Stories about Architecture in Ho Chi Minh City
James Sullivan Perches High above Ho Chi Minh CityTo Vietnam With Love - tovietnamwithlove [610] On my first night in the Caravelle Hotel, I parted the curtains draping my room’s windows, and eighteen floors up, gazed out over Lam Son Square, the cinematic heart of Ho Chi Minh City. Looking up...
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Hotel Majestic: A Return to Tradition, Hospitality and EleganceLinda Garrett - lgarrett [84] "No karaoke here," laughs Mr. Tran Hung Viet, the young deputy manager of the Hotel Majestic. Flashy karaoke bars are popular in Ho Chi Minh City's new hotels but the designers of this renovation were...
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A View From the RexSarah Tilton - stilton [1,727] Twenty years ago the rooftop bar at the Rex Hotel, then the American Bachelor Officer's Quarters, offered a view of the Vietnam war. Today, the sandbags are gone, the artillery fire has stopped and...
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Vietnam: Land of the Blue DragonMartine Aepli - maepli [110] From its genesis in the low-lying valley of Lan Chang Jiang, the source of the great Blue River of southern China, the history of Vietnam is shrouded in a rich oral tradition of myth and legend. The...
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