Hello everyone,
It’s about 30 minutes before midnight here, and the weather is quite hot—making it a little hard to fall asleep. How are you all doing? I hope you’ve had a wonderful day, even better than yesterday.
Before I head to bed tonight, I wanted to share some photos and a bit of my walking adventure around the city of Saigon. I was truly impressed by some of the old buildings here that are still well-preserved by the government.
Back in my hometown, I honestly feel sad seeing many original buildings from the British colonial era being demolished just to make way for new developments. I guess sometimes human greed can erase the historical soul of a city.
Anyway, the first building I want to share with you is the Opera House. According to Mr. Google :
The Operan House was taking place of 3,200 m² that being complete in 1900 , work of famous architect Felix Olivier , under supervision of another two French architecture - Ernest Guichard and Eugene Ferret.
I only managed to take a photo of the front view of the building since it was closed at the time my wife and I visited. But honestly, even if it had been open, I don’t think we would’ve gone inside—the entrance fee for the shows was quite expensive and definitely out of our budget.
Just beside of the Opera House was another buillding with old architecture design
Opera view was named of the building just near the OPERA HOUSE . The Artex Saigon was being establish in 1976 which specializing in the manufacture and export of high quality handicrafts and wicker furniture. The other high end product like Louis Vuition and other , also used the same building.
On the other side was the Hotel Continental, Saigon. I heard that this hotel was one of the places where hitmen like John Wick stayed—maybe I’d get lucky and run into him while he’s there! Who knows? But of course, that’s just me joking around .
Unlike the other place , this place was being keep tidy and clean .
If you walk about 3 to 5 minutes from the Opera House, you’ll come across the statue of President Ho Chi Minh.
Along the sidewalk, you’ll find displays telling the story of how the President worked hard for Vietnam’s independence, especially during and after the war. I took a few minutes to read about his journey. He didn’t just prioritize education—he also emphasized the importance of protecting nature for future generations.
It was a bit disappointing that the nearest church was still under renovation. This was actually my second visit here, and both times, the church has been undergoing renovations.
I guess that’s all for today’s journey. I hope you enjoyed it, and I’ll see you in the next post. Cheers!
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What a tall and detailed architecture 😍
Beautiful right.
I also feel the same when I see old buildings that are demolished especially the ones with distinguished architectural design. At least, the buildings here are still well-preserved and they are still used for certain occasions. It's nice to see city centers that are still filled with trees and beautiful landscape. It provides a momentary safe escape for city dwellers.
Without proper city development plan , it ll happening every where in the world. The president of Vietnam has mention that it is also very important to taking care the earth , i read that at that wall .
Its really nice to see well preserve old buildings. Because the new generation children will have a chance to see it.
I know right and i think the old building has better quality compare to the latest one , especially with their presentation of art .
The buildings are still standing confidently, just like what you mentioned about the government preserving them.