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Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica, Roman Catholic cathedral in the heart of the city, completed in 1863, now flanked by opportunistic street vendors

Location: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Date: June 2008

Camera: Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III

ID Number: #D9D23719


  Other photographs in the "ho chi minh city saigon" collection:

Beautiful wooden phone booths in the Saigon Central Post Office, built by the French colonials nearly a century ago

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Sacred elephants may not be part of Roman Catholic doctrine, but they're common in Vietnam and appear here in the Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica

saigon-notre-dame-basilica-elephants

Electrical and other wires are strung up on telephone poles more by happenstance than by any actual plan

electrical-wires-vietnam

Street vendor selling chilled water for a little less than one U.S. dollar, no bargain for locals

street-vendor-selling-water

Saigon River, which flows from southeastern Cambodia to the Mekong Delta in Vietnam and is the home of the bustling port of Saigon

saigon-river

Kimdo Royal City Hotel at night in the city once called Saigon

kimdo-royal-city-hotel

Street vendor at night operating the equivalent of a sidewalk cafe

street-vendor-night

The port of Saigon at night, on the Saigon River, which flows from southeastern Cambodia to the Mekong Delta in Vietnam

saigon-port-night

The colorful skyline in the downtown area of the city formerly called Saigon

saigon-skyline

Expansive skyline of Ho Chi Minh City, the former Saigon, that's home to over 9 million people

ho-chi-minh-city

Girl with net, probably fishing in the nearby waterway, outside the former city of Saigon

girl-with-net

A generation ago, B-52 Stratofortress bombers leveled hundreds of square miles of Vietnam. Now the B52 is a US$3 drink in this upscale restaurant.

b-52-drink

It's unclear why the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which exists to secure the U.S. homeland, needs to have an office here in the Saigon Center building

homeland-security-in-vietnam

Saigon Central Post Office, built by the French colonials nearly a century ago when the country was called French Indochina

saigon-central-post-office

 

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Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica, Roman Catholic cathedral in the heart of the city, completed in 1863, now flanked by opportunistic street vendors