South Vietnam Tour Packages from Malaysia

South Vietnam moves at a different speed from the north — faster in the city, slower on the river, cooler in the highlands. Five packages from RM1,388 cover the full range: the kinetic energy of Ho Chi Minh City, the hypnotic calm of the Mekong Delta, the cool mountain air of Dalat, and the golden sand and warm sea of Mui Ne. Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) is the largest city in Vietnam and one of the most energetic in Southeast Asia. The War Remnants Museum presents the American War with unflinching directness. The Independence Palace, where the war ended on 30 April 1975, is still frozen in 1970s furnishings and underground bunkers. Ben Thanh Market is the city's commercial heartbeat. The best street food in Vietnam is here, served from plastic stools on pavement corners that have been operating for generations. The Cu Chi Tunnels, 40 kilometres northwest of the city, are an underground city that sheltered tens of thousands of Viet Cong fighters during the war — 250 kilometres of hand-dug tunnels at three levels, with kitchens, hospitals, and command rooms underground. Crawling through the widened tourist section makes the history visceral. Dalat, in the central highlands 300 kilometres north of Ho Chi Minh City, is Vietnam's 'City of Eternal Spring' — cool, flower-filled, and built by the French as a hill station in the early 20th century. Asia's longest alpine coaster runs through the pine forests. Mui Ne, on the coast, has red and white sand dunes that shift with the wind and a long beach protected from the south monsoon by its east-facing orientation. Dhesu has been arranging South Vietnam journeys for Malaysian travellers since 1988.