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Paris Commune Square (Vietnamese: Công trường Công xã Paris) is a small square located in District 1, downtown Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It lies between Lê Duẩn Boulevard and Nguyễn Du Street and surrounds the Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica of Saigon. This is also the starting point of the famous Đồng Khởi Street.
According to scholar Pétrus Ký, the waterfront area at the end of rue Catinat was once called Bến Ngự (translating to "royal wharf"), the royal landing stage. He also revealed that it was known in Khmer as Compong-luong, [3] which suggests that its history may date back to the 17th century, when Saigon was still the Cambodian settlement of Prey Nokor.
Đồng Khởi Street (Vietnamese: Đường Đồng Khởi), formerly known as Rue Catinat and Tự Do Street, is a street in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The street stretches from Nguyễn Du Street, across from the Paris Commune Square , to Tôn Đức Thắng Boulevard and Bạch Đằng Quay , Saigon River waterfront.
Hàm Nghi Boulevard (Vietnamese: Đường Hàm Nghi) is an east–west boulevard in District 1, downtown Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. [1] The boulevard stretches from Tôn Đức Thắng Boulevard ( Bạch Đằng Quay , Saigon River waterfront) to the Quách Thị Trang Square (in front of the Bến Thành Market ).
Vietnamese gangsters in the 1990s with gang bosses such as Dung Hà (2nd from left), Năm Cam (5th from left), and Hải Bánh (3rd from right).. Xã hội đen, (chữ Nôm: 社會顛, literally means "black societies"), is a Vietnamese term used to describe criminal underworld.
Bach Dang Bridge spans the Bach Dang River on the Ninh Binh–Hai Phong–Quang Ninh Expressway, connecting Haiphong City and Quang Ninh Province. [2] [3] The bridge is the end point for the Ninh Binh–Hai Phong–Quang Ninh Expressway, with its northern end in the Lien Vi commune, Quảng Yên of Quang Ninh Province and its southern end in the Dong Hai 2 ward of Hải An District, Haiphong. [4]
The Saigon River (Vietnamese: Sông Sài Gòn) is a river located in southern Vietnam that rises near Phum Daung in southeastern Cambodia, flows south and southeast for about 230 km (140 mi) and empties into the Nhà Bè River, which in its turn empties into the South China Sea some 20 km (12 mi) northeast of the Mekong Delta.
The majority are opposed to the existing government of Vietnam, [23] [24] and, in many cases, view Hồ Chí Minh as a dictator who ruined Vietnam by starting the war with South Vietnam. [25] As a result, they generally do not recognize the name Hồ Chí Minh City, and will only refer to the city as Sài Gòn, the previous official name of the ...