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Plaza is the name of a building in Ho Chi Minh City. The building consists of 22 floors, divided into two areas: Commercial and Apartment. The building was built in 1999, located at the corner of Le Duan and Pham Ngoc Thach Street, behind the back of Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of the city.

Diamond Plaza is used for offices, hospitals, shopping centers and entertainment. Shopping center from ground floor to 4th floor, Foodcourt on 4th floor, play area on 5th floor, movie theater, gym on 13th floor, swimming pool on 14th floor, Upper.

Right from the start, the building and shopping center created a phenomenon in the local youth. This is a regular amusement area of ​​a youth department of the city.

22/09/2018

20/09/2018

The high grade townhouse of District 7, called Phu My Hung, is still slightly young and sterile. However, it is a great break from the hustle and bustle of Saigon. Here, there is a German brewery, an international restaurant, several friendly bars and a cafe with a cool terrace. It is a great place to jog and breathe fresh air. I like working at a sidewalk cafe here on warm nights when the breeze comes from the Mekong Delta. Every apartment in Saigon is nearby, and I come everyday to enjoy the cool, international atmosphere.

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15/09/2018

The Municipal Theatre of Ho Chi Minh City, also known as Saigon Opera House (Vietnamese: Nhà hát lớn Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh; French: Opėra de Saigon), is an opera house in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It is an example of French Colonial architecture in Vietnam.
The Municipal Theatre is a smaller counterpart of the Hanoi Opera House, which was built between 1901 and 1911, and shaped like the Opéra Garnier in Paris with 800 seats to entertain French colonists.[2] The Municipal Theatre owes its specific characteristics to the work of architect Félix Olivier, while construction was under supervision of architects Ernest Guichard and Eugène Ferret in 1900.
The Municipal Theatre in 1915

Its architectural style is influenced by the flamboyant style of the French Third Republic, with the façade shaped like the Petit Palais which was built in the same year in France. The house had a main seating floor plus two levels of seating above, and once was capable of accommodating 1,800 people. The design of all the inscriptions, décor, and furnishings were drawn by a French artist and sent from France.[3]

In accordance with the style employed, the façade of the theatre was decorated with inscription and reliefs (like the Ho Chi Minh City Hall), but it was criticized as being too ornate. In 1943 some of this decoration was removed, but a portion was restored by the city government for the 300th anniversary of Saigon in 1998. Today the capacity of the opera house is 500 seats.

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14/09/2018

Tân Định church (Vietnamese, Nhà thờ Tân Định, Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus) is a church built during the French colonial period in the 1880s when Vietnam was part of French Indochina. The church is situated at 289 Hai Bà Trưng street, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and belongs to Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City.
The church architecture features Roman style architecture. It is the second largest church in Ho Chi Minh City, after the Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica (Vietnamese, Nhà thờ Đức Bà Sài Gòn) in District 1.
The church was started in 1870 and was inaugurated on December 16, 1876. The whole is of Gothic style, but the details are Roman and Baroque. The entire building is painted pink, the facade includes a main tower and two auxiliary towers. At the top of the main tower is 52.6 meters high cross made of copper 3 meters high. Inside there are five bells, with a total weight of 5.5 tons. Two sub-towers have the lamp tower, many windows wind flowers with graceful charms. The cathedral's interior is quite imposing, with two Gothic pillars leading to the main altarpiece of Italian marble, which boasts a great deal of beauty for the whole building. The column on the left is the place where the statues of the saints stand, on the right is the pedestal of the holy saint.
Tan Dinh church has undergone many repairs, expanded in many different events, but did not erase the original architecture.
It is a great place to visit not only for local and international visitors, but also for check-in destinations for young people and couples to visit and explore.

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