Uncle Ho - Ho Chi Minh, takes his place at the central square of the city renamed in his honour at the end of the Vietnam War. Behind is the centre of local government - the People's Committee building. It was the French era, Hotel de Ville. The locals still stick with calling their city Saigon.
While the city is erasing its heritage with undue haste, some of the most prominent buildings look likely to survive. The Continental Hotel, war time journalist and spook hang-out and former residence of Graham Greene looks set to survive the onslaught.
The old site of the Continental Shelf bar. Looking across the Opera House - the former National Assembly of the South Vietnamese Government - to the fully renovated Caravelle Hotel.
Central Post Office, Saigon. Colonial era maps on the wall to the right with Uncle Ho looking on from the back.
Eating will be a highlight of a visit to Saigon. There are some very nice upscale venues.
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