What it is
The city's pedestrian boulevard, closed to traffic and running from the People's Committee building down to the river.
Address: Nguyễn Huệ Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City. About the place, on Wikipedia
Why walk here for the coffee
Nguyễn Huệ has almost nowhere to sit that is not a chain, and the walk back west crosses our street. We are on Nguyễn Thái Bình, one block in from the noise, open until 23:00 — which is after the fountains and most of the crowd.