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Saigon Times Square or simply Times Square is a high-rise building in Bến Nghé Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. This building is a 40-storey joint tower and features a modern architectural style. Construction costs, invested by Times Square (Vietnam) Investment Joint Stock Company, totals approximately US$125 million.
The subsequent openings of the new Saigon Railway Station (1915) and the Halles centrales electric tramway terminus (1923) and the operation of two bus stations transformed the square into one of Saigon's most important transport hubs. In 1929, the authorities installed a traffic circle with landscaped gardens at the square's center. [4]
The Municipal Theatre of Saigon. The site of the present-day Lam Sơn Square was originally the section of the boulevard Bonard between the rue Catinat and rue Nationale. . Following the completion of the Municipal Theatre, the square was known as place du Théâtre (Theatre Square), and it was not until 11 January, 1935 that the official name, place Augustin Foray, was given after the former ...
Bach Dang Quay (Vietnamese: Bến Bạch Đằng) is a wharf and park in District 1, downtown Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.It stretches along about 1.3 kilometres (0.81 mi) of the Saigon River from the Thủ Ngữ flagpole to the site of the former Ba Son Shipyard (now the Saigon – Ba Son complex) and covers an area of 23,400 square metres (252,000 sq ft).
Mê Linh Square (Vietnamese: Công trường Mê Linh) is a city square next to the Saigon River in District 1, downtown Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The square has a semi-circular shape and features a statue of Trần Hưng Đạo , it is separated from the Saigon River by the Bạch Đằng Quay .
Saigon Centre Tower 1 in 2009. Phase 1 of the complex was completed in 1996. [1] The phase consisted of a 25-storey building, which set a new record for the highest building in Vietnam then at 106 metres (348 ft). [2] In December 2011, construction on phase two started, which comprises a 5-story retail podium and a new 43-story building.
Intel has shelved a planned investment in Vietnam that could have nearly doubled the U.S. chipmaker's operation there, one person briefed on the plans said, in a blow to the country's growing ...
The market developed from informal markets created by early 17th-century street vendors gathering together near the Saigon River. The market was formally established by the French colonial powers after taking over the Gia Định citadel in 1859 (see Citadel of Saigon). This market was destroyed by fire in 1870 and rebuilt to become Saigon's ...