Have a snack and a Tiger beer at the 5th floor bar and I get a wonderful view of the surroundings particularly the Unification Palace in the background.
Ho Chi Minh's own Notre Dame
Vietnam was a colony of France in the 19th Century.
Reunification Palace. The signing of the peace treaty between the North and the South and thus unifying one Vietnam in 1975 was in this historic building Very French Like Magazine Booths similar to the ones selling magazines and books on the left bank of the river Seine
2 weeks ago I made a business trip to Ho Chi Minh (formerly Saigon) and I was impressed by the economic progress the country has made in the last 15 years. Since the terrible Vietnam war which saw the US retreat amidst accusations of many terrible atrocities committed to the Vietnamese people, the country has in the 44 years since come a long way.
Though the country is Communist ruled, the economy has opened up to many capitalist industrialists and there is a great sense of progress among the people in terms of
standard of living and tourism is one of the key revenue generators contributing to the GDP of the country. The others being car manufacturing, textile and agrculture.
There is a young population, many of whom are bilingual speakers, English and Vietamese Some are even trilingual, with many speaking passable Mandarin to cater to the burgeoning Chinese investors, visitors and tourists flocking to the country in the last 3 - 4 years.
Many people are hoping that Vietnam will benefit from the fallout of the Trade standoff between the 2 economic powers US and China and that is why I am also there to try to get a tiny foothold into this country of almost 70 million.
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