Ho Chi Minh City Post Office is over a century old, meticulously designed with sophisticated details bearing Western influences combined with Eastern decorations.
Open space inside Ho Chi Minh City Post Office. (Source: Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Promotion Center) |
The American architectural magazine Architectural Digest has just named Ho Chi Minh City Post Office in 2nd place in the list of 11 most beautiful post offices in the world.
With the image of a yellow building with prominent blue windows, Ho Chi Minh City Post Office is one of the most beautiful architectural buildings in the heart of the bustling city. Not only is it a place providing postal services, it also attracts domestic and international tourists to visit, learn and take photos to check-in.
Famous tourist attractions in Ho Chi Minh City. (Source: Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Promotion Center) |
From the outside, the building stands out with its characteristic arched door system, the highlight being the clock right in the middle of the large gate, highlighting the nostalgic classical beauty of this place.
Visiting inside the post office, besides the characteristic dome-shaped architecture, visitors will be attracted by the relief panels with elaborate embossed patterns, giant maps mounted on both sides of the ceiling dome near the entrance.
It can be said that Ho Chi Minh City Post Office with its important historical and cultural values and high aesthetics with a breath of contemporary architecture has become one of the typical symbols of splendid Saigon.
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