On arrival at Tan Son Nhat Airport, Be warmly welcomed by your guide and diver, and they will accompany you to the hotel downtown- Saigon city center. Check in the hotel, have a rest of the day. Ho Chi Minh City is the bustling and vibrating economic centre of the South. Formerly known as Saigon, today it is a city centre by locals. Saigon used to be the “Pearl of the Far East” in the last centuries as it was an important trading center for Asian traders and Western merchants.