Ga Hòa Hưng - Đối Diện Trụ Sở Kp3 - Nguyễn Phúc Nguyên - Phường 09 — Attraction in Ho Chi Minh City

Yep I loved it, read loads of negative reports, so down loaded google translate the off line version & all was good. Bathrooms, two free WiFi providers, cafes & snack places littered about even on the platform itself. Lovely staff at hand that enjoyed me using the translator. The station is as clean as it could be, well serviced by taxis, bathrooms that are cleaner than the ones in the UK. The service is very good, we left bang on time, slightly air conditioned carriages, plus vendors selling food. If like me you like to have the odd cigarette while on vacation, there are places for you to do it. So forget the horror stories, get a translation app, have fun here and enjoy Vietnamese...

I went on a sleeper train of 4 bunk beds room. I dont know why they dont control the number of passengers? There is a family of 2 adults with 5 kids!!! using 2 beds in the same room of mine. They are noisy, yelling and running everywhere. The train staff yelled at them once but thats all. The thing is why they allow them to board the train? They bought 2 tickets but they have 5 kids with them. Their adult friends even come in the room to eat and chat with the parents. Sometimes there are like 10 people in the room. I...

Overall great experience. It has everything for someone trying to experience another culture. Classic locals, food, stores, and hustling old ladies that keep hustling me to purchase more items. If you are traveling and expect the same treatment as your home country and believe that it should be better... You should just stay in your home country. I gave it a 4 out of 5 because the old ladies hustled me on way too many snacks... It may change if those snacks do come in handy on a 12-hour train...