Vietnam's bustling largest city sets the cultural and economic pace for the country. The former Saigon boasts charming French colonial architecture and wide boulevards, usually thronged and choked with traffic. Taxis are an option for seeing the sprawling city. The War Remnants Museum shows the Vietnam War through Vietnamese eyes. Don't miss the impressive Jade Emperor Pagoda. Go to the frenetic Ben Thanh Market for food, flowers or frogs. Tour through the Mekong Delta, past rice paddies and houseboats.
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Discover Réhahn's world-renowned photography of Vietnam and the world at Couleurs by Rehahn Fine Art Photography - Dong Khoi. Located in the heart of Saigon, near the Opera House, at 151 Dong Khoi, District 1, down the “Art Arcade” alley, turn right and up the stairs, just next to L'Usine Café. Open daily from 8:30 AM till 9:30 PM; entrance is free!
Small shop conveniently located on Dong Khoi. Beautiful photographs to take a look at it; and better yet, it's right next to L'usine. Check out the art and then grab Happy Hour next door.
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Artworks by famous Vietnamese artists. Stationery by Khai Tri - local company produced many of notebook about Vietnam. Local liquor imported from northern of Vietnam, selected by Tabar. We bring all good to be one.
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An art studio which is providing both locals and tourists with paintings, digital art pictures and accessorizes.
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Visit the oldest jewelry specializing - business street in Saigon Learn about the development history of vietnam Silver Idustry Visit the workplace of silversmiths Make you very on silver jewelry with our instruction Buy high quality silver jewelry of Vietnam with our enthusiascal-ly counselling To know more about silver industry, Vietnam Silver House is where you should be
We did the Silver Jewelry workshop today and it was really great and very fun to try! Very nice staff, an unique experience and very good price!
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This contemporary space has given Rehahn the opportunity to display more for collectors, dedicating more than 75% of space to Limited Edition Fine Art Photography. Located next to the lobby of the InterContinental Saigon. This gallery utilizes both private gallery space as well as public hotel space to show an extensive selection of Rehahn’s most iconic works.
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War Remnants Museum is a unit under the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Ho Chi Minh City. Located in the museum system of Vietnam, the museum for world peace and a member of the World Council of Museums (ICOM), the War Remnants Museum, the Museum of thematic research, collection , storage, preservation and display of the material, photographs, artifacts on the evidence of the crime and the consequences of the war that the invasion force has caused to Vietnam.Museum store more than 20,000 documents, exhibits and films, in which more than 1,500 documents, artifacts, films have been applied to introduce in eight thematic exhibition frequently. In 35 years, the Museum has welcomed over 15 million visitors at home and abroad. Currently with about 500,000 visitors each year, the War Remnants Museum is one of the only cultural tourism to attract high public credibility at home and abroad.
Definitely worth visiting if you have to stay in Saigon. The museum has three floors of incredible war artifacts and history relating to the French colonisation, Vietnamese attempts of democratic independence and the US occupation. The atrocities levelled upon the Vietnamese population since the French arrived until unification is just unbelievable. The affects of agent orange is even more heartbreaking. The horrors of chemical warfare in WW1 led to a ban on such weapons. The short and long term affects of agent orange far surpass any of the horrors of WW1. To think that a so called social responsible democratically elected government could cover half of Vietnam, swathes of Cambodia and Lao with such an incidious chemical throughout the 60s-70s is unfathomable. Especially when you consider civilians and US/allied troops were also knowingly sacrificed to the affects of agent orange as well. To this day Vietnamese only drink bottled water because of the presence of carcinogenic material from agent orange.
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A hidden little gem in ho chi minh city in a beautiful 5 storey building. I really wasn't expecting as much as what I got when I stepped into the museum. All inside is beautifully hand carved ornate wooden decoration all over the walls, ceiling, and everywhere you looked. There is so much info on tradional medicine you can spend atleast an hour or two here. They have so many things on display it's easy to get lost inside and it's definitely worth a visit. I even got a lovely herbal tea to try at the end of my visit.
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Galerie Quynh is the leading contemporary art gallery in Vietnam and considered to be one of the most professional commercial galleries in the region. Initially promoting several of Vietnam's pioneering abstract painters, the gallery has since embraced a wider international program. In addition to promoting a select group of artists working in Vietnam, Galerie Quynh also exhibits the work of artists based overseas, allowing the local community and visitors access to a diverse range of contemporary art practices.
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Founded in Ho Chi Minh City in 2009, Craig Thomas Gallery represents numerous award winning contemporary Vietnamese artists working in painting, sculpture and mixed media. CTG gallery space hosts a regular series of curated exhibitions of emerging and mid-career Vietnamese artists. Thành lập năm 2009 tại thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, Craig Thomas Gallery đại diện cho nhiều hoạ sỹ đương đại Việt Nam đã giành các giải thưởng trong các lĩnh vực hội hoạ, điêu khắc, và các thể loại khác. CTG đã tổ chức đều đặn các triển lãm được giám tuyển cho các hoạ sỹ Việt Nam mới nổi và các hoạ sỹ đã tạo dựng được danh tiếng.
Very nice exhibition space in the center of HCMC. Came to see a series of paintings by the Vietnamese painter Pham Thanh Toan and was highly impressed and surprised by the kind of 'more intense' artworks this country has to offer. Would definitely come for another show in the future.
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