Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) central axis, city hall, opera house, Notre Dame Cathedral

Picture one is the central axis of Ho Chi Minh City, which is also from north to south, starting from the opera house (pictures five and six). Pictures two, three, and four are the city hall, the governor's office during the former French colonial period, and now the office of the Ho Chi Minh City government. Ho Chi Minh City is a municipality, equivalent to a provincial-level organization. Picture seven is the Notre Dame Cathedral, the same church as the Notre Dame de Paris.