Ho Chi Minh City is the largest city and the region’s centre for economics, education and culture in Vietnam.
First, it is located in the south-eastern region of Vietnam with a tropical climate, specifically a tropical wet and dry climate. The city's location on the Saigon River makes it a bustling commercial and passenger port, besides a constant stream of cargo ships, passenger boats operate regularly between Ho Chi Minh City and various destinations in Southern Vietnam.
Second, Ho Chi Minh City is a large industrial center with more than 600 state enterprises, 20.000 private producing establishment, not to mention the businesses with foreign invested capitals, with numerous forms of production and diversified occupations. So it has high population density with many people from many areas in Vietnam comes and works together.
Next, Ho Chi Minh City has emerged as Viet Nam's main commercial hub and an important motor of economic growth both regionally and nationally. This city has a diversified network of shopping centre, super market, market-day,... Specially, the weekend fairs in HCM City are not only shopping places for young people, but also a destination for sightseeing and shopping for many foreign tourists where people not only can buy supplies but also can buy souvenirs.