Discover Tân Định Market, one of the city’s most historic markets

Discover Tân Định Market, one of the city’s most historic markets
Founded by French businessman Léopold Bernard, the Casino de Saigon was the city’s earliest cinema
Tân Định Church – One of the oldest and most important Roman Catholic institutions in Saigon…
September 2, 2016 is an auspicious day in the history of Vietnam’s railways, marking the 80th anniversary of the completion of the “Transindochinois” or North-South railway line
Soon after its completion, Saigon’s iconic Notre Dame Cathedral developed an embarrassing tilt
The Reunification palace in Ho Chi Minh City or initially the Palais Norodom in Saigon, a place rich in history…
Discovert the story behind the building’s creation…
The history of Hai Bà Trưng street in Saigon, then and Now
One of the great figures of Western classical music, Camille Saint-Saëns, is known for his works, but few people know he was also one of the first “celebrities” to visit Saigon
Discover the story of this much-maligned form of transport, invented by Phnom Penh-based French industrialist Pierre Coupeaud in 1936
Contrary to what many tourist websites would have us believe, the Grand Hôtel Continental was not Saigon’s first up-market hotel…
Soon after its completion, Saigon’s iconic Notre Dame Cathedral developed an embarrassing tilt…
One of Saigon’s youngest major boulevards, Trần Hưng Đạo was built in 1911-1913 over former swamp land to provide a more direct route between the cities of Saigon and Chợ Lớn…
When Shophouses dominated the skyline in Saigon…
Built by the French at the mid-point of historic rue Catinat, the Municipal Theatre is one of Saigon’s most iconic landmarks
Local conservation groups have expressed concern about a plan approved by the Ho Chi Minh City Labor Culture Palace to demolish the much-loved 1925 Cercle Sportif Saigonnais…