Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon), Vietnam
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Ho Chi Minh City (or Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh in Vietnamese) was formerly known as Saigon, or Sài Gòn, before the reunification of North and South Vietnam. It is now the largest city in Vietnam.
You can experience the (in‐)famous flood of motorbike traffic here, but you can also avoid the hustle and bustle of the city and retreat into quiet old alleyways. Despite the rapid modernization as a result of great economic development in Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City has always retained an unfading sentiment towards the Vietnam War. This restless city is getting more and more exciting along with the enormous changes happening every day.
Downtown Ho Chi Minh City
Attractions around Ho Chi Minh City
Hello, Vietnam! (Dong Nai River, or Sông Đồng Nai, captured from flight TG2324)
stitched photoThe ever busy Chợ Bình Tây at the heart of Chợ Lớn in District 6
Can anyone tell me what these are? Google image search didn't gave me useful hits... (captured in Chợ Bình Tây)
The tallest building in HCMC, Bitexco Financial Tower (or Tháp Tài chính Bitexco), with its signature helipad 191 meters above ground
The morning and the evening of Chợ Bến Thành
Pigeons in Công viên 23 tháng 9 next to backpackers’ haven Đường Phạm Ngũ Lão
Comparing to the grand Catholic church in front, the narrow buildings in the background are just so... narrow! (taken by the Saigon River)
The stairwell of a typical Vietnamese narrow building (taken in Kim Hotel, Đường Bùi Viện)
Despite the widespread of Catholicism, the traditional Confucian values are still being valued here (a statue of Confucious at Chợ Lớn)
Nhà hát Lớn Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh in the morning
Ủy ban Nhân dân Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh (formerly
Hôtel de Ville de Saigon
) is an elegant French colonial style building
The magnificent Nhà thờ Đức Bà Sài Gòn
stitched photoThe classical interior of Bưu điện Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
Comparatively speaking, Tòa án Nhân dân Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, built in 1885 with a French colonial style, appears a bit shabby
Left: Traditional Chinese couplet and carved wooden lions;
Right: Traditional fire engine built by Cantonese ancestors
The gates of Dinh Thống Nhất (formerly
Dinh Độc Lập
), which a VPA tank crashed through on April 30, 1975 during the Fall of Saigon-
Dinh Thống Nhất — Heaven vs. Hell Ⅰ
Left: The majestic credentials presenting room on the second floor
Right: The jam-packed teletypewriter section in the underground bunker -
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Dinh Thống Nhất — Heaven vs. Hell Ⅱ
Above: The panoramic ballroom and casino on the fourth floor
Below: The depressing map room in the underground bunker
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The guillotine was brought by the French in early 20th century and continued being ‘utilized’ during the Vietnam War (the “Tiger Cages” exhibition in Bảo tàng Chứng tích chiến tranh)
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Remnants of how Saigon might have looked like in the old days
Above: An old lady with a push cart in Đường Trần Hưng Đạo
Right: Young ladies in the national costume—áo dài
exposure fusionVietnam is being westernized quickly—just look at the heat of Christmas festivity around the city (SATRA - Thương xá Tax)
The beautiful neon-lit Nhà thờ Huyện Sỹ (1902)
Don’t be an electrician in Vietnam!
A more modern rendition of the Vietnamese cà phê sữa đá in Highlands Coffee at Nguyen Du street
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