One of the city’s most historic hotels, the Grand is better known as the former Saigon-Palace, one of the leading hot…
Tag: Heritage
PALAIS NORODOM – A PALACE WITHOUT PURPOSE
The Reunification palace in Ho Chi Minh City or initially the Palais Norodom in Saigon, a place rich in history……
DO YOU KNOW ST PAUL’S CONVENT IN SAIGON?
Discovert the story behind the building’s creation…
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HAI BA TRUNG, SAIGON’S FAMOUS STREETS
The history of Hai Bà Trưng street in Saigon, then and Now
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SAINT-SAËNS IN SAIGON
One of the great figures of Western classical music, Camille Saint-Saëns, is known for his works, but few people know…
PIERRE COUPEAUD AND THE GREAT CYCLO TRIAL OF FEBRUARY 1936
Discover the story of this much-maligned form of transport, invented by Phnom Penh-based French industrialist Pierre …
HOTEL DE L’UNIVERS
Contrary to what many tourist websites would have us believe, the Grand Hôtel Continental was not Saigon’s first up-m…
THE LEANING CATHEDRAL OF SAIGON
Soon after its completion, Saigon’s iconic Notre Dame Cathedral developed an embarrassing tilt…
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SAIGON’S FAMOUS STREETS AND SQUARES: TRAN HUNG DAO BOULEVARD
One of Saigon’s youngest major boulevards, Trần Hưng Đạo was built in 1911-1913 over former swamp land to provide a m…
ICONS OF OLD SAIGON: SHOPHOUSE ARCHITECTURE
When Shophouses dominated the skyline in Saigon…
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TAN DINH MARKET – SAIGON
Discover Tân Định Market, one of the city’s most historic markets
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OLD SAIGON BUILDING: TAN DINH CHURCH
Tân Định Church – One of the oldest and most important Roman Catholic institutions in Saigon…
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OLD SAIGON BUILDING – THE FORMER GRALL HOSPITAL
The former Grall Hospital, one of the oldest hospitals in Saigon began life as a French military hospital
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