42 members of Anika’s Sports Club (AIBSC) took advantage of the Malaysian Merdeka Day holiday (falls on 31 August) to go for their annual trip to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

The 4-days trip saw the group having a great time partaking of the local Vietnamese food and sightseeing the width of the city. Some of the interesting places they visited include the War Museum, Reunification Palace, “Notre Dame” Cathedral, City Post Office, City Hall Square, City Theatre and Chinatown. The tour also included a river cruise dinner for the group onboard a ferryboat. After the dinner, the ferryboat took the diners on a leisure cruise down the Saigon River, to the accompaniment of an entertaining musical band onboard.

As is the tradition, both the ladies and men went into a shopping frenzy at the many markets, bazaars and shopping spots. Some of the best buys included the wooden scaled-model ships and old galleons, Vietnam-manufactured sneakers and sports bags, ladies’ bead handbags and the local handicrafts. Vietnamese coffee powder and silk-wear also featured highly on the must-buy list.

Some memorable photos from the memorable trip: