| Ho Chi Minh City, the new official name for Saigon since 1975, is by far the largest city in Vietnam, home to more than 7 million, and the economic engine of the country. It might first appear to the traveller a hectic and noisy place, with fewer monuments and history than Hue or Hanoi, besides the French-area buildings and the relatively low-profile pagodas and temples. Only after a while, one discovers its personality, that of a diverse, energetic, commercial and entrepreneurial, rebelious meridional city which emerges from a long economic sleep imposed by two decades of bureaucratic restrictions to catch on with a frenezy of life. |
Saigon Street (36 images) larger |
Saigon Traffic (63 images) larger |
Saigon Family (17 images) larger |
Central Saigon (65 images) larger |
Ben Thanh Market area (30 images) larger |
Cong Vien Van Hoa Park (28 images) larger |
Saigon Pagodas (25 images) larger |
Saigon Caodai temple (19 images) larger |
Cholon Streets and Markets (43 images) larger |
Cholon Temples (50 images) larger |
Saigon outlying temples (14 images) larger |
Phu My Hung (19 images) larger |
Saigon misc locations (18 images) larger |
