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He also founded the Saigon Post newspaper in South Vietnam, which operated from 1963 to 1975, [12] [13] and was a member of the negotiating team appointed by President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu at the Paris Peace Accords. [14]
Inside the Saigon Central Post office of special note are two painted maps that were created just after the post office was built, the first one located on the left side of the building is a map of Southern Vietnam and Cambodia titled Lignes telegraphiques du Sud Vietnam et Cambodge 1892 ("Telegraphic lines of Southern Vietnam and Cambodia 1892").
The Caravelle Hotel Saigon is located in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The hotel was opened to the public on Christmas Eve 1959, when the city was known as Saigon , it was named after the Sud Aviation Caravelle a jet airliner operated by the hotel's owner Air France at that time.
After the Fall of Saigon, the state's Saigon Tourism Bureau took ownership of the hotel and renamed it Ben Thanh Hotel in 1976. [18] [4] [19] In 1986, the hotel was renamed Rex Hotel. [20] [21] In 2003, the hotel underwent extension and renovation works in its architecture, interior design and engineering services. It is owned by the state ...
The place where is the park now was a boat quay, then ferry terminal, when there still not have any bridge or tunnel cross Saigon River to connect with Thủ Thiêm, it helps transit people from the downtown to Thủ Thiêm and backwards which is called as Thủ Thiêm Quay (Bến Thủ Thiêm) or the "Sea Almond Quay" (Bến Cây Bàng) as there is a big Terminalia catappa tree near there ...
Rooftop of 22 Gia Long Street in 2002. 22 Gia Long Street (Vietnamese: số 22 đường Gia Long, [jaː lawŋ] yah-lom), now 22 Lý Tự Trọng Street (số 22 đường Lý Tự Trọng), is an apartment building in Ho Chi Minh City (also known as Saigon), the largest city in Vietnam.
Huu Chanh Nguyen – founder and former Prime Minister of the Government of Free Vietnam; Kiem Do – Former officer of the Republic of Vietnam Navy. When Saigon fell he secretly organized the successful evacuation of over 30,000 refugees aboard 32 naval ships. Ultimately preventing those 32 vessels and everyone aboard from falling into the ...