25/08/2025
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๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ก ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ง ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐ก๐ข ๐๐ข๐ง๐ก ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฅฐ
During their century-long colonization of Vietnam (1858 - 1954), the French established Ho Chi Minh city (called Saigon at the time) to be the administrative region of the South. They were ambitious to westernize the Vietnamese culture, mindset and lifestyle by establishing French education, workplaces and cultural infrastructure in two core districts: District 1 and District 3. Many of those buildings, called โFrench housesโ, are still standing throughout these districts, transporting Vietnamese imaginations back to the time of French reign. Traveling through District 1 and District 3 of Ho Chi Minh city, it is impossible to miss the French style imprinted on the government offices, museums, post offices, churches, theaters, markets and villas, built with colonial architecture and dark yellow walls for more than 100 years.
After French occupation ended, America came to Saigon to support the Republic of Vietnamโa nation ruling Southern Vietnam before the Vietnamese Unification in 1975. Along with their military campaigns, they effectively implemented their plan to spread the American lifestyle throughout the South of Vietnam. Since that time, the marks of American culture have presented themselves prominently, evidenced on every building on the streets, in dining culture, in the cityโs fast pace, clothing styles, literature and art styles, and in the behaviors of the residents of Saigon, the heart of southern Vietnam. Today, even though โSaigonโ is no longer the official name of Ho Chi Minh city as it was before 1975, many Vietnamese people still refer to District 1 as โSaigonโ, because it still bears the American lifestyle influences of the old city. You can even hear some young people say, โLetโs go to America!โ as they travel towards downtown District 1!
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๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ข๐๐: 219 Pham Ngu Lao Str, Dist 1 - HCMC - Vietnam
: 028.38.38.38.79 - 028.39.39.39.99
