Dragon House (Ho Chi Minh City)
| Dragon House Hồ Chí Minh Museum, Ho Chi Minh City Branch | |
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Bến Nhà Rồng Bảo Tàng Hồ Chí Minh, Chi nhánh Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh | |
.jpg) The Dragon House building and the statue of younger Hồ Chí Minh (then Nguyễn Tất Thành) | |
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| Type | Historic house museum |
| Location | Sài Gòn – Khánh Hội Port area |
| Address | No.1 Nguyễn Tất Thành Street, Ward 13 |
| Town or city | District 4, Ho Chi Minh City |
| Construction started | March 4, 1863 |
| Inaugurated | 1864 |
| Known for | Where Uncle Ho left the country to find a way to save the nation |
Dragon House (Vietnamese: Bến Nhà Rồng) or Dragon House Wharf, Dragon House Harbour, officially known as Ho Chi Minh Museum, Ho Chi Minh City Branch, was the original commercial port of Saigon. The construction began in 1862 and more than a year later, in 1863, the house was completed. It is located at the junction of the Saigon River and Bến Nghé Channel in District 4.
On 5 June 1911, Ho Chi Minh (at the time named Nguyen Tat Thanh) departed from the Dragon House on the French ship Amiral de Latouche-Tréville for a 30-year journey around the world. Therefore, in 1979, the old headquarters building of the commercial port has been rebuilt into a memorial park in Ho Chi Minh City.
During the Vietnam War the building was used by the United States Military Sea Transportation Service.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Mercogliano, Salvatore (2017). Fourth Arm of Defense Sealift and Maritime Logistics in the Vietnam war (PDF). Naval History and Heritage Command. pp. 12–3. ISBN 9780945274964.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links
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- Homepage (in Vietnamese)
- English information