The first Saigon station, which opened in 1885 as part of the Saigon–Mỹ Tho Railway, was located near the Quách Thị Trang Square in District 1.

The second Saigon station was located at the southwest of the Bến Thành Market and constructed in 1915, now is the September 23 Park with Lê Lai Street and Phạm Ngũ Lão Street run along.

[2] Every year, one or two months before Tết, thousands of people queue all day at the station to buy tickets home, because it is the main booking office of Vietnam Railways.

Though electronic booking machines have been adopted, the queues continue, due to the monopoly of the railway.

The head office is in 136 Hàm Nghi Boulevard, Ben Thanh Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City.