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Rooftop Garden at The Rex Hotel

41 Nguyen Hue Blvd.

Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam http://www.rexhotelvietnam.com/en/Restaurants-Bar-details.aspx?pg=Restaurants-Bar&id=5

84 8 3829-2185

Since the “Five O’Clock Follies” (the U.S. military’s daily press briefings during the Vietnam War) were held downstairs, the rooftop garden—with its wacky Dr. Seussian topiary—became a beloved journo hangout, and remains an essential tourist stop to this day. If you can endure the schmaltzy Vietnamese pop music, you’ll be rewarded with a fun, lively scene and stirring views of downtown Saigon.