Vietnam is an Asian country that is about 10,000 km away from France.
The history of exchanges between Vietnam and France, which are so far apart, is long.
In the 1500s, Catholic missionaries spread their missions in Vietnam.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam is currently the largest economic city in Vietnam.
In the late 1800s, Vietnam became a French territory, and also Cambodia and Laos, the French Indochina.
Home to the southern part of the Indochina Federation is Saigon, now Ho Chi Minh City.
The French government will put a lot of money into Saigon, which is empty at the time, to make it an attractive city for people to stop by.
This is the basis of the city today.
Many of the historical buildings of the Saigon era remain in the center of Ho Chi Minh City.
The place where the Reunification Palace stands in the center of the city was originally the Norodon Palace, where the French Consul General of Indochina lives. Today, the Reunification Palace is a museum that retains the presidential office of the South Vietnam era.
Many buildings were built in the center of the city during the Saigon era.
Vietnam at that time did not have most of the building materials used in Europe,
Most of the building materials, such as bricks, cement, tiles, stained glass, etc., are authentic materials brought from France.
This Catholic church is said to have been built between 1863 and 1880 during the French Indochina period.
The Ben Thanh Market was built in the 1914 French Indochina era and refurbished in 1950, and the building has a history of over 100 years.
Completed in 1891. It is said to have been modeled after the Orsay station building in Paris. A famous tourist spot as one of the colonial buildings of the Saigon era.
Completed as Saigon City Hall in 1909. It has been used as the Ho Chi Minh People’s Committee City Hall since the end of the Vietnam War.
The Saigon Opera House is a theater built for French settlers and French troops by inviting a theater company from Paris to Saigon. It is one of the colonial architecture of Vietnam, built by a Franco architect and completed and opened in 1900.
These buildings are located around Dong Khoi Street, the center of the Saigon era.
Today, it is an area where shopping and gourmet spots as well as tourist spots are gathered.
A building with a shopping mall built in a prime location at the intersection of Dong Khoi Road and Le Thanh Tong Road. H & M and zara have opened stores, but 2019 UNIQLO will participate. Although there are many brand shops on Dong Khoi Street, it is also a popular area for fast fashion.
“Union Square” is a shopping mall along Dong Khoi Street. 3 floors above ground and 3 below. There are many brand shops and it is popular with tourists.
68 stories. The 49th floor is an observation floor and Saigon Sky Deck. You can overlook almost all of Ho Chi Minh City.
If you have the opportunity to visit Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, please drop in.
Prostyle Hotel Ho Chi Minh is a central hotel in the 1st district, where tourist attractions, shopping spots, gourmet spots and business districts are located.
It is just a 4-minute walk to Dong Khoi Street.
All the staff are waiting for you.
Prostyle Hotel Ho Chi Minh has been awarded the Luxury Lifestyle 2020 Hotel category in New York.
When you come to Ho Chi Minh City, please spend a lot of time at “Prostyle Hotel Ho Chi Minh” in the central area of District 1.
Prostyle Hotel Ho Chi Minh
ADD:26 Thi Sach Street, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
E-mail: info@prostylehotel-hcm.com
Reservation from WEB:https://www.prostyle-hotels.com/hcm/en/
