“From above, you can’t help feel in a bit piece amongst the chaos,” says Fair Dinkum Traveller. The Bitexco Financial Tower stands out among the other high rises in Ho Chi Minh City. “From the ground, it bares down at you like a giant standing out from the pack,” but it’s only when you reach the viewing area of the Skydeck on the 49th floor that “you get hit for a home run.” At 262m, “it’s by far and away the city’s tallest building,” explains Ho Chi Minh City Highlights, and the helipad on the 52nd floor “gives it an instantly recognizable silhouette.” It’s an iconic symbol of the development of the city -- “the tower asserts its identity through its height and its geometry of taut curves rising up from the dense city below,” says Architravel.