Description: Visit guide and practical travel information for traveling to Cu Chi Tunnels, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
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The massive tunnels network is for guerrilla soldiers to house troops, transport communications, and supplies, receive medical treatments, take shelters from aerial bombardment, and mount surprise attacks, after which they could disappear underneath the ground safely. The Cu Chi Tunnels grew to house entire underground villages, in effect, with living quarters, kitchens, ordnance factories, hospitals and bomb shelters.
The Vietnamese government preserved the Cu Chi tunnels and included them in a network of war memorial parks around the country. Currently there’re two separate sites opened to public: and . Ben Dinh Tunnels are more popular for international travelers because the crawling tunnels are enlarged to fit even plus-size bodies and it is nearer to Ho Chi Minh City center compared to Ben Duoc Tunnels. Every year, Cu Chi Tunnels attract nearly 2 millions of visitors all over the world.
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