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Scroll Down to see 79 (22 all new) photos of Recent and Renovated Saigon.
For other things to look at in Vietnam:
(Dates in parentheses show the date a building was first opened to business.)
| Downtown Saigon From the 32nd floor of the Saigon Trade Center (1997) | |
| Downtown Saigon From the top of the New World Hotel Saigon (2001) | |
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Saigon Trade Center (1997) Vietnam's still tallest building at 33 stories, seen from a small side street with the Saigon General Post Office just out of view on the right. |
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| Saigon Trade Center (1997) Entrance along Ton Duc Thang | |
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Saigon General Post Office (1893) Renovated in 1996. For interior, see http://www.privatetravel.ch/vietnam/hochiminh.html |
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Renaissance Riverside Hotel (2000) On the left & Me Linh Plaza (1999) on the right. |
| The statue of Tran Hung Dao is seen at the right-front and Saigon Trade Center (1997) at the center-rear. | |
| The statue of Tran Hung Dao is in the left foreground. Center rear are the Legend Hotel (still bearing the Marriott brand) and the Landmark Tower (1996). | |
| Saigon Tower (1996) Along Le Duan Street, the first high-rise for office use alone, always a good location due to its across-the-street neighbor, the American Consulate. | |
| Entrance on Le Duan Street Across from the former US Embassy building where the American Consulate Building is found. | |
| Notre Dame Cathedral As seen from Diamond Plaza | |
| Notre Dame Cathedral Looking up from Dong Khoi | |
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Notre Dame Cathedral As built in 1877-1883 For a look inside, see http://www.privatetravel.ch/vietnam/hochiminh.html |
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| Ocean Palace (2000) On Dong Khoi Street. Offices, Serviced Apartments, and the Sheraton Hotel complex in one of two towers seen in the background. Seen looking down Dong Khoi, in the foreground are the original and additional sections of the Caravel Hotel. The Continental and Saigon Opera are out of sight but off to the left. | |
| Ocean Palace (2000) On Dong Khoi Street The front (twin towers) as seen from Me Linh Square. | |
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Super Bowl Mall (1997) Seen from along Truong Son Street as it approaches Tan Son Nhat Airport. Vietnam’s first shopping mall, it features approximately 25 shops on the lower level (prime tenants: Jolly Bee; Kentucky Fried Chicken; and on the second level: Planet Europe Disco; Video Arcade; and the 32 lane Super Bowl bowling. |
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| City Hall (1908) At the top of Nguyen Hue, formerly used as the Assembly Building, restored and painted many times since, this is now home to the Peoples Committee of HCMC. The Metropolitan Towers (1997) are seen to the right-rear. | |
| City Hall (1908) A close-up of the rococo-style decoration by Ruffier | |
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Majestic Hotel (1923) Constructed in and renovated in 1996. On the waterfront, at the intersection of Dong Khoi (formerly rue Cattenat, later, Tu Du) Street and Ton Duc Thang Street. |
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New World Hotel Saigon (1995) at Le Lai, Nguyen Thi Nghia, and Pham Hong Thai Streets. Now owned and operated by Marriott, that also owns the Renaissance Hotel. A new, low-rise multi-use building (2002) has replaced the originally planned 24-story office center. |
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Regency Chancellor (1997) Serviced Apartments on Nguyen Thi Minh Khai, this view is of the back side, taken from Le Duan near the American Consulate, which it overlooks. |
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Diamond Plaza (1999) View from the intersection of Le Duan and Pham Ngoc Thach. In the foreground, Diamond Shopping Center (2001) is the city's first stand-alone, 4 story mall. The city's first Cineplex is on the top floor. |
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| Diamond Plaza from Notre Dame Cathedral (2006) | |
| Ben Thanh Market As seen along Tran Hung Dao as it meets Ham Nghi Street. | |
| Ben Thanh Market As seen from along Pham Ngu Lao and Ben Thanh Square. | |
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Ben Thanh Market Seen from 23 September Park. |
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| Caravelle Hotel (1998) Located at 19-23 Lam Son Square on the corner of Dong Khoi Street adjacent to the Opera House. | |
| Sheraton Hotel (2000) Located behind the Caravelle along Dong Khoi, as seen from the Saigon River. | |
| Saigon Centre (1996) The building as seen from Le Loi; on the right, world renowned photographer, Hans Kemp, a contributor to these pages. | |
| Saigon Centre (1996) as seen in June 2007 | |
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Saigon Centre (1996) On Le Loi, off screen on the right is the Rex Hotel. in the foreground is the renovated (2000), four story shopping center that is now the Tax Center. |
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Old Opera House (renovated 1999) Formerly used as the Senate pre-1975, now extensively renovated and restored as a fine arts performance center, seen at the extension of Le Loi at Dong Khoi. |
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| Old Opera House (renovated 2001) Formerly used as the Senate pre-1975, now extensively renovated and restored as a fine arts performance center, seen at the extension of Le Loi at Dong Khoi. | |
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OSIC Building (1994) Freshly painted in 2000, seen along Nguyen Hue at its waterfront intersection with Ton Duc Thang. |
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| Metropolitan Towers (1997)On the corner of Nguyen Du and Dong Khoi Streets, this is arguably Vietnam's most beautiful office tower. In the foreground are the twin spires of Notre Dame Cathedral. Right rear is the Saigon Centre (1996). Left rear is the Sun Wah Tower (1998). | |
| Metropolitan Towers (1997) As seen in July 2001, note the first copper, then white domes and peaks have been tarred over in black (not shown). | |
| Indochina Park Tower (1998) Found on Nguyen Thi Minh Khai, across from the Presidential (now Reunification) Palace park grounds. | |
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U.S. Consulate (1999) Fronting on Le Duan Street. To the left (off screen) is the French Consulate. To the right (off screen) is where the former US Embassy stood. Plans are being considered to use the empty space for a park, or to build a commercial building when the market improves. |
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Royal City Hotel (2000) The hotel is seen on the left and the new Tax & Trade Center is shown on the right. The view is from Nguyen Hue just below its intersection with Le Loi. |
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IDC Office Tower (1998) First occupied in 2000, this is Hai Ba Trung near its intersection with Dien Bien Phu. |
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Thuan Kieu Plaza (2000) Massive, three block long, shopping center, residential apartments, and office towers in District 5 (Cholon) located on Hung Vuong. |
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Saigon Port Building (1998) Located at the head of the long row of container ports found along Nguyen Tat Thanh street, District 4. If the new City planners have their way, all container facilities will be removed from the City and relocated in Vung Tau. |
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| Stamford Court (1999) From its East side Located on Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street | |
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The Saigon Riverside Office (1998) This is located off the road on Ton Duc Thang between the Landmark Building and the Legend Hotel. |
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Sun Wah Tower (1999) On Nguyen Hue street with its "Citibank" sign blazing forth. |
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Legend Hotel (2001) Completed as the Marriott and standing since 1998 but not opened for three years. Along the Saigon River waterfront street on Ton Duc Thang. |
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Twenty-Three September Park All cleaned up, the park is now the site of Saigon's annual Tet flower market. |
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Twenty-Three September Park As seen from the 10th floor of the New World Hotel Saigon. |
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Rex Hotel (c1920s) During French colonial times, the Rex began as a two-story garage located in the heart of commercial center of Saigon. Between 1959 and April 1975, Mr. and Mrs. Ung Thi, a Vietnamese couple purchased and renovated it into a six-story building with 100 guestrooms and renamed it as Rex Trading Center. The US Information services rented much of the premises for office and residential use. The remaining space housed three cinemas, a cafeteria, a dance hall and a library. A more recent development is a 3,000sq.m expansion to build more facilities and upgrade the Rex into a five-star hotel. |
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| Rex Hotel (c1920s) Renovated 2002, at the intersection of Le Loi and Nguyen Hue. | |
| Tan Son Nhat Airport The field and all buildings are in the middle of major renovations. | |
| Tan Son Nhat Airport See the new Airport, a photo essay on the Nation's leading international port of arrivals and departures. | |
| Tax and Trade Center At the intersection of Nguyen Hue and Le Loi under construction | |
| Tax and Trade Center From the Rex looking across Le Loi | |
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Presidential (Reunification) Palace Looking in from Nguyen Thi Minh Khai. In 1962, two pilots of the RVN Air Forces bombed part of the palace. A new, larger mansion was built on the site within the year (designed by a Vietnamese architect) and named the Independence Palace. Following 1975, it has been renamed the Reunification Palace. Architecturally looking modern, this site first held the Norodom Palace, a name harkening back to Khemer times. It was built as a residence for the French Cochinchina's General Governor. Photo copyrighted and courtesy of: www.farofflands.com/avpa/0hcmc.html |
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| Presidential (Reunification) Palace From the front steps, looking down Le Duan. After the French departed, the palace was handed over the Saigon Government and became home of South Vietnamese presidents. The palace covers an area of 2,000 sq.m and consists of 5 stories with 100 rooms and chambers decorated with 1960's American style-influenced furniture and current Vietnamese art and craft. Among the more historical elements are the helicopter still on its roof, and the basement with its network of tunnels, telecommunications center, and war room. For an historical look at change, see: http://fallofsaigon.org/nvavictory.htm | |
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Harbor View Tower (1998) As seen looking down along Nguyen Hue Street towards the river. Developed as a hotel, this was the first casualty of the 1997 regional financial melt-down. Wisely, the developers recognized the danger and were able to quickly convert the structure to office use. |
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Housing & Urban Development Corporation (HUD),situated on Dien Bien Phu, Binh Thanh District, one of the major road arteries in the city, about 3km away from Saigon Bridge. |
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Manor. On Nguyen Huu Canh St, Binh Thanh District, about 2 km from
Saigon Bridge Apartment and office for sales or lease |
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City Treasury. On Nguyen Hue, opposite the OSIC Building in District 1, about 1 km from City Hall and 300 meters from th Saigon river |
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The Duxton , formerly the Prince, a 4-star hotel, 63 Nguyen Hue, District 1 |
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E-Town I and E-Town II, on Cong Hoa St., Tan Binh District, one of the most popular buildings among the IT set and those who want to be near them. |
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Opera View. At the corner of Dong Khoi and Le Loi st, District 1, near the City Opera House. |
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Yoco Tower, on Nguyen Thi Minh Khai, between Pham Ngoc Thach and PasteurP |
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PeteroVietnam Tower. See the long history of this innovative building at the corner of Le Duan and Nguyen Binh Khiem, District 1 |
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FIDECO Tower, at the corner of Ham Nghi and Pasteur, District 1 |
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Building No. 1 Dinh Le, will occupy an entire city block bounded by Dinh Le, Hoang Dieu, Le Quoc Hung, Le Thanh, all in District 4, newly developing with the advent of new bridges to ease the congestion on older streets. |
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