Built between 1877 and 1883, Notre Dame Cathedral enlivens the heart of Ho Chi Minh City's government quarter, facing Ð Dong Khoi. A brick, neo-Romanesque church with 40m-high square towers tipped with iron spires, the Catholic cathedral is named after the Virgin Mary. Interior walls are inlaid with devotional tablets and some stained glass survives. English-speaking staff dispense tourist information from 9am to 11am Monday to Saturday. Mass is 9.30am Sunday. If the front gates are locked, try the door on the side facing the Reunification Palace.

Right across the way from Notre Dame Cathedral, Ho Chi Minh City's striking French post office is a period classic, designed by Marie-Alfred Foulhoux (though often credited to Gustave Eiffel) and built between 1886 and 1891. Painted on the walls of its grand concourse are fascinating historic maps of South Vietnam, Saigon and Cholon, while a mosaic of Ho Chi Minh takes pride of place at the end of its barrel-vaulted hall. Note the magnificent tiled floor of the interior and the copious green-painted wrought iron.

Formerly the Museum of Chinese and American War Crimes, the War Remnants Museum is consistently popular with Western tourists. Few museums anywhere convey the brutal effects of war on its civilian victims so powerfully. Many of the atrocities documented here were well publicised, but rarely do Westerners hear the victims of US military action tell their own stories. While some displays are one-sided, many of the most disturbing photographs illustrating US atrocities are from US sources, including those of the infamous My Lai Massacre.

Distance from Roseland hotels:
- Roseland Sweet: 10 min (1.9 km)
- Roseland Centa: 9 min (2.0 km)
- Roseland Corp: 9 min (2.0 km)
- Roseland Point: 11 min (2.1 km)

Built in 1929 by the Société des Études Indochinoises, this notable Sino-French museum houses a rewarding collection of artefacts illustrating the evolution of the cultures of Vietnam, from the Bronze Age Dong Son civilisation (which emerged in 2000 BC) and the Funan civilisation (1st to 6th centuries AD), to the Cham, Khmer and Vietnamese. The museum is just inside the main gate to the city’s botanic gardens and zoo.

Distance from Roseland hotels:
- Roseland Sweet: 7 min (1.6 km)
- Roseland Centa: 13 min (1.0 km)
- Roseland Corp: 6 min (1.4 km)
- Roseland Point: 9 min (3.3 km)

Ben Thanh Street Food Market is highly recommended as a must-visit place for local youths and visitors as they can enjoy a wonderful dining experience with specialties of many countries as well as diverse tasty dishes from the three regions of Vietnam, and discover the bustle and hustle of city nightlife right in the heart of Saigon.

Distance from Roseland hotels:
- Roseland Sweet: 15 min walking (1.2 km)
- Roseland Centa: 16 min walking (1.3 km)
- Roseland Corp: 15 min walking (1.2 km)
- Roseland Point: 13 min walking (1.0 km)

- Saigon Sky Deck: inside Bitexco Tower
- Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street & President Ho Chi Minh Statue
- Ferry Terminal: Ho Chi Minh City passenger ferry port ( get ferry to go Vung Tau City) opposite to Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street.
- Police Station: 74 Ho Tung Mau St, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1.
- Ao dai Museum: 77 Nguyen Hue Street.
- Ho chi minh city’s people commitree: at Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street.
- Saigon Centre ( Takashimaya): Shopping mall on 65 Le Loi Street.
- Saigon Square 1: at 81 Nam Ki Khoi Nghia Street.
- Taka Plaza : at 102 Nam Ki Khoi Nghia Street.
- Ho Chi Minh City Museum of fine arts : 97A Pho Duc Chinh St., Nguyen Thai Binh Ward, Dist. 1.
- Saigon Waterbus Station: opposite to Saigon Harbor Garden.

- Pizza 4P: 8/15 Le Thanh Ton St., Ben Nghe Ward, Dist.1.
- Shushi World restaurant:  15E Le Thanh Ton St., Ben Nghe Ward, Dist.1.
- Di Buu Chinese restaurant: 01 Le Thanh Ton St., Ben Nghe Ward, Dist.1.
- Tours Le Jours Bakery: 06 Le Thanh Ton St., Ben Nghe Ward, Dist.1.
- Vietnamese restaurant “Bụi”: 15A Ngo Van Nam, Ben Nghe Ward, Dist.1.
- Hue restaurant: 11 Le Thanh Ton St., Ben Nghe Ward, Dist.1.
- Tuk Tuk Thailand restaurant : 17/11 Le Thanh Ton St., Ben Nghe Ward, Dist.1.
- Family mart: 20 Le Thanh Ton St., Ben Nghe Ward, Dist.1.
- Cirle K: 15B Le Thanh Ton St., Ben Nghe Ward, Dist.1.
- Haagendazs Iceream: 20 Le Thanh Ton St., Ben Nghe Ward, Dist.1.
- Highland coffee: 12 Le Thanh Ton St., Ben Nghe Ward, Dist.1.