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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").
Hotel Continental Saigon: 1880 French Colonial: Thiên Hậu Temple: 19th century Chinese architecture: Mariamman Temple: late 19th century Hindu: Museum of Ho Chi Minh City - formerly Gia Long Palace: 1885–1890 Neo-Classical: Saigon Central Post Office: 1886–1891 French Colonial: Municipal Theatre of Ho Chi Minh City: 1897 French Colonial
While they captured Saigon's principal telephone exchange at the central post office, [15] they failed to secure a secondary system that was located in the basement. [15] This meant that phone lines into the palace remained intact, which allowed Diệm to call for aid from loyal units. [2]
At 16 years old, he became interested in the mail and began working at the Thị Nghè district post office. Starting in 1948, he became an official employee at the Saigon Central Post Office, sorting letters into boxes. Later, Ngộ would take on other roles, and was temporarily transferred to the Ministry of Transport and Post. [7]
Central Post Office may refer to: Buenos Aires Central Post Office; Central Post Office Building (Jerusalem) Kowloon Central Post Office; Central Post Office (Kyiv) Manila Central Post Office; Central Post Office (Ottawa) Saigon Central Post Office; Central Post Office Building (Santiago) Central Post Office Building (Stockholm)
Vietnam Post was established on the basis of the pilot project to establish Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) approved by the Prime Minister in Decision No. 58/2005/QD-TTg dated 23 March 2005.
VC sappers detonated a charge outside the Saigon Central Post Office, killing an ARVN Captain and three civilians and wounding 19 civilians. [9] 8 May to 2 July. The PAVN began bombarding Ben Het Camp and by early June it was besieged by PAVN forces.
As in North Vietnam, post-reunification stamps were partly printed in Vietnam and partly abroad. Domestically printed stamps were printed in Hanoi 1976–1987 and subsequently in Saigon. [ 12 ] During 1983–1990 most stamp issues were printed in Havana , Cuba , [ 13 ] these were of a superior printing quality.