READERS RECOMMEND | VIETNAM
Vietnam's Rex Hotel takes care of you and yours
"My husband and I stayed at the Rex Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City [formerly Saigon] in May and had a wonderful experience. The hotel was beautiful and the meals and service outstanding. They also helped recover my purse when I left it in a taxi."
Rex Hotel, 141 Nguyen Hue Blvd., District 1, Ho Chi Minh City; 011-84-8-829-2185, www.rexhotelvietnam.com. Doubles from $105.
--Catherine E. Gronemeyer, Laguna Niguel
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