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The hotel’s modern design was the work of a Vietnamese architect, Mr. Nguyen Van Hoa, a graduate of École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Hanoi. [1] The original ten-story building is now adjoined to a 24-story tower that forms the bulk of the new property. However, the Saigon Saigon Rooftop Bar has changed little since 1959.
In July 1997, some hotels outside Hong Kong, China and Southeast Asia, that were under a sub-holding company, Hotel Property Investments (BVI) Limited, were also sold by New World Hotels (Holdings) (at that time 64% owned by New World Development [27]), to CTF Holdings, at that time owned by Henry Cheng (son of Cheng Yu-tung, the majority owner ...
Following the Fall of Saigon in April 1975 ownership of the hotel was taken over by the Ho Chi Minh City Government and Tự Do Street was renamed Đồng Khởi Street. The hotel was closed in 1976 [1] and reopened again in 1986. The hotel was completely restored from 1988-9 [1] and reopened in 1989 as the Hotel Continental.
The first bomb detonated at 8:15 p.m. (local time) in a floating restaurant "My Canh Café" at Bạch Đằng Quay on the bank of the Saigon River. 31–32 people were killed, and 42 were wounded. [2] [3] Of the casualties, 13 were American and most others were Vietnamese citizens. [3]
The briefings were conduction by the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV) Office of Information and held at Saigon's Rex Hotel. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In September 1964, at the direction of Barry Zorthian , the Joint United States Public Affairs Office Director, daily press briefings at 16:45 replaced the former weekly press briefings.
The French, who occupied Vietnam for nearly a century, introduced coffee in the mid-1800s, seeking to cultivate a crop that could fulfill a lucrative demand for beans in Europe.
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 ...
Brink BOQ, Saigon, South Vietnam. Following World War II, the communist-dominated Viet Minh fought the French colonial forces in an attempt to gain Vietnamese independence. After the French defeat at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954, Vietnam was partitioned at the 17th parallel, pending national reunification elections in 1956.