For many visitors, gates to Vietnam open at Ho Chi Minh City – a metropolis formerly known as Saigon.
![Ho Chi Minh Statue in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam](https://byemyself.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/byemyself-ho-chi-minh-city-016.jpg)
This megacity in the southern, tropical part of Vietnam has about 8.5 million inhabitants – and 7.4 million motorbikes.
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