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Location: Nam Bo Women’s Museum is located on No.202 Vo Thi Sau Street, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City.
Characteristic: The Nam Bo Women’s Museum is opened in 1985 as a center for educational and cultural activities, traditional meetings, scientific seminars and cultural exchanges for women.

This building once belonged to Nguyen Ngoc Loan, Director of the General Police Department under the former Saigon government. In 1984, it was turned into the Traditional House of Nam Bo Women. Later, another four-storey building was added and the whole complex became the Nam Bo Women’s Museum.

The 2,000m² display areas of the museum is divided into 10 rooms, each showing the tradition of national construction and defense of Nam Bo Women. A 500-seat meeting hall, a movie theatre, a library and a boutique are also included in the complex. The museum aims to preserve and highlight the fine traditions of women.

Location: Ho Chi Minh Museum is located on Nguyen Tat Thanh Street, District 4, Ho Chi Minh City.
Characteristic: This museum mostly contains pictures and objects relating to President Ho Chi Minh.

The Dragon House Wharf, originally called Nha Rong, is located at the junction of the Ben Nghe Channel and the Saigon River. It was built in 1863 and served as the office of a French shipping company. From there, Nguyen Tat Thanh, later President Ho Chi Minh, set sail on a French ship named Admiral Latouche Treville in June 1911.

In September 1979, the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City chose Nha Rong as the Ho Chi Minh Museum–Dragon House Wharf. The name was taken from the two dragon-shaped symbols on the top of the building. Over time, approximately ten million people, local as well as foreign, have visited the Ho Chi Minh Museum. In addition, events such as artistic festivals and the introduction of new members into the Youth Union and Communist Party have been held in this museum.

Location: Revolutionary Museum is located on No.65 Ly Tu Trong Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City.
Characteristic: The Revolutionary Museum used to be enlisted as the Governor of Nam Ky’s residence.

The construction of the museum started in 1885 and was completed in 1890 under the design of French architect Alfred Foulhoux. Following that, the building became the residence of Japanese Governor Minoda. It was also the office of the Nam Bo Provisional Administrative Committee (1945) and of the Republic of France High Commissioner. The building was later reconverted into the residence of the Governor of Nam Ky. Until August 1978, the building was finally turned into the Ho Chi Minh City Revolutionary Museum.

The museum displays items related to the invasion of Vietnam by French colonialists, the founding of the Vietnam Communist Party, the anti-French resistance in Saigon-Gia Dinh (1945 to 1954), the anti-American movement, the national resistance of Saigon-Gia Dinh and the Ho Chi Minh Campaign.

Location: Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Museum is located on 97A Pho Duc Chinh Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City.

The Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Museum was set up as the result of a decision made by the City’s People’s Committee in September 1987, but it was not officially opened until 1991.

On the first and second floors, there are exhibits of works by Vietnamese and foreign artists. On the third floor are rooms with displays of works from between the 7th and early 20th century, including Champa and Oc Eo art work, Vietnamese antiques (ceramics, red-lacquered and gilded products, mother-of-pearl inlaid wood, etc.), traditional handicrafts of the Vietnamese ethnic groups and Western art.

Museums

• Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Museum

Location: Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Museum is located on 97A Pho Duc Chinh Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City.

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Top Hotels

* Continental Hotel
* Rex Hotel
* Grand Hotel
* Caravelle Hotel
* Phuong Nam (Southern Hotel)
* All Ho Chi Minh City Hotel reviews

Top Things To Do

* The War Remnants Museum
* Reunification Palace
* Cu Chi Tunnels
* Mekong Delta tour
* Cho Ben Thanh
* All reviews of Things To Do

Top Restaurants

* The Temple Club
* Quan An Ngon
* Rex’s Hotel Rooftop Bar
* Saigon Underground
* Street vendors & stalls
* All Ho Chi Minh City Restaurant reviews

Highlights:

If you love this place, you’ll always call it Saigon, aka the Pearl of the Far East. All the things you might have associated with this city will most likely vaporize the moment you arrive. The pace here is much faster than Hanoi: a literal avalanche of motorbikes and other two-wheeled vehicles pour into the streets daily. The smiles are more abundant, and as Hanoi’s sister, Saigon is more sultry. And yes, the French influence is definitely felt by way of patisseries embodied in the unforgettable Pat’A Chou , better bookstores, such as the Xuan Thu Bookshop and fabulous restaurants including the informal Paris Deli on posh Dong Khoi Street and Le Givral which is situated directly across the street from the Continental Hotel. Notre Dame Cathedral, built by the French, sits alongside pagodas, temples and communal houses.

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Area: 2,095.2 sq. km
Population: 5,730,700 habitants (2004)
Administrative divisions:

• Districts: District 1, District 2, District 3, District 4, District 5, District 6, District 7, District 8, District 9, District 10, District 11, District 12, Tan Binh, Binh Thanh, Phu Nhuan, Thu Duc, Go Vap, Binh Tan,Tan Phu.
• Rural districts: Nha Be, Can Gio, Hoc Mon, Cu Chi, Binh Chanh.

Ethnic groups: Viet (Kinh), Hoa, Khmer, Cham…

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