Saigon Christmas Time

Ho Chi Minh Square is located in central Saigon, District 1. It is in front of Ho Chi Minh City Hall.

Flag of Viet Nam
Ho Chi Minh with City Hall in the background.
Uncle Ho
Uncle Ho
Christmas display at Notre Dame de Saigon.
Christmas display at Notre Dame de Saigon.
Notre Dame de Saigon
Notre Dame de Saigon
Tan Dinh church in Saigon.
Tan Dinh church in Saigon.
Christmas trees
Christmas trees
Hoang Phuc decorations.
Hoang Phuc decorations.
Hotel at Ho Chi Minh Square
Hotel at Ho Chi Minh Square
A store window display.
A store window display.
A restaurant with a snowman.
A restaurant with a snowman.
A popular Santa window.
A popular Santa window.
Trees are lit up.
Trees are lit up.
Bitexco Financial Tower
Bitexco Financial Tower

Bitexco Financial Tower is the second tallest building in Vietnam at 264m at the top of the spire. Viet Nam’s tallest building is Hanoi’s Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower at 349m.

View from the tower.
View from the tower.
Saigon Opera House.
Saigon Opera House.

Saigon Opera House opened on January 1 1900. It is an example of French Colonial Architecture.

Saigon Central Post Office.
Saigon Central Post Office.
Saigon Central Post Office
Saigon Central Post Office

Saigon Central Post Office opened in 1891 during the French rule.

Saigon Independence Palace
Saigon Independence Palace

Saigon Independence Palace, or as it was first called, Reunification Palace, was finished in 1966. It replaced the Norodom Palace that used to be home to the French Governor. It was the home of the South Vietnamese president until the fall of Saigon in 1975.

A beautiful Saigon flower.
A beautiful Saigon flower.