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( www.sozocentre.com ; 176 Ð Bui Vien; cookies 25,000d; 7am-10.30pm; ) This charming cafe
in the Pham Ngu Lao backpacker ghetto has excellent smoothies, doughy cinnamon rolls,
homemade cookies, other sweet treats, bags of style, and trains and employs disadvant-
aged Vietnamese.

Drinking & Nightlife
Action is concentrated around the Dong Khoi area, with everything from dives to designer
bars. However, places in this area generally close around 1am while Pham Ngu Lao
rumbles on into the wee hours.
HCMC's hippest club nights include the semi-regular Everyone's a DJ
( www.everyonesadjvietnam.wordpress.com ) loft party, dOse and The Beats Saigon ( www.thebeats-sai-
gon.com ) .

Reunification Palace & Around

Cloud 9
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(6th fl, 2 bis Cong Truong Quoc Te; 5.30pm-midnight) Fashionable young things flock to the
rooftop bar, while dance music pounds in the room below.

BAR

Dong Khoi Area

Many of Dong Khoi's coolest bars double as restaurants or hover at the top of hotels.

2 Lam Son
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( www.saigon.park.hyatt.com ; 2 Lam Son Sq, enter ÐL Hai Ba Trung; 5pm-late) A chic blend of
wood, glass and steel, the Park Hyatt's ground floor cocktail bar is a super-stylish meeting
ground for Saigon's makers and shakers, with an intimate lounge level slung out above.

COCKTAIL BAR

Vesper
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