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From the Post Office vault to Chinese assembly halls in Chợ Lớn, buildings tell how the city grew. The series covers landmarks, architectural heritage and urban space.

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Urban architecture · Landmarks The Central Post Office: more than a century under the vault Reading the building through its vault, windows and wall maps.

Urban architecture · Landmarks Independence Palace: the architecture of an era Modernist design and the stories behind its walls.

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Heritage · Ben Thanh Independence Palace Dinh Doc LapThe Independence Palace is the very place that marks the complete victory of the resistance war against the United States for national salvation, the liberation of the South and the reunification of the country in 1975.

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Heritage · Sai Gon Saigon Notre-Dame Cathedral Nha tho Duc BaCathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Saigon.

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Heritage · Sai Gon Thao Cam Vien (Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens) Thao Cam VienThe "green lung" in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City and one of the 8 oldest zoos in the world

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Heritage · Xuan Hoa Bodhisattva Thich Quang Duc Memorial Dai tuong niem Bo Tat Thich Quang DucA monument park at the Cach Mang Thang Tam – Nguyen Dinh Chieu intersection, commemorating Most Venerable Thich Quang Duc

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Heritage · Ben Thanh Mariamman Temple Den MariammanA vibrant Hindu temple with a seven-tiered gate tower near Ben Thanh Market, often called "chua Ba An"

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Heritage · Tan Dinh Jade Emperor Pagoda Dien Ngoc HoangA century-old Chinese temple to the Jade Emperor in Tan Dinh, with yin-yang tiled roofs and vivid coloured ceramic figures

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