Ho Chi Minh City

Like all other tourist, we did the following standard City tours: 

-Notre Dame Cathedral Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral, built in the late 1880s by French colonists, is one of the few remaining strongholds of Catholicism in the largely Buddhist Vietnam. Located in Paris Square, the name Notre Dame was given after the installation of the statue ‘Peaceful Notre Dame’ in 1959.

 -Independence Palace Also called Reunification Palace. It was the base of Vietnamese General Ngo Dinh Diem until his death in 1963. It made its name in global history in 1975 when a tank belonging to the North Vietnamese Army crashed through its main gate, ending the Vietnam War. Today, it's a tourist’s site in Ho Chi Minh City. 

 -Old Post Office Located right next to Notre Dame Cathedral, the Central Post Office was constructed between 1886 and 1891 and once inside, the looping arches, marble floors and antiquated telephone boxes are a reminder of the importance the post office played in days before email and mobile phones.


                                                                       Old post Office

                                                        Notre Dame Cathedral

                                                          Independence Palace