Ho Chi Minh City also known as Saigon is
Viet Nam's largest city its own - about
nine million people and just as many
motorbikes I'm here inside the Ho Chi
Minh City post office
it's a beautiful heritage building from
the late nineteenth century it's an
eclectic mix of neo-baroque features and
there are ethnic matisse throughout
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there's even a souvenir stand where you
can buy a very reasonably priced
souvenirs at government rates modeled
loosely after the notre-dame de ba e
Saigon notre-dame Cathedral dates back
to about 1877 when it was completed it
was considered the finest work in all of
Indochina with a price tag to match at
about 2.5 million francs most of the
materials were imported from France
including the bronze bells the stained
glass and the beautiful red brick from
Marseilles
the French introduced coffee to Vietnam
over a hundred years ago giving coffee
culture in Vietnam a long and storied
history nowadays Vietnam is one of the
world's leading exporters of coffee
and while Starbucks has made it here the
Vietnamese still prefer their coffee the
traditional way made from aluminum
filter like this one where the coffee
slowly drips into the cup and condensed
milk is added for a velvety smooth
texture that is some good rule we're now
in been patents icons most iconic market
it's been an operation continuously
since 1914 and it's so big people say if
you can't find it in Benton chances are
you don't really need it
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