DISCOVER HOCHIMINH CITY TOUR

Saigon Central Post Office (Vietnamese: B?u ?i?n Thanh ph? H? Chi Minh) is a post office in the downtown Ho Chi Minh City, near Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica, the city's main church. The building was constructed when Vietnam was part of French Indochina in the early 20th century. It has a Gothic architectural style. It was designed and constructed by the famous architect Gustave Eiffel in harmony with the surrounding area. Today, the building is a tourist attraction.	Reunification Palace
Proposed to be one of France's most ambitious project in Indochina at the time, Rev. Colombert laid the cornerstone for the cathedral on October 7, 1877. Three years later, in 1880, the cathedral was opened to the public. These two dates are inscribed on a marble placard in the cathedral.The bricks used to build the structure were shipped from Marseilles. Artisans from Lorin Company.	Saigon Central Post Office
The War Remnants Museum (Vietnamese: B?o tang ch?ng tich chi?n tranh) is a war museum at 28 Vo Van Tan, in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam. It primarily contains exhibits relating to the American phase of the Vietnam War. Operated by the Vietnamese government, the museum was opened in September 1975 as the "The House for Displaying War Crimes of American Imperialism and the Puppet Government [of South Vietnam]." Later it was known as the Museum of American War Crimes, then as the War Crimes Museum until as recently as 1993. Its current name follows liberalization in Vietnam and the normalization of relations with the United States.	War Remnants Museum
Proposed to be one of France's most ambitious project in Indochina at the time, Rev. Colombert laid the cornerstone for the cathedral on October 7, 1877. Three years later, in 1880, the cathedral was opened to the public. These two dates are inscribed on a marble placard in the cathedral.The bricks used to build the structure were shipped from Marseilles. Artisans from Lorin Company (Chartres, France) were commissioned to create the stained glass windows. The cost of construction was a whopping 2.5 million francs. In 1962, the Vatican gave the cathedral the title Basilique.	Notre Dame Cathedral
Almost a century ago, in 1907, the construction of Ben Thanh Market was approved by the city council. Construction was under way in 1912 and it was completed in 1914. During World War II, the market was bombed by the Allied forces and heavily damaged. It was given a revamp in 1950. Ben Thanh Market has the best location among all the markets in HCM City. On an area of over 13,000 square meters, the market is separated from the adjacent blocks by four streets. Its north side borders Le Thanh Ton Street, the east side Phan Boi Chau and the west side Phan Chu Trinh. The south side faces Quach Thi Trang Square. The market has four main gates and 12 subordinate ones. The main gates are named after their directions-east, west, south and north.	Ben Thanh Market
Binh Tay Market was built, or at least was provided financial support heavily by a Chinese businessman named Quach ?am (1863-1927), operated his businesses with the trade name of Thong Hi?p. Quach ?am was best known by his nick-name as the "Handicapped Thong" by the local Chinese. Quach ?am started out very poor, he made a living by recycling garbage and other used material, he later striked gold by picking up other types of businesses, and soon after that gained his enormous fortune. There used to be a human-size bronze statue of Thong Hi?p standing right in the center of the Binh Tay Market, surrounded by four bronze lions, and four bronze dragons spitting water to the fountain under where the statue of Thong was standing. The full size statue of Thong was replaced with a smaller glass-altar somewhere between 1976 and 1980, with reasons unknown, although some local people speculated that the statue itself was being recycled. The four bronze lions and dragons are still standing as of 2002.	Binh Tay Market