Ho Chi Min City

Inside the central post office - French Colonial architecture, designed by Gustav Eiffel
 

 

 

Street scene in Ho Chi Minh City
 



Notre Dame Cathedral in Ho Chi Minh City

 

Inside the Post office in Ho Chi Minh City

The Legacy of the French Colonial rule
Our guide told us that the main legacy was architecture, coffee and baguettes.

Economic capital
He said that the economic capital, Ho Chi Minh City, had a range of industries including seafood processing, garments, wooden furniture, rice, leather, animal feed, coffee.  We saw that there were plenty of places to drink coffee in the city.  Apparently it's the second largest coffee bean producer in the world after Brazil. 

On the road into the city we saw fresh water prawn and also fish farms -  catfish I think.   A large number of egrets had also discovered this and were busy fishing.

In a market in Vietnam I saw some beautifully made, padded down jackets in a wide variety of colours for less than $20.  I have seen very similar, if not identical jackets, branded O'Neil, for £100 in Britain.  the label inside said, 'Made in Vietnam'.