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Saigon Opera House (Vietnamese: Nhà hát Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, French: Théâtre municipal de Hô Chi Minh-Ville), officially named Ho Chi Minh City Ballet, Symphony, Orchestra and Opera (Nhà hát Giao hưởng, Nhạc - vũ kịch Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh), is a municipal opera house in downtown Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
The Vietnamese calendar (Vietnamese: âm lịch; chữ Hán: 陰曆) is a lunisolar calendar that is mostly based on the lunisolar Chinese calendar. As Vietnam's official calendar has been the Gregorian calendar since 1954, [1] the Vietnamese calendar is used mainly to observe lunisolar holidays and commemorations, such as Tết Nguyên Đán ...
Between 1955 and 1975, the site had witnessed a number of major sporting events including an over-capacity 30,000 strong crowd to watch the elimination football match between South Vietnam and South Korea leading up to the 1964 Summer Olympics. [5]
The park has a number of features unique in Vietnam: its 2km monorail, affording views from five meters above the ground; adventure boats that cross the waterfall; and the unusual "Roman" square, featuring European flowers including roses, classical Roman-style stone pillars, statues, and a musical water show with 3,000 seats. This water ...
Newsweek and Time magazines each had their Saigon bureaux on the second floor of the hotel. View of the Continental and Tự Do Street in 1968. Following the Fall of Saigon in April 1975 ownership of the hotel was taken over by the Ho Chi Minh City Government and Tự Do Street was renamed Đồng Khởi Street.
On April 27, 1931, Chợ Lớn and the neighboring city of Saigon were merged to form a single city called Saigon–Cholon. The official name, however, never entered everyday vernacular and the city continued to be referred to as Saigon. "Cholon" was dropped from the city's official name in 1956, after Vietnam gained independence from France in ...
Pages in category "October 2022 events in Asia" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
President Ho Chi Minh's Birthday: Ngày sinh Chủ tịch Hồ Chí Minh The birth of Ho Chi Minh in 1890 June 1: International Children's Day: Ngày Quốc tế Thiếu nhi Formerly the Police Day (Ngày Cảnh sát Quốc gia) in South Vietnam June 28: Vietnamese Family Day: Ngày Gia đình Việt Nam July 27