The Saigon Opera House retains “an ancient and majestic architecture,” says Alo Trip. It’s home to “professional theatrical performances such as drama, ‘cai luong’ (a kind of folk songs in the South Vietnam), opera, ballet, folk songs, and opera.” It’s where Vietnamese themes and culture “come to life in a show of acrobatics, bamboo cirque, contemporary dance and folk instruments,” reports Travelfish. And the French-era Opera House is also home to the HCMC Ballet and the Ballet & Symphony Orchestra, notes Lonely Planet.