We were fairly spent after coming back from the tunnels, but had enough juice to wander around the night markets a bit. Saigon is definitely cosmopolitan these days. I know several people who would find themselves in shopping heaven here. And it is pretty cheap, on the whole, to shop in Vietnam. $70 for a hand-made suit, knock-offs of any kind of hand bag, watch, cd, etc…
And springing up all over the place like flowers, are the real stores. Coming soon: Gucci, Armani, Prada, etc.

The number of hotels is booming as well. There are ten luxury 5-star hotels already, and the cheapest rooms in some of them start at $240. Vegas? What?