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HCM City has contributed a great deal to the country, particularly in terms of economy. On the road to industrialization and modernization on the threshold of the 21st century, HCM City has connected with Dong Nai, Ba Ria-Vung Tau and Binh Duong provinces to form a focal economic hub. It has also cooperated with the Mekong Delta provinces, the rice basket of the country; the southwestern provinces and the Central Highlands, with forestry potentials; and the central and northern provinces. HCM City is one of the country’s biggest venues to attract foreign direct investment. It is trying to become a sizable tourism and service center.
In the effort to achieve integration with the economies of Southeast Asia, and with those of the rest of the world, HCM City has been trying to contribute its part to the common cause. As part of the unified country, HCM City strives to realize the tasks set by the resolution of the 9th Party Congress, contributing its part to national construction and defense to be worthy of a city bearing the name of Uncle Ho.
Located at Dong Khoi Street in the center of HCM city,
adjacent to the two big hotels Caravelle and Continental.
The Municipal Theatre has an ancient and majestic architecture,
with a ground-floor, two upper storeys, 1800 seats, well-ventilated
air and a modern system of sound and light. The HCMC Municipal
Theatre is an ideal place for organizing performances of
professional stages such as: dramatic arts, renovated theatre,
music and song, ballet, traditional dances, opera, for all
delegations inland and abroad. Here can be also organized
the meetings, the commemorated holidays and specialized
workshops.
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 Reunification
Palace or Independence Hall with immense area, modern architectural
style & historial characteristic fascinate sightseers,
especially by its tunnel network, communication centre &
war room underground. The palace is open from 7:30 am to 11:30
am and 1: pm to 5: pm daily except for official reception or meetings. Possessing a large precinct, a modern architecture
along with its historicity, the Reunification Palace specially
attracts the sightseeing visitors by its underground trenches,
communication room and operation joint staff room at the basement.
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The Hall was built between 1900 & 1908, at the beginning
of Nguyen Hue Street. By its unique decoration, the building
is really outstanding & magnificent.
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Constructed by the French from 1877 to
1883, the Notre Dame Cathedral is a fine landmark with its
neo-Romanesque architecture. There are many masses daily and
the 9:30 am Sunday mass might be the best one for foreigners
to attend.
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Thanh Market was buit in 1914. The main entrance with
its belfry and clock has become a symbol of Saigon. All
kinds of foods and items are present here, the most prosperous
of all markets in the city.
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At 2 Cong Xa Paris St., District 1, the Saigon CPO was
built between 1886 and 1891 in a traditional French-style.
Postal services are available daily from 6:00 am to 10:00 pm.
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Situated at No 339 Nam Ky Khoi Nghia Street, D.3, HCMC.
The pagoda is build from 1964 to 1971 according to the chinese
letter meaning “Publicity”, with two piling roof layers
to bring out the oriental ancientness. That is the biggest
pagoda in the city following Mahayana Buddhism
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First built in 1774, this compound is believed to be the
oldest pagoda in the city. It is at 118 Lac Long Quan St.,
Tan Binh District.
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Located at No 89, Ba Huyen Thanh Quan Street,
D.3, the Xa Loi Pagoda is builded in 1956 thanks to the contribution
of people around 21 southern provinces. The Vietnamese Society
of Buddhism organized to construct the pagoda with the purpose
to worship the remains of Buddha. The monastic community and
buddhists get accustomed to call it as Xa Loi Pagoda, therefore
the pagoda is inaugurated as Xa Loi Pagoda, a familiar name
to everybody. The sanctuary at the first floor is decorated
simply and solemnly, here are venerated the remains of Buddha,
offered by Narada in Ceylan to Vietnamese Buddhism.
The pagoda is elected to establish the headquarters of Vietnamese
Buddhist Church
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 Pertaining
to Phu My Hung commune, Cu Chi District, Cu Chi Tunnel
is a famous historical vestige of the city, located at
17 km from the center of HCMC to the North-West.
It is a unique architectural work, a system of deeply
underground tunnels, in which many storeys, many ramifications
interlace, where people can lodge and eat, organize meetings,
conduct activities, and do fighting. This secret system
of underground tunnels is unearthed since the time of
Resistance War against the French Colonialism (1948),
having then only 17 km. After 1960, the system continued
to be reinforced, developed further to reach 250 km, with
3 storeys, of which the deepest is 8 - 10m underground.
Cu Chi is called the native land of “tunnel war”, titled
to be “steely ground, coppery rampart”.
At the present, this historical vestige is becoming an
attractive tourist area, where thousands of domestic and
foreign guests visit evereday. In particular, many leaders
of the Party and heads of states of Viet Nam and other
countries pay visit here and write down commemorative
impressions. The government recognized Cu Chi Tunnel as
a national historical-cultural vestige.
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Located within the zone of Cu Chi Historical vestige, belonging
to Phu My Hung commune, Cu Chi District, Ben Duoc Temple
started to be constructed at 15-9-1993 and inaugurated the
first stage at 19-12-1995, which consist of: three-door
temple gate, Epitaph House, nine-storey tower, central chamber
and flower-garden.
A stone stele with 3 m height and 3.7 tones weight is put
in the middle of Epitaph House, being engraved the article
“Forever we memorize” of Vien Phuong writer.
At the central chamber, the sanctuary is decorated solemnly,
with the statue of Ho Chi Minh President in the very middle
and the names of heroic martyrs at three surrounding sides,
carved by gilded letters in granite stone steles. The floor
below the Temple is the place to present images, objects,
models, sand tables … in order to hightlight the theme “Cu
Chi, steely ground, coppery rampart”. The December 19th
is the annual festival to commemorate and show deep gratitude
to heroic martyrs at the Ben Duoc Temple
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Located
at 1 Nguyen Tat Thanh St., District 4. Here, 21-year-old Ho,
having signed on as a stoker and galley-boy on a French freighter,
left Vietnam in 1911. The museum houses many of Ho personal
effects, including some of his clothing, sandals and other
memorabilia. The museum is open from 7.30 to 11.30 am and
1.30 to 4.30 pm, Monday to Friday; on Saturday & Sunday,
it stays open until 9 pm.
Source:www.hochiminh.gov.vn
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