Saigon Architecture

Saigon not quite gone

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July 11th 2011
I'm taking the night train to Da Nang, so I have the whole day in Saigon ... so lots of time for more walking. As you'll see from the pictures, Saigon is a bustling place. Motorbikes are to Saigon now what bicycles were to Beijing 20 years ago (I hear Beijing is all cars now.) Everyone has one and there's lots of traffic but miraculously not many accidents, considering the road rules s ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City » District 1

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The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc... ... read more