Sài Gòn

Saigon ( Vietnamese: Sài Gòn ), is the largest city in Vietnam. It was once known as Prey Nokor, an important Khmer seaport prior to annexation by the Vietnamese in the 17th century. Under the name Saigon, it was the capital of the French colony of Cochinchina and later of the independent republic of South Vietnam 1955–75. On 2 July 1976, Saigon merged with the surrounding Gia Định Province and was officially renamed Ho Chi Minh City ( although the name Sài Gòn is still unofficially widely used ) [1]

Sài Gòn, ngày 27 tháng giêng năm Bính Thân 2016

Nắng Saigon anh đi mà chợt mát

Ngày đầu tiên ở Sài Gòn tôi ở Riverside Hotel , Tôn Đức Thắng, Bến Nghé, Saigon , Vietnam

Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica of Saigon (Vietnamese: Vương cung thánh đường Chính tòa Đức Bà Sài Gòn or Nhà thờ Đức Bà Sài Gòn, French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Saïgon), officially Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of The Immaculate Conception (Vietnamese: Vương cung thánh đường Chính tòa Đức Mẹ Vô nhiễm Nguyên tội) is a cathedral located in the downtown of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Established by French colonists, the cathedral was constructed between 1863 and 1880. It has two bell towers, reaching a height of 58 meters (190 feet).

post — La sortie de la messe Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica of Saigon

Gia Long Palace , is a historical site and museum in Saigon . The museum is situated at the corner of Lý Tự Trọng and Nam Kỳ Khởi Nghĩa streets, located on 2 hectares of land, near the Independence Palace.

Construction of the palace began in 1885 and completed in 1890, and was designed by French architect Alfred Foulhoux to house the Museum of Commercial Trade, exhibiting products and goods of Southern Vietnam. However, the building soon became the residence of the Governor of Cochinchina, starting with Henri Éloi Danel (1850 – 1898).

The second hotel I stayed is Independence Palace , 108 Nguyen Du Street, District 1, Saigon , Vietnam

Independence Palace (Dinh Độc Lập), also known as Reunification Palace (Vietnamese: Dinh Thống Nhất), built on the site of the former Norodom Palace, is a landmark in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It was designed by architect Ngô Viết Thụ and was the home and workplace of the President of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. It was the site of the end of the Vietnam War during the Fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975. The complex covered an area of 12 hectares, including a palace with an 80-meter-wide façade, a guest-chamber capable of accommodating 800 people, with a spacious gardens covered by green trees and a lawn.

Independence Palace inside

Independence Palace outside

Tôl và Bóng đi tìm lại mùa xuân , Me and my Shadow go to find the spring

Saigon night

Saigon before 1975

La San Taberd school, my old school . After November 1975, renamed as Tran Dai Nghia school

Trường La San Taberd là một trường học tại Sài Gòn, được thành lập từ thời Pháp thuộc, hoạt động từ năm 1873 đến năm 1975. Trường đả đào tạo nhân tài cho miển Nam thời bấy giờ.

Lasan Taberd School is a school in Saigon, was established under the French rule, operating from 1873 to 1975. The school’s with the big reputations in training of talents in the South Viet Nam at that time.

The Caravelle Hotel is located in Saigon, Vietnam. The hotel was opened to the public on Christmas Eve 1959, when the city was known as Saigon. Contemporary journalists noted its use of Italian marble, bullet-proof glass and a “state-of-the-art air-conditioning system and a Berliet private generator.”

The hotel’s modern design was the work of a Vietnamese architect, Mr. Nguyen Van Hoa, a graduate of Ecole Superieure des Beaux Arts in Hanoi. (Ref: „Caravelle-Saigon, A History“ by VHSG, Saigon Culture Publishing House, 2009) The original ten-story building is now adjoined to a 24-story tower that forms the bulk of the new property.

However, the iconic Saigon Bar has changed little since 1959. During the 1960s, the Caravelle was home to the Australian Embassy, the New Zealand Embassy, and the Saigon bureaus of NBC, ABC and CBS. As a hub of communication, it became an noted location in the Vietnam War. See for example the Caravelle Manifesto.

It also became part of Vietnam fiction and non-fiction literature, for example Danielle Steele’s Message From Nam, Morley Safer’s memoir „Flashbacks“, &c. Following the Fall of Saigon in 1975, the hotel was taken over and operated by the government and renamed the Doc Lap (Independence) Hotel. And so it remained until 1998, when the Caravelle name was relaunched.

Saigon là cái nôi của tôi và củng là nơi tôi sống quảng đời thơ ấu . Saigon là phần dỉ vảng của cuộc đời tôi . Tôi trở về Saigon ba lần liên tiếp , mổi lần lại thấy Saigon thay đổi nhiều . Saigon có sức sống mảnh liệt , vương lên thật nhanh . “ nơi nào có ánh sánh , thì củng có bóng tối “ , „ Where there is light, there is also shadow „, tôi nghỉ rằng Saigon phải trả một giá rất đắt cho sự phát triển nhanh nầy. Tôi không thấy người bán vé số nửa , xe ôm , móc túi thì vẫn còn .