Saigon Vietnam
Through some sights in Saigon
Cathedral Notre Dame
The Catholic Cathedral of Notre Dame was built between 1877 and 1880, allegedly on the site of an old Pagoda. Mass is held several times every day of the year.
Municipal Theatre
The Municipal Theatre is another example of well preserved, or well restored, French colonial architecture. The theatre is still very much in use as the venue for a large number of cultural presentations.
Ben Thanh Market
The Ben Thanh Market, formerly the main railway terminal, is the largest of the markets scattered throughout the city. A wide variety of goods are available, from imported electronics to imported perfumes.
Reunification Palace
In 1868, the Norodom Palace (original name) was built for the French Governor-General of Indochina. A striking modern architecture was built when the original buildings were damaged by bombs. Rebuilt in 1962, it comprises of a ground floor, 3 main floors, two mezzanines and a terrace for helicopter landing. The palace includes many tastefully decorated rooms such as the reception room, the cabinet reference room, the study rooms, the credentials presentation room and the banquet room. It also has a basement with a network of tunnels connecting to the telecom centre and war room and one of the longest tunnels which stretch all the way to the Revolutionary Museum.
The grounds outside contain one of the first tanks to burst through the gates of the palace to signify the end of the Vietnam War as well as the fighter plane which dropped further bombs towards the end of the war. Independence Palace was renamed the Unification Palace to denote the spirit and strong will for national independence and reunification.
Cholon
Cholon is Ho Chi Minh's Chinatown. Although tens of thousands of Chinese citizens have fled Vietnam both before and after the Communist victory of 1975, Cholon still is the most densely populated part of the city. There are a number of interesting pagodas worth seeing in Cholon.
War Crime Museum
This museum exhibit crimes committed by the Americans during the war. Photographs of the famous My Lai massacre, human embryos, genetically deformed babies and innocent civilians being tortured can be seen on display. An array of US armored vehicles, artillery pieces, bombs and infantry weapons are displayed in the courtyard. You can also see a guillotine used by the French to de itate troublemakers in the riots of the 1920s and a model of the famous tiger cages used by the South Vietnamese to house VC prisoners on Con Son island. The War Crime Museum basically reveals a different side of the stories about wars - the innocent victims of modern warfare.
The Tunnels of Cu Chi
The tunnel complex of Cu Chi, some 22 miles outside Saigon, was used by the Vietcong during the Vietnam War. The tunnels cover an amazing 125 miles in length and many of them are so narrow, that is almost impossible for European men to crawl through them. As the tunnels no longer serve as guerrilla hideouts, but as a tourist attraction instead, some passages have been enlarged to enable Western tourists to enter. The tunnel system features numerous rooms, which at the time of the Vietnam War served as dormitories, conference rooms, ammunition depots and even as hospitals and schools.
...
Không có nhận xét nào:
Đăng nhận xét