
Tourist BodyGuard		Help foreign tourist to pass over the street (Traffic is heavy in Saigon Streets). They are only in district 1. They also help people to catch robber. Also, They are also good people to ask for direction
BodyGuard		They are often at supermarket, hotels. They make sure everything is safe in these places.
Job	Photo	Responsibility

You can also call Hot-line:

113 for Police

114 for Fireman

115 for Ambulance

Saigon – Ho Chi Minh city,

When you lose your passport, try to contact the embassy as soon as possible. Also, if you need help, you can call to the consulate.

Here is the list of Consulates in Saigon:

Nation	Address	Phone Number	Fax
Consulate General Of The Republic of India	49 Tran Quoc Thao, District 3	39303539	38294495
Consulate General Of Australia	5B, Ton Duc Thang, District 1	38296035	38296031
Consulate General Of The Republic of Poland	5 Le Loi, District 1	39142883	39142884
Consulate General Of Kingdom of Cambodia	41, Phung Khac Khoan, District 1	38292751	38277696
Consulate General Of Canada	235, Dong Khoi, District 1	38279899	38279935
Consulate General Of the People’s Republic of China	39 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai, District 1	38292465	38275845
Consulate General Of The Republic of Cuba	5B, 45 Phung Khac Khoan, District 1	38297350	38295293.
Danish Economic and Commercial Office	1801 Sunwah Tower, 115 Nguyen Hue, District 1	38219373	39219371
Consulate General Of Federal Republic of Germany	126 Nguyen Dinh Chieu, District 3	38292455	38231919
Consulate General Of The Republic of France	27 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai, District 3	38297231	38291675
Consulate General Of The Kingdom of the Netherlands	29 Le Duan, District 1	38235932	38235934
Consulate General Of Korea	107 Nguyen Du, District 1	38225757	38225750
Consulate General Of The United States of America	4 Le Duan, District 1	38229433	38229434
Consulate General Of The Republic of Indonesia	18 Phung Khac Khoan, District 1	38251888	38299493
Consulate General Of Lao People’s Democratic Republic	9B, Pasteur, District 1	38297667	38299272
Consulate General Of Malaysia	2 Ngo Duc Ke, District 1	38299023	38299027
Consulate General Of New Zealand	P 909/9th Floor Metropole Building 235 Dong Khoi, District 1	38226907	38226905
Consulate General Of United Russia	40 Ba Huyen Thanh Quan, District 3	39303936	39303937
Consulate General Of Japan	13-17 Nguyen Hue, District 1	38225314	38225316
Consulate General Of The Republic of Panama	7A Le Thanh Ton, District 1	38259334	38236447
Consulate General Of The Republic of Philippines	8, 11st Floor, Nguyen Hue, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1	38294738	39110287
Consulate General Of The Republic of Singapore	8th Floor, Saigon Centre, 65 Le Loi, District 1	38220173	39142938
Spain Economic and Commercial Office	25 Phung Khac Khoan, District 1	38250173	38250174
Consulate General Of The Kingdom of Thailand	77 Tran Quoc Thao, District 3	39327637	39326002
Consulate General Of Kingdom of Sweden	8A/11 Thai Van Lung, District 1	38236800	38244856
Consulate General Of United Kingdom	25 Le Duan, District 1	38298433	38221971
Consulate of The Kingdom of Belgium	7th Floor, Sunwah Tower, 115 Nguyen Hue	38219354	38278068
Consulate of The Republic of Chile	79/1/1 Phan Ke Binh, District 1	39102903	39102904
Consulate of The Republic of Italia	203 Dong Khoi, District 1	38241998	38231534
Consulate of Mexico	215 A-B Hoang Van Thu, Phu Nhuan District	38445520	38423960
Consulate of Mongolia	18K30 Pho Quang, Tan Binh District	39970691	39970537
Consulate of Kingdom of Norway	21-23 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai, District 1	38221696	38272696
Consulate of Romania	33/6 Dang Van Ngu, Phu Nhuan District	39911204	38450587
Consulate of The Republic of Czech	28 Mac Dinh Chi, District 1	38290585	38226043
Consulate of The Republic of Slovakia	64-68 Hai Ba Trung, District 1	38298888	38277999
Consulate of The Swiss Confederation	124 Dien Bien Phu, District 1	38205402	38244856
Consulate of Ukraine	22-24 Nguyen Van Thu, District 1	39104054	39104053
Consulate of The Union of Myanmar	50 Sam Son, Ward 4, Tan Binh District	54490805	38428789
Consulate of The Republic of Hungary	22 Phung Khac Khoan, District 1	38290130	38279622
Consulate of The Republic of South Africa	25 Phung Khac Khoan, District 1	38238556	38238557

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