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Once a prominent landmark in Ho Chi Minh City, Grand Silverland Hotel was a beloved destination for travelers seeking a luxurious and memorable stay. With its prime location, elegant design, and impeccable service, the hotel garnered a loyal following over the course of a decade.

Saigon, the most dynamic and modern city in Vietnam, is the economic engine of the country, as well as an unmissable destination for visitors from far away to Vietnam... For countless reasons, Saigon always possesses a strange attraction for any visitor.

From the long established museums that are managed by state-owned organisations, to the newly opened private museums, Ho Chi Minh City has more hidden gems to explore for anyone. 

At some point on a first trip to Saigon, you’ll find yourself on Nguyen Hue Walking Street looking up at a building that doesn’t match anything around it. Nine floors. Peeling yellow plaster. Balconies covered in hanging signs and trailing plants, every floor a different café. The whole thing looks like it’s held together by […]

Le Thanh Ton and Thai Van Lung are not the streets most business travellers book on their first visit to Saigon. By the second or third trip, many do. The Japan Town corridor — the best business hotel saigon district 1 area for Asian corporate visitors — is where you find izakayas open past midnight, […]

Searching for KL Spa Ho Chi Minh or simply looking for the best spa in Saigon? KL Spa is the signature wellness brand of Silverland Hospitality, bringing rejuvenating treatments to spas across District 1. With 6 locations spread across Silverland’s boutique hotels, from Ben Thanh Market to Dong Khoi Street to Little Tokyo, KL Spa […]

Picking the best area to stay in Ho Chi Minh City decides more of your trip than the hotel itself does. Book into the wrong district and every day starts with a 25-minute Grab ride before you’ve even had coffee. Book into the right one, and the city’s best food, sights, and nightlife are a […]

Silverland Hospitality has 8 boutique hotels in District 1, Saigon, all within 15 minutes on foot from each other. Each has its own design identity and is aimed at a different type of guest. This guide helps you identify which one matches your trip. Scope note: this covers only the Silverland Hospitality portfolio, not every […]

JETRO logged 576 meetings, business inquiries, and trade promotion activities between Japanese companies and Ho Chi Minh City in the first half of 2026 alone, and a large share of the travelers behind those numbers end up booking a Japanese business hotel Ho Chi Minh City property inside one specific pocket of District 1: Little […]

Rooftop bar Saigon scene splits by altitude almost as clearly as it splits by price. Blank Lounge sits on the 75th and 76th floors of Landmark 81, one of the highest bars in the world, while a handful of District 1 rooftops top out at 8 to 14 floors and lean into vibe over view. […]

A Japanese style hotel in Ho Chi Minh City means something more specific than “clean and minimalist.” It usually falls into one of two camps: corporate-grade Japanese hospitality standards, the kind Hotel Nikko Saigon built its reputation on since the 1990s, or design-led wabi-sabi boutiques that borrow Japanese aesthetic philosophy, stone gardens, driftwood, negative space, […]

Saigon’s fashion scene stopped being a secret around 2022, when Fancì Club started showing up on European street-style blogs and District 1 concept stores began stocking labels that never touched a export factory floor. The best local fashion brands to buy in Saigon today split into three honest categories: Y2K-and-streetwear labels clustering around Nguyễn Trãi […]