Slide 1

Saigon in Vietnam War 1954-1975

Doc-Lap Palace

National Library

Notre Dame Church

Ben Thanh
Market

Saigon-Capital
of South Vietnam ……
Never Forget Saigon!
The Heart of Vietnamese’s Fatherland!

Hung Vuong Temple
“Trung Nu Vuong”
Vietnam’s The Heroic Queens

Click to Next

Saigon Cholon
Click to Next

Click to Next

Saigon To
Phu-Nhuan

Saigon To
Khanh Hoi

Central of
Saigon Capital

Click to Next

1954-1975

1901-1963
Doc-Lap, Palace of South Vietnam
President in 1954

Mr. Ngo Dinh Diem
TheMr.
firstNgo
democratically
elected
Dinh Diem
President
of the
Republic
was First
President
of South Vietnam 1955-1963
of South Vietnam

The second democratically Presidents
of the Republic of South Vietnam
1963-1975

Doc-Lap , New Palace for South Vietnam Presidents (1963-1966)

Mr. Nguyen Van Thieu

Mr.
Vu van Mau

Mr.
Tran van Huong

Mr.
Phan huy Quat

Mr.
Duong van Minh

Mr.
Nguyen Khanh

Mr.
Tran thien Khiem

Mr.
Nguyen Ba Can

Mr.
Nguyen cao Ky

Phu Cuong
Bien Hoa
Binh Duong Province

Xuan Loc
Bien Hoa Province

The Battle reached Saigon in 1968…

Long Khanh Province

Gia Dinh

Saigon

Gia Dinh Province

Provinces/Cities of Battles before the North
Vietnamese reached Saigon in 1968

Phuoc Tuy Province
Long An Province
Click to Next

Rescue mom…

The North Vietnamese invasion destroyed the city infrastructure,
environment, and killed millions of the people.
Furthermore, the war wasted 80% of the national budget and
destroyed a generation of teenagers drafted into the military.

… and Tears for Saigon Capital in 21 years of
The War that invaded from the North Vietnam’s Communist

He’s inside
Battle-Field…
Where
are War
our
parents…!?
Vietnam
1954-1975
We are in
Please, Save his Life…!?
Hell of
Yes, We try…
Vietnam
Mau-Than Tet Festival 1968,
Tears for my Husband
War!
The North Vietnamese reached and attempted to invade Saigon.

Mom,
Where
where
is myare
Dad…!?
We…!?
Please, Save my kid Life !
Where
Heaven
is my Husband…!?
or Hell
! Motherland
Tears for
myin
Lover
Tears
for my

Mothers of Fallen - Tears for our
Sons of Both Side…
Viet Cong Prisoners & Bodies 1968

View
Another
on
Bird
Saigon
Bird
Eye
View
Suburbs
View
of
of
from
Saigon
Capital
the
air
Capital
plane
in1972
1972
inin
1972
1972
Doc-Lap
Palace
Another
Bird
Bird
EyeEye
Eye
View
View
onSaigon
Saigon
on
Saigon
River
River
in
in
1972
Notre
Dame
Church

National Library
Ben Thanh
Market

Cholon District

Saigon Central Market
VNTT Bank
National Bank

Majestic Hotel

View looking down to Chuong Duong dock,
and Ham Nghi, Nguyen Hue, Tu Do streets

That is part of somewhere to the
east of Saigon Capital down there in 1968-1969

Looking down to Saigon Capital in 1972

Welcome To Sunny Saigon City.
The Capital of South Vietnam in War 1954-1975

on Tu-Do
the Notre-Dame
Church in 1972
TheView
GI strolled
thestreet
Tu-Doto
street
in 1972

View from View
Tu-Dofrom
street
Le-Loi
to Continental
ave. to
Palace
the House of Representatives Palace
View on Tu-Do street
to Bach-Dang port

The House of Representatives Palace in 1972
The House of Representatives Palace
in 1970

View on Tu-Do street to the Notre-Dame Church in 1958

Tu-Do street in 1962
TheMr.
House
of Senator
Mickey
worked Palace
for
The South
Vietnam
Soldiers
statue
on
the
square
on Chuong
Duong
dock
Saigon
river
Justice
Palace
at Cong
Lyofavenue
in
1973
The
Caribou
restaurant
A GI strolled the Tu-Do
street
in 1971
The
in front
Continental
of the House
Palace
ofinRepresentatives
1970
Palace in 1972
on Tu-Do
street in 1969
The House of Representatives Palace
& Caravell Hotel

View on Tu-Do street
to Notre-Dame Church

View from Tax shopping
Center on Nguyen Hue ave.
to Bach-Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall View from
Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1968-1969
View from Eden
Shopping Center on
Nguyen Hue ave.
to Tax shopping center
Saigon City Hall in 1966
& Bach Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall in 1969

Market
during
Car… car… bumper toFlower
bumper
onCity
Nguyen
HueTet
boulevard in 1968-1969
Saigon
Hall

Celebrations 1973 on
View
on
Nguyen
Hue ave. to Saigon City Hall
View from Rex Hotel
Nguyen Hue Boulevard.
to the House of
View from Saigon River toward
View on Nguyen Hue ave. to
Representatives
Eden shopping center & City Hall
& Caravell Hotel
Palace Hotel & City Hall

A GI in the middle of
Japan Scooters in 1969,
On the front of The House
Caravell hotel view on Le Loi boulevard of Representatives Palace

toward Ben Thanh market in 1971

View toward Bach Dang port, from
Eden shopping center to Tax shopping center
on Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1969
Le Loi boulevard view toward
Saigon central market in 1969

View on Le Loi boulevard
toward Ben Thanh market in 1971
The “Flower Power” of the Hippies
was the rage back in the World and
Saigon Capital in early 1969

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of the Front Gate

Ben Thanh Market in 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Scenery in early 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of other Gates

Tet Festival of Ben Thanh
Market Scenes in 1971

Tet Festival 1971
of Ben Thanh Market

LCU & PBR Going Up to Patrol on The Saigon River in 1969
Patrol Craft-Fast (PCF) boats Going Up
To Patrol on The Saigon River in 1970

Map of Hoang Sa Navy Battle 1974

South Vietnam Navy on Bach Dang Dock of Saigon River in 1966

South Vietnam Navy Headquarter

The Public Dock on Bach Dang Port
of Saigon River in 1969

Tran Hung Dao Statue, a Hero of the Bach Dang Battle.
This
Statue
is onDao
the Dock
of on
the Bach
Saigon
Port,Port
View
to Tran
Hung
Statue
Dang
Majestic
Hotel
View
from
Saigon
River
in
1970
TheSaigon
Night
Shift
Palace
at &
Bach
Coya
Dang
Tailor
port
in
of
1966
Saigon
river
in 1970
at the
Foot
of
Hai
Ba
Trung
Boulevard
in
1969
of Saigon River in 1969

Bach Dang Port of Saigon River in 1972

Le van Duyet Temple Gate
Lang Ong Temple in Tet Festival 1971
in 1971

Vinh Nghiem Pagoda at
Cong-Ly ave. in 1972

AThich
Mosque
Temple
in 1972
Quang Duc
- The sacred
fire,
Tower of Xa Loi Pagoda
A Sacrifice for Religious Freedom, 1963Vinh Nghiem Tower
Xa Loi Tower
in 1973
in 1972
Van Hanh University
underVietnam
constructions
National Museum in 1972

Tan Dinh Church in 1970
Tan Dinh Church in 1970

Father Tam Church
Father Tam Church
At Cholon in 1970
Cholon in 1970
Notre Dame Church inAt
1972

Notre Dame Church on the President J. F. Kennedy
Square in early 1960

Father
Father Tam
Tam Church
ChurchAt
At Cholon
Cholon in
in 1971
1971
Huyen Si Church in 1971
Notre Dame on the Hoa-Binh Square while the raining season in 1973

Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970
Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970

The Embassy of the United States
in early 1960
in early 1970

More than 50,000 of young G.I. were killed in the Vietnam War

3rd Field Hosp Saigon 1965

The Thunder
Tiger
Vietnam
era Caribou
Recon Team Extracted By H-34 Helicopter

To
Serve
& Lady
Die
for
South
Vietnam
Army
Victory
GateCountry,
19-6-1972
A Vietnamese
The
Air
Thunder
Force
Tiger
A-1H
dropping
The Young Gentlemen
&
ofFather
Saigon
Capital Before 1975
Vietnam-era
Phantom
II's
Honor
andan
Liability
itswith
Liaisons
ordinance
Service
on
enemy
target
cammo
paintCommandos
in formation

'Teaching & Administrative Staff
of Gia-Long High School in 1961

Class 1968-1969

Gia-Long HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class 1958-1959

1970

We are the Young Lady Vietnamese
A Circle of Marie Curie Student HS. Before 1975

Petrus Ky High School in 1965

1972-1973

Petrus Ky HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class of 1955

1972-1973

1972-1973

Snack Shop 1972-1973

CVA’s Teachers 1952

CVA’s Teachers 1960

CVA’s Students Graduated
1972
withClass
Parents
1960
Class 1960

Classe 1966-1967

High School Graduation

Vietnamese Rock & Roll
Movement in the 1960's

The Apple Three Band-1970

The Blue Stars Band-1970

The Crazy Dogs Band-1971

Thanh Nga Renovated Actress, 1969

Some Famous Singers
Of Saigon Capital

Before 1975

Kim Loan Singer

People of Saigon Capital before 1975

Kim Cuong Actress, 1969

Khanh
Ly
Singer
and
Khanh
Thanh
Ly Singer,
Lan
Singer
1962
Trinh Con Son Musician, 1969

Street Vendors - Small Businesses of Saigon Capital before 1975

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1960

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1970

Tho Horse Race Course in early 1970
Highway 4, Cho Lon 1960Phu
- 1970

10cent issued 1966

$1.00 issued
before 1975

$500.00 issued 1972
$100.00 issued before 1955

$1.00 issued 1955

$500.00 issued before1975
$100.00 issued 1966
$1.00 issued 1956
$500.00 issued 1970

$1.00 issued 1964
$500.00 issued 1966
$100.00 issued 1966

$100.00 issued 1966
1970
The South Vietnam’s National Bank

$20.00 issued before 1975

$2.00 issued 1955

$10.00 issued 1962

South Vietnam’s Money
$200.00
issued
before
$50.00
issued
19691975
$5.00 issued before
The South
1975Vietnam’s
National Bank

$1000.00 issued 1972

$200.00
$50.00
issued
issued
before
19721975

$50.00
issued
19561975
issued
before
$5.00 $1000.00
issued 1955

$50.00 issued 1966

$10.00 issued before
1955

To Refuse The VC. Regime 30-04-1975

The Fall of Saigon Capital 30-April-1975

The Victims of
Vietnam War…

The Hero Commited
Suicide 30-04-1975

Anh Hùng Tử – Khí Hùng Bất Tử

The Victims of
Sentenced the Coronel Ho Ngoc Can The R.E. Prisoners
The Pirate after war…InViet-Cong
after war
the Memory of the Fallen Heroes
More than 2 millions Vietnamese of both side were killed in Vietnam War and more than
½ millions boat peoples, walking peoples died on the way to escape out their motherland,
1975-1995…

The Boat People after war

Last C-141 to evacuate refugees from Saigon,
April 28, 1975

To Honorably Die For Fatherland

In the Memory of Vietnamese Died
Who Searching for the Freedom

The Loving Memory Of Duy Tan Street

(To Be Continued)

Saigon after Vietnam War 1975-2005


Slide 2

Saigon in Vietnam War 1954-1975

Doc-Lap Palace

National Library

Notre Dame Church

Ben Thanh
Market

Saigon-Capital
of South Vietnam ……
Never Forget Saigon!
The Heart of Vietnamese’s Fatherland!

Hung Vuong Temple
“Trung Nu Vuong”
Vietnam’s The Heroic Queens

Click to Next

Saigon Cholon
Click to Next

Click to Next

Saigon To
Phu-Nhuan

Saigon To
Khanh Hoi

Central of
Saigon Capital

Click to Next

1954-1975

1901-1963
Doc-Lap, Palace of South Vietnam
President in 1954

Mr. Ngo Dinh Diem
TheMr.
firstNgo
democratically
elected
Dinh Diem
President
of the
Republic
was First
President
of South Vietnam 1955-1963
of South Vietnam

The second democratically Presidents
of the Republic of South Vietnam
1963-1975

Doc-Lap , New Palace for South Vietnam Presidents (1963-1966)

Mr. Nguyen Van Thieu

Mr.
Vu van Mau

Mr.
Tran van Huong

Mr.
Phan huy Quat

Mr.
Duong van Minh

Mr.
Nguyen Khanh

Mr.
Tran thien Khiem

Mr.
Nguyen Ba Can

Mr.
Nguyen cao Ky

Phu Cuong
Bien Hoa
Binh Duong Province

Xuan Loc
Bien Hoa Province

The Battle reached Saigon in 1968…

Long Khanh Province

Gia Dinh

Saigon

Gia Dinh Province

Provinces/Cities of Battles before the North
Vietnamese reached Saigon in 1968

Phuoc Tuy Province
Long An Province
Click to Next

Rescue mom…

The North Vietnamese invasion destroyed the city infrastructure,
environment, and killed millions of the people.
Furthermore, the war wasted 80% of the national budget and
destroyed a generation of teenagers drafted into the military.

… and Tears for Saigon Capital in 21 years of
The War that invaded from the North Vietnam’s Communist

He’s inside
Battle-Field…
Where
are War
our
parents…!?
Vietnam
1954-1975
We are in
Please, Save his Life…!?
Hell of
Yes, We try…
Vietnam
Mau-Than Tet Festival 1968,
Tears for my Husband
War!
The North Vietnamese reached and attempted to invade Saigon.

Mom,
Where
where
is myare
Dad…!?
We…!?
Please, Save my kid Life !
Where
Heaven
is my Husband…!?
or Hell
! Motherland
Tears for
myin
Lover
Tears
for my

Mothers of Fallen - Tears for our
Sons of Both Side…
Viet Cong Prisoners & Bodies 1968

View
Another
on
Bird
Saigon
Bird
Eye
View
Suburbs
View
of
of
from
Saigon
Capital
the
air
Capital
plane
in1972
1972
inin
1972
1972
Doc-Lap
Palace
Another
Bird
Bird
EyeEye
Eye
View
View
onSaigon
Saigon
on
Saigon
River
River
in
in
1972
Notre
Dame
Church

National Library
Ben Thanh
Market

Cholon District

Saigon Central Market
VNTT Bank
National Bank

Majestic Hotel

View looking down to Chuong Duong dock,
and Ham Nghi, Nguyen Hue, Tu Do streets

That is part of somewhere to the
east of Saigon Capital down there in 1968-1969

Looking down to Saigon Capital in 1972

Welcome To Sunny Saigon City.
The Capital of South Vietnam in War 1954-1975

on Tu-Do
the Notre-Dame
Church in 1972
TheView
GI strolled
thestreet
Tu-Doto
street
in 1972

View from View
Tu-Dofrom
street
Le-Loi
to Continental
ave. to
Palace
the House of Representatives Palace
View on Tu-Do street
to Bach-Dang port

The House of Representatives Palace in 1972
The House of Representatives Palace
in 1970

View on Tu-Do street to the Notre-Dame Church in 1958

Tu-Do street in 1962
TheMr.
House
of Senator
Mickey
worked Palace
for
The South
Vietnam
Soldiers
statue
on
the
square
on Chuong
Duong
dock
Saigon
river
Justice
Palace
at Cong
Lyofavenue
in
1973
The
Caribou
restaurant
A GI strolled the Tu-Do
street
in 1971
The
in front
Continental
of the House
Palace
ofinRepresentatives
1970
Palace in 1972
on Tu-Do
street in 1969
The House of Representatives Palace
& Caravell Hotel

View on Tu-Do street
to Notre-Dame Church

View from Tax shopping
Center on Nguyen Hue ave.
to Bach-Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall View from
Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1968-1969
View from Eden
Shopping Center on
Nguyen Hue ave.
to Tax shopping center
Saigon City Hall in 1966
& Bach Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall in 1969

Market
during
Car… car… bumper toFlower
bumper
onCity
Nguyen
HueTet
boulevard in 1968-1969
Saigon
Hall

Celebrations 1973 on
View
on
Nguyen
Hue ave. to Saigon City Hall
View from Rex Hotel
Nguyen Hue Boulevard.
to the House of
View from Saigon River toward
View on Nguyen Hue ave. to
Representatives
Eden shopping center & City Hall
& Caravell Hotel
Palace Hotel & City Hall

A GI in the middle of
Japan Scooters in 1969,
On the front of The House
Caravell hotel view on Le Loi boulevard of Representatives Palace

toward Ben Thanh market in 1971

View toward Bach Dang port, from
Eden shopping center to Tax shopping center
on Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1969
Le Loi boulevard view toward
Saigon central market in 1969

View on Le Loi boulevard
toward Ben Thanh market in 1971
The “Flower Power” of the Hippies
was the rage back in the World and
Saigon Capital in early 1969

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of the Front Gate

Ben Thanh Market in 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Scenery in early 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of other Gates

Tet Festival of Ben Thanh
Market Scenes in 1971

Tet Festival 1971
of Ben Thanh Market

LCU & PBR Going Up to Patrol on The Saigon River in 1969
Patrol Craft-Fast (PCF) boats Going Up
To Patrol on The Saigon River in 1970

Map of Hoang Sa Navy Battle 1974

South Vietnam Navy on Bach Dang Dock of Saigon River in 1966

South Vietnam Navy Headquarter

The Public Dock on Bach Dang Port
of Saigon River in 1969

Tran Hung Dao Statue, a Hero of the Bach Dang Battle.
This
Statue
is onDao
the Dock
of on
the Bach
Saigon
Port,Port
View
to Tran
Hung
Statue
Dang
Majestic
Hotel
View
from
Saigon
River
in
1970
TheSaigon
Night
Shift
Palace
at &
Bach
Coya
Dang
Tailor
port
in
of
1966
Saigon
river
in 1970
at the
Foot
of
Hai
Ba
Trung
Boulevard
in
1969
of Saigon River in 1969

Bach Dang Port of Saigon River in 1972

Le van Duyet Temple Gate
Lang Ong Temple in Tet Festival 1971
in 1971

Vinh Nghiem Pagoda at
Cong-Ly ave. in 1972

AThich
Mosque
Temple
in 1972
Quang Duc
- The sacred
fire,
Tower of Xa Loi Pagoda
A Sacrifice for Religious Freedom, 1963Vinh Nghiem Tower
Xa Loi Tower
in 1973
in 1972
Van Hanh University
underVietnam
constructions
National Museum in 1972

Tan Dinh Church in 1970
Tan Dinh Church in 1970

Father Tam Church
Father Tam Church
At Cholon in 1970
Cholon in 1970
Notre Dame Church inAt
1972

Notre Dame Church on the President J. F. Kennedy
Square in early 1960

Father
Father Tam
Tam Church
ChurchAt
At Cholon
Cholon in
in 1971
1971
Huyen Si Church in 1971
Notre Dame on the Hoa-Binh Square while the raining season in 1973

Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970
Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970

The Embassy of the United States
in early 1960
in early 1970

More than 50,000 of young G.I. were killed in the Vietnam War

3rd Field Hosp Saigon 1965

The Thunder
Tiger
Vietnam
era Caribou
Recon Team Extracted By H-34 Helicopter

To
Serve
& Lady
Die
for
South
Vietnam
Army
Victory
GateCountry,
19-6-1972
A Vietnamese
The
Air
Thunder
Force
Tiger
A-1H
dropping
The Young Gentlemen
&
ofFather
Saigon
Capital Before 1975
Vietnam-era
Phantom
II's
Honor
andan
Liability
itswith
Liaisons
ordinance
Service
on
enemy
target
cammo
paintCommandos
in formation

'Teaching & Administrative Staff
of Gia-Long High School in 1961

Class 1968-1969

Gia-Long HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class 1958-1959

1970

We are the Young Lady Vietnamese
A Circle of Marie Curie Student HS. Before 1975

Petrus Ky High School in 1965

1972-1973

Petrus Ky HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class of 1955

1972-1973

1972-1973

Snack Shop 1972-1973

CVA’s Teachers 1952

CVA’s Teachers 1960

CVA’s Students Graduated
1972
withClass
Parents
1960
Class 1960

Classe 1966-1967

High School Graduation

Vietnamese Rock & Roll
Movement in the 1960's

The Apple Three Band-1970

The Blue Stars Band-1970

The Crazy Dogs Band-1971

Thanh Nga Renovated Actress, 1969

Some Famous Singers
Of Saigon Capital

Before 1975

Kim Loan Singer

People of Saigon Capital before 1975

Kim Cuong Actress, 1969

Khanh
Ly
Singer
and
Khanh
Thanh
Ly Singer,
Lan
Singer
1962
Trinh Con Son Musician, 1969

Street Vendors - Small Businesses of Saigon Capital before 1975

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1960

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1970

Tho Horse Race Course in early 1970
Highway 4, Cho Lon 1960Phu
- 1970

10cent issued 1966

$1.00 issued
before 1975

$500.00 issued 1972
$100.00 issued before 1955

$1.00 issued 1955

$500.00 issued before1975
$100.00 issued 1966
$1.00 issued 1956
$500.00 issued 1970

$1.00 issued 1964
$500.00 issued 1966
$100.00 issued 1966

$100.00 issued 1966
1970
The South Vietnam’s National Bank

$20.00 issued before 1975

$2.00 issued 1955

$10.00 issued 1962

South Vietnam’s Money
$200.00
issued
before
$50.00
issued
19691975
$5.00 issued before
The South
1975Vietnam’s
National Bank

$1000.00 issued 1972

$200.00
$50.00
issued
issued
before
19721975

$50.00
issued
19561975
issued
before
$5.00 $1000.00
issued 1955

$50.00 issued 1966

$10.00 issued before
1955

To Refuse The VC. Regime 30-04-1975

The Fall of Saigon Capital 30-April-1975

The Victims of
Vietnam War…

The Hero Commited
Suicide 30-04-1975

Anh Hùng Tử – Khí Hùng Bất Tử

The Victims of
Sentenced the Coronel Ho Ngoc Can The R.E. Prisoners
The Pirate after war…InViet-Cong
after war
the Memory of the Fallen Heroes
More than 2 millions Vietnamese of both side were killed in Vietnam War and more than
½ millions boat peoples, walking peoples died on the way to escape out their motherland,
1975-1995…

The Boat People after war

Last C-141 to evacuate refugees from Saigon,
April 28, 1975

To Honorably Die For Fatherland

In the Memory of Vietnamese Died
Who Searching for the Freedom

The Loving Memory Of Duy Tan Street

(To Be Continued)

Saigon after Vietnam War 1975-2005


Slide 3

Saigon in Vietnam War 1954-1975

Doc-Lap Palace

National Library

Notre Dame Church

Ben Thanh
Market

Saigon-Capital
of South Vietnam ……
Never Forget Saigon!
The Heart of Vietnamese’s Fatherland!

Hung Vuong Temple
“Trung Nu Vuong”
Vietnam’s The Heroic Queens

Click to Next

Saigon Cholon
Click to Next

Click to Next

Saigon To
Phu-Nhuan

Saigon To
Khanh Hoi

Central of
Saigon Capital

Click to Next

1954-1975

1901-1963
Doc-Lap, Palace of South Vietnam
President in 1954

Mr. Ngo Dinh Diem
TheMr.
firstNgo
democratically
elected
Dinh Diem
President
of the
Republic
was First
President
of South Vietnam 1955-1963
of South Vietnam

The second democratically Presidents
of the Republic of South Vietnam
1963-1975

Doc-Lap , New Palace for South Vietnam Presidents (1963-1966)

Mr. Nguyen Van Thieu

Mr.
Vu van Mau

Mr.
Tran van Huong

Mr.
Phan huy Quat

Mr.
Duong van Minh

Mr.
Nguyen Khanh

Mr.
Tran thien Khiem

Mr.
Nguyen Ba Can

Mr.
Nguyen cao Ky

Phu Cuong
Bien Hoa
Binh Duong Province

Xuan Loc
Bien Hoa Province

The Battle reached Saigon in 1968…

Long Khanh Province

Gia Dinh

Saigon

Gia Dinh Province

Provinces/Cities of Battles before the North
Vietnamese reached Saigon in 1968

Phuoc Tuy Province
Long An Province
Click to Next

Rescue mom…

The North Vietnamese invasion destroyed the city infrastructure,
environment, and killed millions of the people.
Furthermore, the war wasted 80% of the national budget and
destroyed a generation of teenagers drafted into the military.

… and Tears for Saigon Capital in 21 years of
The War that invaded from the North Vietnam’s Communist

He’s inside
Battle-Field…
Where
are War
our
parents…!?
Vietnam
1954-1975
We are in
Please, Save his Life…!?
Hell of
Yes, We try…
Vietnam
Mau-Than Tet Festival 1968,
Tears for my Husband
War!
The North Vietnamese reached and attempted to invade Saigon.

Mom,
Where
where
is myare
Dad…!?
We…!?
Please, Save my kid Life !
Where
Heaven
is my Husband…!?
or Hell
! Motherland
Tears for
myin
Lover
Tears
for my

Mothers of Fallen - Tears for our
Sons of Both Side…
Viet Cong Prisoners & Bodies 1968

View
Another
on
Bird
Saigon
Bird
Eye
View
Suburbs
View
of
of
from
Saigon
Capital
the
air
Capital
plane
in1972
1972
inin
1972
1972
Doc-Lap
Palace
Another
Bird
Bird
EyeEye
Eye
View
View
onSaigon
Saigon
on
Saigon
River
River
in
in
1972
Notre
Dame
Church

National Library
Ben Thanh
Market

Cholon District

Saigon Central Market
VNTT Bank
National Bank

Majestic Hotel

View looking down to Chuong Duong dock,
and Ham Nghi, Nguyen Hue, Tu Do streets

That is part of somewhere to the
east of Saigon Capital down there in 1968-1969

Looking down to Saigon Capital in 1972

Welcome To Sunny Saigon City.
The Capital of South Vietnam in War 1954-1975

on Tu-Do
the Notre-Dame
Church in 1972
TheView
GI strolled
thestreet
Tu-Doto
street
in 1972

View from View
Tu-Dofrom
street
Le-Loi
to Continental
ave. to
Palace
the House of Representatives Palace
View on Tu-Do street
to Bach-Dang port

The House of Representatives Palace in 1972
The House of Representatives Palace
in 1970

View on Tu-Do street to the Notre-Dame Church in 1958

Tu-Do street in 1962
TheMr.
House
of Senator
Mickey
worked Palace
for
The South
Vietnam
Soldiers
statue
on
the
square
on Chuong
Duong
dock
Saigon
river
Justice
Palace
at Cong
Lyofavenue
in
1973
The
Caribou
restaurant
A GI strolled the Tu-Do
street
in 1971
The
in front
Continental
of the House
Palace
ofinRepresentatives
1970
Palace in 1972
on Tu-Do
street in 1969
The House of Representatives Palace
& Caravell Hotel

View on Tu-Do street
to Notre-Dame Church

View from Tax shopping
Center on Nguyen Hue ave.
to Bach-Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall View from
Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1968-1969
View from Eden
Shopping Center on
Nguyen Hue ave.
to Tax shopping center
Saigon City Hall in 1966
& Bach Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall in 1969

Market
during
Car… car… bumper toFlower
bumper
onCity
Nguyen
HueTet
boulevard in 1968-1969
Saigon
Hall

Celebrations 1973 on
View
on
Nguyen
Hue ave. to Saigon City Hall
View from Rex Hotel
Nguyen Hue Boulevard.
to the House of
View from Saigon River toward
View on Nguyen Hue ave. to
Representatives
Eden shopping center & City Hall
& Caravell Hotel
Palace Hotel & City Hall

A GI in the middle of
Japan Scooters in 1969,
On the front of The House
Caravell hotel view on Le Loi boulevard of Representatives Palace

toward Ben Thanh market in 1971

View toward Bach Dang port, from
Eden shopping center to Tax shopping center
on Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1969
Le Loi boulevard view toward
Saigon central market in 1969

View on Le Loi boulevard
toward Ben Thanh market in 1971
The “Flower Power” of the Hippies
was the rage back in the World and
Saigon Capital in early 1969

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of the Front Gate

Ben Thanh Market in 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Scenery in early 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of other Gates

Tet Festival of Ben Thanh
Market Scenes in 1971

Tet Festival 1971
of Ben Thanh Market

LCU & PBR Going Up to Patrol on The Saigon River in 1969
Patrol Craft-Fast (PCF) boats Going Up
To Patrol on The Saigon River in 1970

Map of Hoang Sa Navy Battle 1974

South Vietnam Navy on Bach Dang Dock of Saigon River in 1966

South Vietnam Navy Headquarter

The Public Dock on Bach Dang Port
of Saigon River in 1969

Tran Hung Dao Statue, a Hero of the Bach Dang Battle.
This
Statue
is onDao
the Dock
of on
the Bach
Saigon
Port,Port
View
to Tran
Hung
Statue
Dang
Majestic
Hotel
View
from
Saigon
River
in
1970
TheSaigon
Night
Shift
Palace
at &
Bach
Coya
Dang
Tailor
port
in
of
1966
Saigon
river
in 1970
at the
Foot
of
Hai
Ba
Trung
Boulevard
in
1969
of Saigon River in 1969

Bach Dang Port of Saigon River in 1972

Le van Duyet Temple Gate
Lang Ong Temple in Tet Festival 1971
in 1971

Vinh Nghiem Pagoda at
Cong-Ly ave. in 1972

AThich
Mosque
Temple
in 1972
Quang Duc
- The sacred
fire,
Tower of Xa Loi Pagoda
A Sacrifice for Religious Freedom, 1963Vinh Nghiem Tower
Xa Loi Tower
in 1973
in 1972
Van Hanh University
underVietnam
constructions
National Museum in 1972

Tan Dinh Church in 1970
Tan Dinh Church in 1970

Father Tam Church
Father Tam Church
At Cholon in 1970
Cholon in 1970
Notre Dame Church inAt
1972

Notre Dame Church on the President J. F. Kennedy
Square in early 1960

Father
Father Tam
Tam Church
ChurchAt
At Cholon
Cholon in
in 1971
1971
Huyen Si Church in 1971
Notre Dame on the Hoa-Binh Square while the raining season in 1973

Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970
Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970

The Embassy of the United States
in early 1960
in early 1970

More than 50,000 of young G.I. were killed in the Vietnam War

3rd Field Hosp Saigon 1965

The Thunder
Tiger
Vietnam
era Caribou
Recon Team Extracted By H-34 Helicopter

To
Serve
& Lady
Die
for
South
Vietnam
Army
Victory
GateCountry,
19-6-1972
A Vietnamese
The
Air
Thunder
Force
Tiger
A-1H
dropping
The Young Gentlemen
&
ofFather
Saigon
Capital Before 1975
Vietnam-era
Phantom
II's
Honor
andan
Liability
itswith
Liaisons
ordinance
Service
on
enemy
target
cammo
paintCommandos
in formation

'Teaching & Administrative Staff
of Gia-Long High School in 1961

Class 1968-1969

Gia-Long HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class 1958-1959

1970

We are the Young Lady Vietnamese
A Circle of Marie Curie Student HS. Before 1975

Petrus Ky High School in 1965

1972-1973

Petrus Ky HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class of 1955

1972-1973

1972-1973

Snack Shop 1972-1973

CVA’s Teachers 1952

CVA’s Teachers 1960

CVA’s Students Graduated
1972
withClass
Parents
1960
Class 1960

Classe 1966-1967

High School Graduation

Vietnamese Rock & Roll
Movement in the 1960's

The Apple Three Band-1970

The Blue Stars Band-1970

The Crazy Dogs Band-1971

Thanh Nga Renovated Actress, 1969

Some Famous Singers
Of Saigon Capital

Before 1975

Kim Loan Singer

People of Saigon Capital before 1975

Kim Cuong Actress, 1969

Khanh
Ly
Singer
and
Khanh
Thanh
Ly Singer,
Lan
Singer
1962
Trinh Con Son Musician, 1969

Street Vendors - Small Businesses of Saigon Capital before 1975

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1960

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1970

Tho Horse Race Course in early 1970
Highway 4, Cho Lon 1960Phu
- 1970

10cent issued 1966

$1.00 issued
before 1975

$500.00 issued 1972
$100.00 issued before 1955

$1.00 issued 1955

$500.00 issued before1975
$100.00 issued 1966
$1.00 issued 1956
$500.00 issued 1970

$1.00 issued 1964
$500.00 issued 1966
$100.00 issued 1966

$100.00 issued 1966
1970
The South Vietnam’s National Bank

$20.00 issued before 1975

$2.00 issued 1955

$10.00 issued 1962

South Vietnam’s Money
$200.00
issued
before
$50.00
issued
19691975
$5.00 issued before
The South
1975Vietnam’s
National Bank

$1000.00 issued 1972

$200.00
$50.00
issued
issued
before
19721975

$50.00
issued
19561975
issued
before
$5.00 $1000.00
issued 1955

$50.00 issued 1966

$10.00 issued before
1955

To Refuse The VC. Regime 30-04-1975

The Fall of Saigon Capital 30-April-1975

The Victims of
Vietnam War…

The Hero Commited
Suicide 30-04-1975

Anh Hùng Tử – Khí Hùng Bất Tử

The Victims of
Sentenced the Coronel Ho Ngoc Can The R.E. Prisoners
The Pirate after war…InViet-Cong
after war
the Memory of the Fallen Heroes
More than 2 millions Vietnamese of both side were killed in Vietnam War and more than
½ millions boat peoples, walking peoples died on the way to escape out their motherland,
1975-1995…

The Boat People after war

Last C-141 to evacuate refugees from Saigon,
April 28, 1975

To Honorably Die For Fatherland

In the Memory of Vietnamese Died
Who Searching for the Freedom

The Loving Memory Of Duy Tan Street

(To Be Continued)

Saigon after Vietnam War 1975-2005


Slide 4

Saigon in Vietnam War 1954-1975

Doc-Lap Palace

National Library

Notre Dame Church

Ben Thanh
Market

Saigon-Capital
of South Vietnam ……
Never Forget Saigon!
The Heart of Vietnamese’s Fatherland!

Hung Vuong Temple
“Trung Nu Vuong”
Vietnam’s The Heroic Queens

Click to Next

Saigon Cholon
Click to Next

Click to Next

Saigon To
Phu-Nhuan

Saigon To
Khanh Hoi

Central of
Saigon Capital

Click to Next

1954-1975

1901-1963
Doc-Lap, Palace of South Vietnam
President in 1954

Mr. Ngo Dinh Diem
TheMr.
firstNgo
democratically
elected
Dinh Diem
President
of the
Republic
was First
President
of South Vietnam 1955-1963
of South Vietnam

The second democratically Presidents
of the Republic of South Vietnam
1963-1975

Doc-Lap , New Palace for South Vietnam Presidents (1963-1966)

Mr. Nguyen Van Thieu

Mr.
Vu van Mau

Mr.
Tran van Huong

Mr.
Phan huy Quat

Mr.
Duong van Minh

Mr.
Nguyen Khanh

Mr.
Tran thien Khiem

Mr.
Nguyen Ba Can

Mr.
Nguyen cao Ky

Phu Cuong
Bien Hoa
Binh Duong Province

Xuan Loc
Bien Hoa Province

The Battle reached Saigon in 1968…

Long Khanh Province

Gia Dinh

Saigon

Gia Dinh Province

Provinces/Cities of Battles before the North
Vietnamese reached Saigon in 1968

Phuoc Tuy Province
Long An Province
Click to Next

Rescue mom…

The North Vietnamese invasion destroyed the city infrastructure,
environment, and killed millions of the people.
Furthermore, the war wasted 80% of the national budget and
destroyed a generation of teenagers drafted into the military.

… and Tears for Saigon Capital in 21 years of
The War that invaded from the North Vietnam’s Communist

He’s inside
Battle-Field…
Where
are War
our
parents…!?
Vietnam
1954-1975
We are in
Please, Save his Life…!?
Hell of
Yes, We try…
Vietnam
Mau-Than Tet Festival 1968,
Tears for my Husband
War!
The North Vietnamese reached and attempted to invade Saigon.

Mom,
Where
where
is myare
Dad…!?
We…!?
Please, Save my kid Life !
Where
Heaven
is my Husband…!?
or Hell
! Motherland
Tears for
myin
Lover
Tears
for my

Mothers of Fallen - Tears for our
Sons of Both Side…
Viet Cong Prisoners & Bodies 1968

View
Another
on
Bird
Saigon
Bird
Eye
View
Suburbs
View
of
of
from
Saigon
Capital
the
air
Capital
plane
in1972
1972
inin
1972
1972
Doc-Lap
Palace
Another
Bird
Bird
EyeEye
Eye
View
View
onSaigon
Saigon
on
Saigon
River
River
in
in
1972
Notre
Dame
Church

National Library
Ben Thanh
Market

Cholon District

Saigon Central Market
VNTT Bank
National Bank

Majestic Hotel

View looking down to Chuong Duong dock,
and Ham Nghi, Nguyen Hue, Tu Do streets

That is part of somewhere to the
east of Saigon Capital down there in 1968-1969

Looking down to Saigon Capital in 1972

Welcome To Sunny Saigon City.
The Capital of South Vietnam in War 1954-1975

on Tu-Do
the Notre-Dame
Church in 1972
TheView
GI strolled
thestreet
Tu-Doto
street
in 1972

View from View
Tu-Dofrom
street
Le-Loi
to Continental
ave. to
Palace
the House of Representatives Palace
View on Tu-Do street
to Bach-Dang port

The House of Representatives Palace in 1972
The House of Representatives Palace
in 1970

View on Tu-Do street to the Notre-Dame Church in 1958

Tu-Do street in 1962
TheMr.
House
of Senator
Mickey
worked Palace
for
The South
Vietnam
Soldiers
statue
on
the
square
on Chuong
Duong
dock
Saigon
river
Justice
Palace
at Cong
Lyofavenue
in
1973
The
Caribou
restaurant
A GI strolled the Tu-Do
street
in 1971
The
in front
Continental
of the House
Palace
ofinRepresentatives
1970
Palace in 1972
on Tu-Do
street in 1969
The House of Representatives Palace
& Caravell Hotel

View on Tu-Do street
to Notre-Dame Church

View from Tax shopping
Center on Nguyen Hue ave.
to Bach-Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall View from
Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1968-1969
View from Eden
Shopping Center on
Nguyen Hue ave.
to Tax shopping center
Saigon City Hall in 1966
& Bach Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall in 1969

Market
during
Car… car… bumper toFlower
bumper
onCity
Nguyen
HueTet
boulevard in 1968-1969
Saigon
Hall

Celebrations 1973 on
View
on
Nguyen
Hue ave. to Saigon City Hall
View from Rex Hotel
Nguyen Hue Boulevard.
to the House of
View from Saigon River toward
View on Nguyen Hue ave. to
Representatives
Eden shopping center & City Hall
& Caravell Hotel
Palace Hotel & City Hall

A GI in the middle of
Japan Scooters in 1969,
On the front of The House
Caravell hotel view on Le Loi boulevard of Representatives Palace

toward Ben Thanh market in 1971

View toward Bach Dang port, from
Eden shopping center to Tax shopping center
on Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1969
Le Loi boulevard view toward
Saigon central market in 1969

View on Le Loi boulevard
toward Ben Thanh market in 1971
The “Flower Power” of the Hippies
was the rage back in the World and
Saigon Capital in early 1969

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of the Front Gate

Ben Thanh Market in 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Scenery in early 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of other Gates

Tet Festival of Ben Thanh
Market Scenes in 1971

Tet Festival 1971
of Ben Thanh Market

LCU & PBR Going Up to Patrol on The Saigon River in 1969
Patrol Craft-Fast (PCF) boats Going Up
To Patrol on The Saigon River in 1970

Map of Hoang Sa Navy Battle 1974

South Vietnam Navy on Bach Dang Dock of Saigon River in 1966

South Vietnam Navy Headquarter

The Public Dock on Bach Dang Port
of Saigon River in 1969

Tran Hung Dao Statue, a Hero of the Bach Dang Battle.
This
Statue
is onDao
the Dock
of on
the Bach
Saigon
Port,Port
View
to Tran
Hung
Statue
Dang
Majestic
Hotel
View
from
Saigon
River
in
1970
TheSaigon
Night
Shift
Palace
at &
Bach
Coya
Dang
Tailor
port
in
of
1966
Saigon
river
in 1970
at the
Foot
of
Hai
Ba
Trung
Boulevard
in
1969
of Saigon River in 1969

Bach Dang Port of Saigon River in 1972

Le van Duyet Temple Gate
Lang Ong Temple in Tet Festival 1971
in 1971

Vinh Nghiem Pagoda at
Cong-Ly ave. in 1972

AThich
Mosque
Temple
in 1972
Quang Duc
- The sacred
fire,
Tower of Xa Loi Pagoda
A Sacrifice for Religious Freedom, 1963Vinh Nghiem Tower
Xa Loi Tower
in 1973
in 1972
Van Hanh University
underVietnam
constructions
National Museum in 1972

Tan Dinh Church in 1970
Tan Dinh Church in 1970

Father Tam Church
Father Tam Church
At Cholon in 1970
Cholon in 1970
Notre Dame Church inAt
1972

Notre Dame Church on the President J. F. Kennedy
Square in early 1960

Father
Father Tam
Tam Church
ChurchAt
At Cholon
Cholon in
in 1971
1971
Huyen Si Church in 1971
Notre Dame on the Hoa-Binh Square while the raining season in 1973

Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970
Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970

The Embassy of the United States
in early 1960
in early 1970

More than 50,000 of young G.I. were killed in the Vietnam War

3rd Field Hosp Saigon 1965

The Thunder
Tiger
Vietnam
era Caribou
Recon Team Extracted By H-34 Helicopter

To
Serve
& Lady
Die
for
South
Vietnam
Army
Victory
GateCountry,
19-6-1972
A Vietnamese
The
Air
Thunder
Force
Tiger
A-1H
dropping
The Young Gentlemen
&
ofFather
Saigon
Capital Before 1975
Vietnam-era
Phantom
II's
Honor
andan
Liability
itswith
Liaisons
ordinance
Service
on
enemy
target
cammo
paintCommandos
in formation

'Teaching & Administrative Staff
of Gia-Long High School in 1961

Class 1968-1969

Gia-Long HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class 1958-1959

1970

We are the Young Lady Vietnamese
A Circle of Marie Curie Student HS. Before 1975

Petrus Ky High School in 1965

1972-1973

Petrus Ky HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class of 1955

1972-1973

1972-1973

Snack Shop 1972-1973

CVA’s Teachers 1952

CVA’s Teachers 1960

CVA’s Students Graduated
1972
withClass
Parents
1960
Class 1960

Classe 1966-1967

High School Graduation

Vietnamese Rock & Roll
Movement in the 1960's

The Apple Three Band-1970

The Blue Stars Band-1970

The Crazy Dogs Band-1971

Thanh Nga Renovated Actress, 1969

Some Famous Singers
Of Saigon Capital

Before 1975

Kim Loan Singer

People of Saigon Capital before 1975

Kim Cuong Actress, 1969

Khanh
Ly
Singer
and
Khanh
Thanh
Ly Singer,
Lan
Singer
1962
Trinh Con Son Musician, 1969

Street Vendors - Small Businesses of Saigon Capital before 1975

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1960

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1970

Tho Horse Race Course in early 1970
Highway 4, Cho Lon 1960Phu
- 1970

10cent issued 1966

$1.00 issued
before 1975

$500.00 issued 1972
$100.00 issued before 1955

$1.00 issued 1955

$500.00 issued before1975
$100.00 issued 1966
$1.00 issued 1956
$500.00 issued 1970

$1.00 issued 1964
$500.00 issued 1966
$100.00 issued 1966

$100.00 issued 1966
1970
The South Vietnam’s National Bank

$20.00 issued before 1975

$2.00 issued 1955

$10.00 issued 1962

South Vietnam’s Money
$200.00
issued
before
$50.00
issued
19691975
$5.00 issued before
The South
1975Vietnam’s
National Bank

$1000.00 issued 1972

$200.00
$50.00
issued
issued
before
19721975

$50.00
issued
19561975
issued
before
$5.00 $1000.00
issued 1955

$50.00 issued 1966

$10.00 issued before
1955

To Refuse The VC. Regime 30-04-1975

The Fall of Saigon Capital 30-April-1975

The Victims of
Vietnam War…

The Hero Commited
Suicide 30-04-1975

Anh Hùng Tử – Khí Hùng Bất Tử

The Victims of
Sentenced the Coronel Ho Ngoc Can The R.E. Prisoners
The Pirate after war…InViet-Cong
after war
the Memory of the Fallen Heroes
More than 2 millions Vietnamese of both side were killed in Vietnam War and more than
½ millions boat peoples, walking peoples died on the way to escape out their motherland,
1975-1995…

The Boat People after war

Last C-141 to evacuate refugees from Saigon,
April 28, 1975

To Honorably Die For Fatherland

In the Memory of Vietnamese Died
Who Searching for the Freedom

The Loving Memory Of Duy Tan Street

(To Be Continued)

Saigon after Vietnam War 1975-2005


Slide 5

Saigon in Vietnam War 1954-1975

Doc-Lap Palace

National Library

Notre Dame Church

Ben Thanh
Market

Saigon-Capital
of South Vietnam ……
Never Forget Saigon!
The Heart of Vietnamese’s Fatherland!

Hung Vuong Temple
“Trung Nu Vuong”
Vietnam’s The Heroic Queens

Click to Next

Saigon Cholon
Click to Next

Click to Next

Saigon To
Phu-Nhuan

Saigon To
Khanh Hoi

Central of
Saigon Capital

Click to Next

1954-1975

1901-1963
Doc-Lap, Palace of South Vietnam
President in 1954

Mr. Ngo Dinh Diem
TheMr.
firstNgo
democratically
elected
Dinh Diem
President
of the
Republic
was First
President
of South Vietnam 1955-1963
of South Vietnam

The second democratically Presidents
of the Republic of South Vietnam
1963-1975

Doc-Lap , New Palace for South Vietnam Presidents (1963-1966)

Mr. Nguyen Van Thieu

Mr.
Vu van Mau

Mr.
Tran van Huong

Mr.
Phan huy Quat

Mr.
Duong van Minh

Mr.
Nguyen Khanh

Mr.
Tran thien Khiem

Mr.
Nguyen Ba Can

Mr.
Nguyen cao Ky

Phu Cuong
Bien Hoa
Binh Duong Province

Xuan Loc
Bien Hoa Province

The Battle reached Saigon in 1968…

Long Khanh Province

Gia Dinh

Saigon

Gia Dinh Province

Provinces/Cities of Battles before the North
Vietnamese reached Saigon in 1968

Phuoc Tuy Province
Long An Province
Click to Next

Rescue mom…

The North Vietnamese invasion destroyed the city infrastructure,
environment, and killed millions of the people.
Furthermore, the war wasted 80% of the national budget and
destroyed a generation of teenagers drafted into the military.

… and Tears for Saigon Capital in 21 years of
The War that invaded from the North Vietnam’s Communist

He’s inside
Battle-Field…
Where
are War
our
parents…!?
Vietnam
1954-1975
We are in
Please, Save his Life…!?
Hell of
Yes, We try…
Vietnam
Mau-Than Tet Festival 1968,
Tears for my Husband
War!
The North Vietnamese reached and attempted to invade Saigon.

Mom,
Where
where
is myare
Dad…!?
We…!?
Please, Save my kid Life !
Where
Heaven
is my Husband…!?
or Hell
! Motherland
Tears for
myin
Lover
Tears
for my

Mothers of Fallen - Tears for our
Sons of Both Side…
Viet Cong Prisoners & Bodies 1968

View
Another
on
Bird
Saigon
Bird
Eye
View
Suburbs
View
of
of
from
Saigon
Capital
the
air
Capital
plane
in1972
1972
inin
1972
1972
Doc-Lap
Palace
Another
Bird
Bird
EyeEye
Eye
View
View
onSaigon
Saigon
on
Saigon
River
River
in
in
1972
Notre
Dame
Church

National Library
Ben Thanh
Market

Cholon District

Saigon Central Market
VNTT Bank
National Bank

Majestic Hotel

View looking down to Chuong Duong dock,
and Ham Nghi, Nguyen Hue, Tu Do streets

That is part of somewhere to the
east of Saigon Capital down there in 1968-1969

Looking down to Saigon Capital in 1972

Welcome To Sunny Saigon City.
The Capital of South Vietnam in War 1954-1975

on Tu-Do
the Notre-Dame
Church in 1972
TheView
GI strolled
thestreet
Tu-Doto
street
in 1972

View from View
Tu-Dofrom
street
Le-Loi
to Continental
ave. to
Palace
the House of Representatives Palace
View on Tu-Do street
to Bach-Dang port

The House of Representatives Palace in 1972
The House of Representatives Palace
in 1970

View on Tu-Do street to the Notre-Dame Church in 1958

Tu-Do street in 1962
TheMr.
House
of Senator
Mickey
worked Palace
for
The South
Vietnam
Soldiers
statue
on
the
square
on Chuong
Duong
dock
Saigon
river
Justice
Palace
at Cong
Lyofavenue
in
1973
The
Caribou
restaurant
A GI strolled the Tu-Do
street
in 1971
The
in front
Continental
of the House
Palace
ofinRepresentatives
1970
Palace in 1972
on Tu-Do
street in 1969
The House of Representatives Palace
& Caravell Hotel

View on Tu-Do street
to Notre-Dame Church

View from Tax shopping
Center on Nguyen Hue ave.
to Bach-Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall View from
Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1968-1969
View from Eden
Shopping Center on
Nguyen Hue ave.
to Tax shopping center
Saigon City Hall in 1966
& Bach Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall in 1969

Market
during
Car… car… bumper toFlower
bumper
onCity
Nguyen
HueTet
boulevard in 1968-1969
Saigon
Hall

Celebrations 1973 on
View
on
Nguyen
Hue ave. to Saigon City Hall
View from Rex Hotel
Nguyen Hue Boulevard.
to the House of
View from Saigon River toward
View on Nguyen Hue ave. to
Representatives
Eden shopping center & City Hall
& Caravell Hotel
Palace Hotel & City Hall

A GI in the middle of
Japan Scooters in 1969,
On the front of The House
Caravell hotel view on Le Loi boulevard of Representatives Palace

toward Ben Thanh market in 1971

View toward Bach Dang port, from
Eden shopping center to Tax shopping center
on Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1969
Le Loi boulevard view toward
Saigon central market in 1969

View on Le Loi boulevard
toward Ben Thanh market in 1971
The “Flower Power” of the Hippies
was the rage back in the World and
Saigon Capital in early 1969

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of the Front Gate

Ben Thanh Market in 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Scenery in early 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of other Gates

Tet Festival of Ben Thanh
Market Scenes in 1971

Tet Festival 1971
of Ben Thanh Market

LCU & PBR Going Up to Patrol on The Saigon River in 1969
Patrol Craft-Fast (PCF) boats Going Up
To Patrol on The Saigon River in 1970

Map of Hoang Sa Navy Battle 1974

South Vietnam Navy on Bach Dang Dock of Saigon River in 1966

South Vietnam Navy Headquarter

The Public Dock on Bach Dang Port
of Saigon River in 1969

Tran Hung Dao Statue, a Hero of the Bach Dang Battle.
This
Statue
is onDao
the Dock
of on
the Bach
Saigon
Port,Port
View
to Tran
Hung
Statue
Dang
Majestic
Hotel
View
from
Saigon
River
in
1970
TheSaigon
Night
Shift
Palace
at &
Bach
Coya
Dang
Tailor
port
in
of
1966
Saigon
river
in 1970
at the
Foot
of
Hai
Ba
Trung
Boulevard
in
1969
of Saigon River in 1969

Bach Dang Port of Saigon River in 1972

Le van Duyet Temple Gate
Lang Ong Temple in Tet Festival 1971
in 1971

Vinh Nghiem Pagoda at
Cong-Ly ave. in 1972

AThich
Mosque
Temple
in 1972
Quang Duc
- The sacred
fire,
Tower of Xa Loi Pagoda
A Sacrifice for Religious Freedom, 1963Vinh Nghiem Tower
Xa Loi Tower
in 1973
in 1972
Van Hanh University
underVietnam
constructions
National Museum in 1972

Tan Dinh Church in 1970
Tan Dinh Church in 1970

Father Tam Church
Father Tam Church
At Cholon in 1970
Cholon in 1970
Notre Dame Church inAt
1972

Notre Dame Church on the President J. F. Kennedy
Square in early 1960

Father
Father Tam
Tam Church
ChurchAt
At Cholon
Cholon in
in 1971
1971
Huyen Si Church in 1971
Notre Dame on the Hoa-Binh Square while the raining season in 1973

Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970
Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970

The Embassy of the United States
in early 1960
in early 1970

More than 50,000 of young G.I. were killed in the Vietnam War

3rd Field Hosp Saigon 1965

The Thunder
Tiger
Vietnam
era Caribou
Recon Team Extracted By H-34 Helicopter

To
Serve
& Lady
Die
for
South
Vietnam
Army
Victory
GateCountry,
19-6-1972
A Vietnamese
The
Air
Thunder
Force
Tiger
A-1H
dropping
The Young Gentlemen
&
ofFather
Saigon
Capital Before 1975
Vietnam-era
Phantom
II's
Honor
andan
Liability
itswith
Liaisons
ordinance
Service
on
enemy
target
cammo
paintCommandos
in formation

'Teaching & Administrative Staff
of Gia-Long High School in 1961

Class 1968-1969

Gia-Long HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class 1958-1959

1970

We are the Young Lady Vietnamese
A Circle of Marie Curie Student HS. Before 1975

Petrus Ky High School in 1965

1972-1973

Petrus Ky HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class of 1955

1972-1973

1972-1973

Snack Shop 1972-1973

CVA’s Teachers 1952

CVA’s Teachers 1960

CVA’s Students Graduated
1972
withClass
Parents
1960
Class 1960

Classe 1966-1967

High School Graduation

Vietnamese Rock & Roll
Movement in the 1960's

The Apple Three Band-1970

The Blue Stars Band-1970

The Crazy Dogs Band-1971

Thanh Nga Renovated Actress, 1969

Some Famous Singers
Of Saigon Capital

Before 1975

Kim Loan Singer

People of Saigon Capital before 1975

Kim Cuong Actress, 1969

Khanh
Ly
Singer
and
Khanh
Thanh
Ly Singer,
Lan
Singer
1962
Trinh Con Son Musician, 1969

Street Vendors - Small Businesses of Saigon Capital before 1975

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1960

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1970

Tho Horse Race Course in early 1970
Highway 4, Cho Lon 1960Phu
- 1970

10cent issued 1966

$1.00 issued
before 1975

$500.00 issued 1972
$100.00 issued before 1955

$1.00 issued 1955

$500.00 issued before1975
$100.00 issued 1966
$1.00 issued 1956
$500.00 issued 1970

$1.00 issued 1964
$500.00 issued 1966
$100.00 issued 1966

$100.00 issued 1966
1970
The South Vietnam’s National Bank

$20.00 issued before 1975

$2.00 issued 1955

$10.00 issued 1962

South Vietnam’s Money
$200.00
issued
before
$50.00
issued
19691975
$5.00 issued before
The South
1975Vietnam’s
National Bank

$1000.00 issued 1972

$200.00
$50.00
issued
issued
before
19721975

$50.00
issued
19561975
issued
before
$5.00 $1000.00
issued 1955

$50.00 issued 1966

$10.00 issued before
1955

To Refuse The VC. Regime 30-04-1975

The Fall of Saigon Capital 30-April-1975

The Victims of
Vietnam War…

The Hero Commited
Suicide 30-04-1975

Anh Hùng Tử – Khí Hùng Bất Tử

The Victims of
Sentenced the Coronel Ho Ngoc Can The R.E. Prisoners
The Pirate after war…InViet-Cong
after war
the Memory of the Fallen Heroes
More than 2 millions Vietnamese of both side were killed in Vietnam War and more than
½ millions boat peoples, walking peoples died on the way to escape out their motherland,
1975-1995…

The Boat People after war

Last C-141 to evacuate refugees from Saigon,
April 28, 1975

To Honorably Die For Fatherland

In the Memory of Vietnamese Died
Who Searching for the Freedom

The Loving Memory Of Duy Tan Street

(To Be Continued)

Saigon after Vietnam War 1975-2005


Slide 6

Saigon in Vietnam War 1954-1975

Doc-Lap Palace

National Library

Notre Dame Church

Ben Thanh
Market

Saigon-Capital
of South Vietnam ……
Never Forget Saigon!
The Heart of Vietnamese’s Fatherland!

Hung Vuong Temple
“Trung Nu Vuong”
Vietnam’s The Heroic Queens

Click to Next

Saigon Cholon
Click to Next

Click to Next

Saigon To
Phu-Nhuan

Saigon To
Khanh Hoi

Central of
Saigon Capital

Click to Next

1954-1975

1901-1963
Doc-Lap, Palace of South Vietnam
President in 1954

Mr. Ngo Dinh Diem
TheMr.
firstNgo
democratically
elected
Dinh Diem
President
of the
Republic
was First
President
of South Vietnam 1955-1963
of South Vietnam

The second democratically Presidents
of the Republic of South Vietnam
1963-1975

Doc-Lap , New Palace for South Vietnam Presidents (1963-1966)

Mr. Nguyen Van Thieu

Mr.
Vu van Mau

Mr.
Tran van Huong

Mr.
Phan huy Quat

Mr.
Duong van Minh

Mr.
Nguyen Khanh

Mr.
Tran thien Khiem

Mr.
Nguyen Ba Can

Mr.
Nguyen cao Ky

Phu Cuong
Bien Hoa
Binh Duong Province

Xuan Loc
Bien Hoa Province

The Battle reached Saigon in 1968…

Long Khanh Province

Gia Dinh

Saigon

Gia Dinh Province

Provinces/Cities of Battles before the North
Vietnamese reached Saigon in 1968

Phuoc Tuy Province
Long An Province
Click to Next

Rescue mom…

The North Vietnamese invasion destroyed the city infrastructure,
environment, and killed millions of the people.
Furthermore, the war wasted 80% of the national budget and
destroyed a generation of teenagers drafted into the military.

… and Tears for Saigon Capital in 21 years of
The War that invaded from the North Vietnam’s Communist

He’s inside
Battle-Field…
Where
are War
our
parents…!?
Vietnam
1954-1975
We are in
Please, Save his Life…!?
Hell of
Yes, We try…
Vietnam
Mau-Than Tet Festival 1968,
Tears for my Husband
War!
The North Vietnamese reached and attempted to invade Saigon.

Mom,
Where
where
is myare
Dad…!?
We…!?
Please, Save my kid Life !
Where
Heaven
is my Husband…!?
or Hell
! Motherland
Tears for
myin
Lover
Tears
for my

Mothers of Fallen - Tears for our
Sons of Both Side…
Viet Cong Prisoners & Bodies 1968

View
Another
on
Bird
Saigon
Bird
Eye
View
Suburbs
View
of
of
from
Saigon
Capital
the
air
Capital
plane
in1972
1972
inin
1972
1972
Doc-Lap
Palace
Another
Bird
Bird
EyeEye
Eye
View
View
onSaigon
Saigon
on
Saigon
River
River
in
in
1972
Notre
Dame
Church

National Library
Ben Thanh
Market

Cholon District

Saigon Central Market
VNTT Bank
National Bank

Majestic Hotel

View looking down to Chuong Duong dock,
and Ham Nghi, Nguyen Hue, Tu Do streets

That is part of somewhere to the
east of Saigon Capital down there in 1968-1969

Looking down to Saigon Capital in 1972

Welcome To Sunny Saigon City.
The Capital of South Vietnam in War 1954-1975

on Tu-Do
the Notre-Dame
Church in 1972
TheView
GI strolled
thestreet
Tu-Doto
street
in 1972

View from View
Tu-Dofrom
street
Le-Loi
to Continental
ave. to
Palace
the House of Representatives Palace
View on Tu-Do street
to Bach-Dang port

The House of Representatives Palace in 1972
The House of Representatives Palace
in 1970

View on Tu-Do street to the Notre-Dame Church in 1958

Tu-Do street in 1962
TheMr.
House
of Senator
Mickey
worked Palace
for
The South
Vietnam
Soldiers
statue
on
the
square
on Chuong
Duong
dock
Saigon
river
Justice
Palace
at Cong
Lyofavenue
in
1973
The
Caribou
restaurant
A GI strolled the Tu-Do
street
in 1971
The
in front
Continental
of the House
Palace
ofinRepresentatives
1970
Palace in 1972
on Tu-Do
street in 1969
The House of Representatives Palace
& Caravell Hotel

View on Tu-Do street
to Notre-Dame Church

View from Tax shopping
Center on Nguyen Hue ave.
to Bach-Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall View from
Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1968-1969
View from Eden
Shopping Center on
Nguyen Hue ave.
to Tax shopping center
Saigon City Hall in 1966
& Bach Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall in 1969

Market
during
Car… car… bumper toFlower
bumper
onCity
Nguyen
HueTet
boulevard in 1968-1969
Saigon
Hall

Celebrations 1973 on
View
on
Nguyen
Hue ave. to Saigon City Hall
View from Rex Hotel
Nguyen Hue Boulevard.
to the House of
View from Saigon River toward
View on Nguyen Hue ave. to
Representatives
Eden shopping center & City Hall
& Caravell Hotel
Palace Hotel & City Hall

A GI in the middle of
Japan Scooters in 1969,
On the front of The House
Caravell hotel view on Le Loi boulevard of Representatives Palace

toward Ben Thanh market in 1971

View toward Bach Dang port, from
Eden shopping center to Tax shopping center
on Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1969
Le Loi boulevard view toward
Saigon central market in 1969

View on Le Loi boulevard
toward Ben Thanh market in 1971
The “Flower Power” of the Hippies
was the rage back in the World and
Saigon Capital in early 1969

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of the Front Gate

Ben Thanh Market in 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Scenery in early 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of other Gates

Tet Festival of Ben Thanh
Market Scenes in 1971

Tet Festival 1971
of Ben Thanh Market

LCU & PBR Going Up to Patrol on The Saigon River in 1969
Patrol Craft-Fast (PCF) boats Going Up
To Patrol on The Saigon River in 1970

Map of Hoang Sa Navy Battle 1974

South Vietnam Navy on Bach Dang Dock of Saigon River in 1966

South Vietnam Navy Headquarter

The Public Dock on Bach Dang Port
of Saigon River in 1969

Tran Hung Dao Statue, a Hero of the Bach Dang Battle.
This
Statue
is onDao
the Dock
of on
the Bach
Saigon
Port,Port
View
to Tran
Hung
Statue
Dang
Majestic
Hotel
View
from
Saigon
River
in
1970
TheSaigon
Night
Shift
Palace
at &
Bach
Coya
Dang
Tailor
port
in
of
1966
Saigon
river
in 1970
at the
Foot
of
Hai
Ba
Trung
Boulevard
in
1969
of Saigon River in 1969

Bach Dang Port of Saigon River in 1972

Le van Duyet Temple Gate
Lang Ong Temple in Tet Festival 1971
in 1971

Vinh Nghiem Pagoda at
Cong-Ly ave. in 1972

AThich
Mosque
Temple
in 1972
Quang Duc
- The sacred
fire,
Tower of Xa Loi Pagoda
A Sacrifice for Religious Freedom, 1963Vinh Nghiem Tower
Xa Loi Tower
in 1973
in 1972
Van Hanh University
underVietnam
constructions
National Museum in 1972

Tan Dinh Church in 1970
Tan Dinh Church in 1970

Father Tam Church
Father Tam Church
At Cholon in 1970
Cholon in 1970
Notre Dame Church inAt
1972

Notre Dame Church on the President J. F. Kennedy
Square in early 1960

Father
Father Tam
Tam Church
ChurchAt
At Cholon
Cholon in
in 1971
1971
Huyen Si Church in 1971
Notre Dame on the Hoa-Binh Square while the raining season in 1973

Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970
Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970

The Embassy of the United States
in early 1960
in early 1970

More than 50,000 of young G.I. were killed in the Vietnam War

3rd Field Hosp Saigon 1965

The Thunder
Tiger
Vietnam
era Caribou
Recon Team Extracted By H-34 Helicopter

To
Serve
& Lady
Die
for
South
Vietnam
Army
Victory
GateCountry,
19-6-1972
A Vietnamese
The
Air
Thunder
Force
Tiger
A-1H
dropping
The Young Gentlemen
&
ofFather
Saigon
Capital Before 1975
Vietnam-era
Phantom
II's
Honor
andan
Liability
itswith
Liaisons
ordinance
Service
on
enemy
target
cammo
paintCommandos
in formation

'Teaching & Administrative Staff
of Gia-Long High School in 1961

Class 1968-1969

Gia-Long HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class 1958-1959

1970

We are the Young Lady Vietnamese
A Circle of Marie Curie Student HS. Before 1975

Petrus Ky High School in 1965

1972-1973

Petrus Ky HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class of 1955

1972-1973

1972-1973

Snack Shop 1972-1973

CVA’s Teachers 1952

CVA’s Teachers 1960

CVA’s Students Graduated
1972
withClass
Parents
1960
Class 1960

Classe 1966-1967

High School Graduation

Vietnamese Rock & Roll
Movement in the 1960's

The Apple Three Band-1970

The Blue Stars Band-1970

The Crazy Dogs Band-1971

Thanh Nga Renovated Actress, 1969

Some Famous Singers
Of Saigon Capital

Before 1975

Kim Loan Singer

People of Saigon Capital before 1975

Kim Cuong Actress, 1969

Khanh
Ly
Singer
and
Khanh
Thanh
Ly Singer,
Lan
Singer
1962
Trinh Con Son Musician, 1969

Street Vendors - Small Businesses of Saigon Capital before 1975

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1960

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1970

Tho Horse Race Course in early 1970
Highway 4, Cho Lon 1960Phu
- 1970

10cent issued 1966

$1.00 issued
before 1975

$500.00 issued 1972
$100.00 issued before 1955

$1.00 issued 1955

$500.00 issued before1975
$100.00 issued 1966
$1.00 issued 1956
$500.00 issued 1970

$1.00 issued 1964
$500.00 issued 1966
$100.00 issued 1966

$100.00 issued 1966
1970
The South Vietnam’s National Bank

$20.00 issued before 1975

$2.00 issued 1955

$10.00 issued 1962

South Vietnam’s Money
$200.00
issued
before
$50.00
issued
19691975
$5.00 issued before
The South
1975Vietnam’s
National Bank

$1000.00 issued 1972

$200.00
$50.00
issued
issued
before
19721975

$50.00
issued
19561975
issued
before
$5.00 $1000.00
issued 1955

$50.00 issued 1966

$10.00 issued before
1955

To Refuse The VC. Regime 30-04-1975

The Fall of Saigon Capital 30-April-1975

The Victims of
Vietnam War…

The Hero Commited
Suicide 30-04-1975

Anh Hùng Tử – Khí Hùng Bất Tử

The Victims of
Sentenced the Coronel Ho Ngoc Can The R.E. Prisoners
The Pirate after war…InViet-Cong
after war
the Memory of the Fallen Heroes
More than 2 millions Vietnamese of both side were killed in Vietnam War and more than
½ millions boat peoples, walking peoples died on the way to escape out their motherland,
1975-1995…

The Boat People after war

Last C-141 to evacuate refugees from Saigon,
April 28, 1975

To Honorably Die For Fatherland

In the Memory of Vietnamese Died
Who Searching for the Freedom

The Loving Memory Of Duy Tan Street

(To Be Continued)

Saigon after Vietnam War 1975-2005


Slide 7

Saigon in Vietnam War 1954-1975

Doc-Lap Palace

National Library

Notre Dame Church

Ben Thanh
Market

Saigon-Capital
of South Vietnam ……
Never Forget Saigon!
The Heart of Vietnamese’s Fatherland!

Hung Vuong Temple
“Trung Nu Vuong”
Vietnam’s The Heroic Queens

Click to Next

Saigon Cholon
Click to Next

Click to Next

Saigon To
Phu-Nhuan

Saigon To
Khanh Hoi

Central of
Saigon Capital

Click to Next

1954-1975

1901-1963
Doc-Lap, Palace of South Vietnam
President in 1954

Mr. Ngo Dinh Diem
TheMr.
firstNgo
democratically
elected
Dinh Diem
President
of the
Republic
was First
President
of South Vietnam 1955-1963
of South Vietnam

The second democratically Presidents
of the Republic of South Vietnam
1963-1975

Doc-Lap , New Palace for South Vietnam Presidents (1963-1966)

Mr. Nguyen Van Thieu

Mr.
Vu van Mau

Mr.
Tran van Huong

Mr.
Phan huy Quat

Mr.
Duong van Minh

Mr.
Nguyen Khanh

Mr.
Tran thien Khiem

Mr.
Nguyen Ba Can

Mr.
Nguyen cao Ky

Phu Cuong
Bien Hoa
Binh Duong Province

Xuan Loc
Bien Hoa Province

The Battle reached Saigon in 1968…

Long Khanh Province

Gia Dinh

Saigon

Gia Dinh Province

Provinces/Cities of Battles before the North
Vietnamese reached Saigon in 1968

Phuoc Tuy Province
Long An Province
Click to Next

Rescue mom…

The North Vietnamese invasion destroyed the city infrastructure,
environment, and killed millions of the people.
Furthermore, the war wasted 80% of the national budget and
destroyed a generation of teenagers drafted into the military.

… and Tears for Saigon Capital in 21 years of
The War that invaded from the North Vietnam’s Communist

He’s inside
Battle-Field…
Where
are War
our
parents…!?
Vietnam
1954-1975
We are in
Please, Save his Life…!?
Hell of
Yes, We try…
Vietnam
Mau-Than Tet Festival 1968,
Tears for my Husband
War!
The North Vietnamese reached and attempted to invade Saigon.

Mom,
Where
where
is myare
Dad…!?
We…!?
Please, Save my kid Life !
Where
Heaven
is my Husband…!?
or Hell
! Motherland
Tears for
myin
Lover
Tears
for my

Mothers of Fallen - Tears for our
Sons of Both Side…
Viet Cong Prisoners & Bodies 1968

View
Another
on
Bird
Saigon
Bird
Eye
View
Suburbs
View
of
of
from
Saigon
Capital
the
air
Capital
plane
in1972
1972
inin
1972
1972
Doc-Lap
Palace
Another
Bird
Bird
EyeEye
Eye
View
View
onSaigon
Saigon
on
Saigon
River
River
in
in
1972
Notre
Dame
Church

National Library
Ben Thanh
Market

Cholon District

Saigon Central Market
VNTT Bank
National Bank

Majestic Hotel

View looking down to Chuong Duong dock,
and Ham Nghi, Nguyen Hue, Tu Do streets

That is part of somewhere to the
east of Saigon Capital down there in 1968-1969

Looking down to Saigon Capital in 1972

Welcome To Sunny Saigon City.
The Capital of South Vietnam in War 1954-1975

on Tu-Do
the Notre-Dame
Church in 1972
TheView
GI strolled
thestreet
Tu-Doto
street
in 1972

View from View
Tu-Dofrom
street
Le-Loi
to Continental
ave. to
Palace
the House of Representatives Palace
View on Tu-Do street
to Bach-Dang port

The House of Representatives Palace in 1972
The House of Representatives Palace
in 1970

View on Tu-Do street to the Notre-Dame Church in 1958

Tu-Do street in 1962
TheMr.
House
of Senator
Mickey
worked Palace
for
The South
Vietnam
Soldiers
statue
on
the
square
on Chuong
Duong
dock
Saigon
river
Justice
Palace
at Cong
Lyofavenue
in
1973
The
Caribou
restaurant
A GI strolled the Tu-Do
street
in 1971
The
in front
Continental
of the House
Palace
ofinRepresentatives
1970
Palace in 1972
on Tu-Do
street in 1969
The House of Representatives Palace
& Caravell Hotel

View on Tu-Do street
to Notre-Dame Church

View from Tax shopping
Center on Nguyen Hue ave.
to Bach-Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall View from
Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1968-1969
View from Eden
Shopping Center on
Nguyen Hue ave.
to Tax shopping center
Saigon City Hall in 1966
& Bach Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall in 1969

Market
during
Car… car… bumper toFlower
bumper
onCity
Nguyen
HueTet
boulevard in 1968-1969
Saigon
Hall

Celebrations 1973 on
View
on
Nguyen
Hue ave. to Saigon City Hall
View from Rex Hotel
Nguyen Hue Boulevard.
to the House of
View from Saigon River toward
View on Nguyen Hue ave. to
Representatives
Eden shopping center & City Hall
& Caravell Hotel
Palace Hotel & City Hall

A GI in the middle of
Japan Scooters in 1969,
On the front of The House
Caravell hotel view on Le Loi boulevard of Representatives Palace

toward Ben Thanh market in 1971

View toward Bach Dang port, from
Eden shopping center to Tax shopping center
on Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1969
Le Loi boulevard view toward
Saigon central market in 1969

View on Le Loi boulevard
toward Ben Thanh market in 1971
The “Flower Power” of the Hippies
was the rage back in the World and
Saigon Capital in early 1969

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of the Front Gate

Ben Thanh Market in 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Scenery in early 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of other Gates

Tet Festival of Ben Thanh
Market Scenes in 1971

Tet Festival 1971
of Ben Thanh Market

LCU & PBR Going Up to Patrol on The Saigon River in 1969
Patrol Craft-Fast (PCF) boats Going Up
To Patrol on The Saigon River in 1970

Map of Hoang Sa Navy Battle 1974

South Vietnam Navy on Bach Dang Dock of Saigon River in 1966

South Vietnam Navy Headquarter

The Public Dock on Bach Dang Port
of Saigon River in 1969

Tran Hung Dao Statue, a Hero of the Bach Dang Battle.
This
Statue
is onDao
the Dock
of on
the Bach
Saigon
Port,Port
View
to Tran
Hung
Statue
Dang
Majestic
Hotel
View
from
Saigon
River
in
1970
TheSaigon
Night
Shift
Palace
at &
Bach
Coya
Dang
Tailor
port
in
of
1966
Saigon
river
in 1970
at the
Foot
of
Hai
Ba
Trung
Boulevard
in
1969
of Saigon River in 1969

Bach Dang Port of Saigon River in 1972

Le van Duyet Temple Gate
Lang Ong Temple in Tet Festival 1971
in 1971

Vinh Nghiem Pagoda at
Cong-Ly ave. in 1972

AThich
Mosque
Temple
in 1972
Quang Duc
- The sacred
fire,
Tower of Xa Loi Pagoda
A Sacrifice for Religious Freedom, 1963Vinh Nghiem Tower
Xa Loi Tower
in 1973
in 1972
Van Hanh University
underVietnam
constructions
National Museum in 1972

Tan Dinh Church in 1970
Tan Dinh Church in 1970

Father Tam Church
Father Tam Church
At Cholon in 1970
Cholon in 1970
Notre Dame Church inAt
1972

Notre Dame Church on the President J. F. Kennedy
Square in early 1960

Father
Father Tam
Tam Church
ChurchAt
At Cholon
Cholon in
in 1971
1971
Huyen Si Church in 1971
Notre Dame on the Hoa-Binh Square while the raining season in 1973

Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970
Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970

The Embassy of the United States
in early 1960
in early 1970

More than 50,000 of young G.I. were killed in the Vietnam War

3rd Field Hosp Saigon 1965

The Thunder
Tiger
Vietnam
era Caribou
Recon Team Extracted By H-34 Helicopter

To
Serve
& Lady
Die
for
South
Vietnam
Army
Victory
GateCountry,
19-6-1972
A Vietnamese
The
Air
Thunder
Force
Tiger
A-1H
dropping
The Young Gentlemen
&
ofFather
Saigon
Capital Before 1975
Vietnam-era
Phantom
II's
Honor
andan
Liability
itswith
Liaisons
ordinance
Service
on
enemy
target
cammo
paintCommandos
in formation

'Teaching & Administrative Staff
of Gia-Long High School in 1961

Class 1968-1969

Gia-Long HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class 1958-1959

1970

We are the Young Lady Vietnamese
A Circle of Marie Curie Student HS. Before 1975

Petrus Ky High School in 1965

1972-1973

Petrus Ky HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class of 1955

1972-1973

1972-1973

Snack Shop 1972-1973

CVA’s Teachers 1952

CVA’s Teachers 1960

CVA’s Students Graduated
1972
withClass
Parents
1960
Class 1960

Classe 1966-1967

High School Graduation

Vietnamese Rock & Roll
Movement in the 1960's

The Apple Three Band-1970

The Blue Stars Band-1970

The Crazy Dogs Band-1971

Thanh Nga Renovated Actress, 1969

Some Famous Singers
Of Saigon Capital

Before 1975

Kim Loan Singer

People of Saigon Capital before 1975

Kim Cuong Actress, 1969

Khanh
Ly
Singer
and
Khanh
Thanh
Ly Singer,
Lan
Singer
1962
Trinh Con Son Musician, 1969

Street Vendors - Small Businesses of Saigon Capital before 1975

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1960

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1970

Tho Horse Race Course in early 1970
Highway 4, Cho Lon 1960Phu
- 1970

10cent issued 1966

$1.00 issued
before 1975

$500.00 issued 1972
$100.00 issued before 1955

$1.00 issued 1955

$500.00 issued before1975
$100.00 issued 1966
$1.00 issued 1956
$500.00 issued 1970

$1.00 issued 1964
$500.00 issued 1966
$100.00 issued 1966

$100.00 issued 1966
1970
The South Vietnam’s National Bank

$20.00 issued before 1975

$2.00 issued 1955

$10.00 issued 1962

South Vietnam’s Money
$200.00
issued
before
$50.00
issued
19691975
$5.00 issued before
The South
1975Vietnam’s
National Bank

$1000.00 issued 1972

$200.00
$50.00
issued
issued
before
19721975

$50.00
issued
19561975
issued
before
$5.00 $1000.00
issued 1955

$50.00 issued 1966

$10.00 issued before
1955

To Refuse The VC. Regime 30-04-1975

The Fall of Saigon Capital 30-April-1975

The Victims of
Vietnam War…

The Hero Commited
Suicide 30-04-1975

Anh Hùng Tử – Khí Hùng Bất Tử

The Victims of
Sentenced the Coronel Ho Ngoc Can The R.E. Prisoners
The Pirate after war…InViet-Cong
after war
the Memory of the Fallen Heroes
More than 2 millions Vietnamese of both side were killed in Vietnam War and more than
½ millions boat peoples, walking peoples died on the way to escape out their motherland,
1975-1995…

The Boat People after war

Last C-141 to evacuate refugees from Saigon,
April 28, 1975

To Honorably Die For Fatherland

In the Memory of Vietnamese Died
Who Searching for the Freedom

The Loving Memory Of Duy Tan Street

(To Be Continued)

Saigon after Vietnam War 1975-2005


Slide 8

Saigon in Vietnam War 1954-1975

Doc-Lap Palace

National Library

Notre Dame Church

Ben Thanh
Market

Saigon-Capital
of South Vietnam ……
Never Forget Saigon!
The Heart of Vietnamese’s Fatherland!

Hung Vuong Temple
“Trung Nu Vuong”
Vietnam’s The Heroic Queens

Click to Next

Saigon Cholon
Click to Next

Click to Next

Saigon To
Phu-Nhuan

Saigon To
Khanh Hoi

Central of
Saigon Capital

Click to Next

1954-1975

1901-1963
Doc-Lap, Palace of South Vietnam
President in 1954

Mr. Ngo Dinh Diem
TheMr.
firstNgo
democratically
elected
Dinh Diem
President
of the
Republic
was First
President
of South Vietnam 1955-1963
of South Vietnam

The second democratically Presidents
of the Republic of South Vietnam
1963-1975

Doc-Lap , New Palace for South Vietnam Presidents (1963-1966)

Mr. Nguyen Van Thieu

Mr.
Vu van Mau

Mr.
Tran van Huong

Mr.
Phan huy Quat

Mr.
Duong van Minh

Mr.
Nguyen Khanh

Mr.
Tran thien Khiem

Mr.
Nguyen Ba Can

Mr.
Nguyen cao Ky

Phu Cuong
Bien Hoa
Binh Duong Province

Xuan Loc
Bien Hoa Province

The Battle reached Saigon in 1968…

Long Khanh Province

Gia Dinh

Saigon

Gia Dinh Province

Provinces/Cities of Battles before the North
Vietnamese reached Saigon in 1968

Phuoc Tuy Province
Long An Province
Click to Next

Rescue mom…

The North Vietnamese invasion destroyed the city infrastructure,
environment, and killed millions of the people.
Furthermore, the war wasted 80% of the national budget and
destroyed a generation of teenagers drafted into the military.

… and Tears for Saigon Capital in 21 years of
The War that invaded from the North Vietnam’s Communist

He’s inside
Battle-Field…
Where
are War
our
parents…!?
Vietnam
1954-1975
We are in
Please, Save his Life…!?
Hell of
Yes, We try…
Vietnam
Mau-Than Tet Festival 1968,
Tears for my Husband
War!
The North Vietnamese reached and attempted to invade Saigon.

Mom,
Where
where
is myare
Dad…!?
We…!?
Please, Save my kid Life !
Where
Heaven
is my Husband…!?
or Hell
! Motherland
Tears for
myin
Lover
Tears
for my

Mothers of Fallen - Tears for our
Sons of Both Side…
Viet Cong Prisoners & Bodies 1968

View
Another
on
Bird
Saigon
Bird
Eye
View
Suburbs
View
of
of
from
Saigon
Capital
the
air
Capital
plane
in1972
1972
inin
1972
1972
Doc-Lap
Palace
Another
Bird
Bird
EyeEye
Eye
View
View
onSaigon
Saigon
on
Saigon
River
River
in
in
1972
Notre
Dame
Church

National Library
Ben Thanh
Market

Cholon District

Saigon Central Market
VNTT Bank
National Bank

Majestic Hotel

View looking down to Chuong Duong dock,
and Ham Nghi, Nguyen Hue, Tu Do streets

That is part of somewhere to the
east of Saigon Capital down there in 1968-1969

Looking down to Saigon Capital in 1972

Welcome To Sunny Saigon City.
The Capital of South Vietnam in War 1954-1975

on Tu-Do
the Notre-Dame
Church in 1972
TheView
GI strolled
thestreet
Tu-Doto
street
in 1972

View from View
Tu-Dofrom
street
Le-Loi
to Continental
ave. to
Palace
the House of Representatives Palace
View on Tu-Do street
to Bach-Dang port

The House of Representatives Palace in 1972
The House of Representatives Palace
in 1970

View on Tu-Do street to the Notre-Dame Church in 1958

Tu-Do street in 1962
TheMr.
House
of Senator
Mickey
worked Palace
for
The South
Vietnam
Soldiers
statue
on
the
square
on Chuong
Duong
dock
Saigon
river
Justice
Palace
at Cong
Lyofavenue
in
1973
The
Caribou
restaurant
A GI strolled the Tu-Do
street
in 1971
The
in front
Continental
of the House
Palace
ofinRepresentatives
1970
Palace in 1972
on Tu-Do
street in 1969
The House of Representatives Palace
& Caravell Hotel

View on Tu-Do street
to Notre-Dame Church

View from Tax shopping
Center on Nguyen Hue ave.
to Bach-Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall View from
Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1968-1969
View from Eden
Shopping Center on
Nguyen Hue ave.
to Tax shopping center
Saigon City Hall in 1966
& Bach Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall in 1969

Market
during
Car… car… bumper toFlower
bumper
onCity
Nguyen
HueTet
boulevard in 1968-1969
Saigon
Hall

Celebrations 1973 on
View
on
Nguyen
Hue ave. to Saigon City Hall
View from Rex Hotel
Nguyen Hue Boulevard.
to the House of
View from Saigon River toward
View on Nguyen Hue ave. to
Representatives
Eden shopping center & City Hall
& Caravell Hotel
Palace Hotel & City Hall

A GI in the middle of
Japan Scooters in 1969,
On the front of The House
Caravell hotel view on Le Loi boulevard of Representatives Palace

toward Ben Thanh market in 1971

View toward Bach Dang port, from
Eden shopping center to Tax shopping center
on Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1969
Le Loi boulevard view toward
Saigon central market in 1969

View on Le Loi boulevard
toward Ben Thanh market in 1971
The “Flower Power” of the Hippies
was the rage back in the World and
Saigon Capital in early 1969

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of the Front Gate

Ben Thanh Market in 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Scenery in early 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of other Gates

Tet Festival of Ben Thanh
Market Scenes in 1971

Tet Festival 1971
of Ben Thanh Market

LCU & PBR Going Up to Patrol on The Saigon River in 1969
Patrol Craft-Fast (PCF) boats Going Up
To Patrol on The Saigon River in 1970

Map of Hoang Sa Navy Battle 1974

South Vietnam Navy on Bach Dang Dock of Saigon River in 1966

South Vietnam Navy Headquarter

The Public Dock on Bach Dang Port
of Saigon River in 1969

Tran Hung Dao Statue, a Hero of the Bach Dang Battle.
This
Statue
is onDao
the Dock
of on
the Bach
Saigon
Port,Port
View
to Tran
Hung
Statue
Dang
Majestic
Hotel
View
from
Saigon
River
in
1970
TheSaigon
Night
Shift
Palace
at &
Bach
Coya
Dang
Tailor
port
in
of
1966
Saigon
river
in 1970
at the
Foot
of
Hai
Ba
Trung
Boulevard
in
1969
of Saigon River in 1969

Bach Dang Port of Saigon River in 1972

Le van Duyet Temple Gate
Lang Ong Temple in Tet Festival 1971
in 1971

Vinh Nghiem Pagoda at
Cong-Ly ave. in 1972

AThich
Mosque
Temple
in 1972
Quang Duc
- The sacred
fire,
Tower of Xa Loi Pagoda
A Sacrifice for Religious Freedom, 1963Vinh Nghiem Tower
Xa Loi Tower
in 1973
in 1972
Van Hanh University
underVietnam
constructions
National Museum in 1972

Tan Dinh Church in 1970
Tan Dinh Church in 1970

Father Tam Church
Father Tam Church
At Cholon in 1970
Cholon in 1970
Notre Dame Church inAt
1972

Notre Dame Church on the President J. F. Kennedy
Square in early 1960

Father
Father Tam
Tam Church
ChurchAt
At Cholon
Cholon in
in 1971
1971
Huyen Si Church in 1971
Notre Dame on the Hoa-Binh Square while the raining season in 1973

Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970
Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970

The Embassy of the United States
in early 1960
in early 1970

More than 50,000 of young G.I. were killed in the Vietnam War

3rd Field Hosp Saigon 1965

The Thunder
Tiger
Vietnam
era Caribou
Recon Team Extracted By H-34 Helicopter

To
Serve
& Lady
Die
for
South
Vietnam
Army
Victory
GateCountry,
19-6-1972
A Vietnamese
The
Air
Thunder
Force
Tiger
A-1H
dropping
The Young Gentlemen
&
ofFather
Saigon
Capital Before 1975
Vietnam-era
Phantom
II's
Honor
andan
Liability
itswith
Liaisons
ordinance
Service
on
enemy
target
cammo
paintCommandos
in formation

'Teaching & Administrative Staff
of Gia-Long High School in 1961

Class 1968-1969

Gia-Long HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class 1958-1959

1970

We are the Young Lady Vietnamese
A Circle of Marie Curie Student HS. Before 1975

Petrus Ky High School in 1965

1972-1973

Petrus Ky HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class of 1955

1972-1973

1972-1973

Snack Shop 1972-1973

CVA’s Teachers 1952

CVA’s Teachers 1960

CVA’s Students Graduated
1972
withClass
Parents
1960
Class 1960

Classe 1966-1967

High School Graduation

Vietnamese Rock & Roll
Movement in the 1960's

The Apple Three Band-1970

The Blue Stars Band-1970

The Crazy Dogs Band-1971

Thanh Nga Renovated Actress, 1969

Some Famous Singers
Of Saigon Capital

Before 1975

Kim Loan Singer

People of Saigon Capital before 1975

Kim Cuong Actress, 1969

Khanh
Ly
Singer
and
Khanh
Thanh
Ly Singer,
Lan
Singer
1962
Trinh Con Son Musician, 1969

Street Vendors - Small Businesses of Saigon Capital before 1975

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1960

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1970

Tho Horse Race Course in early 1970
Highway 4, Cho Lon 1960Phu
- 1970

10cent issued 1966

$1.00 issued
before 1975

$500.00 issued 1972
$100.00 issued before 1955

$1.00 issued 1955

$500.00 issued before1975
$100.00 issued 1966
$1.00 issued 1956
$500.00 issued 1970

$1.00 issued 1964
$500.00 issued 1966
$100.00 issued 1966

$100.00 issued 1966
1970
The South Vietnam’s National Bank

$20.00 issued before 1975

$2.00 issued 1955

$10.00 issued 1962

South Vietnam’s Money
$200.00
issued
before
$50.00
issued
19691975
$5.00 issued before
The South
1975Vietnam’s
National Bank

$1000.00 issued 1972

$200.00
$50.00
issued
issued
before
19721975

$50.00
issued
19561975
issued
before
$5.00 $1000.00
issued 1955

$50.00 issued 1966

$10.00 issued before
1955

To Refuse The VC. Regime 30-04-1975

The Fall of Saigon Capital 30-April-1975

The Victims of
Vietnam War…

The Hero Commited
Suicide 30-04-1975

Anh Hùng Tử – Khí Hùng Bất Tử

The Victims of
Sentenced the Coronel Ho Ngoc Can The R.E. Prisoners
The Pirate after war…InViet-Cong
after war
the Memory of the Fallen Heroes
More than 2 millions Vietnamese of both side were killed in Vietnam War and more than
½ millions boat peoples, walking peoples died on the way to escape out their motherland,
1975-1995…

The Boat People after war

Last C-141 to evacuate refugees from Saigon,
April 28, 1975

To Honorably Die For Fatherland

In the Memory of Vietnamese Died
Who Searching for the Freedom

The Loving Memory Of Duy Tan Street

(To Be Continued)

Saigon after Vietnam War 1975-2005


Slide 9

Saigon in Vietnam War 1954-1975

Doc-Lap Palace

National Library

Notre Dame Church

Ben Thanh
Market

Saigon-Capital
of South Vietnam ……
Never Forget Saigon!
The Heart of Vietnamese’s Fatherland!

Hung Vuong Temple
“Trung Nu Vuong”
Vietnam’s The Heroic Queens

Click to Next

Saigon Cholon
Click to Next

Click to Next

Saigon To
Phu-Nhuan

Saigon To
Khanh Hoi

Central of
Saigon Capital

Click to Next

1954-1975

1901-1963
Doc-Lap, Palace of South Vietnam
President in 1954

Mr. Ngo Dinh Diem
TheMr.
firstNgo
democratically
elected
Dinh Diem
President
of the
Republic
was First
President
of South Vietnam 1955-1963
of South Vietnam

The second democratically Presidents
of the Republic of South Vietnam
1963-1975

Doc-Lap , New Palace for South Vietnam Presidents (1963-1966)

Mr. Nguyen Van Thieu

Mr.
Vu van Mau

Mr.
Tran van Huong

Mr.
Phan huy Quat

Mr.
Duong van Minh

Mr.
Nguyen Khanh

Mr.
Tran thien Khiem

Mr.
Nguyen Ba Can

Mr.
Nguyen cao Ky

Phu Cuong
Bien Hoa
Binh Duong Province

Xuan Loc
Bien Hoa Province

The Battle reached Saigon in 1968…

Long Khanh Province

Gia Dinh

Saigon

Gia Dinh Province

Provinces/Cities of Battles before the North
Vietnamese reached Saigon in 1968

Phuoc Tuy Province
Long An Province
Click to Next

Rescue mom…

The North Vietnamese invasion destroyed the city infrastructure,
environment, and killed millions of the people.
Furthermore, the war wasted 80% of the national budget and
destroyed a generation of teenagers drafted into the military.

… and Tears for Saigon Capital in 21 years of
The War that invaded from the North Vietnam’s Communist

He’s inside
Battle-Field…
Where
are War
our
parents…!?
Vietnam
1954-1975
We are in
Please, Save his Life…!?
Hell of
Yes, We try…
Vietnam
Mau-Than Tet Festival 1968,
Tears for my Husband
War!
The North Vietnamese reached and attempted to invade Saigon.

Mom,
Where
where
is myare
Dad…!?
We…!?
Please, Save my kid Life !
Where
Heaven
is my Husband…!?
or Hell
! Motherland
Tears for
myin
Lover
Tears
for my

Mothers of Fallen - Tears for our
Sons of Both Side…
Viet Cong Prisoners & Bodies 1968

View
Another
on
Bird
Saigon
Bird
Eye
View
Suburbs
View
of
of
from
Saigon
Capital
the
air
Capital
plane
in1972
1972
inin
1972
1972
Doc-Lap
Palace
Another
Bird
Bird
EyeEye
Eye
View
View
onSaigon
Saigon
on
Saigon
River
River
in
in
1972
Notre
Dame
Church

National Library
Ben Thanh
Market

Cholon District

Saigon Central Market
VNTT Bank
National Bank

Majestic Hotel

View looking down to Chuong Duong dock,
and Ham Nghi, Nguyen Hue, Tu Do streets

That is part of somewhere to the
east of Saigon Capital down there in 1968-1969

Looking down to Saigon Capital in 1972

Welcome To Sunny Saigon City.
The Capital of South Vietnam in War 1954-1975

on Tu-Do
the Notre-Dame
Church in 1972
TheView
GI strolled
thestreet
Tu-Doto
street
in 1972

View from View
Tu-Dofrom
street
Le-Loi
to Continental
ave. to
Palace
the House of Representatives Palace
View on Tu-Do street
to Bach-Dang port

The House of Representatives Palace in 1972
The House of Representatives Palace
in 1970

View on Tu-Do street to the Notre-Dame Church in 1958

Tu-Do street in 1962
TheMr.
House
of Senator
Mickey
worked Palace
for
The South
Vietnam
Soldiers
statue
on
the
square
on Chuong
Duong
dock
Saigon
river
Justice
Palace
at Cong
Lyofavenue
in
1973
The
Caribou
restaurant
A GI strolled the Tu-Do
street
in 1971
The
in front
Continental
of the House
Palace
ofinRepresentatives
1970
Palace in 1972
on Tu-Do
street in 1969
The House of Representatives Palace
& Caravell Hotel

View on Tu-Do street
to Notre-Dame Church

View from Tax shopping
Center on Nguyen Hue ave.
to Bach-Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall View from
Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1968-1969
View from Eden
Shopping Center on
Nguyen Hue ave.
to Tax shopping center
Saigon City Hall in 1966
& Bach Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall in 1969

Market
during
Car… car… bumper toFlower
bumper
onCity
Nguyen
HueTet
boulevard in 1968-1969
Saigon
Hall

Celebrations 1973 on
View
on
Nguyen
Hue ave. to Saigon City Hall
View from Rex Hotel
Nguyen Hue Boulevard.
to the House of
View from Saigon River toward
View on Nguyen Hue ave. to
Representatives
Eden shopping center & City Hall
& Caravell Hotel
Palace Hotel & City Hall

A GI in the middle of
Japan Scooters in 1969,
On the front of The House
Caravell hotel view on Le Loi boulevard of Representatives Palace

toward Ben Thanh market in 1971

View toward Bach Dang port, from
Eden shopping center to Tax shopping center
on Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1969
Le Loi boulevard view toward
Saigon central market in 1969

View on Le Loi boulevard
toward Ben Thanh market in 1971
The “Flower Power” of the Hippies
was the rage back in the World and
Saigon Capital in early 1969

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of the Front Gate

Ben Thanh Market in 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Scenery in early 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of other Gates

Tet Festival of Ben Thanh
Market Scenes in 1971

Tet Festival 1971
of Ben Thanh Market

LCU & PBR Going Up to Patrol on The Saigon River in 1969
Patrol Craft-Fast (PCF) boats Going Up
To Patrol on The Saigon River in 1970

Map of Hoang Sa Navy Battle 1974

South Vietnam Navy on Bach Dang Dock of Saigon River in 1966

South Vietnam Navy Headquarter

The Public Dock on Bach Dang Port
of Saigon River in 1969

Tran Hung Dao Statue, a Hero of the Bach Dang Battle.
This
Statue
is onDao
the Dock
of on
the Bach
Saigon
Port,Port
View
to Tran
Hung
Statue
Dang
Majestic
Hotel
View
from
Saigon
River
in
1970
TheSaigon
Night
Shift
Palace
at &
Bach
Coya
Dang
Tailor
port
in
of
1966
Saigon
river
in 1970
at the
Foot
of
Hai
Ba
Trung
Boulevard
in
1969
of Saigon River in 1969

Bach Dang Port of Saigon River in 1972

Le van Duyet Temple Gate
Lang Ong Temple in Tet Festival 1971
in 1971

Vinh Nghiem Pagoda at
Cong-Ly ave. in 1972

AThich
Mosque
Temple
in 1972
Quang Duc
- The sacred
fire,
Tower of Xa Loi Pagoda
A Sacrifice for Religious Freedom, 1963Vinh Nghiem Tower
Xa Loi Tower
in 1973
in 1972
Van Hanh University
underVietnam
constructions
National Museum in 1972

Tan Dinh Church in 1970
Tan Dinh Church in 1970

Father Tam Church
Father Tam Church
At Cholon in 1970
Cholon in 1970
Notre Dame Church inAt
1972

Notre Dame Church on the President J. F. Kennedy
Square in early 1960

Father
Father Tam
Tam Church
ChurchAt
At Cholon
Cholon in
in 1971
1971
Huyen Si Church in 1971
Notre Dame on the Hoa-Binh Square while the raining season in 1973

Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970
Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970

The Embassy of the United States
in early 1960
in early 1970

More than 50,000 of young G.I. were killed in the Vietnam War

3rd Field Hosp Saigon 1965

The Thunder
Tiger
Vietnam
era Caribou
Recon Team Extracted By H-34 Helicopter

To
Serve
& Lady
Die
for
South
Vietnam
Army
Victory
GateCountry,
19-6-1972
A Vietnamese
The
Air
Thunder
Force
Tiger
A-1H
dropping
The Young Gentlemen
&
ofFather
Saigon
Capital Before 1975
Vietnam-era
Phantom
II's
Honor
andan
Liability
itswith
Liaisons
ordinance
Service
on
enemy
target
cammo
paintCommandos
in formation

'Teaching & Administrative Staff
of Gia-Long High School in 1961

Class 1968-1969

Gia-Long HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class 1958-1959

1970

We are the Young Lady Vietnamese
A Circle of Marie Curie Student HS. Before 1975

Petrus Ky High School in 1965

1972-1973

Petrus Ky HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class of 1955

1972-1973

1972-1973

Snack Shop 1972-1973

CVA’s Teachers 1952

CVA’s Teachers 1960

CVA’s Students Graduated
1972
withClass
Parents
1960
Class 1960

Classe 1966-1967

High School Graduation

Vietnamese Rock & Roll
Movement in the 1960's

The Apple Three Band-1970

The Blue Stars Band-1970

The Crazy Dogs Band-1971

Thanh Nga Renovated Actress, 1969

Some Famous Singers
Of Saigon Capital

Before 1975

Kim Loan Singer

People of Saigon Capital before 1975

Kim Cuong Actress, 1969

Khanh
Ly
Singer
and
Khanh
Thanh
Ly Singer,
Lan
Singer
1962
Trinh Con Son Musician, 1969

Street Vendors - Small Businesses of Saigon Capital before 1975

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1960

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1970

Tho Horse Race Course in early 1970
Highway 4, Cho Lon 1960Phu
- 1970

10cent issued 1966

$1.00 issued
before 1975

$500.00 issued 1972
$100.00 issued before 1955

$1.00 issued 1955

$500.00 issued before1975
$100.00 issued 1966
$1.00 issued 1956
$500.00 issued 1970

$1.00 issued 1964
$500.00 issued 1966
$100.00 issued 1966

$100.00 issued 1966
1970
The South Vietnam’s National Bank

$20.00 issued before 1975

$2.00 issued 1955

$10.00 issued 1962

South Vietnam’s Money
$200.00
issued
before
$50.00
issued
19691975
$5.00 issued before
The South
1975Vietnam’s
National Bank

$1000.00 issued 1972

$200.00
$50.00
issued
issued
before
19721975

$50.00
issued
19561975
issued
before
$5.00 $1000.00
issued 1955

$50.00 issued 1966

$10.00 issued before
1955

To Refuse The VC. Regime 30-04-1975

The Fall of Saigon Capital 30-April-1975

The Victims of
Vietnam War…

The Hero Commited
Suicide 30-04-1975

Anh Hùng Tử – Khí Hùng Bất Tử

The Victims of
Sentenced the Coronel Ho Ngoc Can The R.E. Prisoners
The Pirate after war…InViet-Cong
after war
the Memory of the Fallen Heroes
More than 2 millions Vietnamese of both side were killed in Vietnam War and more than
½ millions boat peoples, walking peoples died on the way to escape out their motherland,
1975-1995…

The Boat People after war

Last C-141 to evacuate refugees from Saigon,
April 28, 1975

To Honorably Die For Fatherland

In the Memory of Vietnamese Died
Who Searching for the Freedom

The Loving Memory Of Duy Tan Street

(To Be Continued)

Saigon after Vietnam War 1975-2005


Slide 10

Saigon in Vietnam War 1954-1975

Doc-Lap Palace

National Library

Notre Dame Church

Ben Thanh
Market

Saigon-Capital
of South Vietnam ……
Never Forget Saigon!
The Heart of Vietnamese’s Fatherland!

Hung Vuong Temple
“Trung Nu Vuong”
Vietnam’s The Heroic Queens

Click to Next

Saigon Cholon
Click to Next

Click to Next

Saigon To
Phu-Nhuan

Saigon To
Khanh Hoi

Central of
Saigon Capital

Click to Next

1954-1975

1901-1963
Doc-Lap, Palace of South Vietnam
President in 1954

Mr. Ngo Dinh Diem
TheMr.
firstNgo
democratically
elected
Dinh Diem
President
of the
Republic
was First
President
of South Vietnam 1955-1963
of South Vietnam

The second democratically Presidents
of the Republic of South Vietnam
1963-1975

Doc-Lap , New Palace for South Vietnam Presidents (1963-1966)

Mr. Nguyen Van Thieu

Mr.
Vu van Mau

Mr.
Tran van Huong

Mr.
Phan huy Quat

Mr.
Duong van Minh

Mr.
Nguyen Khanh

Mr.
Tran thien Khiem

Mr.
Nguyen Ba Can

Mr.
Nguyen cao Ky

Phu Cuong
Bien Hoa
Binh Duong Province

Xuan Loc
Bien Hoa Province

The Battle reached Saigon in 1968…

Long Khanh Province

Gia Dinh

Saigon

Gia Dinh Province

Provinces/Cities of Battles before the North
Vietnamese reached Saigon in 1968

Phuoc Tuy Province
Long An Province
Click to Next

Rescue mom…

The North Vietnamese invasion destroyed the city infrastructure,
environment, and killed millions of the people.
Furthermore, the war wasted 80% of the national budget and
destroyed a generation of teenagers drafted into the military.

… and Tears for Saigon Capital in 21 years of
The War that invaded from the North Vietnam’s Communist

He’s inside
Battle-Field…
Where
are War
our
parents…!?
Vietnam
1954-1975
We are in
Please, Save his Life…!?
Hell of
Yes, We try…
Vietnam
Mau-Than Tet Festival 1968,
Tears for my Husband
War!
The North Vietnamese reached and attempted to invade Saigon.

Mom,
Where
where
is myare
Dad…!?
We…!?
Please, Save my kid Life !
Where
Heaven
is my Husband…!?
or Hell
! Motherland
Tears for
myin
Lover
Tears
for my

Mothers of Fallen - Tears for our
Sons of Both Side…
Viet Cong Prisoners & Bodies 1968

View
Another
on
Bird
Saigon
Bird
Eye
View
Suburbs
View
of
of
from
Saigon
Capital
the
air
Capital
plane
in1972
1972
inin
1972
1972
Doc-Lap
Palace
Another
Bird
Bird
EyeEye
Eye
View
View
onSaigon
Saigon
on
Saigon
River
River
in
in
1972
Notre
Dame
Church

National Library
Ben Thanh
Market

Cholon District

Saigon Central Market
VNTT Bank
National Bank

Majestic Hotel

View looking down to Chuong Duong dock,
and Ham Nghi, Nguyen Hue, Tu Do streets

That is part of somewhere to the
east of Saigon Capital down there in 1968-1969

Looking down to Saigon Capital in 1972

Welcome To Sunny Saigon City.
The Capital of South Vietnam in War 1954-1975

on Tu-Do
the Notre-Dame
Church in 1972
TheView
GI strolled
thestreet
Tu-Doto
street
in 1972

View from View
Tu-Dofrom
street
Le-Loi
to Continental
ave. to
Palace
the House of Representatives Palace
View on Tu-Do street
to Bach-Dang port

The House of Representatives Palace in 1972
The House of Representatives Palace
in 1970

View on Tu-Do street to the Notre-Dame Church in 1958

Tu-Do street in 1962
TheMr.
House
of Senator
Mickey
worked Palace
for
The South
Vietnam
Soldiers
statue
on
the
square
on Chuong
Duong
dock
Saigon
river
Justice
Palace
at Cong
Lyofavenue
in
1973
The
Caribou
restaurant
A GI strolled the Tu-Do
street
in 1971
The
in front
Continental
of the House
Palace
ofinRepresentatives
1970
Palace in 1972
on Tu-Do
street in 1969
The House of Representatives Palace
& Caravell Hotel

View on Tu-Do street
to Notre-Dame Church

View from Tax shopping
Center on Nguyen Hue ave.
to Bach-Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall View from
Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1968-1969
View from Eden
Shopping Center on
Nguyen Hue ave.
to Tax shopping center
Saigon City Hall in 1966
& Bach Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall in 1969

Market
during
Car… car… bumper toFlower
bumper
onCity
Nguyen
HueTet
boulevard in 1968-1969
Saigon
Hall

Celebrations 1973 on
View
on
Nguyen
Hue ave. to Saigon City Hall
View from Rex Hotel
Nguyen Hue Boulevard.
to the House of
View from Saigon River toward
View on Nguyen Hue ave. to
Representatives
Eden shopping center & City Hall
& Caravell Hotel
Palace Hotel & City Hall

A GI in the middle of
Japan Scooters in 1969,
On the front of The House
Caravell hotel view on Le Loi boulevard of Representatives Palace

toward Ben Thanh market in 1971

View toward Bach Dang port, from
Eden shopping center to Tax shopping center
on Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1969
Le Loi boulevard view toward
Saigon central market in 1969

View on Le Loi boulevard
toward Ben Thanh market in 1971
The “Flower Power” of the Hippies
was the rage back in the World and
Saigon Capital in early 1969

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of the Front Gate

Ben Thanh Market in 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Scenery in early 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of other Gates

Tet Festival of Ben Thanh
Market Scenes in 1971

Tet Festival 1971
of Ben Thanh Market

LCU & PBR Going Up to Patrol on The Saigon River in 1969
Patrol Craft-Fast (PCF) boats Going Up
To Patrol on The Saigon River in 1970

Map of Hoang Sa Navy Battle 1974

South Vietnam Navy on Bach Dang Dock of Saigon River in 1966

South Vietnam Navy Headquarter

The Public Dock on Bach Dang Port
of Saigon River in 1969

Tran Hung Dao Statue, a Hero of the Bach Dang Battle.
This
Statue
is onDao
the Dock
of on
the Bach
Saigon
Port,Port
View
to Tran
Hung
Statue
Dang
Majestic
Hotel
View
from
Saigon
River
in
1970
TheSaigon
Night
Shift
Palace
at &
Bach
Coya
Dang
Tailor
port
in
of
1966
Saigon
river
in 1970
at the
Foot
of
Hai
Ba
Trung
Boulevard
in
1969
of Saigon River in 1969

Bach Dang Port of Saigon River in 1972

Le van Duyet Temple Gate
Lang Ong Temple in Tet Festival 1971
in 1971

Vinh Nghiem Pagoda at
Cong-Ly ave. in 1972

AThich
Mosque
Temple
in 1972
Quang Duc
- The sacred
fire,
Tower of Xa Loi Pagoda
A Sacrifice for Religious Freedom, 1963Vinh Nghiem Tower
Xa Loi Tower
in 1973
in 1972
Van Hanh University
underVietnam
constructions
National Museum in 1972

Tan Dinh Church in 1970
Tan Dinh Church in 1970

Father Tam Church
Father Tam Church
At Cholon in 1970
Cholon in 1970
Notre Dame Church inAt
1972

Notre Dame Church on the President J. F. Kennedy
Square in early 1960

Father
Father Tam
Tam Church
ChurchAt
At Cholon
Cholon in
in 1971
1971
Huyen Si Church in 1971
Notre Dame on the Hoa-Binh Square while the raining season in 1973

Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970
Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970

The Embassy of the United States
in early 1960
in early 1970

More than 50,000 of young G.I. were killed in the Vietnam War

3rd Field Hosp Saigon 1965

The Thunder
Tiger
Vietnam
era Caribou
Recon Team Extracted By H-34 Helicopter

To
Serve
& Lady
Die
for
South
Vietnam
Army
Victory
GateCountry,
19-6-1972
A Vietnamese
The
Air
Thunder
Force
Tiger
A-1H
dropping
The Young Gentlemen
&
ofFather
Saigon
Capital Before 1975
Vietnam-era
Phantom
II's
Honor
andan
Liability
itswith
Liaisons
ordinance
Service
on
enemy
target
cammo
paintCommandos
in formation

'Teaching & Administrative Staff
of Gia-Long High School in 1961

Class 1968-1969

Gia-Long HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class 1958-1959

1970

We are the Young Lady Vietnamese
A Circle of Marie Curie Student HS. Before 1975

Petrus Ky High School in 1965

1972-1973

Petrus Ky HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class of 1955

1972-1973

1972-1973

Snack Shop 1972-1973

CVA’s Teachers 1952

CVA’s Teachers 1960

CVA’s Students Graduated
1972
withClass
Parents
1960
Class 1960

Classe 1966-1967

High School Graduation

Vietnamese Rock & Roll
Movement in the 1960's

The Apple Three Band-1970

The Blue Stars Band-1970

The Crazy Dogs Band-1971

Thanh Nga Renovated Actress, 1969

Some Famous Singers
Of Saigon Capital

Before 1975

Kim Loan Singer

People of Saigon Capital before 1975

Kim Cuong Actress, 1969

Khanh
Ly
Singer
and
Khanh
Thanh
Ly Singer,
Lan
Singer
1962
Trinh Con Son Musician, 1969

Street Vendors - Small Businesses of Saigon Capital before 1975

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1960

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1970

Tho Horse Race Course in early 1970
Highway 4, Cho Lon 1960Phu
- 1970

10cent issued 1966

$1.00 issued
before 1975

$500.00 issued 1972
$100.00 issued before 1955

$1.00 issued 1955

$500.00 issued before1975
$100.00 issued 1966
$1.00 issued 1956
$500.00 issued 1970

$1.00 issued 1964
$500.00 issued 1966
$100.00 issued 1966

$100.00 issued 1966
1970
The South Vietnam’s National Bank

$20.00 issued before 1975

$2.00 issued 1955

$10.00 issued 1962

South Vietnam’s Money
$200.00
issued
before
$50.00
issued
19691975
$5.00 issued before
The South
1975Vietnam’s
National Bank

$1000.00 issued 1972

$200.00
$50.00
issued
issued
before
19721975

$50.00
issued
19561975
issued
before
$5.00 $1000.00
issued 1955

$50.00 issued 1966

$10.00 issued before
1955

To Refuse The VC. Regime 30-04-1975

The Fall of Saigon Capital 30-April-1975

The Victims of
Vietnam War…

The Hero Commited
Suicide 30-04-1975

Anh Hùng Tử – Khí Hùng Bất Tử

The Victims of
Sentenced the Coronel Ho Ngoc Can The R.E. Prisoners
The Pirate after war…InViet-Cong
after war
the Memory of the Fallen Heroes
More than 2 millions Vietnamese of both side were killed in Vietnam War and more than
½ millions boat peoples, walking peoples died on the way to escape out their motherland,
1975-1995…

The Boat People after war

Last C-141 to evacuate refugees from Saigon,
April 28, 1975

To Honorably Die For Fatherland

In the Memory of Vietnamese Died
Who Searching for the Freedom

The Loving Memory Of Duy Tan Street

(To Be Continued)

Saigon after Vietnam War 1975-2005


Slide 11

Saigon in Vietnam War 1954-1975

Doc-Lap Palace

National Library

Notre Dame Church

Ben Thanh
Market

Saigon-Capital
of South Vietnam ……
Never Forget Saigon!
The Heart of Vietnamese’s Fatherland!

Hung Vuong Temple
“Trung Nu Vuong”
Vietnam’s The Heroic Queens

Click to Next

Saigon Cholon
Click to Next

Click to Next

Saigon To
Phu-Nhuan

Saigon To
Khanh Hoi

Central of
Saigon Capital

Click to Next

1954-1975

1901-1963
Doc-Lap, Palace of South Vietnam
President in 1954

Mr. Ngo Dinh Diem
TheMr.
firstNgo
democratically
elected
Dinh Diem
President
of the
Republic
was First
President
of South Vietnam 1955-1963
of South Vietnam

The second democratically Presidents
of the Republic of South Vietnam
1963-1975

Doc-Lap , New Palace for South Vietnam Presidents (1963-1966)

Mr. Nguyen Van Thieu

Mr.
Vu van Mau

Mr.
Tran van Huong

Mr.
Phan huy Quat

Mr.
Duong van Minh

Mr.
Nguyen Khanh

Mr.
Tran thien Khiem

Mr.
Nguyen Ba Can

Mr.
Nguyen cao Ky

Phu Cuong
Bien Hoa
Binh Duong Province

Xuan Loc
Bien Hoa Province

The Battle reached Saigon in 1968…

Long Khanh Province

Gia Dinh

Saigon

Gia Dinh Province

Provinces/Cities of Battles before the North
Vietnamese reached Saigon in 1968

Phuoc Tuy Province
Long An Province
Click to Next

Rescue mom…

The North Vietnamese invasion destroyed the city infrastructure,
environment, and killed millions of the people.
Furthermore, the war wasted 80% of the national budget and
destroyed a generation of teenagers drafted into the military.

… and Tears for Saigon Capital in 21 years of
The War that invaded from the North Vietnam’s Communist

He’s inside
Battle-Field…
Where
are War
our
parents…!?
Vietnam
1954-1975
We are in
Please, Save his Life…!?
Hell of
Yes, We try…
Vietnam
Mau-Than Tet Festival 1968,
Tears for my Husband
War!
The North Vietnamese reached and attempted to invade Saigon.

Mom,
Where
where
is myare
Dad…!?
We…!?
Please, Save my kid Life !
Where
Heaven
is my Husband…!?
or Hell
! Motherland
Tears for
myin
Lover
Tears
for my

Mothers of Fallen - Tears for our
Sons of Both Side…
Viet Cong Prisoners & Bodies 1968

View
Another
on
Bird
Saigon
Bird
Eye
View
Suburbs
View
of
of
from
Saigon
Capital
the
air
Capital
plane
in1972
1972
inin
1972
1972
Doc-Lap
Palace
Another
Bird
Bird
EyeEye
Eye
View
View
onSaigon
Saigon
on
Saigon
River
River
in
in
1972
Notre
Dame
Church

National Library
Ben Thanh
Market

Cholon District

Saigon Central Market
VNTT Bank
National Bank

Majestic Hotel

View looking down to Chuong Duong dock,
and Ham Nghi, Nguyen Hue, Tu Do streets

That is part of somewhere to the
east of Saigon Capital down there in 1968-1969

Looking down to Saigon Capital in 1972

Welcome To Sunny Saigon City.
The Capital of South Vietnam in War 1954-1975

on Tu-Do
the Notre-Dame
Church in 1972
TheView
GI strolled
thestreet
Tu-Doto
street
in 1972

View from View
Tu-Dofrom
street
Le-Loi
to Continental
ave. to
Palace
the House of Representatives Palace
View on Tu-Do street
to Bach-Dang port

The House of Representatives Palace in 1972
The House of Representatives Palace
in 1970

View on Tu-Do street to the Notre-Dame Church in 1958

Tu-Do street in 1962
TheMr.
House
of Senator
Mickey
worked Palace
for
The South
Vietnam
Soldiers
statue
on
the
square
on Chuong
Duong
dock
Saigon
river
Justice
Palace
at Cong
Lyofavenue
in
1973
The
Caribou
restaurant
A GI strolled the Tu-Do
street
in 1971
The
in front
Continental
of the House
Palace
ofinRepresentatives
1970
Palace in 1972
on Tu-Do
street in 1969
The House of Representatives Palace
& Caravell Hotel

View on Tu-Do street
to Notre-Dame Church

View from Tax shopping
Center on Nguyen Hue ave.
to Bach-Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall View from
Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1968-1969
View from Eden
Shopping Center on
Nguyen Hue ave.
to Tax shopping center
Saigon City Hall in 1966
& Bach Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall in 1969

Market
during
Car… car… bumper toFlower
bumper
onCity
Nguyen
HueTet
boulevard in 1968-1969
Saigon
Hall

Celebrations 1973 on
View
on
Nguyen
Hue ave. to Saigon City Hall
View from Rex Hotel
Nguyen Hue Boulevard.
to the House of
View from Saigon River toward
View on Nguyen Hue ave. to
Representatives
Eden shopping center & City Hall
& Caravell Hotel
Palace Hotel & City Hall

A GI in the middle of
Japan Scooters in 1969,
On the front of The House
Caravell hotel view on Le Loi boulevard of Representatives Palace

toward Ben Thanh market in 1971

View toward Bach Dang port, from
Eden shopping center to Tax shopping center
on Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1969
Le Loi boulevard view toward
Saigon central market in 1969

View on Le Loi boulevard
toward Ben Thanh market in 1971
The “Flower Power” of the Hippies
was the rage back in the World and
Saigon Capital in early 1969

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of the Front Gate

Ben Thanh Market in 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Scenery in early 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of other Gates

Tet Festival of Ben Thanh
Market Scenes in 1971

Tet Festival 1971
of Ben Thanh Market

LCU & PBR Going Up to Patrol on The Saigon River in 1969
Patrol Craft-Fast (PCF) boats Going Up
To Patrol on The Saigon River in 1970

Map of Hoang Sa Navy Battle 1974

South Vietnam Navy on Bach Dang Dock of Saigon River in 1966

South Vietnam Navy Headquarter

The Public Dock on Bach Dang Port
of Saigon River in 1969

Tran Hung Dao Statue, a Hero of the Bach Dang Battle.
This
Statue
is onDao
the Dock
of on
the Bach
Saigon
Port,Port
View
to Tran
Hung
Statue
Dang
Majestic
Hotel
View
from
Saigon
River
in
1970
TheSaigon
Night
Shift
Palace
at &
Bach
Coya
Dang
Tailor
port
in
of
1966
Saigon
river
in 1970
at the
Foot
of
Hai
Ba
Trung
Boulevard
in
1969
of Saigon River in 1969

Bach Dang Port of Saigon River in 1972

Le van Duyet Temple Gate
Lang Ong Temple in Tet Festival 1971
in 1971

Vinh Nghiem Pagoda at
Cong-Ly ave. in 1972

AThich
Mosque
Temple
in 1972
Quang Duc
- The sacred
fire,
Tower of Xa Loi Pagoda
A Sacrifice for Religious Freedom, 1963Vinh Nghiem Tower
Xa Loi Tower
in 1973
in 1972
Van Hanh University
underVietnam
constructions
National Museum in 1972

Tan Dinh Church in 1970
Tan Dinh Church in 1970

Father Tam Church
Father Tam Church
At Cholon in 1970
Cholon in 1970
Notre Dame Church inAt
1972

Notre Dame Church on the President J. F. Kennedy
Square in early 1960

Father
Father Tam
Tam Church
ChurchAt
At Cholon
Cholon in
in 1971
1971
Huyen Si Church in 1971
Notre Dame on the Hoa-Binh Square while the raining season in 1973

Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970
Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970

The Embassy of the United States
in early 1960
in early 1970

More than 50,000 of young G.I. were killed in the Vietnam War

3rd Field Hosp Saigon 1965

The Thunder
Tiger
Vietnam
era Caribou
Recon Team Extracted By H-34 Helicopter

To
Serve
& Lady
Die
for
South
Vietnam
Army
Victory
GateCountry,
19-6-1972
A Vietnamese
The
Air
Thunder
Force
Tiger
A-1H
dropping
The Young Gentlemen
&
ofFather
Saigon
Capital Before 1975
Vietnam-era
Phantom
II's
Honor
andan
Liability
itswith
Liaisons
ordinance
Service
on
enemy
target
cammo
paintCommandos
in formation

'Teaching & Administrative Staff
of Gia-Long High School in 1961

Class 1968-1969

Gia-Long HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class 1958-1959

1970

We are the Young Lady Vietnamese
A Circle of Marie Curie Student HS. Before 1975

Petrus Ky High School in 1965

1972-1973

Petrus Ky HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class of 1955

1972-1973

1972-1973

Snack Shop 1972-1973

CVA’s Teachers 1952

CVA’s Teachers 1960

CVA’s Students Graduated
1972
withClass
Parents
1960
Class 1960

Classe 1966-1967

High School Graduation

Vietnamese Rock & Roll
Movement in the 1960's

The Apple Three Band-1970

The Blue Stars Band-1970

The Crazy Dogs Band-1971

Thanh Nga Renovated Actress, 1969

Some Famous Singers
Of Saigon Capital

Before 1975

Kim Loan Singer

People of Saigon Capital before 1975

Kim Cuong Actress, 1969

Khanh
Ly
Singer
and
Khanh
Thanh
Ly Singer,
Lan
Singer
1962
Trinh Con Son Musician, 1969

Street Vendors - Small Businesses of Saigon Capital before 1975

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1960

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1970

Tho Horse Race Course in early 1970
Highway 4, Cho Lon 1960Phu
- 1970

10cent issued 1966

$1.00 issued
before 1975

$500.00 issued 1972
$100.00 issued before 1955

$1.00 issued 1955

$500.00 issued before1975
$100.00 issued 1966
$1.00 issued 1956
$500.00 issued 1970

$1.00 issued 1964
$500.00 issued 1966
$100.00 issued 1966

$100.00 issued 1966
1970
The South Vietnam’s National Bank

$20.00 issued before 1975

$2.00 issued 1955

$10.00 issued 1962

South Vietnam’s Money
$200.00
issued
before
$50.00
issued
19691975
$5.00 issued before
The South
1975Vietnam’s
National Bank

$1000.00 issued 1972

$200.00
$50.00
issued
issued
before
19721975

$50.00
issued
19561975
issued
before
$5.00 $1000.00
issued 1955

$50.00 issued 1966

$10.00 issued before
1955

To Refuse The VC. Regime 30-04-1975

The Fall of Saigon Capital 30-April-1975

The Victims of
Vietnam War…

The Hero Commited
Suicide 30-04-1975

Anh Hùng Tử – Khí Hùng Bất Tử

The Victims of
Sentenced the Coronel Ho Ngoc Can The R.E. Prisoners
The Pirate after war…InViet-Cong
after war
the Memory of the Fallen Heroes
More than 2 millions Vietnamese of both side were killed in Vietnam War and more than
½ millions boat peoples, walking peoples died on the way to escape out their motherland,
1975-1995…

The Boat People after war

Last C-141 to evacuate refugees from Saigon,
April 28, 1975

To Honorably Die For Fatherland

In the Memory of Vietnamese Died
Who Searching for the Freedom

The Loving Memory Of Duy Tan Street

(To Be Continued)

Saigon after Vietnam War 1975-2005


Slide 12

Saigon in Vietnam War 1954-1975

Doc-Lap Palace

National Library

Notre Dame Church

Ben Thanh
Market

Saigon-Capital
of South Vietnam ……
Never Forget Saigon!
The Heart of Vietnamese’s Fatherland!

Hung Vuong Temple
“Trung Nu Vuong”
Vietnam’s The Heroic Queens

Click to Next

Saigon Cholon
Click to Next

Click to Next

Saigon To
Phu-Nhuan

Saigon To
Khanh Hoi

Central of
Saigon Capital

Click to Next

1954-1975

1901-1963
Doc-Lap, Palace of South Vietnam
President in 1954

Mr. Ngo Dinh Diem
TheMr.
firstNgo
democratically
elected
Dinh Diem
President
of the
Republic
was First
President
of South Vietnam 1955-1963
of South Vietnam

The second democratically Presidents
of the Republic of South Vietnam
1963-1975

Doc-Lap , New Palace for South Vietnam Presidents (1963-1966)

Mr. Nguyen Van Thieu

Mr.
Vu van Mau

Mr.
Tran van Huong

Mr.
Phan huy Quat

Mr.
Duong van Minh

Mr.
Nguyen Khanh

Mr.
Tran thien Khiem

Mr.
Nguyen Ba Can

Mr.
Nguyen cao Ky

Phu Cuong
Bien Hoa
Binh Duong Province

Xuan Loc
Bien Hoa Province

The Battle reached Saigon in 1968…

Long Khanh Province

Gia Dinh

Saigon

Gia Dinh Province

Provinces/Cities of Battles before the North
Vietnamese reached Saigon in 1968

Phuoc Tuy Province
Long An Province
Click to Next

Rescue mom…

The North Vietnamese invasion destroyed the city infrastructure,
environment, and killed millions of the people.
Furthermore, the war wasted 80% of the national budget and
destroyed a generation of teenagers drafted into the military.

… and Tears for Saigon Capital in 21 years of
The War that invaded from the North Vietnam’s Communist

He’s inside
Battle-Field…
Where
are War
our
parents…!?
Vietnam
1954-1975
We are in
Please, Save his Life…!?
Hell of
Yes, We try…
Vietnam
Mau-Than Tet Festival 1968,
Tears for my Husband
War!
The North Vietnamese reached and attempted to invade Saigon.

Mom,
Where
where
is myare
Dad…!?
We…!?
Please, Save my kid Life !
Where
Heaven
is my Husband…!?
or Hell
! Motherland
Tears for
myin
Lover
Tears
for my

Mothers of Fallen - Tears for our
Sons of Both Side…
Viet Cong Prisoners & Bodies 1968

View
Another
on
Bird
Saigon
Bird
Eye
View
Suburbs
View
of
of
from
Saigon
Capital
the
air
Capital
plane
in1972
1972
inin
1972
1972
Doc-Lap
Palace
Another
Bird
Bird
EyeEye
Eye
View
View
onSaigon
Saigon
on
Saigon
River
River
in
in
1972
Notre
Dame
Church

National Library
Ben Thanh
Market

Cholon District

Saigon Central Market
VNTT Bank
National Bank

Majestic Hotel

View looking down to Chuong Duong dock,
and Ham Nghi, Nguyen Hue, Tu Do streets

That is part of somewhere to the
east of Saigon Capital down there in 1968-1969

Looking down to Saigon Capital in 1972

Welcome To Sunny Saigon City.
The Capital of South Vietnam in War 1954-1975

on Tu-Do
the Notre-Dame
Church in 1972
TheView
GI strolled
thestreet
Tu-Doto
street
in 1972

View from View
Tu-Dofrom
street
Le-Loi
to Continental
ave. to
Palace
the House of Representatives Palace
View on Tu-Do street
to Bach-Dang port

The House of Representatives Palace in 1972
The House of Representatives Palace
in 1970

View on Tu-Do street to the Notre-Dame Church in 1958

Tu-Do street in 1962
TheMr.
House
of Senator
Mickey
worked Palace
for
The South
Vietnam
Soldiers
statue
on
the
square
on Chuong
Duong
dock
Saigon
river
Justice
Palace
at Cong
Lyofavenue
in
1973
The
Caribou
restaurant
A GI strolled the Tu-Do
street
in 1971
The
in front
Continental
of the House
Palace
ofinRepresentatives
1970
Palace in 1972
on Tu-Do
street in 1969
The House of Representatives Palace
& Caravell Hotel

View on Tu-Do street
to Notre-Dame Church

View from Tax shopping
Center on Nguyen Hue ave.
to Bach-Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall View from
Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1968-1969
View from Eden
Shopping Center on
Nguyen Hue ave.
to Tax shopping center
Saigon City Hall in 1966
& Bach Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall in 1969

Market
during
Car… car… bumper toFlower
bumper
onCity
Nguyen
HueTet
boulevard in 1968-1969
Saigon
Hall

Celebrations 1973 on
View
on
Nguyen
Hue ave. to Saigon City Hall
View from Rex Hotel
Nguyen Hue Boulevard.
to the House of
View from Saigon River toward
View on Nguyen Hue ave. to
Representatives
Eden shopping center & City Hall
& Caravell Hotel
Palace Hotel & City Hall

A GI in the middle of
Japan Scooters in 1969,
On the front of The House
Caravell hotel view on Le Loi boulevard of Representatives Palace

toward Ben Thanh market in 1971

View toward Bach Dang port, from
Eden shopping center to Tax shopping center
on Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1969
Le Loi boulevard view toward
Saigon central market in 1969

View on Le Loi boulevard
toward Ben Thanh market in 1971
The “Flower Power” of the Hippies
was the rage back in the World and
Saigon Capital in early 1969

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of the Front Gate

Ben Thanh Market in 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Scenery in early 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of other Gates

Tet Festival of Ben Thanh
Market Scenes in 1971

Tet Festival 1971
of Ben Thanh Market

LCU & PBR Going Up to Patrol on The Saigon River in 1969
Patrol Craft-Fast (PCF) boats Going Up
To Patrol on The Saigon River in 1970

Map of Hoang Sa Navy Battle 1974

South Vietnam Navy on Bach Dang Dock of Saigon River in 1966

South Vietnam Navy Headquarter

The Public Dock on Bach Dang Port
of Saigon River in 1969

Tran Hung Dao Statue, a Hero of the Bach Dang Battle.
This
Statue
is onDao
the Dock
of on
the Bach
Saigon
Port,Port
View
to Tran
Hung
Statue
Dang
Majestic
Hotel
View
from
Saigon
River
in
1970
TheSaigon
Night
Shift
Palace
at &
Bach
Coya
Dang
Tailor
port
in
of
1966
Saigon
river
in 1970
at the
Foot
of
Hai
Ba
Trung
Boulevard
in
1969
of Saigon River in 1969

Bach Dang Port of Saigon River in 1972

Le van Duyet Temple Gate
Lang Ong Temple in Tet Festival 1971
in 1971

Vinh Nghiem Pagoda at
Cong-Ly ave. in 1972

AThich
Mosque
Temple
in 1972
Quang Duc
- The sacred
fire,
Tower of Xa Loi Pagoda
A Sacrifice for Religious Freedom, 1963Vinh Nghiem Tower
Xa Loi Tower
in 1973
in 1972
Van Hanh University
underVietnam
constructions
National Museum in 1972

Tan Dinh Church in 1970
Tan Dinh Church in 1970

Father Tam Church
Father Tam Church
At Cholon in 1970
Cholon in 1970
Notre Dame Church inAt
1972

Notre Dame Church on the President J. F. Kennedy
Square in early 1960

Father
Father Tam
Tam Church
ChurchAt
At Cholon
Cholon in
in 1971
1971
Huyen Si Church in 1971
Notre Dame on the Hoa-Binh Square while the raining season in 1973

Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970
Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970

The Embassy of the United States
in early 1960
in early 1970

More than 50,000 of young G.I. were killed in the Vietnam War

3rd Field Hosp Saigon 1965

The Thunder
Tiger
Vietnam
era Caribou
Recon Team Extracted By H-34 Helicopter

To
Serve
& Lady
Die
for
South
Vietnam
Army
Victory
GateCountry,
19-6-1972
A Vietnamese
The
Air
Thunder
Force
Tiger
A-1H
dropping
The Young Gentlemen
&
ofFather
Saigon
Capital Before 1975
Vietnam-era
Phantom
II's
Honor
andan
Liability
itswith
Liaisons
ordinance
Service
on
enemy
target
cammo
paintCommandos
in formation

'Teaching & Administrative Staff
of Gia-Long High School in 1961

Class 1968-1969

Gia-Long HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class 1958-1959

1970

We are the Young Lady Vietnamese
A Circle of Marie Curie Student HS. Before 1975

Petrus Ky High School in 1965

1972-1973

Petrus Ky HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class of 1955

1972-1973

1972-1973

Snack Shop 1972-1973

CVA’s Teachers 1952

CVA’s Teachers 1960

CVA’s Students Graduated
1972
withClass
Parents
1960
Class 1960

Classe 1966-1967

High School Graduation

Vietnamese Rock & Roll
Movement in the 1960's

The Apple Three Band-1970

The Blue Stars Band-1970

The Crazy Dogs Band-1971

Thanh Nga Renovated Actress, 1969

Some Famous Singers
Of Saigon Capital

Before 1975

Kim Loan Singer

People of Saigon Capital before 1975

Kim Cuong Actress, 1969

Khanh
Ly
Singer
and
Khanh
Thanh
Ly Singer,
Lan
Singer
1962
Trinh Con Son Musician, 1969

Street Vendors - Small Businesses of Saigon Capital before 1975

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1960

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1970

Tho Horse Race Course in early 1970
Highway 4, Cho Lon 1960Phu
- 1970

10cent issued 1966

$1.00 issued
before 1975

$500.00 issued 1972
$100.00 issued before 1955

$1.00 issued 1955

$500.00 issued before1975
$100.00 issued 1966
$1.00 issued 1956
$500.00 issued 1970

$1.00 issued 1964
$500.00 issued 1966
$100.00 issued 1966

$100.00 issued 1966
1970
The South Vietnam’s National Bank

$20.00 issued before 1975

$2.00 issued 1955

$10.00 issued 1962

South Vietnam’s Money
$200.00
issued
before
$50.00
issued
19691975
$5.00 issued before
The South
1975Vietnam’s
National Bank

$1000.00 issued 1972

$200.00
$50.00
issued
issued
before
19721975

$50.00
issued
19561975
issued
before
$5.00 $1000.00
issued 1955

$50.00 issued 1966

$10.00 issued before
1955

To Refuse The VC. Regime 30-04-1975

The Fall of Saigon Capital 30-April-1975

The Victims of
Vietnam War…

The Hero Commited
Suicide 30-04-1975

Anh Hùng Tử – Khí Hùng Bất Tử

The Victims of
Sentenced the Coronel Ho Ngoc Can The R.E. Prisoners
The Pirate after war…InViet-Cong
after war
the Memory of the Fallen Heroes
More than 2 millions Vietnamese of both side were killed in Vietnam War and more than
½ millions boat peoples, walking peoples died on the way to escape out their motherland,
1975-1995…

The Boat People after war

Last C-141 to evacuate refugees from Saigon,
April 28, 1975

To Honorably Die For Fatherland

In the Memory of Vietnamese Died
Who Searching for the Freedom

The Loving Memory Of Duy Tan Street

(To Be Continued)

Saigon after Vietnam War 1975-2005


Slide 13

Saigon in Vietnam War 1954-1975

Doc-Lap Palace

National Library

Notre Dame Church

Ben Thanh
Market

Saigon-Capital
of South Vietnam ……
Never Forget Saigon!
The Heart of Vietnamese’s Fatherland!

Hung Vuong Temple
“Trung Nu Vuong”
Vietnam’s The Heroic Queens

Click to Next

Saigon Cholon
Click to Next

Click to Next

Saigon To
Phu-Nhuan

Saigon To
Khanh Hoi

Central of
Saigon Capital

Click to Next

1954-1975

1901-1963
Doc-Lap, Palace of South Vietnam
President in 1954

Mr. Ngo Dinh Diem
TheMr.
firstNgo
democratically
elected
Dinh Diem
President
of the
Republic
was First
President
of South Vietnam 1955-1963
of South Vietnam

The second democratically Presidents
of the Republic of South Vietnam
1963-1975

Doc-Lap , New Palace for South Vietnam Presidents (1963-1966)

Mr. Nguyen Van Thieu

Mr.
Vu van Mau

Mr.
Tran van Huong

Mr.
Phan huy Quat

Mr.
Duong van Minh

Mr.
Nguyen Khanh

Mr.
Tran thien Khiem

Mr.
Nguyen Ba Can

Mr.
Nguyen cao Ky

Phu Cuong
Bien Hoa
Binh Duong Province

Xuan Loc
Bien Hoa Province

The Battle reached Saigon in 1968…

Long Khanh Province

Gia Dinh

Saigon

Gia Dinh Province

Provinces/Cities of Battles before the North
Vietnamese reached Saigon in 1968

Phuoc Tuy Province
Long An Province
Click to Next

Rescue mom…

The North Vietnamese invasion destroyed the city infrastructure,
environment, and killed millions of the people.
Furthermore, the war wasted 80% of the national budget and
destroyed a generation of teenagers drafted into the military.

… and Tears for Saigon Capital in 21 years of
The War that invaded from the North Vietnam’s Communist

He’s inside
Battle-Field…
Where
are War
our
parents…!?
Vietnam
1954-1975
We are in
Please, Save his Life…!?
Hell of
Yes, We try…
Vietnam
Mau-Than Tet Festival 1968,
Tears for my Husband
War!
The North Vietnamese reached and attempted to invade Saigon.

Mom,
Where
where
is myare
Dad…!?
We…!?
Please, Save my kid Life !
Where
Heaven
is my Husband…!?
or Hell
! Motherland
Tears for
myin
Lover
Tears
for my

Mothers of Fallen - Tears for our
Sons of Both Side…
Viet Cong Prisoners & Bodies 1968

View
Another
on
Bird
Saigon
Bird
Eye
View
Suburbs
View
of
of
from
Saigon
Capital
the
air
Capital
plane
in1972
1972
inin
1972
1972
Doc-Lap
Palace
Another
Bird
Bird
EyeEye
Eye
View
View
onSaigon
Saigon
on
Saigon
River
River
in
in
1972
Notre
Dame
Church

National Library
Ben Thanh
Market

Cholon District

Saigon Central Market
VNTT Bank
National Bank

Majestic Hotel

View looking down to Chuong Duong dock,
and Ham Nghi, Nguyen Hue, Tu Do streets

That is part of somewhere to the
east of Saigon Capital down there in 1968-1969

Looking down to Saigon Capital in 1972

Welcome To Sunny Saigon City.
The Capital of South Vietnam in War 1954-1975

on Tu-Do
the Notre-Dame
Church in 1972
TheView
GI strolled
thestreet
Tu-Doto
street
in 1972

View from View
Tu-Dofrom
street
Le-Loi
to Continental
ave. to
Palace
the House of Representatives Palace
View on Tu-Do street
to Bach-Dang port

The House of Representatives Palace in 1972
The House of Representatives Palace
in 1970

View on Tu-Do street to the Notre-Dame Church in 1958

Tu-Do street in 1962
TheMr.
House
of Senator
Mickey
worked Palace
for
The South
Vietnam
Soldiers
statue
on
the
square
on Chuong
Duong
dock
Saigon
river
Justice
Palace
at Cong
Lyofavenue
in
1973
The
Caribou
restaurant
A GI strolled the Tu-Do
street
in 1971
The
in front
Continental
of the House
Palace
ofinRepresentatives
1970
Palace in 1972
on Tu-Do
street in 1969
The House of Representatives Palace
& Caravell Hotel

View on Tu-Do street
to Notre-Dame Church

View from Tax shopping
Center on Nguyen Hue ave.
to Bach-Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall View from
Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1968-1969
View from Eden
Shopping Center on
Nguyen Hue ave.
to Tax shopping center
Saigon City Hall in 1966
& Bach Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall in 1969

Market
during
Car… car… bumper toFlower
bumper
onCity
Nguyen
HueTet
boulevard in 1968-1969
Saigon
Hall

Celebrations 1973 on
View
on
Nguyen
Hue ave. to Saigon City Hall
View from Rex Hotel
Nguyen Hue Boulevard.
to the House of
View from Saigon River toward
View on Nguyen Hue ave. to
Representatives
Eden shopping center & City Hall
& Caravell Hotel
Palace Hotel & City Hall

A GI in the middle of
Japan Scooters in 1969,
On the front of The House
Caravell hotel view on Le Loi boulevard of Representatives Palace

toward Ben Thanh market in 1971

View toward Bach Dang port, from
Eden shopping center to Tax shopping center
on Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1969
Le Loi boulevard view toward
Saigon central market in 1969

View on Le Loi boulevard
toward Ben Thanh market in 1971
The “Flower Power” of the Hippies
was the rage back in the World and
Saigon Capital in early 1969

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of the Front Gate

Ben Thanh Market in 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Scenery in early 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of other Gates

Tet Festival of Ben Thanh
Market Scenes in 1971

Tet Festival 1971
of Ben Thanh Market

LCU & PBR Going Up to Patrol on The Saigon River in 1969
Patrol Craft-Fast (PCF) boats Going Up
To Patrol on The Saigon River in 1970

Map of Hoang Sa Navy Battle 1974

South Vietnam Navy on Bach Dang Dock of Saigon River in 1966

South Vietnam Navy Headquarter

The Public Dock on Bach Dang Port
of Saigon River in 1969

Tran Hung Dao Statue, a Hero of the Bach Dang Battle.
This
Statue
is onDao
the Dock
of on
the Bach
Saigon
Port,Port
View
to Tran
Hung
Statue
Dang
Majestic
Hotel
View
from
Saigon
River
in
1970
TheSaigon
Night
Shift
Palace
at &
Bach
Coya
Dang
Tailor
port
in
of
1966
Saigon
river
in 1970
at the
Foot
of
Hai
Ba
Trung
Boulevard
in
1969
of Saigon River in 1969

Bach Dang Port of Saigon River in 1972

Le van Duyet Temple Gate
Lang Ong Temple in Tet Festival 1971
in 1971

Vinh Nghiem Pagoda at
Cong-Ly ave. in 1972

AThich
Mosque
Temple
in 1972
Quang Duc
- The sacred
fire,
Tower of Xa Loi Pagoda
A Sacrifice for Religious Freedom, 1963Vinh Nghiem Tower
Xa Loi Tower
in 1973
in 1972
Van Hanh University
underVietnam
constructions
National Museum in 1972

Tan Dinh Church in 1970
Tan Dinh Church in 1970

Father Tam Church
Father Tam Church
At Cholon in 1970
Cholon in 1970
Notre Dame Church inAt
1972

Notre Dame Church on the President J. F. Kennedy
Square in early 1960

Father
Father Tam
Tam Church
ChurchAt
At Cholon
Cholon in
in 1971
1971
Huyen Si Church in 1971
Notre Dame on the Hoa-Binh Square while the raining season in 1973

Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970
Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970

The Embassy of the United States
in early 1960
in early 1970

More than 50,000 of young G.I. were killed in the Vietnam War

3rd Field Hosp Saigon 1965

The Thunder
Tiger
Vietnam
era Caribou
Recon Team Extracted By H-34 Helicopter

To
Serve
& Lady
Die
for
South
Vietnam
Army
Victory
GateCountry,
19-6-1972
A Vietnamese
The
Air
Thunder
Force
Tiger
A-1H
dropping
The Young Gentlemen
&
ofFather
Saigon
Capital Before 1975
Vietnam-era
Phantom
II's
Honor
andan
Liability
itswith
Liaisons
ordinance
Service
on
enemy
target
cammo
paintCommandos
in formation

'Teaching & Administrative Staff
of Gia-Long High School in 1961

Class 1968-1969

Gia-Long HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class 1958-1959

1970

We are the Young Lady Vietnamese
A Circle of Marie Curie Student HS. Before 1975

Petrus Ky High School in 1965

1972-1973

Petrus Ky HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class of 1955

1972-1973

1972-1973

Snack Shop 1972-1973

CVA’s Teachers 1952

CVA’s Teachers 1960

CVA’s Students Graduated
1972
withClass
Parents
1960
Class 1960

Classe 1966-1967

High School Graduation

Vietnamese Rock & Roll
Movement in the 1960's

The Apple Three Band-1970

The Blue Stars Band-1970

The Crazy Dogs Band-1971

Thanh Nga Renovated Actress, 1969

Some Famous Singers
Of Saigon Capital

Before 1975

Kim Loan Singer

People of Saigon Capital before 1975

Kim Cuong Actress, 1969

Khanh
Ly
Singer
and
Khanh
Thanh
Ly Singer,
Lan
Singer
1962
Trinh Con Son Musician, 1969

Street Vendors - Small Businesses of Saigon Capital before 1975

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1960

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1970

Tho Horse Race Course in early 1970
Highway 4, Cho Lon 1960Phu
- 1970

10cent issued 1966

$1.00 issued
before 1975

$500.00 issued 1972
$100.00 issued before 1955

$1.00 issued 1955

$500.00 issued before1975
$100.00 issued 1966
$1.00 issued 1956
$500.00 issued 1970

$1.00 issued 1964
$500.00 issued 1966
$100.00 issued 1966

$100.00 issued 1966
1970
The South Vietnam’s National Bank

$20.00 issued before 1975

$2.00 issued 1955

$10.00 issued 1962

South Vietnam’s Money
$200.00
issued
before
$50.00
issued
19691975
$5.00 issued before
The South
1975Vietnam’s
National Bank

$1000.00 issued 1972

$200.00
$50.00
issued
issued
before
19721975

$50.00
issued
19561975
issued
before
$5.00 $1000.00
issued 1955

$50.00 issued 1966

$10.00 issued before
1955

To Refuse The VC. Regime 30-04-1975

The Fall of Saigon Capital 30-April-1975

The Victims of
Vietnam War…

The Hero Commited
Suicide 30-04-1975

Anh Hùng Tử – Khí Hùng Bất Tử

The Victims of
Sentenced the Coronel Ho Ngoc Can The R.E. Prisoners
The Pirate after war…InViet-Cong
after war
the Memory of the Fallen Heroes
More than 2 millions Vietnamese of both side were killed in Vietnam War and more than
½ millions boat peoples, walking peoples died on the way to escape out their motherland,
1975-1995…

The Boat People after war

Last C-141 to evacuate refugees from Saigon,
April 28, 1975

To Honorably Die For Fatherland

In the Memory of Vietnamese Died
Who Searching for the Freedom

The Loving Memory Of Duy Tan Street

(To Be Continued)

Saigon after Vietnam War 1975-2005


Slide 14

Saigon in Vietnam War 1954-1975

Doc-Lap Palace

National Library

Notre Dame Church

Ben Thanh
Market

Saigon-Capital
of South Vietnam ……
Never Forget Saigon!
The Heart of Vietnamese’s Fatherland!

Hung Vuong Temple
“Trung Nu Vuong”
Vietnam’s The Heroic Queens

Click to Next

Saigon Cholon
Click to Next

Click to Next

Saigon To
Phu-Nhuan

Saigon To
Khanh Hoi

Central of
Saigon Capital

Click to Next

1954-1975

1901-1963
Doc-Lap, Palace of South Vietnam
President in 1954

Mr. Ngo Dinh Diem
TheMr.
firstNgo
democratically
elected
Dinh Diem
President
of the
Republic
was First
President
of South Vietnam 1955-1963
of South Vietnam

The second democratically Presidents
of the Republic of South Vietnam
1963-1975

Doc-Lap , New Palace for South Vietnam Presidents (1963-1966)

Mr. Nguyen Van Thieu

Mr.
Vu van Mau

Mr.
Tran van Huong

Mr.
Phan huy Quat

Mr.
Duong van Minh

Mr.
Nguyen Khanh

Mr.
Tran thien Khiem

Mr.
Nguyen Ba Can

Mr.
Nguyen cao Ky

Phu Cuong
Bien Hoa
Binh Duong Province

Xuan Loc
Bien Hoa Province

The Battle reached Saigon in 1968…

Long Khanh Province

Gia Dinh

Saigon

Gia Dinh Province

Provinces/Cities of Battles before the North
Vietnamese reached Saigon in 1968

Phuoc Tuy Province
Long An Province
Click to Next

Rescue mom…

The North Vietnamese invasion destroyed the city infrastructure,
environment, and killed millions of the people.
Furthermore, the war wasted 80% of the national budget and
destroyed a generation of teenagers drafted into the military.

… and Tears for Saigon Capital in 21 years of
The War that invaded from the North Vietnam’s Communist

He’s inside
Battle-Field…
Where
are War
our
parents…!?
Vietnam
1954-1975
We are in
Please, Save his Life…!?
Hell of
Yes, We try…
Vietnam
Mau-Than Tet Festival 1968,
Tears for my Husband
War!
The North Vietnamese reached and attempted to invade Saigon.

Mom,
Where
where
is myare
Dad…!?
We…!?
Please, Save my kid Life !
Where
Heaven
is my Husband…!?
or Hell
! Motherland
Tears for
myin
Lover
Tears
for my

Mothers of Fallen - Tears for our
Sons of Both Side…
Viet Cong Prisoners & Bodies 1968

View
Another
on
Bird
Saigon
Bird
Eye
View
Suburbs
View
of
of
from
Saigon
Capital
the
air
Capital
plane
in1972
1972
inin
1972
1972
Doc-Lap
Palace
Another
Bird
Bird
EyeEye
Eye
View
View
onSaigon
Saigon
on
Saigon
River
River
in
in
1972
Notre
Dame
Church

National Library
Ben Thanh
Market

Cholon District

Saigon Central Market
VNTT Bank
National Bank

Majestic Hotel

View looking down to Chuong Duong dock,
and Ham Nghi, Nguyen Hue, Tu Do streets

That is part of somewhere to the
east of Saigon Capital down there in 1968-1969

Looking down to Saigon Capital in 1972

Welcome To Sunny Saigon City.
The Capital of South Vietnam in War 1954-1975

on Tu-Do
the Notre-Dame
Church in 1972
TheView
GI strolled
thestreet
Tu-Doto
street
in 1972

View from View
Tu-Dofrom
street
Le-Loi
to Continental
ave. to
Palace
the House of Representatives Palace
View on Tu-Do street
to Bach-Dang port

The House of Representatives Palace in 1972
The House of Representatives Palace
in 1970

View on Tu-Do street to the Notre-Dame Church in 1958

Tu-Do street in 1962
TheMr.
House
of Senator
Mickey
worked Palace
for
The South
Vietnam
Soldiers
statue
on
the
square
on Chuong
Duong
dock
Saigon
river
Justice
Palace
at Cong
Lyofavenue
in
1973
The
Caribou
restaurant
A GI strolled the Tu-Do
street
in 1971
The
in front
Continental
of the House
Palace
ofinRepresentatives
1970
Palace in 1972
on Tu-Do
street in 1969
The House of Representatives Palace
& Caravell Hotel

View on Tu-Do street
to Notre-Dame Church

View from Tax shopping
Center on Nguyen Hue ave.
to Bach-Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall View from
Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1968-1969
View from Eden
Shopping Center on
Nguyen Hue ave.
to Tax shopping center
Saigon City Hall in 1966
& Bach Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall in 1969

Market
during
Car… car… bumper toFlower
bumper
onCity
Nguyen
HueTet
boulevard in 1968-1969
Saigon
Hall

Celebrations 1973 on
View
on
Nguyen
Hue ave. to Saigon City Hall
View from Rex Hotel
Nguyen Hue Boulevard.
to the House of
View from Saigon River toward
View on Nguyen Hue ave. to
Representatives
Eden shopping center & City Hall
& Caravell Hotel
Palace Hotel & City Hall

A GI in the middle of
Japan Scooters in 1969,
On the front of The House
Caravell hotel view on Le Loi boulevard of Representatives Palace

toward Ben Thanh market in 1971

View toward Bach Dang port, from
Eden shopping center to Tax shopping center
on Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1969
Le Loi boulevard view toward
Saigon central market in 1969

View on Le Loi boulevard
toward Ben Thanh market in 1971
The “Flower Power” of the Hippies
was the rage back in the World and
Saigon Capital in early 1969

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of the Front Gate

Ben Thanh Market in 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Scenery in early 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of other Gates

Tet Festival of Ben Thanh
Market Scenes in 1971

Tet Festival 1971
of Ben Thanh Market

LCU & PBR Going Up to Patrol on The Saigon River in 1969
Patrol Craft-Fast (PCF) boats Going Up
To Patrol on The Saigon River in 1970

Map of Hoang Sa Navy Battle 1974

South Vietnam Navy on Bach Dang Dock of Saigon River in 1966

South Vietnam Navy Headquarter

The Public Dock on Bach Dang Port
of Saigon River in 1969

Tran Hung Dao Statue, a Hero of the Bach Dang Battle.
This
Statue
is onDao
the Dock
of on
the Bach
Saigon
Port,Port
View
to Tran
Hung
Statue
Dang
Majestic
Hotel
View
from
Saigon
River
in
1970
TheSaigon
Night
Shift
Palace
at &
Bach
Coya
Dang
Tailor
port
in
of
1966
Saigon
river
in 1970
at the
Foot
of
Hai
Ba
Trung
Boulevard
in
1969
of Saigon River in 1969

Bach Dang Port of Saigon River in 1972

Le van Duyet Temple Gate
Lang Ong Temple in Tet Festival 1971
in 1971

Vinh Nghiem Pagoda at
Cong-Ly ave. in 1972

AThich
Mosque
Temple
in 1972
Quang Duc
- The sacred
fire,
Tower of Xa Loi Pagoda
A Sacrifice for Religious Freedom, 1963Vinh Nghiem Tower
Xa Loi Tower
in 1973
in 1972
Van Hanh University
underVietnam
constructions
National Museum in 1972

Tan Dinh Church in 1970
Tan Dinh Church in 1970

Father Tam Church
Father Tam Church
At Cholon in 1970
Cholon in 1970
Notre Dame Church inAt
1972

Notre Dame Church on the President J. F. Kennedy
Square in early 1960

Father
Father Tam
Tam Church
ChurchAt
At Cholon
Cholon in
in 1971
1971
Huyen Si Church in 1971
Notre Dame on the Hoa-Binh Square while the raining season in 1973

Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970
Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970

The Embassy of the United States
in early 1960
in early 1970

More than 50,000 of young G.I. were killed in the Vietnam War

3rd Field Hosp Saigon 1965

The Thunder
Tiger
Vietnam
era Caribou
Recon Team Extracted By H-34 Helicopter

To
Serve
& Lady
Die
for
South
Vietnam
Army
Victory
GateCountry,
19-6-1972
A Vietnamese
The
Air
Thunder
Force
Tiger
A-1H
dropping
The Young Gentlemen
&
ofFather
Saigon
Capital Before 1975
Vietnam-era
Phantom
II's
Honor
andan
Liability
itswith
Liaisons
ordinance
Service
on
enemy
target
cammo
paintCommandos
in formation

'Teaching & Administrative Staff
of Gia-Long High School in 1961

Class 1968-1969

Gia-Long HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class 1958-1959

1970

We are the Young Lady Vietnamese
A Circle of Marie Curie Student HS. Before 1975

Petrus Ky High School in 1965

1972-1973

Petrus Ky HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class of 1955

1972-1973

1972-1973

Snack Shop 1972-1973

CVA’s Teachers 1952

CVA’s Teachers 1960

CVA’s Students Graduated
1972
withClass
Parents
1960
Class 1960

Classe 1966-1967

High School Graduation

Vietnamese Rock & Roll
Movement in the 1960's

The Apple Three Band-1970

The Blue Stars Band-1970

The Crazy Dogs Band-1971

Thanh Nga Renovated Actress, 1969

Some Famous Singers
Of Saigon Capital

Before 1975

Kim Loan Singer

People of Saigon Capital before 1975

Kim Cuong Actress, 1969

Khanh
Ly
Singer
and
Khanh
Thanh
Ly Singer,
Lan
Singer
1962
Trinh Con Son Musician, 1969

Street Vendors - Small Businesses of Saigon Capital before 1975

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1960

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1970

Tho Horse Race Course in early 1970
Highway 4, Cho Lon 1960Phu
- 1970

10cent issued 1966

$1.00 issued
before 1975

$500.00 issued 1972
$100.00 issued before 1955

$1.00 issued 1955

$500.00 issued before1975
$100.00 issued 1966
$1.00 issued 1956
$500.00 issued 1970

$1.00 issued 1964
$500.00 issued 1966
$100.00 issued 1966

$100.00 issued 1966
1970
The South Vietnam’s National Bank

$20.00 issued before 1975

$2.00 issued 1955

$10.00 issued 1962

South Vietnam’s Money
$200.00
issued
before
$50.00
issued
19691975
$5.00 issued before
The South
1975Vietnam’s
National Bank

$1000.00 issued 1972

$200.00
$50.00
issued
issued
before
19721975

$50.00
issued
19561975
issued
before
$5.00 $1000.00
issued 1955

$50.00 issued 1966

$10.00 issued before
1955

To Refuse The VC. Regime 30-04-1975

The Fall of Saigon Capital 30-April-1975

The Victims of
Vietnam War…

The Hero Commited
Suicide 30-04-1975

Anh Hùng Tử – Khí Hùng Bất Tử

The Victims of
Sentenced the Coronel Ho Ngoc Can The R.E. Prisoners
The Pirate after war…InViet-Cong
after war
the Memory of the Fallen Heroes
More than 2 millions Vietnamese of both side were killed in Vietnam War and more than
½ millions boat peoples, walking peoples died on the way to escape out their motherland,
1975-1995…

The Boat People after war

Last C-141 to evacuate refugees from Saigon,
April 28, 1975

To Honorably Die For Fatherland

In the Memory of Vietnamese Died
Who Searching for the Freedom

The Loving Memory Of Duy Tan Street

(To Be Continued)

Saigon after Vietnam War 1975-2005


Slide 15

Saigon in Vietnam War 1954-1975

Doc-Lap Palace

National Library

Notre Dame Church

Ben Thanh
Market

Saigon-Capital
of South Vietnam ……
Never Forget Saigon!
The Heart of Vietnamese’s Fatherland!

Hung Vuong Temple
“Trung Nu Vuong”
Vietnam’s The Heroic Queens

Click to Next

Saigon Cholon
Click to Next

Click to Next

Saigon To
Phu-Nhuan

Saigon To
Khanh Hoi

Central of
Saigon Capital

Click to Next

1954-1975

1901-1963
Doc-Lap, Palace of South Vietnam
President in 1954

Mr. Ngo Dinh Diem
TheMr.
firstNgo
democratically
elected
Dinh Diem
President
of the
Republic
was First
President
of South Vietnam 1955-1963
of South Vietnam

The second democratically Presidents
of the Republic of South Vietnam
1963-1975

Doc-Lap , New Palace for South Vietnam Presidents (1963-1966)

Mr. Nguyen Van Thieu

Mr.
Vu van Mau

Mr.
Tran van Huong

Mr.
Phan huy Quat

Mr.
Duong van Minh

Mr.
Nguyen Khanh

Mr.
Tran thien Khiem

Mr.
Nguyen Ba Can

Mr.
Nguyen cao Ky

Phu Cuong
Bien Hoa
Binh Duong Province

Xuan Loc
Bien Hoa Province

The Battle reached Saigon in 1968…

Long Khanh Province

Gia Dinh

Saigon

Gia Dinh Province

Provinces/Cities of Battles before the North
Vietnamese reached Saigon in 1968

Phuoc Tuy Province
Long An Province
Click to Next

Rescue mom…

The North Vietnamese invasion destroyed the city infrastructure,
environment, and killed millions of the people.
Furthermore, the war wasted 80% of the national budget and
destroyed a generation of teenagers drafted into the military.

… and Tears for Saigon Capital in 21 years of
The War that invaded from the North Vietnam’s Communist

He’s inside
Battle-Field…
Where
are War
our
parents…!?
Vietnam
1954-1975
We are in
Please, Save his Life…!?
Hell of
Yes, We try…
Vietnam
Mau-Than Tet Festival 1968,
Tears for my Husband
War!
The North Vietnamese reached and attempted to invade Saigon.

Mom,
Where
where
is myare
Dad…!?
We…!?
Please, Save my kid Life !
Where
Heaven
is my Husband…!?
or Hell
! Motherland
Tears for
myin
Lover
Tears
for my

Mothers of Fallen - Tears for our
Sons of Both Side…
Viet Cong Prisoners & Bodies 1968

View
Another
on
Bird
Saigon
Bird
Eye
View
Suburbs
View
of
of
from
Saigon
Capital
the
air
Capital
plane
in1972
1972
inin
1972
1972
Doc-Lap
Palace
Another
Bird
Bird
EyeEye
Eye
View
View
onSaigon
Saigon
on
Saigon
River
River
in
in
1972
Notre
Dame
Church

National Library
Ben Thanh
Market

Cholon District

Saigon Central Market
VNTT Bank
National Bank

Majestic Hotel

View looking down to Chuong Duong dock,
and Ham Nghi, Nguyen Hue, Tu Do streets

That is part of somewhere to the
east of Saigon Capital down there in 1968-1969

Looking down to Saigon Capital in 1972

Welcome To Sunny Saigon City.
The Capital of South Vietnam in War 1954-1975

on Tu-Do
the Notre-Dame
Church in 1972
TheView
GI strolled
thestreet
Tu-Doto
street
in 1972

View from View
Tu-Dofrom
street
Le-Loi
to Continental
ave. to
Palace
the House of Representatives Palace
View on Tu-Do street
to Bach-Dang port

The House of Representatives Palace in 1972
The House of Representatives Palace
in 1970

View on Tu-Do street to the Notre-Dame Church in 1958

Tu-Do street in 1962
TheMr.
House
of Senator
Mickey
worked Palace
for
The South
Vietnam
Soldiers
statue
on
the
square
on Chuong
Duong
dock
Saigon
river
Justice
Palace
at Cong
Lyofavenue
in
1973
The
Caribou
restaurant
A GI strolled the Tu-Do
street
in 1971
The
in front
Continental
of the House
Palace
ofinRepresentatives
1970
Palace in 1972
on Tu-Do
street in 1969
The House of Representatives Palace
& Caravell Hotel

View on Tu-Do street
to Notre-Dame Church

View from Tax shopping
Center on Nguyen Hue ave.
to Bach-Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall View from
Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1968-1969
View from Eden
Shopping Center on
Nguyen Hue ave.
to Tax shopping center
Saigon City Hall in 1966
& Bach Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall in 1969

Market
during
Car… car… bumper toFlower
bumper
onCity
Nguyen
HueTet
boulevard in 1968-1969
Saigon
Hall

Celebrations 1973 on
View
on
Nguyen
Hue ave. to Saigon City Hall
View from Rex Hotel
Nguyen Hue Boulevard.
to the House of
View from Saigon River toward
View on Nguyen Hue ave. to
Representatives
Eden shopping center & City Hall
& Caravell Hotel
Palace Hotel & City Hall

A GI in the middle of
Japan Scooters in 1969,
On the front of The House
Caravell hotel view on Le Loi boulevard of Representatives Palace

toward Ben Thanh market in 1971

View toward Bach Dang port, from
Eden shopping center to Tax shopping center
on Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1969
Le Loi boulevard view toward
Saigon central market in 1969

View on Le Loi boulevard
toward Ben Thanh market in 1971
The “Flower Power” of the Hippies
was the rage back in the World and
Saigon Capital in early 1969

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of the Front Gate

Ben Thanh Market in 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Scenery in early 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of other Gates

Tet Festival of Ben Thanh
Market Scenes in 1971

Tet Festival 1971
of Ben Thanh Market

LCU & PBR Going Up to Patrol on The Saigon River in 1969
Patrol Craft-Fast (PCF) boats Going Up
To Patrol on The Saigon River in 1970

Map of Hoang Sa Navy Battle 1974

South Vietnam Navy on Bach Dang Dock of Saigon River in 1966

South Vietnam Navy Headquarter

The Public Dock on Bach Dang Port
of Saigon River in 1969

Tran Hung Dao Statue, a Hero of the Bach Dang Battle.
This
Statue
is onDao
the Dock
of on
the Bach
Saigon
Port,Port
View
to Tran
Hung
Statue
Dang
Majestic
Hotel
View
from
Saigon
River
in
1970
TheSaigon
Night
Shift
Palace
at &
Bach
Coya
Dang
Tailor
port
in
of
1966
Saigon
river
in 1970
at the
Foot
of
Hai
Ba
Trung
Boulevard
in
1969
of Saigon River in 1969

Bach Dang Port of Saigon River in 1972

Le van Duyet Temple Gate
Lang Ong Temple in Tet Festival 1971
in 1971

Vinh Nghiem Pagoda at
Cong-Ly ave. in 1972

AThich
Mosque
Temple
in 1972
Quang Duc
- The sacred
fire,
Tower of Xa Loi Pagoda
A Sacrifice for Religious Freedom, 1963Vinh Nghiem Tower
Xa Loi Tower
in 1973
in 1972
Van Hanh University
underVietnam
constructions
National Museum in 1972

Tan Dinh Church in 1970
Tan Dinh Church in 1970

Father Tam Church
Father Tam Church
At Cholon in 1970
Cholon in 1970
Notre Dame Church inAt
1972

Notre Dame Church on the President J. F. Kennedy
Square in early 1960

Father
Father Tam
Tam Church
ChurchAt
At Cholon
Cholon in
in 1971
1971
Huyen Si Church in 1971
Notre Dame on the Hoa-Binh Square while the raining season in 1973

Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970
Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970

The Embassy of the United States
in early 1960
in early 1970

More than 50,000 of young G.I. were killed in the Vietnam War

3rd Field Hosp Saigon 1965

The Thunder
Tiger
Vietnam
era Caribou
Recon Team Extracted By H-34 Helicopter

To
Serve
& Lady
Die
for
South
Vietnam
Army
Victory
GateCountry,
19-6-1972
A Vietnamese
The
Air
Thunder
Force
Tiger
A-1H
dropping
The Young Gentlemen
&
ofFather
Saigon
Capital Before 1975
Vietnam-era
Phantom
II's
Honor
andan
Liability
itswith
Liaisons
ordinance
Service
on
enemy
target
cammo
paintCommandos
in formation

'Teaching & Administrative Staff
of Gia-Long High School in 1961

Class 1968-1969

Gia-Long HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class 1958-1959

1970

We are the Young Lady Vietnamese
A Circle of Marie Curie Student HS. Before 1975

Petrus Ky High School in 1965

1972-1973

Petrus Ky HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class of 1955

1972-1973

1972-1973

Snack Shop 1972-1973

CVA’s Teachers 1952

CVA’s Teachers 1960

CVA’s Students Graduated
1972
withClass
Parents
1960
Class 1960

Classe 1966-1967

High School Graduation

Vietnamese Rock & Roll
Movement in the 1960's

The Apple Three Band-1970

The Blue Stars Band-1970

The Crazy Dogs Band-1971

Thanh Nga Renovated Actress, 1969

Some Famous Singers
Of Saigon Capital

Before 1975

Kim Loan Singer

People of Saigon Capital before 1975

Kim Cuong Actress, 1969

Khanh
Ly
Singer
and
Khanh
Thanh
Ly Singer,
Lan
Singer
1962
Trinh Con Son Musician, 1969

Street Vendors - Small Businesses of Saigon Capital before 1975

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1960

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1970

Tho Horse Race Course in early 1970
Highway 4, Cho Lon 1960Phu
- 1970

10cent issued 1966

$1.00 issued
before 1975

$500.00 issued 1972
$100.00 issued before 1955

$1.00 issued 1955

$500.00 issued before1975
$100.00 issued 1966
$1.00 issued 1956
$500.00 issued 1970

$1.00 issued 1964
$500.00 issued 1966
$100.00 issued 1966

$100.00 issued 1966
1970
The South Vietnam’s National Bank

$20.00 issued before 1975

$2.00 issued 1955

$10.00 issued 1962

South Vietnam’s Money
$200.00
issued
before
$50.00
issued
19691975
$5.00 issued before
The South
1975Vietnam’s
National Bank

$1000.00 issued 1972

$200.00
$50.00
issued
issued
before
19721975

$50.00
issued
19561975
issued
before
$5.00 $1000.00
issued 1955

$50.00 issued 1966

$10.00 issued before
1955

To Refuse The VC. Regime 30-04-1975

The Fall of Saigon Capital 30-April-1975

The Victims of
Vietnam War…

The Hero Commited
Suicide 30-04-1975

Anh Hùng Tử – Khí Hùng Bất Tử

The Victims of
Sentenced the Coronel Ho Ngoc Can The R.E. Prisoners
The Pirate after war…InViet-Cong
after war
the Memory of the Fallen Heroes
More than 2 millions Vietnamese of both side were killed in Vietnam War and more than
½ millions boat peoples, walking peoples died on the way to escape out their motherland,
1975-1995…

The Boat People after war

Last C-141 to evacuate refugees from Saigon,
April 28, 1975

To Honorably Die For Fatherland

In the Memory of Vietnamese Died
Who Searching for the Freedom

The Loving Memory Of Duy Tan Street

(To Be Continued)

Saigon after Vietnam War 1975-2005


Slide 16

Saigon in Vietnam War 1954-1975

Doc-Lap Palace

National Library

Notre Dame Church

Ben Thanh
Market

Saigon-Capital
of South Vietnam ……
Never Forget Saigon!
The Heart of Vietnamese’s Fatherland!

Hung Vuong Temple
“Trung Nu Vuong”
Vietnam’s The Heroic Queens

Click to Next

Saigon Cholon
Click to Next

Click to Next

Saigon To
Phu-Nhuan

Saigon To
Khanh Hoi

Central of
Saigon Capital

Click to Next

1954-1975

1901-1963
Doc-Lap, Palace of South Vietnam
President in 1954

Mr. Ngo Dinh Diem
TheMr.
firstNgo
democratically
elected
Dinh Diem
President
of the
Republic
was First
President
of South Vietnam 1955-1963
of South Vietnam

The second democratically Presidents
of the Republic of South Vietnam
1963-1975

Doc-Lap , New Palace for South Vietnam Presidents (1963-1966)

Mr. Nguyen Van Thieu

Mr.
Vu van Mau

Mr.
Tran van Huong

Mr.
Phan huy Quat

Mr.
Duong van Minh

Mr.
Nguyen Khanh

Mr.
Tran thien Khiem

Mr.
Nguyen Ba Can

Mr.
Nguyen cao Ky

Phu Cuong
Bien Hoa
Binh Duong Province

Xuan Loc
Bien Hoa Province

The Battle reached Saigon in 1968…

Long Khanh Province

Gia Dinh

Saigon

Gia Dinh Province

Provinces/Cities of Battles before the North
Vietnamese reached Saigon in 1968

Phuoc Tuy Province
Long An Province
Click to Next

Rescue mom…

The North Vietnamese invasion destroyed the city infrastructure,
environment, and killed millions of the people.
Furthermore, the war wasted 80% of the national budget and
destroyed a generation of teenagers drafted into the military.

… and Tears for Saigon Capital in 21 years of
The War that invaded from the North Vietnam’s Communist

He’s inside
Battle-Field…
Where
are War
our
parents…!?
Vietnam
1954-1975
We are in
Please, Save his Life…!?
Hell of
Yes, We try…
Vietnam
Mau-Than Tet Festival 1968,
Tears for my Husband
War!
The North Vietnamese reached and attempted to invade Saigon.

Mom,
Where
where
is myare
Dad…!?
We…!?
Please, Save my kid Life !
Where
Heaven
is my Husband…!?
or Hell
! Motherland
Tears for
myin
Lover
Tears
for my

Mothers of Fallen - Tears for our
Sons of Both Side…
Viet Cong Prisoners & Bodies 1968

View
Another
on
Bird
Saigon
Bird
Eye
View
Suburbs
View
of
of
from
Saigon
Capital
the
air
Capital
plane
in1972
1972
inin
1972
1972
Doc-Lap
Palace
Another
Bird
Bird
EyeEye
Eye
View
View
onSaigon
Saigon
on
Saigon
River
River
in
in
1972
Notre
Dame
Church

National Library
Ben Thanh
Market

Cholon District

Saigon Central Market
VNTT Bank
National Bank

Majestic Hotel

View looking down to Chuong Duong dock,
and Ham Nghi, Nguyen Hue, Tu Do streets

That is part of somewhere to the
east of Saigon Capital down there in 1968-1969

Looking down to Saigon Capital in 1972

Welcome To Sunny Saigon City.
The Capital of South Vietnam in War 1954-1975

on Tu-Do
the Notre-Dame
Church in 1972
TheView
GI strolled
thestreet
Tu-Doto
street
in 1972

View from View
Tu-Dofrom
street
Le-Loi
to Continental
ave. to
Palace
the House of Representatives Palace
View on Tu-Do street
to Bach-Dang port

The House of Representatives Palace in 1972
The House of Representatives Palace
in 1970

View on Tu-Do street to the Notre-Dame Church in 1958

Tu-Do street in 1962
TheMr.
House
of Senator
Mickey
worked Palace
for
The South
Vietnam
Soldiers
statue
on
the
square
on Chuong
Duong
dock
Saigon
river
Justice
Palace
at Cong
Lyofavenue
in
1973
The
Caribou
restaurant
A GI strolled the Tu-Do
street
in 1971
The
in front
Continental
of the House
Palace
ofinRepresentatives
1970
Palace in 1972
on Tu-Do
street in 1969
The House of Representatives Palace
& Caravell Hotel

View on Tu-Do street
to Notre-Dame Church

View from Tax shopping
Center on Nguyen Hue ave.
to Bach-Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall View from
Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1968-1969
View from Eden
Shopping Center on
Nguyen Hue ave.
to Tax shopping center
Saigon City Hall in 1966
& Bach Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall in 1969

Market
during
Car… car… bumper toFlower
bumper
onCity
Nguyen
HueTet
boulevard in 1968-1969
Saigon
Hall

Celebrations 1973 on
View
on
Nguyen
Hue ave. to Saigon City Hall
View from Rex Hotel
Nguyen Hue Boulevard.
to the House of
View from Saigon River toward
View on Nguyen Hue ave. to
Representatives
Eden shopping center & City Hall
& Caravell Hotel
Palace Hotel & City Hall

A GI in the middle of
Japan Scooters in 1969,
On the front of The House
Caravell hotel view on Le Loi boulevard of Representatives Palace

toward Ben Thanh market in 1971

View toward Bach Dang port, from
Eden shopping center to Tax shopping center
on Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1969
Le Loi boulevard view toward
Saigon central market in 1969

View on Le Loi boulevard
toward Ben Thanh market in 1971
The “Flower Power” of the Hippies
was the rage back in the World and
Saigon Capital in early 1969

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of the Front Gate

Ben Thanh Market in 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Scenery in early 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of other Gates

Tet Festival of Ben Thanh
Market Scenes in 1971

Tet Festival 1971
of Ben Thanh Market

LCU & PBR Going Up to Patrol on The Saigon River in 1969
Patrol Craft-Fast (PCF) boats Going Up
To Patrol on The Saigon River in 1970

Map of Hoang Sa Navy Battle 1974

South Vietnam Navy on Bach Dang Dock of Saigon River in 1966

South Vietnam Navy Headquarter

The Public Dock on Bach Dang Port
of Saigon River in 1969

Tran Hung Dao Statue, a Hero of the Bach Dang Battle.
This
Statue
is onDao
the Dock
of on
the Bach
Saigon
Port,Port
View
to Tran
Hung
Statue
Dang
Majestic
Hotel
View
from
Saigon
River
in
1970
TheSaigon
Night
Shift
Palace
at &
Bach
Coya
Dang
Tailor
port
in
of
1966
Saigon
river
in 1970
at the
Foot
of
Hai
Ba
Trung
Boulevard
in
1969
of Saigon River in 1969

Bach Dang Port of Saigon River in 1972

Le van Duyet Temple Gate
Lang Ong Temple in Tet Festival 1971
in 1971

Vinh Nghiem Pagoda at
Cong-Ly ave. in 1972

AThich
Mosque
Temple
in 1972
Quang Duc
- The sacred
fire,
Tower of Xa Loi Pagoda
A Sacrifice for Religious Freedom, 1963Vinh Nghiem Tower
Xa Loi Tower
in 1973
in 1972
Van Hanh University
underVietnam
constructions
National Museum in 1972

Tan Dinh Church in 1970
Tan Dinh Church in 1970

Father Tam Church
Father Tam Church
At Cholon in 1970
Cholon in 1970
Notre Dame Church inAt
1972

Notre Dame Church on the President J. F. Kennedy
Square in early 1960

Father
Father Tam
Tam Church
ChurchAt
At Cholon
Cholon in
in 1971
1971
Huyen Si Church in 1971
Notre Dame on the Hoa-Binh Square while the raining season in 1973

Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970
Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970

The Embassy of the United States
in early 1960
in early 1970

More than 50,000 of young G.I. were killed in the Vietnam War

3rd Field Hosp Saigon 1965

The Thunder
Tiger
Vietnam
era Caribou
Recon Team Extracted By H-34 Helicopter

To
Serve
& Lady
Die
for
South
Vietnam
Army
Victory
GateCountry,
19-6-1972
A Vietnamese
The
Air
Thunder
Force
Tiger
A-1H
dropping
The Young Gentlemen
&
ofFather
Saigon
Capital Before 1975
Vietnam-era
Phantom
II's
Honor
andan
Liability
itswith
Liaisons
ordinance
Service
on
enemy
target
cammo
paintCommandos
in formation

'Teaching & Administrative Staff
of Gia-Long High School in 1961

Class 1968-1969

Gia-Long HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class 1958-1959

1970

We are the Young Lady Vietnamese
A Circle of Marie Curie Student HS. Before 1975

Petrus Ky High School in 1965

1972-1973

Petrus Ky HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class of 1955

1972-1973

1972-1973

Snack Shop 1972-1973

CVA’s Teachers 1952

CVA’s Teachers 1960

CVA’s Students Graduated
1972
withClass
Parents
1960
Class 1960

Classe 1966-1967

High School Graduation

Vietnamese Rock & Roll
Movement in the 1960's

The Apple Three Band-1970

The Blue Stars Band-1970

The Crazy Dogs Band-1971

Thanh Nga Renovated Actress, 1969

Some Famous Singers
Of Saigon Capital

Before 1975

Kim Loan Singer

People of Saigon Capital before 1975

Kim Cuong Actress, 1969

Khanh
Ly
Singer
and
Khanh
Thanh
Ly Singer,
Lan
Singer
1962
Trinh Con Son Musician, 1969

Street Vendors - Small Businesses of Saigon Capital before 1975

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1960

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1970

Tho Horse Race Course in early 1970
Highway 4, Cho Lon 1960Phu
- 1970

10cent issued 1966

$1.00 issued
before 1975

$500.00 issued 1972
$100.00 issued before 1955

$1.00 issued 1955

$500.00 issued before1975
$100.00 issued 1966
$1.00 issued 1956
$500.00 issued 1970

$1.00 issued 1964
$500.00 issued 1966
$100.00 issued 1966

$100.00 issued 1966
1970
The South Vietnam’s National Bank

$20.00 issued before 1975

$2.00 issued 1955

$10.00 issued 1962

South Vietnam’s Money
$200.00
issued
before
$50.00
issued
19691975
$5.00 issued before
The South
1975Vietnam’s
National Bank

$1000.00 issued 1972

$200.00
$50.00
issued
issued
before
19721975

$50.00
issued
19561975
issued
before
$5.00 $1000.00
issued 1955

$50.00 issued 1966

$10.00 issued before
1955

To Refuse The VC. Regime 30-04-1975

The Fall of Saigon Capital 30-April-1975

The Victims of
Vietnam War…

The Hero Commited
Suicide 30-04-1975

Anh Hùng Tử – Khí Hùng Bất Tử

The Victims of
Sentenced the Coronel Ho Ngoc Can The R.E. Prisoners
The Pirate after war…InViet-Cong
after war
the Memory of the Fallen Heroes
More than 2 millions Vietnamese of both side were killed in Vietnam War and more than
½ millions boat peoples, walking peoples died on the way to escape out their motherland,
1975-1995…

The Boat People after war

Last C-141 to evacuate refugees from Saigon,
April 28, 1975

To Honorably Die For Fatherland

In the Memory of Vietnamese Died
Who Searching for the Freedom

The Loving Memory Of Duy Tan Street

(To Be Continued)

Saigon after Vietnam War 1975-2005


Slide 17

Saigon in Vietnam War 1954-1975

Doc-Lap Palace

National Library

Notre Dame Church

Ben Thanh
Market

Saigon-Capital
of South Vietnam ……
Never Forget Saigon!
The Heart of Vietnamese’s Fatherland!

Hung Vuong Temple
“Trung Nu Vuong”
Vietnam’s The Heroic Queens

Click to Next

Saigon Cholon
Click to Next

Click to Next

Saigon To
Phu-Nhuan

Saigon To
Khanh Hoi

Central of
Saigon Capital

Click to Next

1954-1975

1901-1963
Doc-Lap, Palace of South Vietnam
President in 1954

Mr. Ngo Dinh Diem
TheMr.
firstNgo
democratically
elected
Dinh Diem
President
of the
Republic
was First
President
of South Vietnam 1955-1963
of South Vietnam

The second democratically Presidents
of the Republic of South Vietnam
1963-1975

Doc-Lap , New Palace for South Vietnam Presidents (1963-1966)

Mr. Nguyen Van Thieu

Mr.
Vu van Mau

Mr.
Tran van Huong

Mr.
Phan huy Quat

Mr.
Duong van Minh

Mr.
Nguyen Khanh

Mr.
Tran thien Khiem

Mr.
Nguyen Ba Can

Mr.
Nguyen cao Ky

Phu Cuong
Bien Hoa
Binh Duong Province

Xuan Loc
Bien Hoa Province

The Battle reached Saigon in 1968…

Long Khanh Province

Gia Dinh

Saigon

Gia Dinh Province

Provinces/Cities of Battles before the North
Vietnamese reached Saigon in 1968

Phuoc Tuy Province
Long An Province
Click to Next

Rescue mom…

The North Vietnamese invasion destroyed the city infrastructure,
environment, and killed millions of the people.
Furthermore, the war wasted 80% of the national budget and
destroyed a generation of teenagers drafted into the military.

… and Tears for Saigon Capital in 21 years of
The War that invaded from the North Vietnam’s Communist

He’s inside
Battle-Field…
Where
are War
our
parents…!?
Vietnam
1954-1975
We are in
Please, Save his Life…!?
Hell of
Yes, We try…
Vietnam
Mau-Than Tet Festival 1968,
Tears for my Husband
War!
The North Vietnamese reached and attempted to invade Saigon.

Mom,
Where
where
is myare
Dad…!?
We…!?
Please, Save my kid Life !
Where
Heaven
is my Husband…!?
or Hell
! Motherland
Tears for
myin
Lover
Tears
for my

Mothers of Fallen - Tears for our
Sons of Both Side…
Viet Cong Prisoners & Bodies 1968

View
Another
on
Bird
Saigon
Bird
Eye
View
Suburbs
View
of
of
from
Saigon
Capital
the
air
Capital
plane
in1972
1972
inin
1972
1972
Doc-Lap
Palace
Another
Bird
Bird
EyeEye
Eye
View
View
onSaigon
Saigon
on
Saigon
River
River
in
in
1972
Notre
Dame
Church

National Library
Ben Thanh
Market

Cholon District

Saigon Central Market
VNTT Bank
National Bank

Majestic Hotel

View looking down to Chuong Duong dock,
and Ham Nghi, Nguyen Hue, Tu Do streets

That is part of somewhere to the
east of Saigon Capital down there in 1968-1969

Looking down to Saigon Capital in 1972

Welcome To Sunny Saigon City.
The Capital of South Vietnam in War 1954-1975

on Tu-Do
the Notre-Dame
Church in 1972
TheView
GI strolled
thestreet
Tu-Doto
street
in 1972

View from View
Tu-Dofrom
street
Le-Loi
to Continental
ave. to
Palace
the House of Representatives Palace
View on Tu-Do street
to Bach-Dang port

The House of Representatives Palace in 1972
The House of Representatives Palace
in 1970

View on Tu-Do street to the Notre-Dame Church in 1958

Tu-Do street in 1962
TheMr.
House
of Senator
Mickey
worked Palace
for
The South
Vietnam
Soldiers
statue
on
the
square
on Chuong
Duong
dock
Saigon
river
Justice
Palace
at Cong
Lyofavenue
in
1973
The
Caribou
restaurant
A GI strolled the Tu-Do
street
in 1971
The
in front
Continental
of the House
Palace
ofinRepresentatives
1970
Palace in 1972
on Tu-Do
street in 1969
The House of Representatives Palace
& Caravell Hotel

View on Tu-Do street
to Notre-Dame Church

View from Tax shopping
Center on Nguyen Hue ave.
to Bach-Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall View from
Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1968-1969
View from Eden
Shopping Center on
Nguyen Hue ave.
to Tax shopping center
Saigon City Hall in 1966
& Bach Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall in 1969

Market
during
Car… car… bumper toFlower
bumper
onCity
Nguyen
HueTet
boulevard in 1968-1969
Saigon
Hall

Celebrations 1973 on
View
on
Nguyen
Hue ave. to Saigon City Hall
View from Rex Hotel
Nguyen Hue Boulevard.
to the House of
View from Saigon River toward
View on Nguyen Hue ave. to
Representatives
Eden shopping center & City Hall
& Caravell Hotel
Palace Hotel & City Hall

A GI in the middle of
Japan Scooters in 1969,
On the front of The House
Caravell hotel view on Le Loi boulevard of Representatives Palace

toward Ben Thanh market in 1971

View toward Bach Dang port, from
Eden shopping center to Tax shopping center
on Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1969
Le Loi boulevard view toward
Saigon central market in 1969

View on Le Loi boulevard
toward Ben Thanh market in 1971
The “Flower Power” of the Hippies
was the rage back in the World and
Saigon Capital in early 1969

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of the Front Gate

Ben Thanh Market in 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Scenery in early 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of other Gates

Tet Festival of Ben Thanh
Market Scenes in 1971

Tet Festival 1971
of Ben Thanh Market

LCU & PBR Going Up to Patrol on The Saigon River in 1969
Patrol Craft-Fast (PCF) boats Going Up
To Patrol on The Saigon River in 1970

Map of Hoang Sa Navy Battle 1974

South Vietnam Navy on Bach Dang Dock of Saigon River in 1966

South Vietnam Navy Headquarter

The Public Dock on Bach Dang Port
of Saigon River in 1969

Tran Hung Dao Statue, a Hero of the Bach Dang Battle.
This
Statue
is onDao
the Dock
of on
the Bach
Saigon
Port,Port
View
to Tran
Hung
Statue
Dang
Majestic
Hotel
View
from
Saigon
River
in
1970
TheSaigon
Night
Shift
Palace
at &
Bach
Coya
Dang
Tailor
port
in
of
1966
Saigon
river
in 1970
at the
Foot
of
Hai
Ba
Trung
Boulevard
in
1969
of Saigon River in 1969

Bach Dang Port of Saigon River in 1972

Le van Duyet Temple Gate
Lang Ong Temple in Tet Festival 1971
in 1971

Vinh Nghiem Pagoda at
Cong-Ly ave. in 1972

AThich
Mosque
Temple
in 1972
Quang Duc
- The sacred
fire,
Tower of Xa Loi Pagoda
A Sacrifice for Religious Freedom, 1963Vinh Nghiem Tower
Xa Loi Tower
in 1973
in 1972
Van Hanh University
underVietnam
constructions
National Museum in 1972

Tan Dinh Church in 1970
Tan Dinh Church in 1970

Father Tam Church
Father Tam Church
At Cholon in 1970
Cholon in 1970
Notre Dame Church inAt
1972

Notre Dame Church on the President J. F. Kennedy
Square in early 1960

Father
Father Tam
Tam Church
ChurchAt
At Cholon
Cholon in
in 1971
1971
Huyen Si Church in 1971
Notre Dame on the Hoa-Binh Square while the raining season in 1973

Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970
Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970

The Embassy of the United States
in early 1960
in early 1970

More than 50,000 of young G.I. were killed in the Vietnam War

3rd Field Hosp Saigon 1965

The Thunder
Tiger
Vietnam
era Caribou
Recon Team Extracted By H-34 Helicopter

To
Serve
& Lady
Die
for
South
Vietnam
Army
Victory
GateCountry,
19-6-1972
A Vietnamese
The
Air
Thunder
Force
Tiger
A-1H
dropping
The Young Gentlemen
&
ofFather
Saigon
Capital Before 1975
Vietnam-era
Phantom
II's
Honor
andan
Liability
itswith
Liaisons
ordinance
Service
on
enemy
target
cammo
paintCommandos
in formation

'Teaching & Administrative Staff
of Gia-Long High School in 1961

Class 1968-1969

Gia-Long HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class 1958-1959

1970

We are the Young Lady Vietnamese
A Circle of Marie Curie Student HS. Before 1975

Petrus Ky High School in 1965

1972-1973

Petrus Ky HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class of 1955

1972-1973

1972-1973

Snack Shop 1972-1973

CVA’s Teachers 1952

CVA’s Teachers 1960

CVA’s Students Graduated
1972
withClass
Parents
1960
Class 1960

Classe 1966-1967

High School Graduation

Vietnamese Rock & Roll
Movement in the 1960's

The Apple Three Band-1970

The Blue Stars Band-1970

The Crazy Dogs Band-1971

Thanh Nga Renovated Actress, 1969

Some Famous Singers
Of Saigon Capital

Before 1975

Kim Loan Singer

People of Saigon Capital before 1975

Kim Cuong Actress, 1969

Khanh
Ly
Singer
and
Khanh
Thanh
Ly Singer,
Lan
Singer
1962
Trinh Con Son Musician, 1969

Street Vendors - Small Businesses of Saigon Capital before 1975

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1960

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1970

Tho Horse Race Course in early 1970
Highway 4, Cho Lon 1960Phu
- 1970

10cent issued 1966

$1.00 issued
before 1975

$500.00 issued 1972
$100.00 issued before 1955

$1.00 issued 1955

$500.00 issued before1975
$100.00 issued 1966
$1.00 issued 1956
$500.00 issued 1970

$1.00 issued 1964
$500.00 issued 1966
$100.00 issued 1966

$100.00 issued 1966
1970
The South Vietnam’s National Bank

$20.00 issued before 1975

$2.00 issued 1955

$10.00 issued 1962

South Vietnam’s Money
$200.00
issued
before
$50.00
issued
19691975
$5.00 issued before
The South
1975Vietnam’s
National Bank

$1000.00 issued 1972

$200.00
$50.00
issued
issued
before
19721975

$50.00
issued
19561975
issued
before
$5.00 $1000.00
issued 1955

$50.00 issued 1966

$10.00 issued before
1955

To Refuse The VC. Regime 30-04-1975

The Fall of Saigon Capital 30-April-1975

The Victims of
Vietnam War…

The Hero Commited
Suicide 30-04-1975

Anh Hùng Tử – Khí Hùng Bất Tử

The Victims of
Sentenced the Coronel Ho Ngoc Can The R.E. Prisoners
The Pirate after war…InViet-Cong
after war
the Memory of the Fallen Heroes
More than 2 millions Vietnamese of both side were killed in Vietnam War and more than
½ millions boat peoples, walking peoples died on the way to escape out their motherland,
1975-1995…

The Boat People after war

Last C-141 to evacuate refugees from Saigon,
April 28, 1975

To Honorably Die For Fatherland

In the Memory of Vietnamese Died
Who Searching for the Freedom

The Loving Memory Of Duy Tan Street

(To Be Continued)

Saigon after Vietnam War 1975-2005


Slide 18

Saigon in Vietnam War 1954-1975

Doc-Lap Palace

National Library

Notre Dame Church

Ben Thanh
Market

Saigon-Capital
of South Vietnam ……
Never Forget Saigon!
The Heart of Vietnamese’s Fatherland!

Hung Vuong Temple
“Trung Nu Vuong”
Vietnam’s The Heroic Queens

Click to Next

Saigon Cholon
Click to Next

Click to Next

Saigon To
Phu-Nhuan

Saigon To
Khanh Hoi

Central of
Saigon Capital

Click to Next

1954-1975

1901-1963
Doc-Lap, Palace of South Vietnam
President in 1954

Mr. Ngo Dinh Diem
TheMr.
firstNgo
democratically
elected
Dinh Diem
President
of the
Republic
was First
President
of South Vietnam 1955-1963
of South Vietnam

The second democratically Presidents
of the Republic of South Vietnam
1963-1975

Doc-Lap , New Palace for South Vietnam Presidents (1963-1966)

Mr. Nguyen Van Thieu

Mr.
Vu van Mau

Mr.
Tran van Huong

Mr.
Phan huy Quat

Mr.
Duong van Minh

Mr.
Nguyen Khanh

Mr.
Tran thien Khiem

Mr.
Nguyen Ba Can

Mr.
Nguyen cao Ky

Phu Cuong
Bien Hoa
Binh Duong Province

Xuan Loc
Bien Hoa Province

The Battle reached Saigon in 1968…

Long Khanh Province

Gia Dinh

Saigon

Gia Dinh Province

Provinces/Cities of Battles before the North
Vietnamese reached Saigon in 1968

Phuoc Tuy Province
Long An Province
Click to Next

Rescue mom…

The North Vietnamese invasion destroyed the city infrastructure,
environment, and killed millions of the people.
Furthermore, the war wasted 80% of the national budget and
destroyed a generation of teenagers drafted into the military.

… and Tears for Saigon Capital in 21 years of
The War that invaded from the North Vietnam’s Communist

He’s inside
Battle-Field…
Where
are War
our
parents…!?
Vietnam
1954-1975
We are in
Please, Save his Life…!?
Hell of
Yes, We try…
Vietnam
Mau-Than Tet Festival 1968,
Tears for my Husband
War!
The North Vietnamese reached and attempted to invade Saigon.

Mom,
Where
where
is myare
Dad…!?
We…!?
Please, Save my kid Life !
Where
Heaven
is my Husband…!?
or Hell
! Motherland
Tears for
myin
Lover
Tears
for my

Mothers of Fallen - Tears for our
Sons of Both Side…
Viet Cong Prisoners & Bodies 1968

View
Another
on
Bird
Saigon
Bird
Eye
View
Suburbs
View
of
of
from
Saigon
Capital
the
air
Capital
plane
in1972
1972
inin
1972
1972
Doc-Lap
Palace
Another
Bird
Bird
EyeEye
Eye
View
View
onSaigon
Saigon
on
Saigon
River
River
in
in
1972
Notre
Dame
Church

National Library
Ben Thanh
Market

Cholon District

Saigon Central Market
VNTT Bank
National Bank

Majestic Hotel

View looking down to Chuong Duong dock,
and Ham Nghi, Nguyen Hue, Tu Do streets

That is part of somewhere to the
east of Saigon Capital down there in 1968-1969

Looking down to Saigon Capital in 1972

Welcome To Sunny Saigon City.
The Capital of South Vietnam in War 1954-1975

on Tu-Do
the Notre-Dame
Church in 1972
TheView
GI strolled
thestreet
Tu-Doto
street
in 1972

View from View
Tu-Dofrom
street
Le-Loi
to Continental
ave. to
Palace
the House of Representatives Palace
View on Tu-Do street
to Bach-Dang port

The House of Representatives Palace in 1972
The House of Representatives Palace
in 1970

View on Tu-Do street to the Notre-Dame Church in 1958

Tu-Do street in 1962
TheMr.
House
of Senator
Mickey
worked Palace
for
The South
Vietnam
Soldiers
statue
on
the
square
on Chuong
Duong
dock
Saigon
river
Justice
Palace
at Cong
Lyofavenue
in
1973
The
Caribou
restaurant
A GI strolled the Tu-Do
street
in 1971
The
in front
Continental
of the House
Palace
ofinRepresentatives
1970
Palace in 1972
on Tu-Do
street in 1969
The House of Representatives Palace
& Caravell Hotel

View on Tu-Do street
to Notre-Dame Church

View from Tax shopping
Center on Nguyen Hue ave.
to Bach-Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall View from
Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1968-1969
View from Eden
Shopping Center on
Nguyen Hue ave.
to Tax shopping center
Saigon City Hall in 1966
& Bach Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall in 1969

Market
during
Car… car… bumper toFlower
bumper
onCity
Nguyen
HueTet
boulevard in 1968-1969
Saigon
Hall

Celebrations 1973 on
View
on
Nguyen
Hue ave. to Saigon City Hall
View from Rex Hotel
Nguyen Hue Boulevard.
to the House of
View from Saigon River toward
View on Nguyen Hue ave. to
Representatives
Eden shopping center & City Hall
& Caravell Hotel
Palace Hotel & City Hall

A GI in the middle of
Japan Scooters in 1969,
On the front of The House
Caravell hotel view on Le Loi boulevard of Representatives Palace

toward Ben Thanh market in 1971

View toward Bach Dang port, from
Eden shopping center to Tax shopping center
on Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1969
Le Loi boulevard view toward
Saigon central market in 1969

View on Le Loi boulevard
toward Ben Thanh market in 1971
The “Flower Power” of the Hippies
was the rage back in the World and
Saigon Capital in early 1969

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of the Front Gate

Ben Thanh Market in 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Scenery in early 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of other Gates

Tet Festival of Ben Thanh
Market Scenes in 1971

Tet Festival 1971
of Ben Thanh Market

LCU & PBR Going Up to Patrol on The Saigon River in 1969
Patrol Craft-Fast (PCF) boats Going Up
To Patrol on The Saigon River in 1970

Map of Hoang Sa Navy Battle 1974

South Vietnam Navy on Bach Dang Dock of Saigon River in 1966

South Vietnam Navy Headquarter

The Public Dock on Bach Dang Port
of Saigon River in 1969

Tran Hung Dao Statue, a Hero of the Bach Dang Battle.
This
Statue
is onDao
the Dock
of on
the Bach
Saigon
Port,Port
View
to Tran
Hung
Statue
Dang
Majestic
Hotel
View
from
Saigon
River
in
1970
TheSaigon
Night
Shift
Palace
at &
Bach
Coya
Dang
Tailor
port
in
of
1966
Saigon
river
in 1970
at the
Foot
of
Hai
Ba
Trung
Boulevard
in
1969
of Saigon River in 1969

Bach Dang Port of Saigon River in 1972

Le van Duyet Temple Gate
Lang Ong Temple in Tet Festival 1971
in 1971

Vinh Nghiem Pagoda at
Cong-Ly ave. in 1972

AThich
Mosque
Temple
in 1972
Quang Duc
- The sacred
fire,
Tower of Xa Loi Pagoda
A Sacrifice for Religious Freedom, 1963Vinh Nghiem Tower
Xa Loi Tower
in 1973
in 1972
Van Hanh University
underVietnam
constructions
National Museum in 1972

Tan Dinh Church in 1970
Tan Dinh Church in 1970

Father Tam Church
Father Tam Church
At Cholon in 1970
Cholon in 1970
Notre Dame Church inAt
1972

Notre Dame Church on the President J. F. Kennedy
Square in early 1960

Father
Father Tam
Tam Church
ChurchAt
At Cholon
Cholon in
in 1971
1971
Huyen Si Church in 1971
Notre Dame on the Hoa-Binh Square while the raining season in 1973

Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970
Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970

The Embassy of the United States
in early 1960
in early 1970

More than 50,000 of young G.I. were killed in the Vietnam War

3rd Field Hosp Saigon 1965

The Thunder
Tiger
Vietnam
era Caribou
Recon Team Extracted By H-34 Helicopter

To
Serve
& Lady
Die
for
South
Vietnam
Army
Victory
GateCountry,
19-6-1972
A Vietnamese
The
Air
Thunder
Force
Tiger
A-1H
dropping
The Young Gentlemen
&
ofFather
Saigon
Capital Before 1975
Vietnam-era
Phantom
II's
Honor
andan
Liability
itswith
Liaisons
ordinance
Service
on
enemy
target
cammo
paintCommandos
in formation

'Teaching & Administrative Staff
of Gia-Long High School in 1961

Class 1968-1969

Gia-Long HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class 1958-1959

1970

We are the Young Lady Vietnamese
A Circle of Marie Curie Student HS. Before 1975

Petrus Ky High School in 1965

1972-1973

Petrus Ky HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class of 1955

1972-1973

1972-1973

Snack Shop 1972-1973

CVA’s Teachers 1952

CVA’s Teachers 1960

CVA’s Students Graduated
1972
withClass
Parents
1960
Class 1960

Classe 1966-1967

High School Graduation

Vietnamese Rock & Roll
Movement in the 1960's

The Apple Three Band-1970

The Blue Stars Band-1970

The Crazy Dogs Band-1971

Thanh Nga Renovated Actress, 1969

Some Famous Singers
Of Saigon Capital

Before 1975

Kim Loan Singer

People of Saigon Capital before 1975

Kim Cuong Actress, 1969

Khanh
Ly
Singer
and
Khanh
Thanh
Ly Singer,
Lan
Singer
1962
Trinh Con Son Musician, 1969

Street Vendors - Small Businesses of Saigon Capital before 1975

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1960

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1970

Tho Horse Race Course in early 1970
Highway 4, Cho Lon 1960Phu
- 1970

10cent issued 1966

$1.00 issued
before 1975

$500.00 issued 1972
$100.00 issued before 1955

$1.00 issued 1955

$500.00 issued before1975
$100.00 issued 1966
$1.00 issued 1956
$500.00 issued 1970

$1.00 issued 1964
$500.00 issued 1966
$100.00 issued 1966

$100.00 issued 1966
1970
The South Vietnam’s National Bank

$20.00 issued before 1975

$2.00 issued 1955

$10.00 issued 1962

South Vietnam’s Money
$200.00
issued
before
$50.00
issued
19691975
$5.00 issued before
The South
1975Vietnam’s
National Bank

$1000.00 issued 1972

$200.00
$50.00
issued
issued
before
19721975

$50.00
issued
19561975
issued
before
$5.00 $1000.00
issued 1955

$50.00 issued 1966

$10.00 issued before
1955

To Refuse The VC. Regime 30-04-1975

The Fall of Saigon Capital 30-April-1975

The Victims of
Vietnam War…

The Hero Commited
Suicide 30-04-1975

Anh Hùng Tử – Khí Hùng Bất Tử

The Victims of
Sentenced the Coronel Ho Ngoc Can The R.E. Prisoners
The Pirate after war…InViet-Cong
after war
the Memory of the Fallen Heroes
More than 2 millions Vietnamese of both side were killed in Vietnam War and more than
½ millions boat peoples, walking peoples died on the way to escape out their motherland,
1975-1995…

The Boat People after war

Last C-141 to evacuate refugees from Saigon,
April 28, 1975

To Honorably Die For Fatherland

In the Memory of Vietnamese Died
Who Searching for the Freedom

The Loving Memory Of Duy Tan Street

(To Be Continued)

Saigon after Vietnam War 1975-2005


Slide 19

Saigon in Vietnam War 1954-1975

Doc-Lap Palace

National Library

Notre Dame Church

Ben Thanh
Market

Saigon-Capital
of South Vietnam ……
Never Forget Saigon!
The Heart of Vietnamese’s Fatherland!

Hung Vuong Temple
“Trung Nu Vuong”
Vietnam’s The Heroic Queens

Click to Next

Saigon Cholon
Click to Next

Click to Next

Saigon To
Phu-Nhuan

Saigon To
Khanh Hoi

Central of
Saigon Capital

Click to Next

1954-1975

1901-1963
Doc-Lap, Palace of South Vietnam
President in 1954

Mr. Ngo Dinh Diem
TheMr.
firstNgo
democratically
elected
Dinh Diem
President
of the
Republic
was First
President
of South Vietnam 1955-1963
of South Vietnam

The second democratically Presidents
of the Republic of South Vietnam
1963-1975

Doc-Lap , New Palace for South Vietnam Presidents (1963-1966)

Mr. Nguyen Van Thieu

Mr.
Vu van Mau

Mr.
Tran van Huong

Mr.
Phan huy Quat

Mr.
Duong van Minh

Mr.
Nguyen Khanh

Mr.
Tran thien Khiem

Mr.
Nguyen Ba Can

Mr.
Nguyen cao Ky

Phu Cuong
Bien Hoa
Binh Duong Province

Xuan Loc
Bien Hoa Province

The Battle reached Saigon in 1968…

Long Khanh Province

Gia Dinh

Saigon

Gia Dinh Province

Provinces/Cities of Battles before the North
Vietnamese reached Saigon in 1968

Phuoc Tuy Province
Long An Province
Click to Next

Rescue mom…

The North Vietnamese invasion destroyed the city infrastructure,
environment, and killed millions of the people.
Furthermore, the war wasted 80% of the national budget and
destroyed a generation of teenagers drafted into the military.

… and Tears for Saigon Capital in 21 years of
The War that invaded from the North Vietnam’s Communist

He’s inside
Battle-Field…
Where
are War
our
parents…!?
Vietnam
1954-1975
We are in
Please, Save his Life…!?
Hell of
Yes, We try…
Vietnam
Mau-Than Tet Festival 1968,
Tears for my Husband
War!
The North Vietnamese reached and attempted to invade Saigon.

Mom,
Where
where
is myare
Dad…!?
We…!?
Please, Save my kid Life !
Where
Heaven
is my Husband…!?
or Hell
! Motherland
Tears for
myin
Lover
Tears
for my

Mothers of Fallen - Tears for our
Sons of Both Side…
Viet Cong Prisoners & Bodies 1968

View
Another
on
Bird
Saigon
Bird
Eye
View
Suburbs
View
of
of
from
Saigon
Capital
the
air
Capital
plane
in1972
1972
inin
1972
1972
Doc-Lap
Palace
Another
Bird
Bird
EyeEye
Eye
View
View
onSaigon
Saigon
on
Saigon
River
River
in
in
1972
Notre
Dame
Church

National Library
Ben Thanh
Market

Cholon District

Saigon Central Market
VNTT Bank
National Bank

Majestic Hotel

View looking down to Chuong Duong dock,
and Ham Nghi, Nguyen Hue, Tu Do streets

That is part of somewhere to the
east of Saigon Capital down there in 1968-1969

Looking down to Saigon Capital in 1972

Welcome To Sunny Saigon City.
The Capital of South Vietnam in War 1954-1975

on Tu-Do
the Notre-Dame
Church in 1972
TheView
GI strolled
thestreet
Tu-Doto
street
in 1972

View from View
Tu-Dofrom
street
Le-Loi
to Continental
ave. to
Palace
the House of Representatives Palace
View on Tu-Do street
to Bach-Dang port

The House of Representatives Palace in 1972
The House of Representatives Palace
in 1970

View on Tu-Do street to the Notre-Dame Church in 1958

Tu-Do street in 1962
TheMr.
House
of Senator
Mickey
worked Palace
for
The South
Vietnam
Soldiers
statue
on
the
square
on Chuong
Duong
dock
Saigon
river
Justice
Palace
at Cong
Lyofavenue
in
1973
The
Caribou
restaurant
A GI strolled the Tu-Do
street
in 1971
The
in front
Continental
of the House
Palace
ofinRepresentatives
1970
Palace in 1972
on Tu-Do
street in 1969
The House of Representatives Palace
& Caravell Hotel

View on Tu-Do street
to Notre-Dame Church

View from Tax shopping
Center on Nguyen Hue ave.
to Bach-Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall View from
Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1968-1969
View from Eden
Shopping Center on
Nguyen Hue ave.
to Tax shopping center
Saigon City Hall in 1966
& Bach Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall in 1969

Market
during
Car… car… bumper toFlower
bumper
onCity
Nguyen
HueTet
boulevard in 1968-1969
Saigon
Hall

Celebrations 1973 on
View
on
Nguyen
Hue ave. to Saigon City Hall
View from Rex Hotel
Nguyen Hue Boulevard.
to the House of
View from Saigon River toward
View on Nguyen Hue ave. to
Representatives
Eden shopping center & City Hall
& Caravell Hotel
Palace Hotel & City Hall

A GI in the middle of
Japan Scooters in 1969,
On the front of The House
Caravell hotel view on Le Loi boulevard of Representatives Palace

toward Ben Thanh market in 1971

View toward Bach Dang port, from
Eden shopping center to Tax shopping center
on Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1969
Le Loi boulevard view toward
Saigon central market in 1969

View on Le Loi boulevard
toward Ben Thanh market in 1971
The “Flower Power” of the Hippies
was the rage back in the World and
Saigon Capital in early 1969

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of the Front Gate

Ben Thanh Market in 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Scenery in early 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of other Gates

Tet Festival of Ben Thanh
Market Scenes in 1971

Tet Festival 1971
of Ben Thanh Market

LCU & PBR Going Up to Patrol on The Saigon River in 1969
Patrol Craft-Fast (PCF) boats Going Up
To Patrol on The Saigon River in 1970

Map of Hoang Sa Navy Battle 1974

South Vietnam Navy on Bach Dang Dock of Saigon River in 1966

South Vietnam Navy Headquarter

The Public Dock on Bach Dang Port
of Saigon River in 1969

Tran Hung Dao Statue, a Hero of the Bach Dang Battle.
This
Statue
is onDao
the Dock
of on
the Bach
Saigon
Port,Port
View
to Tran
Hung
Statue
Dang
Majestic
Hotel
View
from
Saigon
River
in
1970
TheSaigon
Night
Shift
Palace
at &
Bach
Coya
Dang
Tailor
port
in
of
1966
Saigon
river
in 1970
at the
Foot
of
Hai
Ba
Trung
Boulevard
in
1969
of Saigon River in 1969

Bach Dang Port of Saigon River in 1972

Le van Duyet Temple Gate
Lang Ong Temple in Tet Festival 1971
in 1971

Vinh Nghiem Pagoda at
Cong-Ly ave. in 1972

AThich
Mosque
Temple
in 1972
Quang Duc
- The sacred
fire,
Tower of Xa Loi Pagoda
A Sacrifice for Religious Freedom, 1963Vinh Nghiem Tower
Xa Loi Tower
in 1973
in 1972
Van Hanh University
underVietnam
constructions
National Museum in 1972

Tan Dinh Church in 1970
Tan Dinh Church in 1970

Father Tam Church
Father Tam Church
At Cholon in 1970
Cholon in 1970
Notre Dame Church inAt
1972

Notre Dame Church on the President J. F. Kennedy
Square in early 1960

Father
Father Tam
Tam Church
ChurchAt
At Cholon
Cholon in
in 1971
1971
Huyen Si Church in 1971
Notre Dame on the Hoa-Binh Square while the raining season in 1973

Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970
Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970

The Embassy of the United States
in early 1960
in early 1970

More than 50,000 of young G.I. were killed in the Vietnam War

3rd Field Hosp Saigon 1965

The Thunder
Tiger
Vietnam
era Caribou
Recon Team Extracted By H-34 Helicopter

To
Serve
& Lady
Die
for
South
Vietnam
Army
Victory
GateCountry,
19-6-1972
A Vietnamese
The
Air
Thunder
Force
Tiger
A-1H
dropping
The Young Gentlemen
&
ofFather
Saigon
Capital Before 1975
Vietnam-era
Phantom
II's
Honor
andan
Liability
itswith
Liaisons
ordinance
Service
on
enemy
target
cammo
paintCommandos
in formation

'Teaching & Administrative Staff
of Gia-Long High School in 1961

Class 1968-1969

Gia-Long HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class 1958-1959

1970

We are the Young Lady Vietnamese
A Circle of Marie Curie Student HS. Before 1975

Petrus Ky High School in 1965

1972-1973

Petrus Ky HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class of 1955

1972-1973

1972-1973

Snack Shop 1972-1973

CVA’s Teachers 1952

CVA’s Teachers 1960

CVA’s Students Graduated
1972
withClass
Parents
1960
Class 1960

Classe 1966-1967

High School Graduation

Vietnamese Rock & Roll
Movement in the 1960's

The Apple Three Band-1970

The Blue Stars Band-1970

The Crazy Dogs Band-1971

Thanh Nga Renovated Actress, 1969

Some Famous Singers
Of Saigon Capital

Before 1975

Kim Loan Singer

People of Saigon Capital before 1975

Kim Cuong Actress, 1969

Khanh
Ly
Singer
and
Khanh
Thanh
Ly Singer,
Lan
Singer
1962
Trinh Con Son Musician, 1969

Street Vendors - Small Businesses of Saigon Capital before 1975

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1960

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1970

Tho Horse Race Course in early 1970
Highway 4, Cho Lon 1960Phu
- 1970

10cent issued 1966

$1.00 issued
before 1975

$500.00 issued 1972
$100.00 issued before 1955

$1.00 issued 1955

$500.00 issued before1975
$100.00 issued 1966
$1.00 issued 1956
$500.00 issued 1970

$1.00 issued 1964
$500.00 issued 1966
$100.00 issued 1966

$100.00 issued 1966
1970
The South Vietnam’s National Bank

$20.00 issued before 1975

$2.00 issued 1955

$10.00 issued 1962

South Vietnam’s Money
$200.00
issued
before
$50.00
issued
19691975
$5.00 issued before
The South
1975Vietnam’s
National Bank

$1000.00 issued 1972

$200.00
$50.00
issued
issued
before
19721975

$50.00
issued
19561975
issued
before
$5.00 $1000.00
issued 1955

$50.00 issued 1966

$10.00 issued before
1955

To Refuse The VC. Regime 30-04-1975

The Fall of Saigon Capital 30-April-1975

The Victims of
Vietnam War…

The Hero Commited
Suicide 30-04-1975

Anh Hùng Tử – Khí Hùng Bất Tử

The Victims of
Sentenced the Coronel Ho Ngoc Can The R.E. Prisoners
The Pirate after war…InViet-Cong
after war
the Memory of the Fallen Heroes
More than 2 millions Vietnamese of both side were killed in Vietnam War and more than
½ millions boat peoples, walking peoples died on the way to escape out their motherland,
1975-1995…

The Boat People after war

Last C-141 to evacuate refugees from Saigon,
April 28, 1975

To Honorably Die For Fatherland

In the Memory of Vietnamese Died
Who Searching for the Freedom

The Loving Memory Of Duy Tan Street

(To Be Continued)

Saigon after Vietnam War 1975-2005


Slide 20

Saigon in Vietnam War 1954-1975

Doc-Lap Palace

National Library

Notre Dame Church

Ben Thanh
Market

Saigon-Capital
of South Vietnam ……
Never Forget Saigon!
The Heart of Vietnamese’s Fatherland!

Hung Vuong Temple
“Trung Nu Vuong”
Vietnam’s The Heroic Queens

Click to Next

Saigon Cholon
Click to Next

Click to Next

Saigon To
Phu-Nhuan

Saigon To
Khanh Hoi

Central of
Saigon Capital

Click to Next

1954-1975

1901-1963
Doc-Lap, Palace of South Vietnam
President in 1954

Mr. Ngo Dinh Diem
TheMr.
firstNgo
democratically
elected
Dinh Diem
President
of the
Republic
was First
President
of South Vietnam 1955-1963
of South Vietnam

The second democratically Presidents
of the Republic of South Vietnam
1963-1975

Doc-Lap , New Palace for South Vietnam Presidents (1963-1966)

Mr. Nguyen Van Thieu

Mr.
Vu van Mau

Mr.
Tran van Huong

Mr.
Phan huy Quat

Mr.
Duong van Minh

Mr.
Nguyen Khanh

Mr.
Tran thien Khiem

Mr.
Nguyen Ba Can

Mr.
Nguyen cao Ky

Phu Cuong
Bien Hoa
Binh Duong Province

Xuan Loc
Bien Hoa Province

The Battle reached Saigon in 1968…

Long Khanh Province

Gia Dinh

Saigon

Gia Dinh Province

Provinces/Cities of Battles before the North
Vietnamese reached Saigon in 1968

Phuoc Tuy Province
Long An Province
Click to Next

Rescue mom…

The North Vietnamese invasion destroyed the city infrastructure,
environment, and killed millions of the people.
Furthermore, the war wasted 80% of the national budget and
destroyed a generation of teenagers drafted into the military.

… and Tears for Saigon Capital in 21 years of
The War that invaded from the North Vietnam’s Communist

He’s inside
Battle-Field…
Where
are War
our
parents…!?
Vietnam
1954-1975
We are in
Please, Save his Life…!?
Hell of
Yes, We try…
Vietnam
Mau-Than Tet Festival 1968,
Tears for my Husband
War!
The North Vietnamese reached and attempted to invade Saigon.

Mom,
Where
where
is myare
Dad…!?
We…!?
Please, Save my kid Life !
Where
Heaven
is my Husband…!?
or Hell
! Motherland
Tears for
myin
Lover
Tears
for my

Mothers of Fallen - Tears for our
Sons of Both Side…
Viet Cong Prisoners & Bodies 1968

View
Another
on
Bird
Saigon
Bird
Eye
View
Suburbs
View
of
of
from
Saigon
Capital
the
air
Capital
plane
in1972
1972
inin
1972
1972
Doc-Lap
Palace
Another
Bird
Bird
EyeEye
Eye
View
View
onSaigon
Saigon
on
Saigon
River
River
in
in
1972
Notre
Dame
Church

National Library
Ben Thanh
Market

Cholon District

Saigon Central Market
VNTT Bank
National Bank

Majestic Hotel

View looking down to Chuong Duong dock,
and Ham Nghi, Nguyen Hue, Tu Do streets

That is part of somewhere to the
east of Saigon Capital down there in 1968-1969

Looking down to Saigon Capital in 1972

Welcome To Sunny Saigon City.
The Capital of South Vietnam in War 1954-1975

on Tu-Do
the Notre-Dame
Church in 1972
TheView
GI strolled
thestreet
Tu-Doto
street
in 1972

View from View
Tu-Dofrom
street
Le-Loi
to Continental
ave. to
Palace
the House of Representatives Palace
View on Tu-Do street
to Bach-Dang port

The House of Representatives Palace in 1972
The House of Representatives Palace
in 1970

View on Tu-Do street to the Notre-Dame Church in 1958

Tu-Do street in 1962
TheMr.
House
of Senator
Mickey
worked Palace
for
The South
Vietnam
Soldiers
statue
on
the
square
on Chuong
Duong
dock
Saigon
river
Justice
Palace
at Cong
Lyofavenue
in
1973
The
Caribou
restaurant
A GI strolled the Tu-Do
street
in 1971
The
in front
Continental
of the House
Palace
ofinRepresentatives
1970
Palace in 1972
on Tu-Do
street in 1969
The House of Representatives Palace
& Caravell Hotel

View on Tu-Do street
to Notre-Dame Church

View from Tax shopping
Center on Nguyen Hue ave.
to Bach-Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall View from
Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1968-1969
View from Eden
Shopping Center on
Nguyen Hue ave.
to Tax shopping center
Saigon City Hall in 1966
& Bach Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall in 1969

Market
during
Car… car… bumper toFlower
bumper
onCity
Nguyen
HueTet
boulevard in 1968-1969
Saigon
Hall

Celebrations 1973 on
View
on
Nguyen
Hue ave. to Saigon City Hall
View from Rex Hotel
Nguyen Hue Boulevard.
to the House of
View from Saigon River toward
View on Nguyen Hue ave. to
Representatives
Eden shopping center & City Hall
& Caravell Hotel
Palace Hotel & City Hall

A GI in the middle of
Japan Scooters in 1969,
On the front of The House
Caravell hotel view on Le Loi boulevard of Representatives Palace

toward Ben Thanh market in 1971

View toward Bach Dang port, from
Eden shopping center to Tax shopping center
on Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1969
Le Loi boulevard view toward
Saigon central market in 1969

View on Le Loi boulevard
toward Ben Thanh market in 1971
The “Flower Power” of the Hippies
was the rage back in the World and
Saigon Capital in early 1969

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of the Front Gate

Ben Thanh Market in 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Scenery in early 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of other Gates

Tet Festival of Ben Thanh
Market Scenes in 1971

Tet Festival 1971
of Ben Thanh Market

LCU & PBR Going Up to Patrol on The Saigon River in 1969
Patrol Craft-Fast (PCF) boats Going Up
To Patrol on The Saigon River in 1970

Map of Hoang Sa Navy Battle 1974

South Vietnam Navy on Bach Dang Dock of Saigon River in 1966

South Vietnam Navy Headquarter

The Public Dock on Bach Dang Port
of Saigon River in 1969

Tran Hung Dao Statue, a Hero of the Bach Dang Battle.
This
Statue
is onDao
the Dock
of on
the Bach
Saigon
Port,Port
View
to Tran
Hung
Statue
Dang
Majestic
Hotel
View
from
Saigon
River
in
1970
TheSaigon
Night
Shift
Palace
at &
Bach
Coya
Dang
Tailor
port
in
of
1966
Saigon
river
in 1970
at the
Foot
of
Hai
Ba
Trung
Boulevard
in
1969
of Saigon River in 1969

Bach Dang Port of Saigon River in 1972

Le van Duyet Temple Gate
Lang Ong Temple in Tet Festival 1971
in 1971

Vinh Nghiem Pagoda at
Cong-Ly ave. in 1972

AThich
Mosque
Temple
in 1972
Quang Duc
- The sacred
fire,
Tower of Xa Loi Pagoda
A Sacrifice for Religious Freedom, 1963Vinh Nghiem Tower
Xa Loi Tower
in 1973
in 1972
Van Hanh University
underVietnam
constructions
National Museum in 1972

Tan Dinh Church in 1970
Tan Dinh Church in 1970

Father Tam Church
Father Tam Church
At Cholon in 1970
Cholon in 1970
Notre Dame Church inAt
1972

Notre Dame Church on the President J. F. Kennedy
Square in early 1960

Father
Father Tam
Tam Church
ChurchAt
At Cholon
Cholon in
in 1971
1971
Huyen Si Church in 1971
Notre Dame on the Hoa-Binh Square while the raining season in 1973

Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970
Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970

The Embassy of the United States
in early 1960
in early 1970

More than 50,000 of young G.I. were killed in the Vietnam War

3rd Field Hosp Saigon 1965

The Thunder
Tiger
Vietnam
era Caribou
Recon Team Extracted By H-34 Helicopter

To
Serve
& Lady
Die
for
South
Vietnam
Army
Victory
GateCountry,
19-6-1972
A Vietnamese
The
Air
Thunder
Force
Tiger
A-1H
dropping
The Young Gentlemen
&
ofFather
Saigon
Capital Before 1975
Vietnam-era
Phantom
II's
Honor
andan
Liability
itswith
Liaisons
ordinance
Service
on
enemy
target
cammo
paintCommandos
in formation

'Teaching & Administrative Staff
of Gia-Long High School in 1961

Class 1968-1969

Gia-Long HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class 1958-1959

1970

We are the Young Lady Vietnamese
A Circle of Marie Curie Student HS. Before 1975

Petrus Ky High School in 1965

1972-1973

Petrus Ky HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class of 1955

1972-1973

1972-1973

Snack Shop 1972-1973

CVA’s Teachers 1952

CVA’s Teachers 1960

CVA’s Students Graduated
1972
withClass
Parents
1960
Class 1960

Classe 1966-1967

High School Graduation

Vietnamese Rock & Roll
Movement in the 1960's

The Apple Three Band-1970

The Blue Stars Band-1970

The Crazy Dogs Band-1971

Thanh Nga Renovated Actress, 1969

Some Famous Singers
Of Saigon Capital

Before 1975

Kim Loan Singer

People of Saigon Capital before 1975

Kim Cuong Actress, 1969

Khanh
Ly
Singer
and
Khanh
Thanh
Ly Singer,
Lan
Singer
1962
Trinh Con Son Musician, 1969

Street Vendors - Small Businesses of Saigon Capital before 1975

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1960

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1970

Tho Horse Race Course in early 1970
Highway 4, Cho Lon 1960Phu
- 1970

10cent issued 1966

$1.00 issued
before 1975

$500.00 issued 1972
$100.00 issued before 1955

$1.00 issued 1955

$500.00 issued before1975
$100.00 issued 1966
$1.00 issued 1956
$500.00 issued 1970

$1.00 issued 1964
$500.00 issued 1966
$100.00 issued 1966

$100.00 issued 1966
1970
The South Vietnam’s National Bank

$20.00 issued before 1975

$2.00 issued 1955

$10.00 issued 1962

South Vietnam’s Money
$200.00
issued
before
$50.00
issued
19691975
$5.00 issued before
The South
1975Vietnam’s
National Bank

$1000.00 issued 1972

$200.00
$50.00
issued
issued
before
19721975

$50.00
issued
19561975
issued
before
$5.00 $1000.00
issued 1955

$50.00 issued 1966

$10.00 issued before
1955

To Refuse The VC. Regime 30-04-1975

The Fall of Saigon Capital 30-April-1975

The Victims of
Vietnam War…

The Hero Commited
Suicide 30-04-1975

Anh Hùng Tử – Khí Hùng Bất Tử

The Victims of
Sentenced the Coronel Ho Ngoc Can The R.E. Prisoners
The Pirate after war…InViet-Cong
after war
the Memory of the Fallen Heroes
More than 2 millions Vietnamese of both side were killed in Vietnam War and more than
½ millions boat peoples, walking peoples died on the way to escape out their motherland,
1975-1995…

The Boat People after war

Last C-141 to evacuate refugees from Saigon,
April 28, 1975

To Honorably Die For Fatherland

In the Memory of Vietnamese Died
Who Searching for the Freedom

The Loving Memory Of Duy Tan Street

(To Be Continued)

Saigon after Vietnam War 1975-2005


Slide 21

Saigon in Vietnam War 1954-1975

Doc-Lap Palace

National Library

Notre Dame Church

Ben Thanh
Market

Saigon-Capital
of South Vietnam ……
Never Forget Saigon!
The Heart of Vietnamese’s Fatherland!

Hung Vuong Temple
“Trung Nu Vuong”
Vietnam’s The Heroic Queens

Click to Next

Saigon Cholon
Click to Next

Click to Next

Saigon To
Phu-Nhuan

Saigon To
Khanh Hoi

Central of
Saigon Capital

Click to Next

1954-1975

1901-1963
Doc-Lap, Palace of South Vietnam
President in 1954

Mr. Ngo Dinh Diem
TheMr.
firstNgo
democratically
elected
Dinh Diem
President
of the
Republic
was First
President
of South Vietnam 1955-1963
of South Vietnam

The second democratically Presidents
of the Republic of South Vietnam
1963-1975

Doc-Lap , New Palace for South Vietnam Presidents (1963-1966)

Mr. Nguyen Van Thieu

Mr.
Vu van Mau

Mr.
Tran van Huong

Mr.
Phan huy Quat

Mr.
Duong van Minh

Mr.
Nguyen Khanh

Mr.
Tran thien Khiem

Mr.
Nguyen Ba Can

Mr.
Nguyen cao Ky

Phu Cuong
Bien Hoa
Binh Duong Province

Xuan Loc
Bien Hoa Province

The Battle reached Saigon in 1968…

Long Khanh Province

Gia Dinh

Saigon

Gia Dinh Province

Provinces/Cities of Battles before the North
Vietnamese reached Saigon in 1968

Phuoc Tuy Province
Long An Province
Click to Next

Rescue mom…

The North Vietnamese invasion destroyed the city infrastructure,
environment, and killed millions of the people.
Furthermore, the war wasted 80% of the national budget and
destroyed a generation of teenagers drafted into the military.

… and Tears for Saigon Capital in 21 years of
The War that invaded from the North Vietnam’s Communist

He’s inside
Battle-Field…
Where
are War
our
parents…!?
Vietnam
1954-1975
We are in
Please, Save his Life…!?
Hell of
Yes, We try…
Vietnam
Mau-Than Tet Festival 1968,
Tears for my Husband
War!
The North Vietnamese reached and attempted to invade Saigon.

Mom,
Where
where
is myare
Dad…!?
We…!?
Please, Save my kid Life !
Where
Heaven
is my Husband…!?
or Hell
! Motherland
Tears for
myin
Lover
Tears
for my

Mothers of Fallen - Tears for our
Sons of Both Side…
Viet Cong Prisoners & Bodies 1968

View
Another
on
Bird
Saigon
Bird
Eye
View
Suburbs
View
of
of
from
Saigon
Capital
the
air
Capital
plane
in1972
1972
inin
1972
1972
Doc-Lap
Palace
Another
Bird
Bird
EyeEye
Eye
View
View
onSaigon
Saigon
on
Saigon
River
River
in
in
1972
Notre
Dame
Church

National Library
Ben Thanh
Market

Cholon District

Saigon Central Market
VNTT Bank
National Bank

Majestic Hotel

View looking down to Chuong Duong dock,
and Ham Nghi, Nguyen Hue, Tu Do streets

That is part of somewhere to the
east of Saigon Capital down there in 1968-1969

Looking down to Saigon Capital in 1972

Welcome To Sunny Saigon City.
The Capital of South Vietnam in War 1954-1975

on Tu-Do
the Notre-Dame
Church in 1972
TheView
GI strolled
thestreet
Tu-Doto
street
in 1972

View from View
Tu-Dofrom
street
Le-Loi
to Continental
ave. to
Palace
the House of Representatives Palace
View on Tu-Do street
to Bach-Dang port

The House of Representatives Palace in 1972
The House of Representatives Palace
in 1970

View on Tu-Do street to the Notre-Dame Church in 1958

Tu-Do street in 1962
TheMr.
House
of Senator
Mickey
worked Palace
for
The South
Vietnam
Soldiers
statue
on
the
square
on Chuong
Duong
dock
Saigon
river
Justice
Palace
at Cong
Lyofavenue
in
1973
The
Caribou
restaurant
A GI strolled the Tu-Do
street
in 1971
The
in front
Continental
of the House
Palace
ofinRepresentatives
1970
Palace in 1972
on Tu-Do
street in 1969
The House of Representatives Palace
& Caravell Hotel

View on Tu-Do street
to Notre-Dame Church

View from Tax shopping
Center on Nguyen Hue ave.
to Bach-Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall View from
Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1968-1969
View from Eden
Shopping Center on
Nguyen Hue ave.
to Tax shopping center
Saigon City Hall in 1966
& Bach Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall in 1969

Market
during
Car… car… bumper toFlower
bumper
onCity
Nguyen
HueTet
boulevard in 1968-1969
Saigon
Hall

Celebrations 1973 on
View
on
Nguyen
Hue ave. to Saigon City Hall
View from Rex Hotel
Nguyen Hue Boulevard.
to the House of
View from Saigon River toward
View on Nguyen Hue ave. to
Representatives
Eden shopping center & City Hall
& Caravell Hotel
Palace Hotel & City Hall

A GI in the middle of
Japan Scooters in 1969,
On the front of The House
Caravell hotel view on Le Loi boulevard of Representatives Palace

toward Ben Thanh market in 1971

View toward Bach Dang port, from
Eden shopping center to Tax shopping center
on Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1969
Le Loi boulevard view toward
Saigon central market in 1969

View on Le Loi boulevard
toward Ben Thanh market in 1971
The “Flower Power” of the Hippies
was the rage back in the World and
Saigon Capital in early 1969

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of the Front Gate

Ben Thanh Market in 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Scenery in early 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of other Gates

Tet Festival of Ben Thanh
Market Scenes in 1971

Tet Festival 1971
of Ben Thanh Market

LCU & PBR Going Up to Patrol on The Saigon River in 1969
Patrol Craft-Fast (PCF) boats Going Up
To Patrol on The Saigon River in 1970

Map of Hoang Sa Navy Battle 1974

South Vietnam Navy on Bach Dang Dock of Saigon River in 1966

South Vietnam Navy Headquarter

The Public Dock on Bach Dang Port
of Saigon River in 1969

Tran Hung Dao Statue, a Hero of the Bach Dang Battle.
This
Statue
is onDao
the Dock
of on
the Bach
Saigon
Port,Port
View
to Tran
Hung
Statue
Dang
Majestic
Hotel
View
from
Saigon
River
in
1970
TheSaigon
Night
Shift
Palace
at &
Bach
Coya
Dang
Tailor
port
in
of
1966
Saigon
river
in 1970
at the
Foot
of
Hai
Ba
Trung
Boulevard
in
1969
of Saigon River in 1969

Bach Dang Port of Saigon River in 1972

Le van Duyet Temple Gate
Lang Ong Temple in Tet Festival 1971
in 1971

Vinh Nghiem Pagoda at
Cong-Ly ave. in 1972

AThich
Mosque
Temple
in 1972
Quang Duc
- The sacred
fire,
Tower of Xa Loi Pagoda
A Sacrifice for Religious Freedom, 1963Vinh Nghiem Tower
Xa Loi Tower
in 1973
in 1972
Van Hanh University
underVietnam
constructions
National Museum in 1972

Tan Dinh Church in 1970
Tan Dinh Church in 1970

Father Tam Church
Father Tam Church
At Cholon in 1970
Cholon in 1970
Notre Dame Church inAt
1972

Notre Dame Church on the President J. F. Kennedy
Square in early 1960

Father
Father Tam
Tam Church
ChurchAt
At Cholon
Cholon in
in 1971
1971
Huyen Si Church in 1971
Notre Dame on the Hoa-Binh Square while the raining season in 1973

Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970
Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970

The Embassy of the United States
in early 1960
in early 1970

More than 50,000 of young G.I. were killed in the Vietnam War

3rd Field Hosp Saigon 1965

The Thunder
Tiger
Vietnam
era Caribou
Recon Team Extracted By H-34 Helicopter

To
Serve
& Lady
Die
for
South
Vietnam
Army
Victory
GateCountry,
19-6-1972
A Vietnamese
The
Air
Thunder
Force
Tiger
A-1H
dropping
The Young Gentlemen
&
ofFather
Saigon
Capital Before 1975
Vietnam-era
Phantom
II's
Honor
andan
Liability
itswith
Liaisons
ordinance
Service
on
enemy
target
cammo
paintCommandos
in formation

'Teaching & Administrative Staff
of Gia-Long High School in 1961

Class 1968-1969

Gia-Long HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class 1958-1959

1970

We are the Young Lady Vietnamese
A Circle of Marie Curie Student HS. Before 1975

Petrus Ky High School in 1965

1972-1973

Petrus Ky HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class of 1955

1972-1973

1972-1973

Snack Shop 1972-1973

CVA’s Teachers 1952

CVA’s Teachers 1960

CVA’s Students Graduated
1972
withClass
Parents
1960
Class 1960

Classe 1966-1967

High School Graduation

Vietnamese Rock & Roll
Movement in the 1960's

The Apple Three Band-1970

The Blue Stars Band-1970

The Crazy Dogs Band-1971

Thanh Nga Renovated Actress, 1969

Some Famous Singers
Of Saigon Capital

Before 1975

Kim Loan Singer

People of Saigon Capital before 1975

Kim Cuong Actress, 1969

Khanh
Ly
Singer
and
Khanh
Thanh
Ly Singer,
Lan
Singer
1962
Trinh Con Son Musician, 1969

Street Vendors - Small Businesses of Saigon Capital before 1975

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1960

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1970

Tho Horse Race Course in early 1970
Highway 4, Cho Lon 1960Phu
- 1970

10cent issued 1966

$1.00 issued
before 1975

$500.00 issued 1972
$100.00 issued before 1955

$1.00 issued 1955

$500.00 issued before1975
$100.00 issued 1966
$1.00 issued 1956
$500.00 issued 1970

$1.00 issued 1964
$500.00 issued 1966
$100.00 issued 1966

$100.00 issued 1966
1970
The South Vietnam’s National Bank

$20.00 issued before 1975

$2.00 issued 1955

$10.00 issued 1962

South Vietnam’s Money
$200.00
issued
before
$50.00
issued
19691975
$5.00 issued before
The South
1975Vietnam’s
National Bank

$1000.00 issued 1972

$200.00
$50.00
issued
issued
before
19721975

$50.00
issued
19561975
issued
before
$5.00 $1000.00
issued 1955

$50.00 issued 1966

$10.00 issued before
1955

To Refuse The VC. Regime 30-04-1975

The Fall of Saigon Capital 30-April-1975

The Victims of
Vietnam War…

The Hero Commited
Suicide 30-04-1975

Anh Hùng Tử – Khí Hùng Bất Tử

The Victims of
Sentenced the Coronel Ho Ngoc Can The R.E. Prisoners
The Pirate after war…InViet-Cong
after war
the Memory of the Fallen Heroes
More than 2 millions Vietnamese of both side were killed in Vietnam War and more than
½ millions boat peoples, walking peoples died on the way to escape out their motherland,
1975-1995…

The Boat People after war

Last C-141 to evacuate refugees from Saigon,
April 28, 1975

To Honorably Die For Fatherland

In the Memory of Vietnamese Died
Who Searching for the Freedom

The Loving Memory Of Duy Tan Street

(To Be Continued)

Saigon after Vietnam War 1975-2005


Slide 22

Saigon in Vietnam War 1954-1975

Doc-Lap Palace

National Library

Notre Dame Church

Ben Thanh
Market

Saigon-Capital
of South Vietnam ……
Never Forget Saigon!
The Heart of Vietnamese’s Fatherland!

Hung Vuong Temple
“Trung Nu Vuong”
Vietnam’s The Heroic Queens

Click to Next

Saigon Cholon
Click to Next

Click to Next

Saigon To
Phu-Nhuan

Saigon To
Khanh Hoi

Central of
Saigon Capital

Click to Next

1954-1975

1901-1963
Doc-Lap, Palace of South Vietnam
President in 1954

Mr. Ngo Dinh Diem
TheMr.
firstNgo
democratically
elected
Dinh Diem
President
of the
Republic
was First
President
of South Vietnam 1955-1963
of South Vietnam

The second democratically Presidents
of the Republic of South Vietnam
1963-1975

Doc-Lap , New Palace for South Vietnam Presidents (1963-1966)

Mr. Nguyen Van Thieu

Mr.
Vu van Mau

Mr.
Tran van Huong

Mr.
Phan huy Quat

Mr.
Duong van Minh

Mr.
Nguyen Khanh

Mr.
Tran thien Khiem

Mr.
Nguyen Ba Can

Mr.
Nguyen cao Ky

Phu Cuong
Bien Hoa
Binh Duong Province

Xuan Loc
Bien Hoa Province

The Battle reached Saigon in 1968…

Long Khanh Province

Gia Dinh

Saigon

Gia Dinh Province

Provinces/Cities of Battles before the North
Vietnamese reached Saigon in 1968

Phuoc Tuy Province
Long An Province
Click to Next

Rescue mom…

The North Vietnamese invasion destroyed the city infrastructure,
environment, and killed millions of the people.
Furthermore, the war wasted 80% of the national budget and
destroyed a generation of teenagers drafted into the military.

… and Tears for Saigon Capital in 21 years of
The War that invaded from the North Vietnam’s Communist

He’s inside
Battle-Field…
Where
are War
our
parents…!?
Vietnam
1954-1975
We are in
Please, Save his Life…!?
Hell of
Yes, We try…
Vietnam
Mau-Than Tet Festival 1968,
Tears for my Husband
War!
The North Vietnamese reached and attempted to invade Saigon.

Mom,
Where
where
is myare
Dad…!?
We…!?
Please, Save my kid Life !
Where
Heaven
is my Husband…!?
or Hell
! Motherland
Tears for
myin
Lover
Tears
for my

Mothers of Fallen - Tears for our
Sons of Both Side…
Viet Cong Prisoners & Bodies 1968

View
Another
on
Bird
Saigon
Bird
Eye
View
Suburbs
View
of
of
from
Saigon
Capital
the
air
Capital
plane
in1972
1972
inin
1972
1972
Doc-Lap
Palace
Another
Bird
Bird
EyeEye
Eye
View
View
onSaigon
Saigon
on
Saigon
River
River
in
in
1972
Notre
Dame
Church

National Library
Ben Thanh
Market

Cholon District

Saigon Central Market
VNTT Bank
National Bank

Majestic Hotel

View looking down to Chuong Duong dock,
and Ham Nghi, Nguyen Hue, Tu Do streets

That is part of somewhere to the
east of Saigon Capital down there in 1968-1969

Looking down to Saigon Capital in 1972

Welcome To Sunny Saigon City.
The Capital of South Vietnam in War 1954-1975

on Tu-Do
the Notre-Dame
Church in 1972
TheView
GI strolled
thestreet
Tu-Doto
street
in 1972

View from View
Tu-Dofrom
street
Le-Loi
to Continental
ave. to
Palace
the House of Representatives Palace
View on Tu-Do street
to Bach-Dang port

The House of Representatives Palace in 1972
The House of Representatives Palace
in 1970

View on Tu-Do street to the Notre-Dame Church in 1958

Tu-Do street in 1962
TheMr.
House
of Senator
Mickey
worked Palace
for
The South
Vietnam
Soldiers
statue
on
the
square
on Chuong
Duong
dock
Saigon
river
Justice
Palace
at Cong
Lyofavenue
in
1973
The
Caribou
restaurant
A GI strolled the Tu-Do
street
in 1971
The
in front
Continental
of the House
Palace
ofinRepresentatives
1970
Palace in 1972
on Tu-Do
street in 1969
The House of Representatives Palace
& Caravell Hotel

View on Tu-Do street
to Notre-Dame Church

View from Tax shopping
Center on Nguyen Hue ave.
to Bach-Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall View from
Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1968-1969
View from Eden
Shopping Center on
Nguyen Hue ave.
to Tax shopping center
Saigon City Hall in 1966
& Bach Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall in 1969

Market
during
Car… car… bumper toFlower
bumper
onCity
Nguyen
HueTet
boulevard in 1968-1969
Saigon
Hall

Celebrations 1973 on
View
on
Nguyen
Hue ave. to Saigon City Hall
View from Rex Hotel
Nguyen Hue Boulevard.
to the House of
View from Saigon River toward
View on Nguyen Hue ave. to
Representatives
Eden shopping center & City Hall
& Caravell Hotel
Palace Hotel & City Hall

A GI in the middle of
Japan Scooters in 1969,
On the front of The House
Caravell hotel view on Le Loi boulevard of Representatives Palace

toward Ben Thanh market in 1971

View toward Bach Dang port, from
Eden shopping center to Tax shopping center
on Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1969
Le Loi boulevard view toward
Saigon central market in 1969

View on Le Loi boulevard
toward Ben Thanh market in 1971
The “Flower Power” of the Hippies
was the rage back in the World and
Saigon Capital in early 1969

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of the Front Gate

Ben Thanh Market in 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Scenery in early 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of other Gates

Tet Festival of Ben Thanh
Market Scenes in 1971

Tet Festival 1971
of Ben Thanh Market

LCU & PBR Going Up to Patrol on The Saigon River in 1969
Patrol Craft-Fast (PCF) boats Going Up
To Patrol on The Saigon River in 1970

Map of Hoang Sa Navy Battle 1974

South Vietnam Navy on Bach Dang Dock of Saigon River in 1966

South Vietnam Navy Headquarter

The Public Dock on Bach Dang Port
of Saigon River in 1969

Tran Hung Dao Statue, a Hero of the Bach Dang Battle.
This
Statue
is onDao
the Dock
of on
the Bach
Saigon
Port,Port
View
to Tran
Hung
Statue
Dang
Majestic
Hotel
View
from
Saigon
River
in
1970
TheSaigon
Night
Shift
Palace
at &
Bach
Coya
Dang
Tailor
port
in
of
1966
Saigon
river
in 1970
at the
Foot
of
Hai
Ba
Trung
Boulevard
in
1969
of Saigon River in 1969

Bach Dang Port of Saigon River in 1972

Le van Duyet Temple Gate
Lang Ong Temple in Tet Festival 1971
in 1971

Vinh Nghiem Pagoda at
Cong-Ly ave. in 1972

AThich
Mosque
Temple
in 1972
Quang Duc
- The sacred
fire,
Tower of Xa Loi Pagoda
A Sacrifice for Religious Freedom, 1963Vinh Nghiem Tower
Xa Loi Tower
in 1973
in 1972
Van Hanh University
underVietnam
constructions
National Museum in 1972

Tan Dinh Church in 1970
Tan Dinh Church in 1970

Father Tam Church
Father Tam Church
At Cholon in 1970
Cholon in 1970
Notre Dame Church inAt
1972

Notre Dame Church on the President J. F. Kennedy
Square in early 1960

Father
Father Tam
Tam Church
ChurchAt
At Cholon
Cholon in
in 1971
1971
Huyen Si Church in 1971
Notre Dame on the Hoa-Binh Square while the raining season in 1973

Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970
Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970

The Embassy of the United States
in early 1960
in early 1970

More than 50,000 of young G.I. were killed in the Vietnam War

3rd Field Hosp Saigon 1965

The Thunder
Tiger
Vietnam
era Caribou
Recon Team Extracted By H-34 Helicopter

To
Serve
& Lady
Die
for
South
Vietnam
Army
Victory
GateCountry,
19-6-1972
A Vietnamese
The
Air
Thunder
Force
Tiger
A-1H
dropping
The Young Gentlemen
&
ofFather
Saigon
Capital Before 1975
Vietnam-era
Phantom
II's
Honor
andan
Liability
itswith
Liaisons
ordinance
Service
on
enemy
target
cammo
paintCommandos
in formation

'Teaching & Administrative Staff
of Gia-Long High School in 1961

Class 1968-1969

Gia-Long HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class 1958-1959

1970

We are the Young Lady Vietnamese
A Circle of Marie Curie Student HS. Before 1975

Petrus Ky High School in 1965

1972-1973

Petrus Ky HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class of 1955

1972-1973

1972-1973

Snack Shop 1972-1973

CVA’s Teachers 1952

CVA’s Teachers 1960

CVA’s Students Graduated
1972
withClass
Parents
1960
Class 1960

Classe 1966-1967

High School Graduation

Vietnamese Rock & Roll
Movement in the 1960's

The Apple Three Band-1970

The Blue Stars Band-1970

The Crazy Dogs Band-1971

Thanh Nga Renovated Actress, 1969

Some Famous Singers
Of Saigon Capital

Before 1975

Kim Loan Singer

People of Saigon Capital before 1975

Kim Cuong Actress, 1969

Khanh
Ly
Singer
and
Khanh
Thanh
Ly Singer,
Lan
Singer
1962
Trinh Con Son Musician, 1969

Street Vendors - Small Businesses of Saigon Capital before 1975

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1960

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1970

Tho Horse Race Course in early 1970
Highway 4, Cho Lon 1960Phu
- 1970

10cent issued 1966

$1.00 issued
before 1975

$500.00 issued 1972
$100.00 issued before 1955

$1.00 issued 1955

$500.00 issued before1975
$100.00 issued 1966
$1.00 issued 1956
$500.00 issued 1970

$1.00 issued 1964
$500.00 issued 1966
$100.00 issued 1966

$100.00 issued 1966
1970
The South Vietnam’s National Bank

$20.00 issued before 1975

$2.00 issued 1955

$10.00 issued 1962

South Vietnam’s Money
$200.00
issued
before
$50.00
issued
19691975
$5.00 issued before
The South
1975Vietnam’s
National Bank

$1000.00 issued 1972

$200.00
$50.00
issued
issued
before
19721975

$50.00
issued
19561975
issued
before
$5.00 $1000.00
issued 1955

$50.00 issued 1966

$10.00 issued before
1955

To Refuse The VC. Regime 30-04-1975

The Fall of Saigon Capital 30-April-1975

The Victims of
Vietnam War…

The Hero Commited
Suicide 30-04-1975

Anh Hùng Tử – Khí Hùng Bất Tử

The Victims of
Sentenced the Coronel Ho Ngoc Can The R.E. Prisoners
The Pirate after war…InViet-Cong
after war
the Memory of the Fallen Heroes
More than 2 millions Vietnamese of both side were killed in Vietnam War and more than
½ millions boat peoples, walking peoples died on the way to escape out their motherland,
1975-1995…

The Boat People after war

Last C-141 to evacuate refugees from Saigon,
April 28, 1975

To Honorably Die For Fatherland

In the Memory of Vietnamese Died
Who Searching for the Freedom

The Loving Memory Of Duy Tan Street

(To Be Continued)

Saigon after Vietnam War 1975-2005


Slide 23

Saigon in Vietnam War 1954-1975

Doc-Lap Palace

National Library

Notre Dame Church

Ben Thanh
Market

Saigon-Capital
of South Vietnam ……
Never Forget Saigon!
The Heart of Vietnamese’s Fatherland!

Hung Vuong Temple
“Trung Nu Vuong”
Vietnam’s The Heroic Queens

Click to Next

Saigon Cholon
Click to Next

Click to Next

Saigon To
Phu-Nhuan

Saigon To
Khanh Hoi

Central of
Saigon Capital

Click to Next

1954-1975

1901-1963
Doc-Lap, Palace of South Vietnam
President in 1954

Mr. Ngo Dinh Diem
TheMr.
firstNgo
democratically
elected
Dinh Diem
President
of the
Republic
was First
President
of South Vietnam 1955-1963
of South Vietnam

The second democratically Presidents
of the Republic of South Vietnam
1963-1975

Doc-Lap , New Palace for South Vietnam Presidents (1963-1966)

Mr. Nguyen Van Thieu

Mr.
Vu van Mau

Mr.
Tran van Huong

Mr.
Phan huy Quat

Mr.
Duong van Minh

Mr.
Nguyen Khanh

Mr.
Tran thien Khiem

Mr.
Nguyen Ba Can

Mr.
Nguyen cao Ky

Phu Cuong
Bien Hoa
Binh Duong Province

Xuan Loc
Bien Hoa Province

The Battle reached Saigon in 1968…

Long Khanh Province

Gia Dinh

Saigon

Gia Dinh Province

Provinces/Cities of Battles before the North
Vietnamese reached Saigon in 1968

Phuoc Tuy Province
Long An Province
Click to Next

Rescue mom…

The North Vietnamese invasion destroyed the city infrastructure,
environment, and killed millions of the people.
Furthermore, the war wasted 80% of the national budget and
destroyed a generation of teenagers drafted into the military.

… and Tears for Saigon Capital in 21 years of
The War that invaded from the North Vietnam’s Communist

He’s inside
Battle-Field…
Where
are War
our
parents…!?
Vietnam
1954-1975
We are in
Please, Save his Life…!?
Hell of
Yes, We try…
Vietnam
Mau-Than Tet Festival 1968,
Tears for my Husband
War!
The North Vietnamese reached and attempted to invade Saigon.

Mom,
Where
where
is myare
Dad…!?
We…!?
Please, Save my kid Life !
Where
Heaven
is my Husband…!?
or Hell
! Motherland
Tears for
myin
Lover
Tears
for my

Mothers of Fallen - Tears for our
Sons of Both Side…
Viet Cong Prisoners & Bodies 1968

View
Another
on
Bird
Saigon
Bird
Eye
View
Suburbs
View
of
of
from
Saigon
Capital
the
air
Capital
plane
in1972
1972
inin
1972
1972
Doc-Lap
Palace
Another
Bird
Bird
EyeEye
Eye
View
View
onSaigon
Saigon
on
Saigon
River
River
in
in
1972
Notre
Dame
Church

National Library
Ben Thanh
Market

Cholon District

Saigon Central Market
VNTT Bank
National Bank

Majestic Hotel

View looking down to Chuong Duong dock,
and Ham Nghi, Nguyen Hue, Tu Do streets

That is part of somewhere to the
east of Saigon Capital down there in 1968-1969

Looking down to Saigon Capital in 1972

Welcome To Sunny Saigon City.
The Capital of South Vietnam in War 1954-1975

on Tu-Do
the Notre-Dame
Church in 1972
TheView
GI strolled
thestreet
Tu-Doto
street
in 1972

View from View
Tu-Dofrom
street
Le-Loi
to Continental
ave. to
Palace
the House of Representatives Palace
View on Tu-Do street
to Bach-Dang port

The House of Representatives Palace in 1972
The House of Representatives Palace
in 1970

View on Tu-Do street to the Notre-Dame Church in 1958

Tu-Do street in 1962
TheMr.
House
of Senator
Mickey
worked Palace
for
The South
Vietnam
Soldiers
statue
on
the
square
on Chuong
Duong
dock
Saigon
river
Justice
Palace
at Cong
Lyofavenue
in
1973
The
Caribou
restaurant
A GI strolled the Tu-Do
street
in 1971
The
in front
Continental
of the House
Palace
ofinRepresentatives
1970
Palace in 1972
on Tu-Do
street in 1969
The House of Representatives Palace
& Caravell Hotel

View on Tu-Do street
to Notre-Dame Church

View from Tax shopping
Center on Nguyen Hue ave.
to Bach-Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall View from
Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1968-1969
View from Eden
Shopping Center on
Nguyen Hue ave.
to Tax shopping center
Saigon City Hall in 1966
& Bach Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall in 1969

Market
during
Car… car… bumper toFlower
bumper
onCity
Nguyen
HueTet
boulevard in 1968-1969
Saigon
Hall

Celebrations 1973 on
View
on
Nguyen
Hue ave. to Saigon City Hall
View from Rex Hotel
Nguyen Hue Boulevard.
to the House of
View from Saigon River toward
View on Nguyen Hue ave. to
Representatives
Eden shopping center & City Hall
& Caravell Hotel
Palace Hotel & City Hall

A GI in the middle of
Japan Scooters in 1969,
On the front of The House
Caravell hotel view on Le Loi boulevard of Representatives Palace

toward Ben Thanh market in 1971

View toward Bach Dang port, from
Eden shopping center to Tax shopping center
on Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1969
Le Loi boulevard view toward
Saigon central market in 1969

View on Le Loi boulevard
toward Ben Thanh market in 1971
The “Flower Power” of the Hippies
was the rage back in the World and
Saigon Capital in early 1969

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of the Front Gate

Ben Thanh Market in 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Scenery in early 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of other Gates

Tet Festival of Ben Thanh
Market Scenes in 1971

Tet Festival 1971
of Ben Thanh Market

LCU & PBR Going Up to Patrol on The Saigon River in 1969
Patrol Craft-Fast (PCF) boats Going Up
To Patrol on The Saigon River in 1970

Map of Hoang Sa Navy Battle 1974

South Vietnam Navy on Bach Dang Dock of Saigon River in 1966

South Vietnam Navy Headquarter

The Public Dock on Bach Dang Port
of Saigon River in 1969

Tran Hung Dao Statue, a Hero of the Bach Dang Battle.
This
Statue
is onDao
the Dock
of on
the Bach
Saigon
Port,Port
View
to Tran
Hung
Statue
Dang
Majestic
Hotel
View
from
Saigon
River
in
1970
TheSaigon
Night
Shift
Palace
at &
Bach
Coya
Dang
Tailor
port
in
of
1966
Saigon
river
in 1970
at the
Foot
of
Hai
Ba
Trung
Boulevard
in
1969
of Saigon River in 1969

Bach Dang Port of Saigon River in 1972

Le van Duyet Temple Gate
Lang Ong Temple in Tet Festival 1971
in 1971

Vinh Nghiem Pagoda at
Cong-Ly ave. in 1972

AThich
Mosque
Temple
in 1972
Quang Duc
- The sacred
fire,
Tower of Xa Loi Pagoda
A Sacrifice for Religious Freedom, 1963Vinh Nghiem Tower
Xa Loi Tower
in 1973
in 1972
Van Hanh University
underVietnam
constructions
National Museum in 1972

Tan Dinh Church in 1970
Tan Dinh Church in 1970

Father Tam Church
Father Tam Church
At Cholon in 1970
Cholon in 1970
Notre Dame Church inAt
1972

Notre Dame Church on the President J. F. Kennedy
Square in early 1960

Father
Father Tam
Tam Church
ChurchAt
At Cholon
Cholon in
in 1971
1971
Huyen Si Church in 1971
Notre Dame on the Hoa-Binh Square while the raining season in 1973

Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970
Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970

The Embassy of the United States
in early 1960
in early 1970

More than 50,000 of young G.I. were killed in the Vietnam War

3rd Field Hosp Saigon 1965

The Thunder
Tiger
Vietnam
era Caribou
Recon Team Extracted By H-34 Helicopter

To
Serve
& Lady
Die
for
South
Vietnam
Army
Victory
GateCountry,
19-6-1972
A Vietnamese
The
Air
Thunder
Force
Tiger
A-1H
dropping
The Young Gentlemen
&
ofFather
Saigon
Capital Before 1975
Vietnam-era
Phantom
II's
Honor
andan
Liability
itswith
Liaisons
ordinance
Service
on
enemy
target
cammo
paintCommandos
in formation

'Teaching & Administrative Staff
of Gia-Long High School in 1961

Class 1968-1969

Gia-Long HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class 1958-1959

1970

We are the Young Lady Vietnamese
A Circle of Marie Curie Student HS. Before 1975

Petrus Ky High School in 1965

1972-1973

Petrus Ky HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class of 1955

1972-1973

1972-1973

Snack Shop 1972-1973

CVA’s Teachers 1952

CVA’s Teachers 1960

CVA’s Students Graduated
1972
withClass
Parents
1960
Class 1960

Classe 1966-1967

High School Graduation

Vietnamese Rock & Roll
Movement in the 1960's

The Apple Three Band-1970

The Blue Stars Band-1970

The Crazy Dogs Band-1971

Thanh Nga Renovated Actress, 1969

Some Famous Singers
Of Saigon Capital

Before 1975

Kim Loan Singer

People of Saigon Capital before 1975

Kim Cuong Actress, 1969

Khanh
Ly
Singer
and
Khanh
Thanh
Ly Singer,
Lan
Singer
1962
Trinh Con Son Musician, 1969

Street Vendors - Small Businesses of Saigon Capital before 1975

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1960

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1970

Tho Horse Race Course in early 1970
Highway 4, Cho Lon 1960Phu
- 1970

10cent issued 1966

$1.00 issued
before 1975

$500.00 issued 1972
$100.00 issued before 1955

$1.00 issued 1955

$500.00 issued before1975
$100.00 issued 1966
$1.00 issued 1956
$500.00 issued 1970

$1.00 issued 1964
$500.00 issued 1966
$100.00 issued 1966

$100.00 issued 1966
1970
The South Vietnam’s National Bank

$20.00 issued before 1975

$2.00 issued 1955

$10.00 issued 1962

South Vietnam’s Money
$200.00
issued
before
$50.00
issued
19691975
$5.00 issued before
The South
1975Vietnam’s
National Bank

$1000.00 issued 1972

$200.00
$50.00
issued
issued
before
19721975

$50.00
issued
19561975
issued
before
$5.00 $1000.00
issued 1955

$50.00 issued 1966

$10.00 issued before
1955

To Refuse The VC. Regime 30-04-1975

The Fall of Saigon Capital 30-April-1975

The Victims of
Vietnam War…

The Hero Commited
Suicide 30-04-1975

Anh Hùng Tử – Khí Hùng Bất Tử

The Victims of
Sentenced the Coronel Ho Ngoc Can The R.E. Prisoners
The Pirate after war…InViet-Cong
after war
the Memory of the Fallen Heroes
More than 2 millions Vietnamese of both side were killed in Vietnam War and more than
½ millions boat peoples, walking peoples died on the way to escape out their motherland,
1975-1995…

The Boat People after war

Last C-141 to evacuate refugees from Saigon,
April 28, 1975

To Honorably Die For Fatherland

In the Memory of Vietnamese Died
Who Searching for the Freedom

The Loving Memory Of Duy Tan Street

(To Be Continued)

Saigon after Vietnam War 1975-2005


Slide 24

Saigon in Vietnam War 1954-1975

Doc-Lap Palace

National Library

Notre Dame Church

Ben Thanh
Market

Saigon-Capital
of South Vietnam ……
Never Forget Saigon!
The Heart of Vietnamese’s Fatherland!

Hung Vuong Temple
“Trung Nu Vuong”
Vietnam’s The Heroic Queens

Click to Next

Saigon Cholon
Click to Next

Click to Next

Saigon To
Phu-Nhuan

Saigon To
Khanh Hoi

Central of
Saigon Capital

Click to Next

1954-1975

1901-1963
Doc-Lap, Palace of South Vietnam
President in 1954

Mr. Ngo Dinh Diem
TheMr.
firstNgo
democratically
elected
Dinh Diem
President
of the
Republic
was First
President
of South Vietnam 1955-1963
of South Vietnam

The second democratically Presidents
of the Republic of South Vietnam
1963-1975

Doc-Lap , New Palace for South Vietnam Presidents (1963-1966)

Mr. Nguyen Van Thieu

Mr.
Vu van Mau

Mr.
Tran van Huong

Mr.
Phan huy Quat

Mr.
Duong van Minh

Mr.
Nguyen Khanh

Mr.
Tran thien Khiem

Mr.
Nguyen Ba Can

Mr.
Nguyen cao Ky

Phu Cuong
Bien Hoa
Binh Duong Province

Xuan Loc
Bien Hoa Province

The Battle reached Saigon in 1968…

Long Khanh Province

Gia Dinh

Saigon

Gia Dinh Province

Provinces/Cities of Battles before the North
Vietnamese reached Saigon in 1968

Phuoc Tuy Province
Long An Province
Click to Next

Rescue mom…

The North Vietnamese invasion destroyed the city infrastructure,
environment, and killed millions of the people.
Furthermore, the war wasted 80% of the national budget and
destroyed a generation of teenagers drafted into the military.

… and Tears for Saigon Capital in 21 years of
The War that invaded from the North Vietnam’s Communist

He’s inside
Battle-Field…
Where
are War
our
parents…!?
Vietnam
1954-1975
We are in
Please, Save his Life…!?
Hell of
Yes, We try…
Vietnam
Mau-Than Tet Festival 1968,
Tears for my Husband
War!
The North Vietnamese reached and attempted to invade Saigon.

Mom,
Where
where
is myare
Dad…!?
We…!?
Please, Save my kid Life !
Where
Heaven
is my Husband…!?
or Hell
! Motherland
Tears for
myin
Lover
Tears
for my

Mothers of Fallen - Tears for our
Sons of Both Side…
Viet Cong Prisoners & Bodies 1968

View
Another
on
Bird
Saigon
Bird
Eye
View
Suburbs
View
of
of
from
Saigon
Capital
the
air
Capital
plane
in1972
1972
inin
1972
1972
Doc-Lap
Palace
Another
Bird
Bird
EyeEye
Eye
View
View
onSaigon
Saigon
on
Saigon
River
River
in
in
1972
Notre
Dame
Church

National Library
Ben Thanh
Market

Cholon District

Saigon Central Market
VNTT Bank
National Bank

Majestic Hotel

View looking down to Chuong Duong dock,
and Ham Nghi, Nguyen Hue, Tu Do streets

That is part of somewhere to the
east of Saigon Capital down there in 1968-1969

Looking down to Saigon Capital in 1972

Welcome To Sunny Saigon City.
The Capital of South Vietnam in War 1954-1975

on Tu-Do
the Notre-Dame
Church in 1972
TheView
GI strolled
thestreet
Tu-Doto
street
in 1972

View from View
Tu-Dofrom
street
Le-Loi
to Continental
ave. to
Palace
the House of Representatives Palace
View on Tu-Do street
to Bach-Dang port

The House of Representatives Palace in 1972
The House of Representatives Palace
in 1970

View on Tu-Do street to the Notre-Dame Church in 1958

Tu-Do street in 1962
TheMr.
House
of Senator
Mickey
worked Palace
for
The South
Vietnam
Soldiers
statue
on
the
square
on Chuong
Duong
dock
Saigon
river
Justice
Palace
at Cong
Lyofavenue
in
1973
The
Caribou
restaurant
A GI strolled the Tu-Do
street
in 1971
The
in front
Continental
of the House
Palace
ofinRepresentatives
1970
Palace in 1972
on Tu-Do
street in 1969
The House of Representatives Palace
& Caravell Hotel

View on Tu-Do street
to Notre-Dame Church

View from Tax shopping
Center on Nguyen Hue ave.
to Bach-Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall View from
Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1968-1969
View from Eden
Shopping Center on
Nguyen Hue ave.
to Tax shopping center
Saigon City Hall in 1966
& Bach Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall in 1969

Market
during
Car… car… bumper toFlower
bumper
onCity
Nguyen
HueTet
boulevard in 1968-1969
Saigon
Hall

Celebrations 1973 on
View
on
Nguyen
Hue ave. to Saigon City Hall
View from Rex Hotel
Nguyen Hue Boulevard.
to the House of
View from Saigon River toward
View on Nguyen Hue ave. to
Representatives
Eden shopping center & City Hall
& Caravell Hotel
Palace Hotel & City Hall

A GI in the middle of
Japan Scooters in 1969,
On the front of The House
Caravell hotel view on Le Loi boulevard of Representatives Palace

toward Ben Thanh market in 1971

View toward Bach Dang port, from
Eden shopping center to Tax shopping center
on Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1969
Le Loi boulevard view toward
Saigon central market in 1969

View on Le Loi boulevard
toward Ben Thanh market in 1971
The “Flower Power” of the Hippies
was the rage back in the World and
Saigon Capital in early 1969

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of the Front Gate

Ben Thanh Market in 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Scenery in early 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of other Gates

Tet Festival of Ben Thanh
Market Scenes in 1971

Tet Festival 1971
of Ben Thanh Market

LCU & PBR Going Up to Patrol on The Saigon River in 1969
Patrol Craft-Fast (PCF) boats Going Up
To Patrol on The Saigon River in 1970

Map of Hoang Sa Navy Battle 1974

South Vietnam Navy on Bach Dang Dock of Saigon River in 1966

South Vietnam Navy Headquarter

The Public Dock on Bach Dang Port
of Saigon River in 1969

Tran Hung Dao Statue, a Hero of the Bach Dang Battle.
This
Statue
is onDao
the Dock
of on
the Bach
Saigon
Port,Port
View
to Tran
Hung
Statue
Dang
Majestic
Hotel
View
from
Saigon
River
in
1970
TheSaigon
Night
Shift
Palace
at &
Bach
Coya
Dang
Tailor
port
in
of
1966
Saigon
river
in 1970
at the
Foot
of
Hai
Ba
Trung
Boulevard
in
1969
of Saigon River in 1969

Bach Dang Port of Saigon River in 1972

Le van Duyet Temple Gate
Lang Ong Temple in Tet Festival 1971
in 1971

Vinh Nghiem Pagoda at
Cong-Ly ave. in 1972

AThich
Mosque
Temple
in 1972
Quang Duc
- The sacred
fire,
Tower of Xa Loi Pagoda
A Sacrifice for Religious Freedom, 1963Vinh Nghiem Tower
Xa Loi Tower
in 1973
in 1972
Van Hanh University
underVietnam
constructions
National Museum in 1972

Tan Dinh Church in 1970
Tan Dinh Church in 1970

Father Tam Church
Father Tam Church
At Cholon in 1970
Cholon in 1970
Notre Dame Church inAt
1972

Notre Dame Church on the President J. F. Kennedy
Square in early 1960

Father
Father Tam
Tam Church
ChurchAt
At Cholon
Cholon in
in 1971
1971
Huyen Si Church in 1971
Notre Dame on the Hoa-Binh Square while the raining season in 1973

Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970
Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970

The Embassy of the United States
in early 1960
in early 1970

More than 50,000 of young G.I. were killed in the Vietnam War

3rd Field Hosp Saigon 1965

The Thunder
Tiger
Vietnam
era Caribou
Recon Team Extracted By H-34 Helicopter

To
Serve
& Lady
Die
for
South
Vietnam
Army
Victory
GateCountry,
19-6-1972
A Vietnamese
The
Air
Thunder
Force
Tiger
A-1H
dropping
The Young Gentlemen
&
ofFather
Saigon
Capital Before 1975
Vietnam-era
Phantom
II's
Honor
andan
Liability
itswith
Liaisons
ordinance
Service
on
enemy
target
cammo
paintCommandos
in formation

'Teaching & Administrative Staff
of Gia-Long High School in 1961

Class 1968-1969

Gia-Long HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class 1958-1959

1970

We are the Young Lady Vietnamese
A Circle of Marie Curie Student HS. Before 1975

Petrus Ky High School in 1965

1972-1973

Petrus Ky HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class of 1955

1972-1973

1972-1973

Snack Shop 1972-1973

CVA’s Teachers 1952

CVA’s Teachers 1960

CVA’s Students Graduated
1972
withClass
Parents
1960
Class 1960

Classe 1966-1967

High School Graduation

Vietnamese Rock & Roll
Movement in the 1960's

The Apple Three Band-1970

The Blue Stars Band-1970

The Crazy Dogs Band-1971

Thanh Nga Renovated Actress, 1969

Some Famous Singers
Of Saigon Capital

Before 1975

Kim Loan Singer

People of Saigon Capital before 1975

Kim Cuong Actress, 1969

Khanh
Ly
Singer
and
Khanh
Thanh
Ly Singer,
Lan
Singer
1962
Trinh Con Son Musician, 1969

Street Vendors - Small Businesses of Saigon Capital before 1975

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1960

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1970

Tho Horse Race Course in early 1970
Highway 4, Cho Lon 1960Phu
- 1970

10cent issued 1966

$1.00 issued
before 1975

$500.00 issued 1972
$100.00 issued before 1955

$1.00 issued 1955

$500.00 issued before1975
$100.00 issued 1966
$1.00 issued 1956
$500.00 issued 1970

$1.00 issued 1964
$500.00 issued 1966
$100.00 issued 1966

$100.00 issued 1966
1970
The South Vietnam’s National Bank

$20.00 issued before 1975

$2.00 issued 1955

$10.00 issued 1962

South Vietnam’s Money
$200.00
issued
before
$50.00
issued
19691975
$5.00 issued before
The South
1975Vietnam’s
National Bank

$1000.00 issued 1972

$200.00
$50.00
issued
issued
before
19721975

$50.00
issued
19561975
issued
before
$5.00 $1000.00
issued 1955

$50.00 issued 1966

$10.00 issued before
1955

To Refuse The VC. Regime 30-04-1975

The Fall of Saigon Capital 30-April-1975

The Victims of
Vietnam War…

The Hero Commited
Suicide 30-04-1975

Anh Hùng Tử – Khí Hùng Bất Tử

The Victims of
Sentenced the Coronel Ho Ngoc Can The R.E. Prisoners
The Pirate after war…InViet-Cong
after war
the Memory of the Fallen Heroes
More than 2 millions Vietnamese of both side were killed in Vietnam War and more than
½ millions boat peoples, walking peoples died on the way to escape out their motherland,
1975-1995…

The Boat People after war

Last C-141 to evacuate refugees from Saigon,
April 28, 1975

To Honorably Die For Fatherland

In the Memory of Vietnamese Died
Who Searching for the Freedom

The Loving Memory Of Duy Tan Street

(To Be Continued)

Saigon after Vietnam War 1975-2005


Slide 25

Saigon in Vietnam War 1954-1975

Doc-Lap Palace

National Library

Notre Dame Church

Ben Thanh
Market

Saigon-Capital
of South Vietnam ……
Never Forget Saigon!
The Heart of Vietnamese’s Fatherland!

Hung Vuong Temple
“Trung Nu Vuong”
Vietnam’s The Heroic Queens

Click to Next

Saigon Cholon
Click to Next

Click to Next

Saigon To
Phu-Nhuan

Saigon To
Khanh Hoi

Central of
Saigon Capital

Click to Next

1954-1975

1901-1963
Doc-Lap, Palace of South Vietnam
President in 1954

Mr. Ngo Dinh Diem
TheMr.
firstNgo
democratically
elected
Dinh Diem
President
of the
Republic
was First
President
of South Vietnam 1955-1963
of South Vietnam

The second democratically Presidents
of the Republic of South Vietnam
1963-1975

Doc-Lap , New Palace for South Vietnam Presidents (1963-1966)

Mr. Nguyen Van Thieu

Mr.
Vu van Mau

Mr.
Tran van Huong

Mr.
Phan huy Quat

Mr.
Duong van Minh

Mr.
Nguyen Khanh

Mr.
Tran thien Khiem

Mr.
Nguyen Ba Can

Mr.
Nguyen cao Ky

Phu Cuong
Bien Hoa
Binh Duong Province

Xuan Loc
Bien Hoa Province

The Battle reached Saigon in 1968…

Long Khanh Province

Gia Dinh

Saigon

Gia Dinh Province

Provinces/Cities of Battles before the North
Vietnamese reached Saigon in 1968

Phuoc Tuy Province
Long An Province
Click to Next

Rescue mom…

The North Vietnamese invasion destroyed the city infrastructure,
environment, and killed millions of the people.
Furthermore, the war wasted 80% of the national budget and
destroyed a generation of teenagers drafted into the military.

… and Tears for Saigon Capital in 21 years of
The War that invaded from the North Vietnam’s Communist

He’s inside
Battle-Field…
Where
are War
our
parents…!?
Vietnam
1954-1975
We are in
Please, Save his Life…!?
Hell of
Yes, We try…
Vietnam
Mau-Than Tet Festival 1968,
Tears for my Husband
War!
The North Vietnamese reached and attempted to invade Saigon.

Mom,
Where
where
is myare
Dad…!?
We…!?
Please, Save my kid Life !
Where
Heaven
is my Husband…!?
or Hell
! Motherland
Tears for
myin
Lover
Tears
for my

Mothers of Fallen - Tears for our
Sons of Both Side…
Viet Cong Prisoners & Bodies 1968

View
Another
on
Bird
Saigon
Bird
Eye
View
Suburbs
View
of
of
from
Saigon
Capital
the
air
Capital
plane
in1972
1972
inin
1972
1972
Doc-Lap
Palace
Another
Bird
Bird
EyeEye
Eye
View
View
onSaigon
Saigon
on
Saigon
River
River
in
in
1972
Notre
Dame
Church

National Library
Ben Thanh
Market

Cholon District

Saigon Central Market
VNTT Bank
National Bank

Majestic Hotel

View looking down to Chuong Duong dock,
and Ham Nghi, Nguyen Hue, Tu Do streets

That is part of somewhere to the
east of Saigon Capital down there in 1968-1969

Looking down to Saigon Capital in 1972

Welcome To Sunny Saigon City.
The Capital of South Vietnam in War 1954-1975

on Tu-Do
the Notre-Dame
Church in 1972
TheView
GI strolled
thestreet
Tu-Doto
street
in 1972

View from View
Tu-Dofrom
street
Le-Loi
to Continental
ave. to
Palace
the House of Representatives Palace
View on Tu-Do street
to Bach-Dang port

The House of Representatives Palace in 1972
The House of Representatives Palace
in 1970

View on Tu-Do street to the Notre-Dame Church in 1958

Tu-Do street in 1962
TheMr.
House
of Senator
Mickey
worked Palace
for
The South
Vietnam
Soldiers
statue
on
the
square
on Chuong
Duong
dock
Saigon
river
Justice
Palace
at Cong
Lyofavenue
in
1973
The
Caribou
restaurant
A GI strolled the Tu-Do
street
in 1971
The
in front
Continental
of the House
Palace
ofinRepresentatives
1970
Palace in 1972
on Tu-Do
street in 1969
The House of Representatives Palace
& Caravell Hotel

View on Tu-Do street
to Notre-Dame Church

View from Tax shopping
Center on Nguyen Hue ave.
to Bach-Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall View from
Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1968-1969
View from Eden
Shopping Center on
Nguyen Hue ave.
to Tax shopping center
Saigon City Hall in 1966
& Bach Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall in 1969

Market
during
Car… car… bumper toFlower
bumper
onCity
Nguyen
HueTet
boulevard in 1968-1969
Saigon
Hall

Celebrations 1973 on
View
on
Nguyen
Hue ave. to Saigon City Hall
View from Rex Hotel
Nguyen Hue Boulevard.
to the House of
View from Saigon River toward
View on Nguyen Hue ave. to
Representatives
Eden shopping center & City Hall
& Caravell Hotel
Palace Hotel & City Hall

A GI in the middle of
Japan Scooters in 1969,
On the front of The House
Caravell hotel view on Le Loi boulevard of Representatives Palace

toward Ben Thanh market in 1971

View toward Bach Dang port, from
Eden shopping center to Tax shopping center
on Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1969
Le Loi boulevard view toward
Saigon central market in 1969

View on Le Loi boulevard
toward Ben Thanh market in 1971
The “Flower Power” of the Hippies
was the rage back in the World and
Saigon Capital in early 1969

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of the Front Gate

Ben Thanh Market in 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Scenery in early 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of other Gates

Tet Festival of Ben Thanh
Market Scenes in 1971

Tet Festival 1971
of Ben Thanh Market

LCU & PBR Going Up to Patrol on The Saigon River in 1969
Patrol Craft-Fast (PCF) boats Going Up
To Patrol on The Saigon River in 1970

Map of Hoang Sa Navy Battle 1974

South Vietnam Navy on Bach Dang Dock of Saigon River in 1966

South Vietnam Navy Headquarter

The Public Dock on Bach Dang Port
of Saigon River in 1969

Tran Hung Dao Statue, a Hero of the Bach Dang Battle.
This
Statue
is onDao
the Dock
of on
the Bach
Saigon
Port,Port
View
to Tran
Hung
Statue
Dang
Majestic
Hotel
View
from
Saigon
River
in
1970
TheSaigon
Night
Shift
Palace
at &
Bach
Coya
Dang
Tailor
port
in
of
1966
Saigon
river
in 1970
at the
Foot
of
Hai
Ba
Trung
Boulevard
in
1969
of Saigon River in 1969

Bach Dang Port of Saigon River in 1972

Le van Duyet Temple Gate
Lang Ong Temple in Tet Festival 1971
in 1971

Vinh Nghiem Pagoda at
Cong-Ly ave. in 1972

AThich
Mosque
Temple
in 1972
Quang Duc
- The sacred
fire,
Tower of Xa Loi Pagoda
A Sacrifice for Religious Freedom, 1963Vinh Nghiem Tower
Xa Loi Tower
in 1973
in 1972
Van Hanh University
underVietnam
constructions
National Museum in 1972

Tan Dinh Church in 1970
Tan Dinh Church in 1970

Father Tam Church
Father Tam Church
At Cholon in 1970
Cholon in 1970
Notre Dame Church inAt
1972

Notre Dame Church on the President J. F. Kennedy
Square in early 1960

Father
Father Tam
Tam Church
ChurchAt
At Cholon
Cholon in
in 1971
1971
Huyen Si Church in 1971
Notre Dame on the Hoa-Binh Square while the raining season in 1973

Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970
Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970

The Embassy of the United States
in early 1960
in early 1970

More than 50,000 of young G.I. were killed in the Vietnam War

3rd Field Hosp Saigon 1965

The Thunder
Tiger
Vietnam
era Caribou
Recon Team Extracted By H-34 Helicopter

To
Serve
& Lady
Die
for
South
Vietnam
Army
Victory
GateCountry,
19-6-1972
A Vietnamese
The
Air
Thunder
Force
Tiger
A-1H
dropping
The Young Gentlemen
&
ofFather
Saigon
Capital Before 1975
Vietnam-era
Phantom
II's
Honor
andan
Liability
itswith
Liaisons
ordinance
Service
on
enemy
target
cammo
paintCommandos
in formation

'Teaching & Administrative Staff
of Gia-Long High School in 1961

Class 1968-1969

Gia-Long HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class 1958-1959

1970

We are the Young Lady Vietnamese
A Circle of Marie Curie Student HS. Before 1975

Petrus Ky High School in 1965

1972-1973

Petrus Ky HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class of 1955

1972-1973

1972-1973

Snack Shop 1972-1973

CVA’s Teachers 1952

CVA’s Teachers 1960

CVA’s Students Graduated
1972
withClass
Parents
1960
Class 1960

Classe 1966-1967

High School Graduation

Vietnamese Rock & Roll
Movement in the 1960's

The Apple Three Band-1970

The Blue Stars Band-1970

The Crazy Dogs Band-1971

Thanh Nga Renovated Actress, 1969

Some Famous Singers
Of Saigon Capital

Before 1975

Kim Loan Singer

People of Saigon Capital before 1975

Kim Cuong Actress, 1969

Khanh
Ly
Singer
and
Khanh
Thanh
Ly Singer,
Lan
Singer
1962
Trinh Con Son Musician, 1969

Street Vendors - Small Businesses of Saigon Capital before 1975

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1960

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1970

Tho Horse Race Course in early 1970
Highway 4, Cho Lon 1960Phu
- 1970

10cent issued 1966

$1.00 issued
before 1975

$500.00 issued 1972
$100.00 issued before 1955

$1.00 issued 1955

$500.00 issued before1975
$100.00 issued 1966
$1.00 issued 1956
$500.00 issued 1970

$1.00 issued 1964
$500.00 issued 1966
$100.00 issued 1966

$100.00 issued 1966
1970
The South Vietnam’s National Bank

$20.00 issued before 1975

$2.00 issued 1955

$10.00 issued 1962

South Vietnam’s Money
$200.00
issued
before
$50.00
issued
19691975
$5.00 issued before
The South
1975Vietnam’s
National Bank

$1000.00 issued 1972

$200.00
$50.00
issued
issued
before
19721975

$50.00
issued
19561975
issued
before
$5.00 $1000.00
issued 1955

$50.00 issued 1966

$10.00 issued before
1955

To Refuse The VC. Regime 30-04-1975

The Fall of Saigon Capital 30-April-1975

The Victims of
Vietnam War…

The Hero Commited
Suicide 30-04-1975

Anh Hùng Tử – Khí Hùng Bất Tử

The Victims of
Sentenced the Coronel Ho Ngoc Can The R.E. Prisoners
The Pirate after war…InViet-Cong
after war
the Memory of the Fallen Heroes
More than 2 millions Vietnamese of both side were killed in Vietnam War and more than
½ millions boat peoples, walking peoples died on the way to escape out their motherland,
1975-1995…

The Boat People after war

Last C-141 to evacuate refugees from Saigon,
April 28, 1975

To Honorably Die For Fatherland

In the Memory of Vietnamese Died
Who Searching for the Freedom

The Loving Memory Of Duy Tan Street

(To Be Continued)

Saigon after Vietnam War 1975-2005


Slide 26

Saigon in Vietnam War 1954-1975

Doc-Lap Palace

National Library

Notre Dame Church

Ben Thanh
Market

Saigon-Capital
of South Vietnam ……
Never Forget Saigon!
The Heart of Vietnamese’s Fatherland!

Hung Vuong Temple
“Trung Nu Vuong”
Vietnam’s The Heroic Queens

Click to Next

Saigon Cholon
Click to Next

Click to Next

Saigon To
Phu-Nhuan

Saigon To
Khanh Hoi

Central of
Saigon Capital

Click to Next

1954-1975

1901-1963
Doc-Lap, Palace of South Vietnam
President in 1954

Mr. Ngo Dinh Diem
TheMr.
firstNgo
democratically
elected
Dinh Diem
President
of the
Republic
was First
President
of South Vietnam 1955-1963
of South Vietnam

The second democratically Presidents
of the Republic of South Vietnam
1963-1975

Doc-Lap , New Palace for South Vietnam Presidents (1963-1966)

Mr. Nguyen Van Thieu

Mr.
Vu van Mau

Mr.
Tran van Huong

Mr.
Phan huy Quat

Mr.
Duong van Minh

Mr.
Nguyen Khanh

Mr.
Tran thien Khiem

Mr.
Nguyen Ba Can

Mr.
Nguyen cao Ky

Phu Cuong
Bien Hoa
Binh Duong Province

Xuan Loc
Bien Hoa Province

The Battle reached Saigon in 1968…

Long Khanh Province

Gia Dinh

Saigon

Gia Dinh Province

Provinces/Cities of Battles before the North
Vietnamese reached Saigon in 1968

Phuoc Tuy Province
Long An Province
Click to Next

Rescue mom…

The North Vietnamese invasion destroyed the city infrastructure,
environment, and killed millions of the people.
Furthermore, the war wasted 80% of the national budget and
destroyed a generation of teenagers drafted into the military.

… and Tears for Saigon Capital in 21 years of
The War that invaded from the North Vietnam’s Communist

He’s inside
Battle-Field…
Where
are War
our
parents…!?
Vietnam
1954-1975
We are in
Please, Save his Life…!?
Hell of
Yes, We try…
Vietnam
Mau-Than Tet Festival 1968,
Tears for my Husband
War!
The North Vietnamese reached and attempted to invade Saigon.

Mom,
Where
where
is myare
Dad…!?
We…!?
Please, Save my kid Life !
Where
Heaven
is my Husband…!?
or Hell
! Motherland
Tears for
myin
Lover
Tears
for my

Mothers of Fallen - Tears for our
Sons of Both Side…
Viet Cong Prisoners & Bodies 1968

View
Another
on
Bird
Saigon
Bird
Eye
View
Suburbs
View
of
of
from
Saigon
Capital
the
air
Capital
plane
in1972
1972
inin
1972
1972
Doc-Lap
Palace
Another
Bird
Bird
EyeEye
Eye
View
View
onSaigon
Saigon
on
Saigon
River
River
in
in
1972
Notre
Dame
Church

National Library
Ben Thanh
Market

Cholon District

Saigon Central Market
VNTT Bank
National Bank

Majestic Hotel

View looking down to Chuong Duong dock,
and Ham Nghi, Nguyen Hue, Tu Do streets

That is part of somewhere to the
east of Saigon Capital down there in 1968-1969

Looking down to Saigon Capital in 1972

Welcome To Sunny Saigon City.
The Capital of South Vietnam in War 1954-1975

on Tu-Do
the Notre-Dame
Church in 1972
TheView
GI strolled
thestreet
Tu-Doto
street
in 1972

View from View
Tu-Dofrom
street
Le-Loi
to Continental
ave. to
Palace
the House of Representatives Palace
View on Tu-Do street
to Bach-Dang port

The House of Representatives Palace in 1972
The House of Representatives Palace
in 1970

View on Tu-Do street to the Notre-Dame Church in 1958

Tu-Do street in 1962
TheMr.
House
of Senator
Mickey
worked Palace
for
The South
Vietnam
Soldiers
statue
on
the
square
on Chuong
Duong
dock
Saigon
river
Justice
Palace
at Cong
Lyofavenue
in
1973
The
Caribou
restaurant
A GI strolled the Tu-Do
street
in 1971
The
in front
Continental
of the House
Palace
ofinRepresentatives
1970
Palace in 1972
on Tu-Do
street in 1969
The House of Representatives Palace
& Caravell Hotel

View on Tu-Do street
to Notre-Dame Church

View from Tax shopping
Center on Nguyen Hue ave.
to Bach-Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall View from
Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1968-1969
View from Eden
Shopping Center on
Nguyen Hue ave.
to Tax shopping center
Saigon City Hall in 1966
& Bach Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall in 1969

Market
during
Car… car… bumper toFlower
bumper
onCity
Nguyen
HueTet
boulevard in 1968-1969
Saigon
Hall

Celebrations 1973 on
View
on
Nguyen
Hue ave. to Saigon City Hall
View from Rex Hotel
Nguyen Hue Boulevard.
to the House of
View from Saigon River toward
View on Nguyen Hue ave. to
Representatives
Eden shopping center & City Hall
& Caravell Hotel
Palace Hotel & City Hall

A GI in the middle of
Japan Scooters in 1969,
On the front of The House
Caravell hotel view on Le Loi boulevard of Representatives Palace

toward Ben Thanh market in 1971

View toward Bach Dang port, from
Eden shopping center to Tax shopping center
on Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1969
Le Loi boulevard view toward
Saigon central market in 1969

View on Le Loi boulevard
toward Ben Thanh market in 1971
The “Flower Power” of the Hippies
was the rage back in the World and
Saigon Capital in early 1969

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of the Front Gate

Ben Thanh Market in 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Scenery in early 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of other Gates

Tet Festival of Ben Thanh
Market Scenes in 1971

Tet Festival 1971
of Ben Thanh Market

LCU & PBR Going Up to Patrol on The Saigon River in 1969
Patrol Craft-Fast (PCF) boats Going Up
To Patrol on The Saigon River in 1970

Map of Hoang Sa Navy Battle 1974

South Vietnam Navy on Bach Dang Dock of Saigon River in 1966

South Vietnam Navy Headquarter

The Public Dock on Bach Dang Port
of Saigon River in 1969

Tran Hung Dao Statue, a Hero of the Bach Dang Battle.
This
Statue
is onDao
the Dock
of on
the Bach
Saigon
Port,Port
View
to Tran
Hung
Statue
Dang
Majestic
Hotel
View
from
Saigon
River
in
1970
TheSaigon
Night
Shift
Palace
at &
Bach
Coya
Dang
Tailor
port
in
of
1966
Saigon
river
in 1970
at the
Foot
of
Hai
Ba
Trung
Boulevard
in
1969
of Saigon River in 1969

Bach Dang Port of Saigon River in 1972

Le van Duyet Temple Gate
Lang Ong Temple in Tet Festival 1971
in 1971

Vinh Nghiem Pagoda at
Cong-Ly ave. in 1972

AThich
Mosque
Temple
in 1972
Quang Duc
- The sacred
fire,
Tower of Xa Loi Pagoda
A Sacrifice for Religious Freedom, 1963Vinh Nghiem Tower
Xa Loi Tower
in 1973
in 1972
Van Hanh University
underVietnam
constructions
National Museum in 1972

Tan Dinh Church in 1970
Tan Dinh Church in 1970

Father Tam Church
Father Tam Church
At Cholon in 1970
Cholon in 1970
Notre Dame Church inAt
1972

Notre Dame Church on the President J. F. Kennedy
Square in early 1960

Father
Father Tam
Tam Church
ChurchAt
At Cholon
Cholon in
in 1971
1971
Huyen Si Church in 1971
Notre Dame on the Hoa-Binh Square while the raining season in 1973

Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970
Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970

The Embassy of the United States
in early 1960
in early 1970

More than 50,000 of young G.I. were killed in the Vietnam War

3rd Field Hosp Saigon 1965

The Thunder
Tiger
Vietnam
era Caribou
Recon Team Extracted By H-34 Helicopter

To
Serve
& Lady
Die
for
South
Vietnam
Army
Victory
GateCountry,
19-6-1972
A Vietnamese
The
Air
Thunder
Force
Tiger
A-1H
dropping
The Young Gentlemen
&
ofFather
Saigon
Capital Before 1975
Vietnam-era
Phantom
II's
Honor
andan
Liability
itswith
Liaisons
ordinance
Service
on
enemy
target
cammo
paintCommandos
in formation

'Teaching & Administrative Staff
of Gia-Long High School in 1961

Class 1968-1969

Gia-Long HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class 1958-1959

1970

We are the Young Lady Vietnamese
A Circle of Marie Curie Student HS. Before 1975

Petrus Ky High School in 1965

1972-1973

Petrus Ky HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class of 1955

1972-1973

1972-1973

Snack Shop 1972-1973

CVA’s Teachers 1952

CVA’s Teachers 1960

CVA’s Students Graduated
1972
withClass
Parents
1960
Class 1960

Classe 1966-1967

High School Graduation

Vietnamese Rock & Roll
Movement in the 1960's

The Apple Three Band-1970

The Blue Stars Band-1970

The Crazy Dogs Band-1971

Thanh Nga Renovated Actress, 1969

Some Famous Singers
Of Saigon Capital

Before 1975

Kim Loan Singer

People of Saigon Capital before 1975

Kim Cuong Actress, 1969

Khanh
Ly
Singer
and
Khanh
Thanh
Ly Singer,
Lan
Singer
1962
Trinh Con Son Musician, 1969

Street Vendors - Small Businesses of Saigon Capital before 1975

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1960

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1970

Tho Horse Race Course in early 1970
Highway 4, Cho Lon 1960Phu
- 1970

10cent issued 1966

$1.00 issued
before 1975

$500.00 issued 1972
$100.00 issued before 1955

$1.00 issued 1955

$500.00 issued before1975
$100.00 issued 1966
$1.00 issued 1956
$500.00 issued 1970

$1.00 issued 1964
$500.00 issued 1966
$100.00 issued 1966

$100.00 issued 1966
1970
The South Vietnam’s National Bank

$20.00 issued before 1975

$2.00 issued 1955

$10.00 issued 1962

South Vietnam’s Money
$200.00
issued
before
$50.00
issued
19691975
$5.00 issued before
The South
1975Vietnam’s
National Bank

$1000.00 issued 1972

$200.00
$50.00
issued
issued
before
19721975

$50.00
issued
19561975
issued
before
$5.00 $1000.00
issued 1955

$50.00 issued 1966

$10.00 issued before
1955

To Refuse The VC. Regime 30-04-1975

The Fall of Saigon Capital 30-April-1975

The Victims of
Vietnam War…

The Hero Commited
Suicide 30-04-1975

Anh Hùng Tử – Khí Hùng Bất Tử

The Victims of
Sentenced the Coronel Ho Ngoc Can The R.E. Prisoners
The Pirate after war…InViet-Cong
after war
the Memory of the Fallen Heroes
More than 2 millions Vietnamese of both side were killed in Vietnam War and more than
½ millions boat peoples, walking peoples died on the way to escape out their motherland,
1975-1995…

The Boat People after war

Last C-141 to evacuate refugees from Saigon,
April 28, 1975

To Honorably Die For Fatherland

In the Memory of Vietnamese Died
Who Searching for the Freedom

The Loving Memory Of Duy Tan Street

(To Be Continued)

Saigon after Vietnam War 1975-2005


Slide 27

Saigon in Vietnam War 1954-1975

Doc-Lap Palace

National Library

Notre Dame Church

Ben Thanh
Market

Saigon-Capital
of South Vietnam ……
Never Forget Saigon!
The Heart of Vietnamese’s Fatherland!

Hung Vuong Temple
“Trung Nu Vuong”
Vietnam’s The Heroic Queens

Click to Next

Saigon Cholon
Click to Next

Click to Next

Saigon To
Phu-Nhuan

Saigon To
Khanh Hoi

Central of
Saigon Capital

Click to Next

1954-1975

1901-1963
Doc-Lap, Palace of South Vietnam
President in 1954

Mr. Ngo Dinh Diem
TheMr.
firstNgo
democratically
elected
Dinh Diem
President
of the
Republic
was First
President
of South Vietnam 1955-1963
of South Vietnam

The second democratically Presidents
of the Republic of South Vietnam
1963-1975

Doc-Lap , New Palace for South Vietnam Presidents (1963-1966)

Mr. Nguyen Van Thieu

Mr.
Vu van Mau

Mr.
Tran van Huong

Mr.
Phan huy Quat

Mr.
Duong van Minh

Mr.
Nguyen Khanh

Mr.
Tran thien Khiem

Mr.
Nguyen Ba Can

Mr.
Nguyen cao Ky

Phu Cuong
Bien Hoa
Binh Duong Province

Xuan Loc
Bien Hoa Province

The Battle reached Saigon in 1968…

Long Khanh Province

Gia Dinh

Saigon

Gia Dinh Province

Provinces/Cities of Battles before the North
Vietnamese reached Saigon in 1968

Phuoc Tuy Province
Long An Province
Click to Next

Rescue mom…

The North Vietnamese invasion destroyed the city infrastructure,
environment, and killed millions of the people.
Furthermore, the war wasted 80% of the national budget and
destroyed a generation of teenagers drafted into the military.

… and Tears for Saigon Capital in 21 years of
The War that invaded from the North Vietnam’s Communist

He’s inside
Battle-Field…
Where
are War
our
parents…!?
Vietnam
1954-1975
We are in
Please, Save his Life…!?
Hell of
Yes, We try…
Vietnam
Mau-Than Tet Festival 1968,
Tears for my Husband
War!
The North Vietnamese reached and attempted to invade Saigon.

Mom,
Where
where
is myare
Dad…!?
We…!?
Please, Save my kid Life !
Where
Heaven
is my Husband…!?
or Hell
! Motherland
Tears for
myin
Lover
Tears
for my

Mothers of Fallen - Tears for our
Sons of Both Side…
Viet Cong Prisoners & Bodies 1968

View
Another
on
Bird
Saigon
Bird
Eye
View
Suburbs
View
of
of
from
Saigon
Capital
the
air
Capital
plane
in1972
1972
inin
1972
1972
Doc-Lap
Palace
Another
Bird
Bird
EyeEye
Eye
View
View
onSaigon
Saigon
on
Saigon
River
River
in
in
1972
Notre
Dame
Church

National Library
Ben Thanh
Market

Cholon District

Saigon Central Market
VNTT Bank
National Bank

Majestic Hotel

View looking down to Chuong Duong dock,
and Ham Nghi, Nguyen Hue, Tu Do streets

That is part of somewhere to the
east of Saigon Capital down there in 1968-1969

Looking down to Saigon Capital in 1972

Welcome To Sunny Saigon City.
The Capital of South Vietnam in War 1954-1975

on Tu-Do
the Notre-Dame
Church in 1972
TheView
GI strolled
thestreet
Tu-Doto
street
in 1972

View from View
Tu-Dofrom
street
Le-Loi
to Continental
ave. to
Palace
the House of Representatives Palace
View on Tu-Do street
to Bach-Dang port

The House of Representatives Palace in 1972
The House of Representatives Palace
in 1970

View on Tu-Do street to the Notre-Dame Church in 1958

Tu-Do street in 1962
TheMr.
House
of Senator
Mickey
worked Palace
for
The South
Vietnam
Soldiers
statue
on
the
square
on Chuong
Duong
dock
Saigon
river
Justice
Palace
at Cong
Lyofavenue
in
1973
The
Caribou
restaurant
A GI strolled the Tu-Do
street
in 1971
The
in front
Continental
of the House
Palace
ofinRepresentatives
1970
Palace in 1972
on Tu-Do
street in 1969
The House of Representatives Palace
& Caravell Hotel

View on Tu-Do street
to Notre-Dame Church

View from Tax shopping
Center on Nguyen Hue ave.
to Bach-Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall View from
Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1968-1969
View from Eden
Shopping Center on
Nguyen Hue ave.
to Tax shopping center
Saigon City Hall in 1966
& Bach Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall in 1969

Market
during
Car… car… bumper toFlower
bumper
onCity
Nguyen
HueTet
boulevard in 1968-1969
Saigon
Hall

Celebrations 1973 on
View
on
Nguyen
Hue ave. to Saigon City Hall
View from Rex Hotel
Nguyen Hue Boulevard.
to the House of
View from Saigon River toward
View on Nguyen Hue ave. to
Representatives
Eden shopping center & City Hall
& Caravell Hotel
Palace Hotel & City Hall

A GI in the middle of
Japan Scooters in 1969,
On the front of The House
Caravell hotel view on Le Loi boulevard of Representatives Palace

toward Ben Thanh market in 1971

View toward Bach Dang port, from
Eden shopping center to Tax shopping center
on Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1969
Le Loi boulevard view toward
Saigon central market in 1969

View on Le Loi boulevard
toward Ben Thanh market in 1971
The “Flower Power” of the Hippies
was the rage back in the World and
Saigon Capital in early 1969

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of the Front Gate

Ben Thanh Market in 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Scenery in early 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of other Gates

Tet Festival of Ben Thanh
Market Scenes in 1971

Tet Festival 1971
of Ben Thanh Market

LCU & PBR Going Up to Patrol on The Saigon River in 1969
Patrol Craft-Fast (PCF) boats Going Up
To Patrol on The Saigon River in 1970

Map of Hoang Sa Navy Battle 1974

South Vietnam Navy on Bach Dang Dock of Saigon River in 1966

South Vietnam Navy Headquarter

The Public Dock on Bach Dang Port
of Saigon River in 1969

Tran Hung Dao Statue, a Hero of the Bach Dang Battle.
This
Statue
is onDao
the Dock
of on
the Bach
Saigon
Port,Port
View
to Tran
Hung
Statue
Dang
Majestic
Hotel
View
from
Saigon
River
in
1970
TheSaigon
Night
Shift
Palace
at &
Bach
Coya
Dang
Tailor
port
in
of
1966
Saigon
river
in 1970
at the
Foot
of
Hai
Ba
Trung
Boulevard
in
1969
of Saigon River in 1969

Bach Dang Port of Saigon River in 1972

Le van Duyet Temple Gate
Lang Ong Temple in Tet Festival 1971
in 1971

Vinh Nghiem Pagoda at
Cong-Ly ave. in 1972

AThich
Mosque
Temple
in 1972
Quang Duc
- The sacred
fire,
Tower of Xa Loi Pagoda
A Sacrifice for Religious Freedom, 1963Vinh Nghiem Tower
Xa Loi Tower
in 1973
in 1972
Van Hanh University
underVietnam
constructions
National Museum in 1972

Tan Dinh Church in 1970
Tan Dinh Church in 1970

Father Tam Church
Father Tam Church
At Cholon in 1970
Cholon in 1970
Notre Dame Church inAt
1972

Notre Dame Church on the President J. F. Kennedy
Square in early 1960

Father
Father Tam
Tam Church
ChurchAt
At Cholon
Cholon in
in 1971
1971
Huyen Si Church in 1971
Notre Dame on the Hoa-Binh Square while the raining season in 1973

Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970
Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970

The Embassy of the United States
in early 1960
in early 1970

More than 50,000 of young G.I. were killed in the Vietnam War

3rd Field Hosp Saigon 1965

The Thunder
Tiger
Vietnam
era Caribou
Recon Team Extracted By H-34 Helicopter

To
Serve
& Lady
Die
for
South
Vietnam
Army
Victory
GateCountry,
19-6-1972
A Vietnamese
The
Air
Thunder
Force
Tiger
A-1H
dropping
The Young Gentlemen
&
ofFather
Saigon
Capital Before 1975
Vietnam-era
Phantom
II's
Honor
andan
Liability
itswith
Liaisons
ordinance
Service
on
enemy
target
cammo
paintCommandos
in formation

'Teaching & Administrative Staff
of Gia-Long High School in 1961

Class 1968-1969

Gia-Long HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class 1958-1959

1970

We are the Young Lady Vietnamese
A Circle of Marie Curie Student HS. Before 1975

Petrus Ky High School in 1965

1972-1973

Petrus Ky HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class of 1955

1972-1973

1972-1973

Snack Shop 1972-1973

CVA’s Teachers 1952

CVA’s Teachers 1960

CVA’s Students Graduated
1972
withClass
Parents
1960
Class 1960

Classe 1966-1967

High School Graduation

Vietnamese Rock & Roll
Movement in the 1960's

The Apple Three Band-1970

The Blue Stars Band-1970

The Crazy Dogs Band-1971

Thanh Nga Renovated Actress, 1969

Some Famous Singers
Of Saigon Capital

Before 1975

Kim Loan Singer

People of Saigon Capital before 1975

Kim Cuong Actress, 1969

Khanh
Ly
Singer
and
Khanh
Thanh
Ly Singer,
Lan
Singer
1962
Trinh Con Son Musician, 1969

Street Vendors - Small Businesses of Saigon Capital before 1975

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1960

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1970

Tho Horse Race Course in early 1970
Highway 4, Cho Lon 1960Phu
- 1970

10cent issued 1966

$1.00 issued
before 1975

$500.00 issued 1972
$100.00 issued before 1955

$1.00 issued 1955

$500.00 issued before1975
$100.00 issued 1966
$1.00 issued 1956
$500.00 issued 1970

$1.00 issued 1964
$500.00 issued 1966
$100.00 issued 1966

$100.00 issued 1966
1970
The South Vietnam’s National Bank

$20.00 issued before 1975

$2.00 issued 1955

$10.00 issued 1962

South Vietnam’s Money
$200.00
issued
before
$50.00
issued
19691975
$5.00 issued before
The South
1975Vietnam’s
National Bank

$1000.00 issued 1972

$200.00
$50.00
issued
issued
before
19721975

$50.00
issued
19561975
issued
before
$5.00 $1000.00
issued 1955

$50.00 issued 1966

$10.00 issued before
1955

To Refuse The VC. Regime 30-04-1975

The Fall of Saigon Capital 30-April-1975

The Victims of
Vietnam War…

The Hero Commited
Suicide 30-04-1975

Anh Hùng Tử – Khí Hùng Bất Tử

The Victims of
Sentenced the Coronel Ho Ngoc Can The R.E. Prisoners
The Pirate after war…InViet-Cong
after war
the Memory of the Fallen Heroes
More than 2 millions Vietnamese of both side were killed in Vietnam War and more than
½ millions boat peoples, walking peoples died on the way to escape out their motherland,
1975-1995…

The Boat People after war

Last C-141 to evacuate refugees from Saigon,
April 28, 1975

To Honorably Die For Fatherland

In the Memory of Vietnamese Died
Who Searching for the Freedom

The Loving Memory Of Duy Tan Street

(To Be Continued)

Saigon after Vietnam War 1975-2005


Slide 28

Saigon in Vietnam War 1954-1975

Doc-Lap Palace

National Library

Notre Dame Church

Ben Thanh
Market

Saigon-Capital
of South Vietnam ……
Never Forget Saigon!
The Heart of Vietnamese’s Fatherland!

Hung Vuong Temple
“Trung Nu Vuong”
Vietnam’s The Heroic Queens

Click to Next

Saigon Cholon
Click to Next

Click to Next

Saigon To
Phu-Nhuan

Saigon To
Khanh Hoi

Central of
Saigon Capital

Click to Next

1954-1975

1901-1963
Doc-Lap, Palace of South Vietnam
President in 1954

Mr. Ngo Dinh Diem
TheMr.
firstNgo
democratically
elected
Dinh Diem
President
of the
Republic
was First
President
of South Vietnam 1955-1963
of South Vietnam

The second democratically Presidents
of the Republic of South Vietnam
1963-1975

Doc-Lap , New Palace for South Vietnam Presidents (1963-1966)

Mr. Nguyen Van Thieu

Mr.
Vu van Mau

Mr.
Tran van Huong

Mr.
Phan huy Quat

Mr.
Duong van Minh

Mr.
Nguyen Khanh

Mr.
Tran thien Khiem

Mr.
Nguyen Ba Can

Mr.
Nguyen cao Ky

Phu Cuong
Bien Hoa
Binh Duong Province

Xuan Loc
Bien Hoa Province

The Battle reached Saigon in 1968…

Long Khanh Province

Gia Dinh

Saigon

Gia Dinh Province

Provinces/Cities of Battles before the North
Vietnamese reached Saigon in 1968

Phuoc Tuy Province
Long An Province
Click to Next

Rescue mom…

The North Vietnamese invasion destroyed the city infrastructure,
environment, and killed millions of the people.
Furthermore, the war wasted 80% of the national budget and
destroyed a generation of teenagers drafted into the military.

… and Tears for Saigon Capital in 21 years of
The War that invaded from the North Vietnam’s Communist

He’s inside
Battle-Field…
Where
are War
our
parents…!?
Vietnam
1954-1975
We are in
Please, Save his Life…!?
Hell of
Yes, We try…
Vietnam
Mau-Than Tet Festival 1968,
Tears for my Husband
War!
The North Vietnamese reached and attempted to invade Saigon.

Mom,
Where
where
is myare
Dad…!?
We…!?
Please, Save my kid Life !
Where
Heaven
is my Husband…!?
or Hell
! Motherland
Tears for
myin
Lover
Tears
for my

Mothers of Fallen - Tears for our
Sons of Both Side…
Viet Cong Prisoners & Bodies 1968

View
Another
on
Bird
Saigon
Bird
Eye
View
Suburbs
View
of
of
from
Saigon
Capital
the
air
Capital
plane
in1972
1972
inin
1972
1972
Doc-Lap
Palace
Another
Bird
Bird
EyeEye
Eye
View
View
onSaigon
Saigon
on
Saigon
River
River
in
in
1972
Notre
Dame
Church

National Library
Ben Thanh
Market

Cholon District

Saigon Central Market
VNTT Bank
National Bank

Majestic Hotel

View looking down to Chuong Duong dock,
and Ham Nghi, Nguyen Hue, Tu Do streets

That is part of somewhere to the
east of Saigon Capital down there in 1968-1969

Looking down to Saigon Capital in 1972

Welcome To Sunny Saigon City.
The Capital of South Vietnam in War 1954-1975

on Tu-Do
the Notre-Dame
Church in 1972
TheView
GI strolled
thestreet
Tu-Doto
street
in 1972

View from View
Tu-Dofrom
street
Le-Loi
to Continental
ave. to
Palace
the House of Representatives Palace
View on Tu-Do street
to Bach-Dang port

The House of Representatives Palace in 1972
The House of Representatives Palace
in 1970

View on Tu-Do street to the Notre-Dame Church in 1958

Tu-Do street in 1962
TheMr.
House
of Senator
Mickey
worked Palace
for
The South
Vietnam
Soldiers
statue
on
the
square
on Chuong
Duong
dock
Saigon
river
Justice
Palace
at Cong
Lyofavenue
in
1973
The
Caribou
restaurant
A GI strolled the Tu-Do
street
in 1971
The
in front
Continental
of the House
Palace
ofinRepresentatives
1970
Palace in 1972
on Tu-Do
street in 1969
The House of Representatives Palace
& Caravell Hotel

View on Tu-Do street
to Notre-Dame Church

View from Tax shopping
Center on Nguyen Hue ave.
to Bach-Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall View from
Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1968-1969
View from Eden
Shopping Center on
Nguyen Hue ave.
to Tax shopping center
Saigon City Hall in 1966
& Bach Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall in 1969

Market
during
Car… car… bumper toFlower
bumper
onCity
Nguyen
HueTet
boulevard in 1968-1969
Saigon
Hall

Celebrations 1973 on
View
on
Nguyen
Hue ave. to Saigon City Hall
View from Rex Hotel
Nguyen Hue Boulevard.
to the House of
View from Saigon River toward
View on Nguyen Hue ave. to
Representatives
Eden shopping center & City Hall
& Caravell Hotel
Palace Hotel & City Hall

A GI in the middle of
Japan Scooters in 1969,
On the front of The House
Caravell hotel view on Le Loi boulevard of Representatives Palace

toward Ben Thanh market in 1971

View toward Bach Dang port, from
Eden shopping center to Tax shopping center
on Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1969
Le Loi boulevard view toward
Saigon central market in 1969

View on Le Loi boulevard
toward Ben Thanh market in 1971
The “Flower Power” of the Hippies
was the rage back in the World and
Saigon Capital in early 1969

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of the Front Gate

Ben Thanh Market in 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Scenery in early 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of other Gates

Tet Festival of Ben Thanh
Market Scenes in 1971

Tet Festival 1971
of Ben Thanh Market

LCU & PBR Going Up to Patrol on The Saigon River in 1969
Patrol Craft-Fast (PCF) boats Going Up
To Patrol on The Saigon River in 1970

Map of Hoang Sa Navy Battle 1974

South Vietnam Navy on Bach Dang Dock of Saigon River in 1966

South Vietnam Navy Headquarter

The Public Dock on Bach Dang Port
of Saigon River in 1969

Tran Hung Dao Statue, a Hero of the Bach Dang Battle.
This
Statue
is onDao
the Dock
of on
the Bach
Saigon
Port,Port
View
to Tran
Hung
Statue
Dang
Majestic
Hotel
View
from
Saigon
River
in
1970
TheSaigon
Night
Shift
Palace
at &
Bach
Coya
Dang
Tailor
port
in
of
1966
Saigon
river
in 1970
at the
Foot
of
Hai
Ba
Trung
Boulevard
in
1969
of Saigon River in 1969

Bach Dang Port of Saigon River in 1972

Le van Duyet Temple Gate
Lang Ong Temple in Tet Festival 1971
in 1971

Vinh Nghiem Pagoda at
Cong-Ly ave. in 1972

AThich
Mosque
Temple
in 1972
Quang Duc
- The sacred
fire,
Tower of Xa Loi Pagoda
A Sacrifice for Religious Freedom, 1963Vinh Nghiem Tower
Xa Loi Tower
in 1973
in 1972
Van Hanh University
underVietnam
constructions
National Museum in 1972

Tan Dinh Church in 1970
Tan Dinh Church in 1970

Father Tam Church
Father Tam Church
At Cholon in 1970
Cholon in 1970
Notre Dame Church inAt
1972

Notre Dame Church on the President J. F. Kennedy
Square in early 1960

Father
Father Tam
Tam Church
ChurchAt
At Cholon
Cholon in
in 1971
1971
Huyen Si Church in 1971
Notre Dame on the Hoa-Binh Square while the raining season in 1973

Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970
Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970

The Embassy of the United States
in early 1960
in early 1970

More than 50,000 of young G.I. were killed in the Vietnam War

3rd Field Hosp Saigon 1965

The Thunder
Tiger
Vietnam
era Caribou
Recon Team Extracted By H-34 Helicopter

To
Serve
& Lady
Die
for
South
Vietnam
Army
Victory
GateCountry,
19-6-1972
A Vietnamese
The
Air
Thunder
Force
Tiger
A-1H
dropping
The Young Gentlemen
&
ofFather
Saigon
Capital Before 1975
Vietnam-era
Phantom
II's
Honor
andan
Liability
itswith
Liaisons
ordinance
Service
on
enemy
target
cammo
paintCommandos
in formation

'Teaching & Administrative Staff
of Gia-Long High School in 1961

Class 1968-1969

Gia-Long HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class 1958-1959

1970

We are the Young Lady Vietnamese
A Circle of Marie Curie Student HS. Before 1975

Petrus Ky High School in 1965

1972-1973

Petrus Ky HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class of 1955

1972-1973

1972-1973

Snack Shop 1972-1973

CVA’s Teachers 1952

CVA’s Teachers 1960

CVA’s Students Graduated
1972
withClass
Parents
1960
Class 1960

Classe 1966-1967

High School Graduation

Vietnamese Rock & Roll
Movement in the 1960's

The Apple Three Band-1970

The Blue Stars Band-1970

The Crazy Dogs Band-1971

Thanh Nga Renovated Actress, 1969

Some Famous Singers
Of Saigon Capital

Before 1975

Kim Loan Singer

People of Saigon Capital before 1975

Kim Cuong Actress, 1969

Khanh
Ly
Singer
and
Khanh
Thanh
Ly Singer,
Lan
Singer
1962
Trinh Con Son Musician, 1969

Street Vendors - Small Businesses of Saigon Capital before 1975

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1960

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1970

Tho Horse Race Course in early 1970
Highway 4, Cho Lon 1960Phu
- 1970

10cent issued 1966

$1.00 issued
before 1975

$500.00 issued 1972
$100.00 issued before 1955

$1.00 issued 1955

$500.00 issued before1975
$100.00 issued 1966
$1.00 issued 1956
$500.00 issued 1970

$1.00 issued 1964
$500.00 issued 1966
$100.00 issued 1966

$100.00 issued 1966
1970
The South Vietnam’s National Bank

$20.00 issued before 1975

$2.00 issued 1955

$10.00 issued 1962

South Vietnam’s Money
$200.00
issued
before
$50.00
issued
19691975
$5.00 issued before
The South
1975Vietnam’s
National Bank

$1000.00 issued 1972

$200.00
$50.00
issued
issued
before
19721975

$50.00
issued
19561975
issued
before
$5.00 $1000.00
issued 1955

$50.00 issued 1966

$10.00 issued before
1955

To Refuse The VC. Regime 30-04-1975

The Fall of Saigon Capital 30-April-1975

The Victims of
Vietnam War…

The Hero Commited
Suicide 30-04-1975

Anh Hùng Tử – Khí Hùng Bất Tử

The Victims of
Sentenced the Coronel Ho Ngoc Can The R.E. Prisoners
The Pirate after war…InViet-Cong
after war
the Memory of the Fallen Heroes
More than 2 millions Vietnamese of both side were killed in Vietnam War and more than
½ millions boat peoples, walking peoples died on the way to escape out their motherland,
1975-1995…

The Boat People after war

Last C-141 to evacuate refugees from Saigon,
April 28, 1975

To Honorably Die For Fatherland

In the Memory of Vietnamese Died
Who Searching for the Freedom

The Loving Memory Of Duy Tan Street

(To Be Continued)

Saigon after Vietnam War 1975-2005


Slide 29

Saigon in Vietnam War 1954-1975

Doc-Lap Palace

National Library

Notre Dame Church

Ben Thanh
Market

Saigon-Capital
of South Vietnam ……
Never Forget Saigon!
The Heart of Vietnamese’s Fatherland!

Hung Vuong Temple
“Trung Nu Vuong”
Vietnam’s The Heroic Queens

Click to Next

Saigon Cholon
Click to Next

Click to Next

Saigon To
Phu-Nhuan

Saigon To
Khanh Hoi

Central of
Saigon Capital

Click to Next

1954-1975

1901-1963
Doc-Lap, Palace of South Vietnam
President in 1954

Mr. Ngo Dinh Diem
TheMr.
firstNgo
democratically
elected
Dinh Diem
President
of the
Republic
was First
President
of South Vietnam 1955-1963
of South Vietnam

The second democratically Presidents
of the Republic of South Vietnam
1963-1975

Doc-Lap , New Palace for South Vietnam Presidents (1963-1966)

Mr. Nguyen Van Thieu

Mr.
Vu van Mau

Mr.
Tran van Huong

Mr.
Phan huy Quat

Mr.
Duong van Minh

Mr.
Nguyen Khanh

Mr.
Tran thien Khiem

Mr.
Nguyen Ba Can

Mr.
Nguyen cao Ky

Phu Cuong
Bien Hoa
Binh Duong Province

Xuan Loc
Bien Hoa Province

The Battle reached Saigon in 1968…

Long Khanh Province

Gia Dinh

Saigon

Gia Dinh Province

Provinces/Cities of Battles before the North
Vietnamese reached Saigon in 1968

Phuoc Tuy Province
Long An Province
Click to Next

Rescue mom…

The North Vietnamese invasion destroyed the city infrastructure,
environment, and killed millions of the people.
Furthermore, the war wasted 80% of the national budget and
destroyed a generation of teenagers drafted into the military.

… and Tears for Saigon Capital in 21 years of
The War that invaded from the North Vietnam’s Communist

He’s inside
Battle-Field…
Where
are War
our
parents…!?
Vietnam
1954-1975
We are in
Please, Save his Life…!?
Hell of
Yes, We try…
Vietnam
Mau-Than Tet Festival 1968,
Tears for my Husband
War!
The North Vietnamese reached and attempted to invade Saigon.

Mom,
Where
where
is myare
Dad…!?
We…!?
Please, Save my kid Life !
Where
Heaven
is my Husband…!?
or Hell
! Motherland
Tears for
myin
Lover
Tears
for my

Mothers of Fallen - Tears for our
Sons of Both Side…
Viet Cong Prisoners & Bodies 1968

View
Another
on
Bird
Saigon
Bird
Eye
View
Suburbs
View
of
of
from
Saigon
Capital
the
air
Capital
plane
in1972
1972
inin
1972
1972
Doc-Lap
Palace
Another
Bird
Bird
EyeEye
Eye
View
View
onSaigon
Saigon
on
Saigon
River
River
in
in
1972
Notre
Dame
Church

National Library
Ben Thanh
Market

Cholon District

Saigon Central Market
VNTT Bank
National Bank

Majestic Hotel

View looking down to Chuong Duong dock,
and Ham Nghi, Nguyen Hue, Tu Do streets

That is part of somewhere to the
east of Saigon Capital down there in 1968-1969

Looking down to Saigon Capital in 1972

Welcome To Sunny Saigon City.
The Capital of South Vietnam in War 1954-1975

on Tu-Do
the Notre-Dame
Church in 1972
TheView
GI strolled
thestreet
Tu-Doto
street
in 1972

View from View
Tu-Dofrom
street
Le-Loi
to Continental
ave. to
Palace
the House of Representatives Palace
View on Tu-Do street
to Bach-Dang port

The House of Representatives Palace in 1972
The House of Representatives Palace
in 1970

View on Tu-Do street to the Notre-Dame Church in 1958

Tu-Do street in 1962
TheMr.
House
of Senator
Mickey
worked Palace
for
The South
Vietnam
Soldiers
statue
on
the
square
on Chuong
Duong
dock
Saigon
river
Justice
Palace
at Cong
Lyofavenue
in
1973
The
Caribou
restaurant
A GI strolled the Tu-Do
street
in 1971
The
in front
Continental
of the House
Palace
ofinRepresentatives
1970
Palace in 1972
on Tu-Do
street in 1969
The House of Representatives Palace
& Caravell Hotel

View on Tu-Do street
to Notre-Dame Church

View from Tax shopping
Center on Nguyen Hue ave.
to Bach-Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall View from
Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1968-1969
View from Eden
Shopping Center on
Nguyen Hue ave.
to Tax shopping center
Saigon City Hall in 1966
& Bach Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall in 1969

Market
during
Car… car… bumper toFlower
bumper
onCity
Nguyen
HueTet
boulevard in 1968-1969
Saigon
Hall

Celebrations 1973 on
View
on
Nguyen
Hue ave. to Saigon City Hall
View from Rex Hotel
Nguyen Hue Boulevard.
to the House of
View from Saigon River toward
View on Nguyen Hue ave. to
Representatives
Eden shopping center & City Hall
& Caravell Hotel
Palace Hotel & City Hall

A GI in the middle of
Japan Scooters in 1969,
On the front of The House
Caravell hotel view on Le Loi boulevard of Representatives Palace

toward Ben Thanh market in 1971

View toward Bach Dang port, from
Eden shopping center to Tax shopping center
on Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1969
Le Loi boulevard view toward
Saigon central market in 1969

View on Le Loi boulevard
toward Ben Thanh market in 1971
The “Flower Power” of the Hippies
was the rage back in the World and
Saigon Capital in early 1969

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of the Front Gate

Ben Thanh Market in 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Scenery in early 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of other Gates

Tet Festival of Ben Thanh
Market Scenes in 1971

Tet Festival 1971
of Ben Thanh Market

LCU & PBR Going Up to Patrol on The Saigon River in 1969
Patrol Craft-Fast (PCF) boats Going Up
To Patrol on The Saigon River in 1970

Map of Hoang Sa Navy Battle 1974

South Vietnam Navy on Bach Dang Dock of Saigon River in 1966

South Vietnam Navy Headquarter

The Public Dock on Bach Dang Port
of Saigon River in 1969

Tran Hung Dao Statue, a Hero of the Bach Dang Battle.
This
Statue
is onDao
the Dock
of on
the Bach
Saigon
Port,Port
View
to Tran
Hung
Statue
Dang
Majestic
Hotel
View
from
Saigon
River
in
1970
TheSaigon
Night
Shift
Palace
at &
Bach
Coya
Dang
Tailor
port
in
of
1966
Saigon
river
in 1970
at the
Foot
of
Hai
Ba
Trung
Boulevard
in
1969
of Saigon River in 1969

Bach Dang Port of Saigon River in 1972

Le van Duyet Temple Gate
Lang Ong Temple in Tet Festival 1971
in 1971

Vinh Nghiem Pagoda at
Cong-Ly ave. in 1972

AThich
Mosque
Temple
in 1972
Quang Duc
- The sacred
fire,
Tower of Xa Loi Pagoda
A Sacrifice for Religious Freedom, 1963Vinh Nghiem Tower
Xa Loi Tower
in 1973
in 1972
Van Hanh University
underVietnam
constructions
National Museum in 1972

Tan Dinh Church in 1970
Tan Dinh Church in 1970

Father Tam Church
Father Tam Church
At Cholon in 1970
Cholon in 1970
Notre Dame Church inAt
1972

Notre Dame Church on the President J. F. Kennedy
Square in early 1960

Father
Father Tam
Tam Church
ChurchAt
At Cholon
Cholon in
in 1971
1971
Huyen Si Church in 1971
Notre Dame on the Hoa-Binh Square while the raining season in 1973

Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970
Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970

The Embassy of the United States
in early 1960
in early 1970

More than 50,000 of young G.I. were killed in the Vietnam War

3rd Field Hosp Saigon 1965

The Thunder
Tiger
Vietnam
era Caribou
Recon Team Extracted By H-34 Helicopter

To
Serve
& Lady
Die
for
South
Vietnam
Army
Victory
GateCountry,
19-6-1972
A Vietnamese
The
Air
Thunder
Force
Tiger
A-1H
dropping
The Young Gentlemen
&
ofFather
Saigon
Capital Before 1975
Vietnam-era
Phantom
II's
Honor
andan
Liability
itswith
Liaisons
ordinance
Service
on
enemy
target
cammo
paintCommandos
in formation

'Teaching & Administrative Staff
of Gia-Long High School in 1961

Class 1968-1969

Gia-Long HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class 1958-1959

1970

We are the Young Lady Vietnamese
A Circle of Marie Curie Student HS. Before 1975

Petrus Ky High School in 1965

1972-1973

Petrus Ky HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class of 1955

1972-1973

1972-1973

Snack Shop 1972-1973

CVA’s Teachers 1952

CVA’s Teachers 1960

CVA’s Students Graduated
1972
withClass
Parents
1960
Class 1960

Classe 1966-1967

High School Graduation

Vietnamese Rock & Roll
Movement in the 1960's

The Apple Three Band-1970

The Blue Stars Band-1970

The Crazy Dogs Band-1971

Thanh Nga Renovated Actress, 1969

Some Famous Singers
Of Saigon Capital

Before 1975

Kim Loan Singer

People of Saigon Capital before 1975

Kim Cuong Actress, 1969

Khanh
Ly
Singer
and
Khanh
Thanh
Ly Singer,
Lan
Singer
1962
Trinh Con Son Musician, 1969

Street Vendors - Small Businesses of Saigon Capital before 1975

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1960

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1970

Tho Horse Race Course in early 1970
Highway 4, Cho Lon 1960Phu
- 1970

10cent issued 1966

$1.00 issued
before 1975

$500.00 issued 1972
$100.00 issued before 1955

$1.00 issued 1955

$500.00 issued before1975
$100.00 issued 1966
$1.00 issued 1956
$500.00 issued 1970

$1.00 issued 1964
$500.00 issued 1966
$100.00 issued 1966

$100.00 issued 1966
1970
The South Vietnam’s National Bank

$20.00 issued before 1975

$2.00 issued 1955

$10.00 issued 1962

South Vietnam’s Money
$200.00
issued
before
$50.00
issued
19691975
$5.00 issued before
The South
1975Vietnam’s
National Bank

$1000.00 issued 1972

$200.00
$50.00
issued
issued
before
19721975

$50.00
issued
19561975
issued
before
$5.00 $1000.00
issued 1955

$50.00 issued 1966

$10.00 issued before
1955

To Refuse The VC. Regime 30-04-1975

The Fall of Saigon Capital 30-April-1975

The Victims of
Vietnam War…

The Hero Commited
Suicide 30-04-1975

Anh Hùng Tử – Khí Hùng Bất Tử

The Victims of
Sentenced the Coronel Ho Ngoc Can The R.E. Prisoners
The Pirate after war…InViet-Cong
after war
the Memory of the Fallen Heroes
More than 2 millions Vietnamese of both side were killed in Vietnam War and more than
½ millions boat peoples, walking peoples died on the way to escape out their motherland,
1975-1995…

The Boat People after war

Last C-141 to evacuate refugees from Saigon,
April 28, 1975

To Honorably Die For Fatherland

In the Memory of Vietnamese Died
Who Searching for the Freedom

The Loving Memory Of Duy Tan Street

(To Be Continued)

Saigon after Vietnam War 1975-2005


Slide 30

Saigon in Vietnam War 1954-1975

Doc-Lap Palace

National Library

Notre Dame Church

Ben Thanh
Market

Saigon-Capital
of South Vietnam ……
Never Forget Saigon!
The Heart of Vietnamese’s Fatherland!

Hung Vuong Temple
“Trung Nu Vuong”
Vietnam’s The Heroic Queens

Click to Next

Saigon Cholon
Click to Next

Click to Next

Saigon To
Phu-Nhuan

Saigon To
Khanh Hoi

Central of
Saigon Capital

Click to Next

1954-1975

1901-1963
Doc-Lap, Palace of South Vietnam
President in 1954

Mr. Ngo Dinh Diem
TheMr.
firstNgo
democratically
elected
Dinh Diem
President
of the
Republic
was First
President
of South Vietnam 1955-1963
of South Vietnam

The second democratically Presidents
of the Republic of South Vietnam
1963-1975

Doc-Lap , New Palace for South Vietnam Presidents (1963-1966)

Mr. Nguyen Van Thieu

Mr.
Vu van Mau

Mr.
Tran van Huong

Mr.
Phan huy Quat

Mr.
Duong van Minh

Mr.
Nguyen Khanh

Mr.
Tran thien Khiem

Mr.
Nguyen Ba Can

Mr.
Nguyen cao Ky

Phu Cuong
Bien Hoa
Binh Duong Province

Xuan Loc
Bien Hoa Province

The Battle reached Saigon in 1968…

Long Khanh Province

Gia Dinh

Saigon

Gia Dinh Province

Provinces/Cities of Battles before the North
Vietnamese reached Saigon in 1968

Phuoc Tuy Province
Long An Province
Click to Next

Rescue mom…

The North Vietnamese invasion destroyed the city infrastructure,
environment, and killed millions of the people.
Furthermore, the war wasted 80% of the national budget and
destroyed a generation of teenagers drafted into the military.

… and Tears for Saigon Capital in 21 years of
The War that invaded from the North Vietnam’s Communist

He’s inside
Battle-Field…
Where
are War
our
parents…!?
Vietnam
1954-1975
We are in
Please, Save his Life…!?
Hell of
Yes, We try…
Vietnam
Mau-Than Tet Festival 1968,
Tears for my Husband
War!
The North Vietnamese reached and attempted to invade Saigon.

Mom,
Where
where
is myare
Dad…!?
We…!?
Please, Save my kid Life !
Where
Heaven
is my Husband…!?
or Hell
! Motherland
Tears for
myin
Lover
Tears
for my

Mothers of Fallen - Tears for our
Sons of Both Side…
Viet Cong Prisoners & Bodies 1968

View
Another
on
Bird
Saigon
Bird
Eye
View
Suburbs
View
of
of
from
Saigon
Capital
the
air
Capital
plane
in1972
1972
inin
1972
1972
Doc-Lap
Palace
Another
Bird
Bird
EyeEye
Eye
View
View
onSaigon
Saigon
on
Saigon
River
River
in
in
1972
Notre
Dame
Church

National Library
Ben Thanh
Market

Cholon District

Saigon Central Market
VNTT Bank
National Bank

Majestic Hotel

View looking down to Chuong Duong dock,
and Ham Nghi, Nguyen Hue, Tu Do streets

That is part of somewhere to the
east of Saigon Capital down there in 1968-1969

Looking down to Saigon Capital in 1972

Welcome To Sunny Saigon City.
The Capital of South Vietnam in War 1954-1975

on Tu-Do
the Notre-Dame
Church in 1972
TheView
GI strolled
thestreet
Tu-Doto
street
in 1972

View from View
Tu-Dofrom
street
Le-Loi
to Continental
ave. to
Palace
the House of Representatives Palace
View on Tu-Do street
to Bach-Dang port

The House of Representatives Palace in 1972
The House of Representatives Palace
in 1970

View on Tu-Do street to the Notre-Dame Church in 1958

Tu-Do street in 1962
TheMr.
House
of Senator
Mickey
worked Palace
for
The South
Vietnam
Soldiers
statue
on
the
square
on Chuong
Duong
dock
Saigon
river
Justice
Palace
at Cong
Lyofavenue
in
1973
The
Caribou
restaurant
A GI strolled the Tu-Do
street
in 1971
The
in front
Continental
of the House
Palace
ofinRepresentatives
1970
Palace in 1972
on Tu-Do
street in 1969
The House of Representatives Palace
& Caravell Hotel

View on Tu-Do street
to Notre-Dame Church

View from Tax shopping
Center on Nguyen Hue ave.
to Bach-Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall View from
Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1968-1969
View from Eden
Shopping Center on
Nguyen Hue ave.
to Tax shopping center
Saigon City Hall in 1966
& Bach Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall in 1969

Market
during
Car… car… bumper toFlower
bumper
onCity
Nguyen
HueTet
boulevard in 1968-1969
Saigon
Hall

Celebrations 1973 on
View
on
Nguyen
Hue ave. to Saigon City Hall
View from Rex Hotel
Nguyen Hue Boulevard.
to the House of
View from Saigon River toward
View on Nguyen Hue ave. to
Representatives
Eden shopping center & City Hall
& Caravell Hotel
Palace Hotel & City Hall

A GI in the middle of
Japan Scooters in 1969,
On the front of The House
Caravell hotel view on Le Loi boulevard of Representatives Palace

toward Ben Thanh market in 1971

View toward Bach Dang port, from
Eden shopping center to Tax shopping center
on Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1969
Le Loi boulevard view toward
Saigon central market in 1969

View on Le Loi boulevard
toward Ben Thanh market in 1971
The “Flower Power” of the Hippies
was the rage back in the World and
Saigon Capital in early 1969

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of the Front Gate

Ben Thanh Market in 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Scenery in early 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of other Gates

Tet Festival of Ben Thanh
Market Scenes in 1971

Tet Festival 1971
of Ben Thanh Market

LCU & PBR Going Up to Patrol on The Saigon River in 1969
Patrol Craft-Fast (PCF) boats Going Up
To Patrol on The Saigon River in 1970

Map of Hoang Sa Navy Battle 1974

South Vietnam Navy on Bach Dang Dock of Saigon River in 1966

South Vietnam Navy Headquarter

The Public Dock on Bach Dang Port
of Saigon River in 1969

Tran Hung Dao Statue, a Hero of the Bach Dang Battle.
This
Statue
is onDao
the Dock
of on
the Bach
Saigon
Port,Port
View
to Tran
Hung
Statue
Dang
Majestic
Hotel
View
from
Saigon
River
in
1970
TheSaigon
Night
Shift
Palace
at &
Bach
Coya
Dang
Tailor
port
in
of
1966
Saigon
river
in 1970
at the
Foot
of
Hai
Ba
Trung
Boulevard
in
1969
of Saigon River in 1969

Bach Dang Port of Saigon River in 1972

Le van Duyet Temple Gate
Lang Ong Temple in Tet Festival 1971
in 1971

Vinh Nghiem Pagoda at
Cong-Ly ave. in 1972

AThich
Mosque
Temple
in 1972
Quang Duc
- The sacred
fire,
Tower of Xa Loi Pagoda
A Sacrifice for Religious Freedom, 1963Vinh Nghiem Tower
Xa Loi Tower
in 1973
in 1972
Van Hanh University
underVietnam
constructions
National Museum in 1972

Tan Dinh Church in 1970
Tan Dinh Church in 1970

Father Tam Church
Father Tam Church
At Cholon in 1970
Cholon in 1970
Notre Dame Church inAt
1972

Notre Dame Church on the President J. F. Kennedy
Square in early 1960

Father
Father Tam
Tam Church
ChurchAt
At Cholon
Cholon in
in 1971
1971
Huyen Si Church in 1971
Notre Dame on the Hoa-Binh Square while the raining season in 1973

Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970
Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970

The Embassy of the United States
in early 1960
in early 1970

More than 50,000 of young G.I. were killed in the Vietnam War

3rd Field Hosp Saigon 1965

The Thunder
Tiger
Vietnam
era Caribou
Recon Team Extracted By H-34 Helicopter

To
Serve
& Lady
Die
for
South
Vietnam
Army
Victory
GateCountry,
19-6-1972
A Vietnamese
The
Air
Thunder
Force
Tiger
A-1H
dropping
The Young Gentlemen
&
ofFather
Saigon
Capital Before 1975
Vietnam-era
Phantom
II's
Honor
andan
Liability
itswith
Liaisons
ordinance
Service
on
enemy
target
cammo
paintCommandos
in formation

'Teaching & Administrative Staff
of Gia-Long High School in 1961

Class 1968-1969

Gia-Long HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class 1958-1959

1970

We are the Young Lady Vietnamese
A Circle of Marie Curie Student HS. Before 1975

Petrus Ky High School in 1965

1972-1973

Petrus Ky HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class of 1955

1972-1973

1972-1973

Snack Shop 1972-1973

CVA’s Teachers 1952

CVA’s Teachers 1960

CVA’s Students Graduated
1972
withClass
Parents
1960
Class 1960

Classe 1966-1967

High School Graduation

Vietnamese Rock & Roll
Movement in the 1960's

The Apple Three Band-1970

The Blue Stars Band-1970

The Crazy Dogs Band-1971

Thanh Nga Renovated Actress, 1969

Some Famous Singers
Of Saigon Capital

Before 1975

Kim Loan Singer

People of Saigon Capital before 1975

Kim Cuong Actress, 1969

Khanh
Ly
Singer
and
Khanh
Thanh
Ly Singer,
Lan
Singer
1962
Trinh Con Son Musician, 1969

Street Vendors - Small Businesses of Saigon Capital before 1975

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1960

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1970

Tho Horse Race Course in early 1970
Highway 4, Cho Lon 1960Phu
- 1970

10cent issued 1966

$1.00 issued
before 1975

$500.00 issued 1972
$100.00 issued before 1955

$1.00 issued 1955

$500.00 issued before1975
$100.00 issued 1966
$1.00 issued 1956
$500.00 issued 1970

$1.00 issued 1964
$500.00 issued 1966
$100.00 issued 1966

$100.00 issued 1966
1970
The South Vietnam’s National Bank

$20.00 issued before 1975

$2.00 issued 1955

$10.00 issued 1962

South Vietnam’s Money
$200.00
issued
before
$50.00
issued
19691975
$5.00 issued before
The South
1975Vietnam’s
National Bank

$1000.00 issued 1972

$200.00
$50.00
issued
issued
before
19721975

$50.00
issued
19561975
issued
before
$5.00 $1000.00
issued 1955

$50.00 issued 1966

$10.00 issued before
1955

To Refuse The VC. Regime 30-04-1975

The Fall of Saigon Capital 30-April-1975

The Victims of
Vietnam War…

The Hero Commited
Suicide 30-04-1975

Anh Hùng Tử – Khí Hùng Bất Tử

The Victims of
Sentenced the Coronel Ho Ngoc Can The R.E. Prisoners
The Pirate after war…InViet-Cong
after war
the Memory of the Fallen Heroes
More than 2 millions Vietnamese of both side were killed in Vietnam War and more than
½ millions boat peoples, walking peoples died on the way to escape out their motherland,
1975-1995…

The Boat People after war

Last C-141 to evacuate refugees from Saigon,
April 28, 1975

To Honorably Die For Fatherland

In the Memory of Vietnamese Died
Who Searching for the Freedom

The Loving Memory Of Duy Tan Street

(To Be Continued)

Saigon after Vietnam War 1975-2005


Slide 31

Saigon in Vietnam War 1954-1975

Doc-Lap Palace

National Library

Notre Dame Church

Ben Thanh
Market

Saigon-Capital
of South Vietnam ……
Never Forget Saigon!
The Heart of Vietnamese’s Fatherland!

Hung Vuong Temple
“Trung Nu Vuong”
Vietnam’s The Heroic Queens

Click to Next

Saigon Cholon
Click to Next

Click to Next

Saigon To
Phu-Nhuan

Saigon To
Khanh Hoi

Central of
Saigon Capital

Click to Next

1954-1975

1901-1963
Doc-Lap, Palace of South Vietnam
President in 1954

Mr. Ngo Dinh Diem
TheMr.
firstNgo
democratically
elected
Dinh Diem
President
of the
Republic
was First
President
of South Vietnam 1955-1963
of South Vietnam

The second democratically Presidents
of the Republic of South Vietnam
1963-1975

Doc-Lap , New Palace for South Vietnam Presidents (1963-1966)

Mr. Nguyen Van Thieu

Mr.
Vu van Mau

Mr.
Tran van Huong

Mr.
Phan huy Quat

Mr.
Duong van Minh

Mr.
Nguyen Khanh

Mr.
Tran thien Khiem

Mr.
Nguyen Ba Can

Mr.
Nguyen cao Ky

Phu Cuong
Bien Hoa
Binh Duong Province

Xuan Loc
Bien Hoa Province

The Battle reached Saigon in 1968…

Long Khanh Province

Gia Dinh

Saigon

Gia Dinh Province

Provinces/Cities of Battles before the North
Vietnamese reached Saigon in 1968

Phuoc Tuy Province
Long An Province
Click to Next

Rescue mom…

The North Vietnamese invasion destroyed the city infrastructure,
environment, and killed millions of the people.
Furthermore, the war wasted 80% of the national budget and
destroyed a generation of teenagers drafted into the military.

… and Tears for Saigon Capital in 21 years of
The War that invaded from the North Vietnam’s Communist

He’s inside
Battle-Field…
Where
are War
our
parents…!?
Vietnam
1954-1975
We are in
Please, Save his Life…!?
Hell of
Yes, We try…
Vietnam
Mau-Than Tet Festival 1968,
Tears for my Husband
War!
The North Vietnamese reached and attempted to invade Saigon.

Mom,
Where
where
is myare
Dad…!?
We…!?
Please, Save my kid Life !
Where
Heaven
is my Husband…!?
or Hell
! Motherland
Tears for
myin
Lover
Tears
for my

Mothers of Fallen - Tears for our
Sons of Both Side…
Viet Cong Prisoners & Bodies 1968

View
Another
on
Bird
Saigon
Bird
Eye
View
Suburbs
View
of
of
from
Saigon
Capital
the
air
Capital
plane
in1972
1972
inin
1972
1972
Doc-Lap
Palace
Another
Bird
Bird
EyeEye
Eye
View
View
onSaigon
Saigon
on
Saigon
River
River
in
in
1972
Notre
Dame
Church

National Library
Ben Thanh
Market

Cholon District

Saigon Central Market
VNTT Bank
National Bank

Majestic Hotel

View looking down to Chuong Duong dock,
and Ham Nghi, Nguyen Hue, Tu Do streets

That is part of somewhere to the
east of Saigon Capital down there in 1968-1969

Looking down to Saigon Capital in 1972

Welcome To Sunny Saigon City.
The Capital of South Vietnam in War 1954-1975

on Tu-Do
the Notre-Dame
Church in 1972
TheView
GI strolled
thestreet
Tu-Doto
street
in 1972

View from View
Tu-Dofrom
street
Le-Loi
to Continental
ave. to
Palace
the House of Representatives Palace
View on Tu-Do street
to Bach-Dang port

The House of Representatives Palace in 1972
The House of Representatives Palace
in 1970

View on Tu-Do street to the Notre-Dame Church in 1958

Tu-Do street in 1962
TheMr.
House
of Senator
Mickey
worked Palace
for
The South
Vietnam
Soldiers
statue
on
the
square
on Chuong
Duong
dock
Saigon
river
Justice
Palace
at Cong
Lyofavenue
in
1973
The
Caribou
restaurant
A GI strolled the Tu-Do
street
in 1971
The
in front
Continental
of the House
Palace
ofinRepresentatives
1970
Palace in 1972
on Tu-Do
street in 1969
The House of Representatives Palace
& Caravell Hotel

View on Tu-Do street
to Notre-Dame Church

View from Tax shopping
Center on Nguyen Hue ave.
to Bach-Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall View from
Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1968-1969
View from Eden
Shopping Center on
Nguyen Hue ave.
to Tax shopping center
Saigon City Hall in 1966
& Bach Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall in 1969

Market
during
Car… car… bumper toFlower
bumper
onCity
Nguyen
HueTet
boulevard in 1968-1969
Saigon
Hall

Celebrations 1973 on
View
on
Nguyen
Hue ave. to Saigon City Hall
View from Rex Hotel
Nguyen Hue Boulevard.
to the House of
View from Saigon River toward
View on Nguyen Hue ave. to
Representatives
Eden shopping center & City Hall
& Caravell Hotel
Palace Hotel & City Hall

A GI in the middle of
Japan Scooters in 1969,
On the front of The House
Caravell hotel view on Le Loi boulevard of Representatives Palace

toward Ben Thanh market in 1971

View toward Bach Dang port, from
Eden shopping center to Tax shopping center
on Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1969
Le Loi boulevard view toward
Saigon central market in 1969

View on Le Loi boulevard
toward Ben Thanh market in 1971
The “Flower Power” of the Hippies
was the rage back in the World and
Saigon Capital in early 1969

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of the Front Gate

Ben Thanh Market in 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Scenery in early 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of other Gates

Tet Festival of Ben Thanh
Market Scenes in 1971

Tet Festival 1971
of Ben Thanh Market

LCU & PBR Going Up to Patrol on The Saigon River in 1969
Patrol Craft-Fast (PCF) boats Going Up
To Patrol on The Saigon River in 1970

Map of Hoang Sa Navy Battle 1974

South Vietnam Navy on Bach Dang Dock of Saigon River in 1966

South Vietnam Navy Headquarter

The Public Dock on Bach Dang Port
of Saigon River in 1969

Tran Hung Dao Statue, a Hero of the Bach Dang Battle.
This
Statue
is onDao
the Dock
of on
the Bach
Saigon
Port,Port
View
to Tran
Hung
Statue
Dang
Majestic
Hotel
View
from
Saigon
River
in
1970
TheSaigon
Night
Shift
Palace
at &
Bach
Coya
Dang
Tailor
port
in
of
1966
Saigon
river
in 1970
at the
Foot
of
Hai
Ba
Trung
Boulevard
in
1969
of Saigon River in 1969

Bach Dang Port of Saigon River in 1972

Le van Duyet Temple Gate
Lang Ong Temple in Tet Festival 1971
in 1971

Vinh Nghiem Pagoda at
Cong-Ly ave. in 1972

AThich
Mosque
Temple
in 1972
Quang Duc
- The sacred
fire,
Tower of Xa Loi Pagoda
A Sacrifice for Religious Freedom, 1963Vinh Nghiem Tower
Xa Loi Tower
in 1973
in 1972
Van Hanh University
underVietnam
constructions
National Museum in 1972

Tan Dinh Church in 1970
Tan Dinh Church in 1970

Father Tam Church
Father Tam Church
At Cholon in 1970
Cholon in 1970
Notre Dame Church inAt
1972

Notre Dame Church on the President J. F. Kennedy
Square in early 1960

Father
Father Tam
Tam Church
ChurchAt
At Cholon
Cholon in
in 1971
1971
Huyen Si Church in 1971
Notre Dame on the Hoa-Binh Square while the raining season in 1973

Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970
Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970

The Embassy of the United States
in early 1960
in early 1970

More than 50,000 of young G.I. were killed in the Vietnam War

3rd Field Hosp Saigon 1965

The Thunder
Tiger
Vietnam
era Caribou
Recon Team Extracted By H-34 Helicopter

To
Serve
& Lady
Die
for
South
Vietnam
Army
Victory
GateCountry,
19-6-1972
A Vietnamese
The
Air
Thunder
Force
Tiger
A-1H
dropping
The Young Gentlemen
&
ofFather
Saigon
Capital Before 1975
Vietnam-era
Phantom
II's
Honor
andan
Liability
itswith
Liaisons
ordinance
Service
on
enemy
target
cammo
paintCommandos
in formation

'Teaching & Administrative Staff
of Gia-Long High School in 1961

Class 1968-1969

Gia-Long HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class 1958-1959

1970

We are the Young Lady Vietnamese
A Circle of Marie Curie Student HS. Before 1975

Petrus Ky High School in 1965

1972-1973

Petrus Ky HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class of 1955

1972-1973

1972-1973

Snack Shop 1972-1973

CVA’s Teachers 1952

CVA’s Teachers 1960

CVA’s Students Graduated
1972
withClass
Parents
1960
Class 1960

Classe 1966-1967

High School Graduation

Vietnamese Rock & Roll
Movement in the 1960's

The Apple Three Band-1970

The Blue Stars Band-1970

The Crazy Dogs Band-1971

Thanh Nga Renovated Actress, 1969

Some Famous Singers
Of Saigon Capital

Before 1975

Kim Loan Singer

People of Saigon Capital before 1975

Kim Cuong Actress, 1969

Khanh
Ly
Singer
and
Khanh
Thanh
Ly Singer,
Lan
Singer
1962
Trinh Con Son Musician, 1969

Street Vendors - Small Businesses of Saigon Capital before 1975

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1960

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1970

Tho Horse Race Course in early 1970
Highway 4, Cho Lon 1960Phu
- 1970

10cent issued 1966

$1.00 issued
before 1975

$500.00 issued 1972
$100.00 issued before 1955

$1.00 issued 1955

$500.00 issued before1975
$100.00 issued 1966
$1.00 issued 1956
$500.00 issued 1970

$1.00 issued 1964
$500.00 issued 1966
$100.00 issued 1966

$100.00 issued 1966
1970
The South Vietnam’s National Bank

$20.00 issued before 1975

$2.00 issued 1955

$10.00 issued 1962

South Vietnam’s Money
$200.00
issued
before
$50.00
issued
19691975
$5.00 issued before
The South
1975Vietnam’s
National Bank

$1000.00 issued 1972

$200.00
$50.00
issued
issued
before
19721975

$50.00
issued
19561975
issued
before
$5.00 $1000.00
issued 1955

$50.00 issued 1966

$10.00 issued before
1955

To Refuse The VC. Regime 30-04-1975

The Fall of Saigon Capital 30-April-1975

The Victims of
Vietnam War…

The Hero Commited
Suicide 30-04-1975

Anh Hùng Tử – Khí Hùng Bất Tử

The Victims of
Sentenced the Coronel Ho Ngoc Can The R.E. Prisoners
The Pirate after war…InViet-Cong
after war
the Memory of the Fallen Heroes
More than 2 millions Vietnamese of both side were killed in Vietnam War and more than
½ millions boat peoples, walking peoples died on the way to escape out their motherland,
1975-1995…

The Boat People after war

Last C-141 to evacuate refugees from Saigon,
April 28, 1975

To Honorably Die For Fatherland

In the Memory of Vietnamese Died
Who Searching for the Freedom

The Loving Memory Of Duy Tan Street

(To Be Continued)

Saigon after Vietnam War 1975-2005


Slide 32

Saigon in Vietnam War 1954-1975

Doc-Lap Palace

National Library

Notre Dame Church

Ben Thanh
Market

Saigon-Capital
of South Vietnam ……
Never Forget Saigon!
The Heart of Vietnamese’s Fatherland!

Hung Vuong Temple
“Trung Nu Vuong”
Vietnam’s The Heroic Queens

Click to Next

Saigon Cholon
Click to Next

Click to Next

Saigon To
Phu-Nhuan

Saigon To
Khanh Hoi

Central of
Saigon Capital

Click to Next

1954-1975

1901-1963
Doc-Lap, Palace of South Vietnam
President in 1954

Mr. Ngo Dinh Diem
TheMr.
firstNgo
democratically
elected
Dinh Diem
President
of the
Republic
was First
President
of South Vietnam 1955-1963
of South Vietnam

The second democratically Presidents
of the Republic of South Vietnam
1963-1975

Doc-Lap , New Palace for South Vietnam Presidents (1963-1966)

Mr. Nguyen Van Thieu

Mr.
Vu van Mau

Mr.
Tran van Huong

Mr.
Phan huy Quat

Mr.
Duong van Minh

Mr.
Nguyen Khanh

Mr.
Tran thien Khiem

Mr.
Nguyen Ba Can

Mr.
Nguyen cao Ky

Phu Cuong
Bien Hoa
Binh Duong Province

Xuan Loc
Bien Hoa Province

The Battle reached Saigon in 1968…

Long Khanh Province

Gia Dinh

Saigon

Gia Dinh Province

Provinces/Cities of Battles before the North
Vietnamese reached Saigon in 1968

Phuoc Tuy Province
Long An Province
Click to Next

Rescue mom…

The North Vietnamese invasion destroyed the city infrastructure,
environment, and killed millions of the people.
Furthermore, the war wasted 80% of the national budget and
destroyed a generation of teenagers drafted into the military.

… and Tears for Saigon Capital in 21 years of
The War that invaded from the North Vietnam’s Communist

He’s inside
Battle-Field…
Where
are War
our
parents…!?
Vietnam
1954-1975
We are in
Please, Save his Life…!?
Hell of
Yes, We try…
Vietnam
Mau-Than Tet Festival 1968,
Tears for my Husband
War!
The North Vietnamese reached and attempted to invade Saigon.

Mom,
Where
where
is myare
Dad…!?
We…!?
Please, Save my kid Life !
Where
Heaven
is my Husband…!?
or Hell
! Motherland
Tears for
myin
Lover
Tears
for my

Mothers of Fallen - Tears for our
Sons of Both Side…
Viet Cong Prisoners & Bodies 1968

View
Another
on
Bird
Saigon
Bird
Eye
View
Suburbs
View
of
of
from
Saigon
Capital
the
air
Capital
plane
in1972
1972
inin
1972
1972
Doc-Lap
Palace
Another
Bird
Bird
EyeEye
Eye
View
View
onSaigon
Saigon
on
Saigon
River
River
in
in
1972
Notre
Dame
Church

National Library
Ben Thanh
Market

Cholon District

Saigon Central Market
VNTT Bank
National Bank

Majestic Hotel

View looking down to Chuong Duong dock,
and Ham Nghi, Nguyen Hue, Tu Do streets

That is part of somewhere to the
east of Saigon Capital down there in 1968-1969

Looking down to Saigon Capital in 1972

Welcome To Sunny Saigon City.
The Capital of South Vietnam in War 1954-1975

on Tu-Do
the Notre-Dame
Church in 1972
TheView
GI strolled
thestreet
Tu-Doto
street
in 1972

View from View
Tu-Dofrom
street
Le-Loi
to Continental
ave. to
Palace
the House of Representatives Palace
View on Tu-Do street
to Bach-Dang port

The House of Representatives Palace in 1972
The House of Representatives Palace
in 1970

View on Tu-Do street to the Notre-Dame Church in 1958

Tu-Do street in 1962
TheMr.
House
of Senator
Mickey
worked Palace
for
The South
Vietnam
Soldiers
statue
on
the
square
on Chuong
Duong
dock
Saigon
river
Justice
Palace
at Cong
Lyofavenue
in
1973
The
Caribou
restaurant
A GI strolled the Tu-Do
street
in 1971
The
in front
Continental
of the House
Palace
ofinRepresentatives
1970
Palace in 1972
on Tu-Do
street in 1969
The House of Representatives Palace
& Caravell Hotel

View on Tu-Do street
to Notre-Dame Church

View from Tax shopping
Center on Nguyen Hue ave.
to Bach-Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall View from
Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1968-1969
View from Eden
Shopping Center on
Nguyen Hue ave.
to Tax shopping center
Saigon City Hall in 1966
& Bach Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall in 1969

Market
during
Car… car… bumper toFlower
bumper
onCity
Nguyen
HueTet
boulevard in 1968-1969
Saigon
Hall

Celebrations 1973 on
View
on
Nguyen
Hue ave. to Saigon City Hall
View from Rex Hotel
Nguyen Hue Boulevard.
to the House of
View from Saigon River toward
View on Nguyen Hue ave. to
Representatives
Eden shopping center & City Hall
& Caravell Hotel
Palace Hotel & City Hall

A GI in the middle of
Japan Scooters in 1969,
On the front of The House
Caravell hotel view on Le Loi boulevard of Representatives Palace

toward Ben Thanh market in 1971

View toward Bach Dang port, from
Eden shopping center to Tax shopping center
on Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1969
Le Loi boulevard view toward
Saigon central market in 1969

View on Le Loi boulevard
toward Ben Thanh market in 1971
The “Flower Power” of the Hippies
was the rage back in the World and
Saigon Capital in early 1969

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of the Front Gate

Ben Thanh Market in 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Scenery in early 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of other Gates

Tet Festival of Ben Thanh
Market Scenes in 1971

Tet Festival 1971
of Ben Thanh Market

LCU & PBR Going Up to Patrol on The Saigon River in 1969
Patrol Craft-Fast (PCF) boats Going Up
To Patrol on The Saigon River in 1970

Map of Hoang Sa Navy Battle 1974

South Vietnam Navy on Bach Dang Dock of Saigon River in 1966

South Vietnam Navy Headquarter

The Public Dock on Bach Dang Port
of Saigon River in 1969

Tran Hung Dao Statue, a Hero of the Bach Dang Battle.
This
Statue
is onDao
the Dock
of on
the Bach
Saigon
Port,Port
View
to Tran
Hung
Statue
Dang
Majestic
Hotel
View
from
Saigon
River
in
1970
TheSaigon
Night
Shift
Palace
at &
Bach
Coya
Dang
Tailor
port
in
of
1966
Saigon
river
in 1970
at the
Foot
of
Hai
Ba
Trung
Boulevard
in
1969
of Saigon River in 1969

Bach Dang Port of Saigon River in 1972

Le van Duyet Temple Gate
Lang Ong Temple in Tet Festival 1971
in 1971

Vinh Nghiem Pagoda at
Cong-Ly ave. in 1972

AThich
Mosque
Temple
in 1972
Quang Duc
- The sacred
fire,
Tower of Xa Loi Pagoda
A Sacrifice for Religious Freedom, 1963Vinh Nghiem Tower
Xa Loi Tower
in 1973
in 1972
Van Hanh University
underVietnam
constructions
National Museum in 1972

Tan Dinh Church in 1970
Tan Dinh Church in 1970

Father Tam Church
Father Tam Church
At Cholon in 1970
Cholon in 1970
Notre Dame Church inAt
1972

Notre Dame Church on the President J. F. Kennedy
Square in early 1960

Father
Father Tam
Tam Church
ChurchAt
At Cholon
Cholon in
in 1971
1971
Huyen Si Church in 1971
Notre Dame on the Hoa-Binh Square while the raining season in 1973

Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970
Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970

The Embassy of the United States
in early 1960
in early 1970

More than 50,000 of young G.I. were killed in the Vietnam War

3rd Field Hosp Saigon 1965

The Thunder
Tiger
Vietnam
era Caribou
Recon Team Extracted By H-34 Helicopter

To
Serve
& Lady
Die
for
South
Vietnam
Army
Victory
GateCountry,
19-6-1972
A Vietnamese
The
Air
Thunder
Force
Tiger
A-1H
dropping
The Young Gentlemen
&
ofFather
Saigon
Capital Before 1975
Vietnam-era
Phantom
II's
Honor
andan
Liability
itswith
Liaisons
ordinance
Service
on
enemy
target
cammo
paintCommandos
in formation

'Teaching & Administrative Staff
of Gia-Long High School in 1961

Class 1968-1969

Gia-Long HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class 1958-1959

1970

We are the Young Lady Vietnamese
A Circle of Marie Curie Student HS. Before 1975

Petrus Ky High School in 1965

1972-1973

Petrus Ky HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class of 1955

1972-1973

1972-1973

Snack Shop 1972-1973

CVA’s Teachers 1952

CVA’s Teachers 1960

CVA’s Students Graduated
1972
withClass
Parents
1960
Class 1960

Classe 1966-1967

High School Graduation

Vietnamese Rock & Roll
Movement in the 1960's

The Apple Three Band-1970

The Blue Stars Band-1970

The Crazy Dogs Band-1971

Thanh Nga Renovated Actress, 1969

Some Famous Singers
Of Saigon Capital

Before 1975

Kim Loan Singer

People of Saigon Capital before 1975

Kim Cuong Actress, 1969

Khanh
Ly
Singer
and
Khanh
Thanh
Ly Singer,
Lan
Singer
1962
Trinh Con Son Musician, 1969

Street Vendors - Small Businesses of Saigon Capital before 1975

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1960

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1970

Tho Horse Race Course in early 1970
Highway 4, Cho Lon 1960Phu
- 1970

10cent issued 1966

$1.00 issued
before 1975

$500.00 issued 1972
$100.00 issued before 1955

$1.00 issued 1955

$500.00 issued before1975
$100.00 issued 1966
$1.00 issued 1956
$500.00 issued 1970

$1.00 issued 1964
$500.00 issued 1966
$100.00 issued 1966

$100.00 issued 1966
1970
The South Vietnam’s National Bank

$20.00 issued before 1975

$2.00 issued 1955

$10.00 issued 1962

South Vietnam’s Money
$200.00
issued
before
$50.00
issued
19691975
$5.00 issued before
The South
1975Vietnam’s
National Bank

$1000.00 issued 1972

$200.00
$50.00
issued
issued
before
19721975

$50.00
issued
19561975
issued
before
$5.00 $1000.00
issued 1955

$50.00 issued 1966

$10.00 issued before
1955

To Refuse The VC. Regime 30-04-1975

The Fall of Saigon Capital 30-April-1975

The Victims of
Vietnam War…

The Hero Commited
Suicide 30-04-1975

Anh Hùng Tử – Khí Hùng Bất Tử

The Victims of
Sentenced the Coronel Ho Ngoc Can The R.E. Prisoners
The Pirate after war…InViet-Cong
after war
the Memory of the Fallen Heroes
More than 2 millions Vietnamese of both side were killed in Vietnam War and more than
½ millions boat peoples, walking peoples died on the way to escape out their motherland,
1975-1995…

The Boat People after war

Last C-141 to evacuate refugees from Saigon,
April 28, 1975

To Honorably Die For Fatherland

In the Memory of Vietnamese Died
Who Searching for the Freedom

The Loving Memory Of Duy Tan Street

(To Be Continued)

Saigon after Vietnam War 1975-2005


Slide 33

Saigon in Vietnam War 1954-1975

Doc-Lap Palace

National Library

Notre Dame Church

Ben Thanh
Market

Saigon-Capital
of South Vietnam ……
Never Forget Saigon!
The Heart of Vietnamese’s Fatherland!

Hung Vuong Temple
“Trung Nu Vuong”
Vietnam’s The Heroic Queens

Click to Next

Saigon Cholon
Click to Next

Click to Next

Saigon To
Phu-Nhuan

Saigon To
Khanh Hoi

Central of
Saigon Capital

Click to Next

1954-1975

1901-1963
Doc-Lap, Palace of South Vietnam
President in 1954

Mr. Ngo Dinh Diem
TheMr.
firstNgo
democratically
elected
Dinh Diem
President
of the
Republic
was First
President
of South Vietnam 1955-1963
of South Vietnam

The second democratically Presidents
of the Republic of South Vietnam
1963-1975

Doc-Lap , New Palace for South Vietnam Presidents (1963-1966)

Mr. Nguyen Van Thieu

Mr.
Vu van Mau

Mr.
Tran van Huong

Mr.
Phan huy Quat

Mr.
Duong van Minh

Mr.
Nguyen Khanh

Mr.
Tran thien Khiem

Mr.
Nguyen Ba Can

Mr.
Nguyen cao Ky

Phu Cuong
Bien Hoa
Binh Duong Province

Xuan Loc
Bien Hoa Province

The Battle reached Saigon in 1968…

Long Khanh Province

Gia Dinh

Saigon

Gia Dinh Province

Provinces/Cities of Battles before the North
Vietnamese reached Saigon in 1968

Phuoc Tuy Province
Long An Province
Click to Next

Rescue mom…

The North Vietnamese invasion destroyed the city infrastructure,
environment, and killed millions of the people.
Furthermore, the war wasted 80% of the national budget and
destroyed a generation of teenagers drafted into the military.

… and Tears for Saigon Capital in 21 years of
The War that invaded from the North Vietnam’s Communist

He’s inside
Battle-Field…
Where
are War
our
parents…!?
Vietnam
1954-1975
We are in
Please, Save his Life…!?
Hell of
Yes, We try…
Vietnam
Mau-Than Tet Festival 1968,
Tears for my Husband
War!
The North Vietnamese reached and attempted to invade Saigon.

Mom,
Where
where
is myare
Dad…!?
We…!?
Please, Save my kid Life !
Where
Heaven
is my Husband…!?
or Hell
! Motherland
Tears for
myin
Lover
Tears
for my

Mothers of Fallen - Tears for our
Sons of Both Side…
Viet Cong Prisoners & Bodies 1968

View
Another
on
Bird
Saigon
Bird
Eye
View
Suburbs
View
of
of
from
Saigon
Capital
the
air
Capital
plane
in1972
1972
inin
1972
1972
Doc-Lap
Palace
Another
Bird
Bird
EyeEye
Eye
View
View
onSaigon
Saigon
on
Saigon
River
River
in
in
1972
Notre
Dame
Church

National Library
Ben Thanh
Market

Cholon District

Saigon Central Market
VNTT Bank
National Bank

Majestic Hotel

View looking down to Chuong Duong dock,
and Ham Nghi, Nguyen Hue, Tu Do streets

That is part of somewhere to the
east of Saigon Capital down there in 1968-1969

Looking down to Saigon Capital in 1972

Welcome To Sunny Saigon City.
The Capital of South Vietnam in War 1954-1975

on Tu-Do
the Notre-Dame
Church in 1972
TheView
GI strolled
thestreet
Tu-Doto
street
in 1972

View from View
Tu-Dofrom
street
Le-Loi
to Continental
ave. to
Palace
the House of Representatives Palace
View on Tu-Do street
to Bach-Dang port

The House of Representatives Palace in 1972
The House of Representatives Palace
in 1970

View on Tu-Do street to the Notre-Dame Church in 1958

Tu-Do street in 1962
TheMr.
House
of Senator
Mickey
worked Palace
for
The South
Vietnam
Soldiers
statue
on
the
square
on Chuong
Duong
dock
Saigon
river
Justice
Palace
at Cong
Lyofavenue
in
1973
The
Caribou
restaurant
A GI strolled the Tu-Do
street
in 1971
The
in front
Continental
of the House
Palace
ofinRepresentatives
1970
Palace in 1972
on Tu-Do
street in 1969
The House of Representatives Palace
& Caravell Hotel

View on Tu-Do street
to Notre-Dame Church

View from Tax shopping
Center on Nguyen Hue ave.
to Bach-Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall View from
Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1968-1969
View from Eden
Shopping Center on
Nguyen Hue ave.
to Tax shopping center
Saigon City Hall in 1966
& Bach Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall in 1969

Market
during
Car… car… bumper toFlower
bumper
onCity
Nguyen
HueTet
boulevard in 1968-1969
Saigon
Hall

Celebrations 1973 on
View
on
Nguyen
Hue ave. to Saigon City Hall
View from Rex Hotel
Nguyen Hue Boulevard.
to the House of
View from Saigon River toward
View on Nguyen Hue ave. to
Representatives
Eden shopping center & City Hall
& Caravell Hotel
Palace Hotel & City Hall

A GI in the middle of
Japan Scooters in 1969,
On the front of The House
Caravell hotel view on Le Loi boulevard of Representatives Palace

toward Ben Thanh market in 1971

View toward Bach Dang port, from
Eden shopping center to Tax shopping center
on Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1969
Le Loi boulevard view toward
Saigon central market in 1969

View on Le Loi boulevard
toward Ben Thanh market in 1971
The “Flower Power” of the Hippies
was the rage back in the World and
Saigon Capital in early 1969

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of the Front Gate

Ben Thanh Market in 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Scenery in early 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of other Gates

Tet Festival of Ben Thanh
Market Scenes in 1971

Tet Festival 1971
of Ben Thanh Market

LCU & PBR Going Up to Patrol on The Saigon River in 1969
Patrol Craft-Fast (PCF) boats Going Up
To Patrol on The Saigon River in 1970

Map of Hoang Sa Navy Battle 1974

South Vietnam Navy on Bach Dang Dock of Saigon River in 1966

South Vietnam Navy Headquarter

The Public Dock on Bach Dang Port
of Saigon River in 1969

Tran Hung Dao Statue, a Hero of the Bach Dang Battle.
This
Statue
is onDao
the Dock
of on
the Bach
Saigon
Port,Port
View
to Tran
Hung
Statue
Dang
Majestic
Hotel
View
from
Saigon
River
in
1970
TheSaigon
Night
Shift
Palace
at &
Bach
Coya
Dang
Tailor
port
in
of
1966
Saigon
river
in 1970
at the
Foot
of
Hai
Ba
Trung
Boulevard
in
1969
of Saigon River in 1969

Bach Dang Port of Saigon River in 1972

Le van Duyet Temple Gate
Lang Ong Temple in Tet Festival 1971
in 1971

Vinh Nghiem Pagoda at
Cong-Ly ave. in 1972

AThich
Mosque
Temple
in 1972
Quang Duc
- The sacred
fire,
Tower of Xa Loi Pagoda
A Sacrifice for Religious Freedom, 1963Vinh Nghiem Tower
Xa Loi Tower
in 1973
in 1972
Van Hanh University
underVietnam
constructions
National Museum in 1972

Tan Dinh Church in 1970
Tan Dinh Church in 1970

Father Tam Church
Father Tam Church
At Cholon in 1970
Cholon in 1970
Notre Dame Church inAt
1972

Notre Dame Church on the President J. F. Kennedy
Square in early 1960

Father
Father Tam
Tam Church
ChurchAt
At Cholon
Cholon in
in 1971
1971
Huyen Si Church in 1971
Notre Dame on the Hoa-Binh Square while the raining season in 1973

Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970
Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970

The Embassy of the United States
in early 1960
in early 1970

More than 50,000 of young G.I. were killed in the Vietnam War

3rd Field Hosp Saigon 1965

The Thunder
Tiger
Vietnam
era Caribou
Recon Team Extracted By H-34 Helicopter

To
Serve
& Lady
Die
for
South
Vietnam
Army
Victory
GateCountry,
19-6-1972
A Vietnamese
The
Air
Thunder
Force
Tiger
A-1H
dropping
The Young Gentlemen
&
ofFather
Saigon
Capital Before 1975
Vietnam-era
Phantom
II's
Honor
andan
Liability
itswith
Liaisons
ordinance
Service
on
enemy
target
cammo
paintCommandos
in formation

'Teaching & Administrative Staff
of Gia-Long High School in 1961

Class 1968-1969

Gia-Long HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class 1958-1959

1970

We are the Young Lady Vietnamese
A Circle of Marie Curie Student HS. Before 1975

Petrus Ky High School in 1965

1972-1973

Petrus Ky HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class of 1955

1972-1973

1972-1973

Snack Shop 1972-1973

CVA’s Teachers 1952

CVA’s Teachers 1960

CVA’s Students Graduated
1972
withClass
Parents
1960
Class 1960

Classe 1966-1967

High School Graduation

Vietnamese Rock & Roll
Movement in the 1960's

The Apple Three Band-1970

The Blue Stars Band-1970

The Crazy Dogs Band-1971

Thanh Nga Renovated Actress, 1969

Some Famous Singers
Of Saigon Capital

Before 1975

Kim Loan Singer

People of Saigon Capital before 1975

Kim Cuong Actress, 1969

Khanh
Ly
Singer
and
Khanh
Thanh
Ly Singer,
Lan
Singer
1962
Trinh Con Son Musician, 1969

Street Vendors - Small Businesses of Saigon Capital before 1975

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1960

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1970

Tho Horse Race Course in early 1970
Highway 4, Cho Lon 1960Phu
- 1970

10cent issued 1966

$1.00 issued
before 1975

$500.00 issued 1972
$100.00 issued before 1955

$1.00 issued 1955

$500.00 issued before1975
$100.00 issued 1966
$1.00 issued 1956
$500.00 issued 1970

$1.00 issued 1964
$500.00 issued 1966
$100.00 issued 1966

$100.00 issued 1966
1970
The South Vietnam’s National Bank

$20.00 issued before 1975

$2.00 issued 1955

$10.00 issued 1962

South Vietnam’s Money
$200.00
issued
before
$50.00
issued
19691975
$5.00 issued before
The South
1975Vietnam’s
National Bank

$1000.00 issued 1972

$200.00
$50.00
issued
issued
before
19721975

$50.00
issued
19561975
issued
before
$5.00 $1000.00
issued 1955

$50.00 issued 1966

$10.00 issued before
1955

To Refuse The VC. Regime 30-04-1975

The Fall of Saigon Capital 30-April-1975

The Victims of
Vietnam War…

The Hero Commited
Suicide 30-04-1975

Anh Hùng Tử – Khí Hùng Bất Tử

The Victims of
Sentenced the Coronel Ho Ngoc Can The R.E. Prisoners
The Pirate after war…InViet-Cong
after war
the Memory of the Fallen Heroes
More than 2 millions Vietnamese of both side were killed in Vietnam War and more than
½ millions boat peoples, walking peoples died on the way to escape out their motherland,
1975-1995…

The Boat People after war

Last C-141 to evacuate refugees from Saigon,
April 28, 1975

To Honorably Die For Fatherland

In the Memory of Vietnamese Died
Who Searching for the Freedom

The Loving Memory Of Duy Tan Street

(To Be Continued)

Saigon after Vietnam War 1975-2005


Slide 34

Saigon in Vietnam War 1954-1975

Doc-Lap Palace

National Library

Notre Dame Church

Ben Thanh
Market

Saigon-Capital
of South Vietnam ……
Never Forget Saigon!
The Heart of Vietnamese’s Fatherland!

Hung Vuong Temple
“Trung Nu Vuong”
Vietnam’s The Heroic Queens

Click to Next

Saigon Cholon
Click to Next

Click to Next

Saigon To
Phu-Nhuan

Saigon To
Khanh Hoi

Central of
Saigon Capital

Click to Next

1954-1975

1901-1963
Doc-Lap, Palace of South Vietnam
President in 1954

Mr. Ngo Dinh Diem
TheMr.
firstNgo
democratically
elected
Dinh Diem
President
of the
Republic
was First
President
of South Vietnam 1955-1963
of South Vietnam

The second democratically Presidents
of the Republic of South Vietnam
1963-1975

Doc-Lap , New Palace for South Vietnam Presidents (1963-1966)

Mr. Nguyen Van Thieu

Mr.
Vu van Mau

Mr.
Tran van Huong

Mr.
Phan huy Quat

Mr.
Duong van Minh

Mr.
Nguyen Khanh

Mr.
Tran thien Khiem

Mr.
Nguyen Ba Can

Mr.
Nguyen cao Ky

Phu Cuong
Bien Hoa
Binh Duong Province

Xuan Loc
Bien Hoa Province

The Battle reached Saigon in 1968…

Long Khanh Province

Gia Dinh

Saigon

Gia Dinh Province

Provinces/Cities of Battles before the North
Vietnamese reached Saigon in 1968

Phuoc Tuy Province
Long An Province
Click to Next

Rescue mom…

The North Vietnamese invasion destroyed the city infrastructure,
environment, and killed millions of the people.
Furthermore, the war wasted 80% of the national budget and
destroyed a generation of teenagers drafted into the military.

… and Tears for Saigon Capital in 21 years of
The War that invaded from the North Vietnam’s Communist

He’s inside
Battle-Field…
Where
are War
our
parents…!?
Vietnam
1954-1975
We are in
Please, Save his Life…!?
Hell of
Yes, We try…
Vietnam
Mau-Than Tet Festival 1968,
Tears for my Husband
War!
The North Vietnamese reached and attempted to invade Saigon.

Mom,
Where
where
is myare
Dad…!?
We…!?
Please, Save my kid Life !
Where
Heaven
is my Husband…!?
or Hell
! Motherland
Tears for
myin
Lover
Tears
for my

Mothers of Fallen - Tears for our
Sons of Both Side…
Viet Cong Prisoners & Bodies 1968

View
Another
on
Bird
Saigon
Bird
Eye
View
Suburbs
View
of
of
from
Saigon
Capital
the
air
Capital
plane
in1972
1972
inin
1972
1972
Doc-Lap
Palace
Another
Bird
Bird
EyeEye
Eye
View
View
onSaigon
Saigon
on
Saigon
River
River
in
in
1972
Notre
Dame
Church

National Library
Ben Thanh
Market

Cholon District

Saigon Central Market
VNTT Bank
National Bank

Majestic Hotel

View looking down to Chuong Duong dock,
and Ham Nghi, Nguyen Hue, Tu Do streets

That is part of somewhere to the
east of Saigon Capital down there in 1968-1969

Looking down to Saigon Capital in 1972

Welcome To Sunny Saigon City.
The Capital of South Vietnam in War 1954-1975

on Tu-Do
the Notre-Dame
Church in 1972
TheView
GI strolled
thestreet
Tu-Doto
street
in 1972

View from View
Tu-Dofrom
street
Le-Loi
to Continental
ave. to
Palace
the House of Representatives Palace
View on Tu-Do street
to Bach-Dang port

The House of Representatives Palace in 1972
The House of Representatives Palace
in 1970

View on Tu-Do street to the Notre-Dame Church in 1958

Tu-Do street in 1962
TheMr.
House
of Senator
Mickey
worked Palace
for
The South
Vietnam
Soldiers
statue
on
the
square
on Chuong
Duong
dock
Saigon
river
Justice
Palace
at Cong
Lyofavenue
in
1973
The
Caribou
restaurant
A GI strolled the Tu-Do
street
in 1971
The
in front
Continental
of the House
Palace
ofinRepresentatives
1970
Palace in 1972
on Tu-Do
street in 1969
The House of Representatives Palace
& Caravell Hotel

View on Tu-Do street
to Notre-Dame Church

View from Tax shopping
Center on Nguyen Hue ave.
to Bach-Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall View from
Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1968-1969
View from Eden
Shopping Center on
Nguyen Hue ave.
to Tax shopping center
Saigon City Hall in 1966
& Bach Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall in 1969

Market
during
Car… car… bumper toFlower
bumper
onCity
Nguyen
HueTet
boulevard in 1968-1969
Saigon
Hall

Celebrations 1973 on
View
on
Nguyen
Hue ave. to Saigon City Hall
View from Rex Hotel
Nguyen Hue Boulevard.
to the House of
View from Saigon River toward
View on Nguyen Hue ave. to
Representatives
Eden shopping center & City Hall
& Caravell Hotel
Palace Hotel & City Hall

A GI in the middle of
Japan Scooters in 1969,
On the front of The House
Caravell hotel view on Le Loi boulevard of Representatives Palace

toward Ben Thanh market in 1971

View toward Bach Dang port, from
Eden shopping center to Tax shopping center
on Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1969
Le Loi boulevard view toward
Saigon central market in 1969

View on Le Loi boulevard
toward Ben Thanh market in 1971
The “Flower Power” of the Hippies
was the rage back in the World and
Saigon Capital in early 1969

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of the Front Gate

Ben Thanh Market in 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Scenery in early 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of other Gates

Tet Festival of Ben Thanh
Market Scenes in 1971

Tet Festival 1971
of Ben Thanh Market

LCU & PBR Going Up to Patrol on The Saigon River in 1969
Patrol Craft-Fast (PCF) boats Going Up
To Patrol on The Saigon River in 1970

Map of Hoang Sa Navy Battle 1974

South Vietnam Navy on Bach Dang Dock of Saigon River in 1966

South Vietnam Navy Headquarter

The Public Dock on Bach Dang Port
of Saigon River in 1969

Tran Hung Dao Statue, a Hero of the Bach Dang Battle.
This
Statue
is onDao
the Dock
of on
the Bach
Saigon
Port,Port
View
to Tran
Hung
Statue
Dang
Majestic
Hotel
View
from
Saigon
River
in
1970
TheSaigon
Night
Shift
Palace
at &
Bach
Coya
Dang
Tailor
port
in
of
1966
Saigon
river
in 1970
at the
Foot
of
Hai
Ba
Trung
Boulevard
in
1969
of Saigon River in 1969

Bach Dang Port of Saigon River in 1972

Le van Duyet Temple Gate
Lang Ong Temple in Tet Festival 1971
in 1971

Vinh Nghiem Pagoda at
Cong-Ly ave. in 1972

AThich
Mosque
Temple
in 1972
Quang Duc
- The sacred
fire,
Tower of Xa Loi Pagoda
A Sacrifice for Religious Freedom, 1963Vinh Nghiem Tower
Xa Loi Tower
in 1973
in 1972
Van Hanh University
underVietnam
constructions
National Museum in 1972

Tan Dinh Church in 1970
Tan Dinh Church in 1970

Father Tam Church
Father Tam Church
At Cholon in 1970
Cholon in 1970
Notre Dame Church inAt
1972

Notre Dame Church on the President J. F. Kennedy
Square in early 1960

Father
Father Tam
Tam Church
ChurchAt
At Cholon
Cholon in
in 1971
1971
Huyen Si Church in 1971
Notre Dame on the Hoa-Binh Square while the raining season in 1973

Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970
Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970

The Embassy of the United States
in early 1960
in early 1970

More than 50,000 of young G.I. were killed in the Vietnam War

3rd Field Hosp Saigon 1965

The Thunder
Tiger
Vietnam
era Caribou
Recon Team Extracted By H-34 Helicopter

To
Serve
& Lady
Die
for
South
Vietnam
Army
Victory
GateCountry,
19-6-1972
A Vietnamese
The
Air
Thunder
Force
Tiger
A-1H
dropping
The Young Gentlemen
&
ofFather
Saigon
Capital Before 1975
Vietnam-era
Phantom
II's
Honor
andan
Liability
itswith
Liaisons
ordinance
Service
on
enemy
target
cammo
paintCommandos
in formation

'Teaching & Administrative Staff
of Gia-Long High School in 1961

Class 1968-1969

Gia-Long HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class 1958-1959

1970

We are the Young Lady Vietnamese
A Circle of Marie Curie Student HS. Before 1975

Petrus Ky High School in 1965

1972-1973

Petrus Ky HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class of 1955

1972-1973

1972-1973

Snack Shop 1972-1973

CVA’s Teachers 1952

CVA’s Teachers 1960

CVA’s Students Graduated
1972
withClass
Parents
1960
Class 1960

Classe 1966-1967

High School Graduation

Vietnamese Rock & Roll
Movement in the 1960's

The Apple Three Band-1970

The Blue Stars Band-1970

The Crazy Dogs Band-1971

Thanh Nga Renovated Actress, 1969

Some Famous Singers
Of Saigon Capital

Before 1975

Kim Loan Singer

People of Saigon Capital before 1975

Kim Cuong Actress, 1969

Khanh
Ly
Singer
and
Khanh
Thanh
Ly Singer,
Lan
Singer
1962
Trinh Con Son Musician, 1969

Street Vendors - Small Businesses of Saigon Capital before 1975

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1960

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1970

Tho Horse Race Course in early 1970
Highway 4, Cho Lon 1960Phu
- 1970

10cent issued 1966

$1.00 issued
before 1975

$500.00 issued 1972
$100.00 issued before 1955

$1.00 issued 1955

$500.00 issued before1975
$100.00 issued 1966
$1.00 issued 1956
$500.00 issued 1970

$1.00 issued 1964
$500.00 issued 1966
$100.00 issued 1966

$100.00 issued 1966
1970
The South Vietnam’s National Bank

$20.00 issued before 1975

$2.00 issued 1955

$10.00 issued 1962

South Vietnam’s Money
$200.00
issued
before
$50.00
issued
19691975
$5.00 issued before
The South
1975Vietnam’s
National Bank

$1000.00 issued 1972

$200.00
$50.00
issued
issued
before
19721975

$50.00
issued
19561975
issued
before
$5.00 $1000.00
issued 1955

$50.00 issued 1966

$10.00 issued before
1955

To Refuse The VC. Regime 30-04-1975

The Fall of Saigon Capital 30-April-1975

The Victims of
Vietnam War…

The Hero Commited
Suicide 30-04-1975

Anh Hùng Tử – Khí Hùng Bất Tử

The Victims of
Sentenced the Coronel Ho Ngoc Can The R.E. Prisoners
The Pirate after war…InViet-Cong
after war
the Memory of the Fallen Heroes
More than 2 millions Vietnamese of both side were killed in Vietnam War and more than
½ millions boat peoples, walking peoples died on the way to escape out their motherland,
1975-1995…

The Boat People after war

Last C-141 to evacuate refugees from Saigon,
April 28, 1975

To Honorably Die For Fatherland

In the Memory of Vietnamese Died
Who Searching for the Freedom

The Loving Memory Of Duy Tan Street

(To Be Continued)

Saigon after Vietnam War 1975-2005


Slide 35

Saigon in Vietnam War 1954-1975

Doc-Lap Palace

National Library

Notre Dame Church

Ben Thanh
Market

Saigon-Capital
of South Vietnam ……
Never Forget Saigon!
The Heart of Vietnamese’s Fatherland!

Hung Vuong Temple
“Trung Nu Vuong”
Vietnam’s The Heroic Queens

Click to Next

Saigon Cholon
Click to Next

Click to Next

Saigon To
Phu-Nhuan

Saigon To
Khanh Hoi

Central of
Saigon Capital

Click to Next

1954-1975

1901-1963
Doc-Lap, Palace of South Vietnam
President in 1954

Mr. Ngo Dinh Diem
TheMr.
firstNgo
democratically
elected
Dinh Diem
President
of the
Republic
was First
President
of South Vietnam 1955-1963
of South Vietnam

The second democratically Presidents
of the Republic of South Vietnam
1963-1975

Doc-Lap , New Palace for South Vietnam Presidents (1963-1966)

Mr. Nguyen Van Thieu

Mr.
Vu van Mau

Mr.
Tran van Huong

Mr.
Phan huy Quat

Mr.
Duong van Minh

Mr.
Nguyen Khanh

Mr.
Tran thien Khiem

Mr.
Nguyen Ba Can

Mr.
Nguyen cao Ky

Phu Cuong
Bien Hoa
Binh Duong Province

Xuan Loc
Bien Hoa Province

The Battle reached Saigon in 1968…

Long Khanh Province

Gia Dinh

Saigon

Gia Dinh Province

Provinces/Cities of Battles before the North
Vietnamese reached Saigon in 1968

Phuoc Tuy Province
Long An Province
Click to Next

Rescue mom…

The North Vietnamese invasion destroyed the city infrastructure,
environment, and killed millions of the people.
Furthermore, the war wasted 80% of the national budget and
destroyed a generation of teenagers drafted into the military.

… and Tears for Saigon Capital in 21 years of
The War that invaded from the North Vietnam’s Communist

He’s inside
Battle-Field…
Where
are War
our
parents…!?
Vietnam
1954-1975
We are in
Please, Save his Life…!?
Hell of
Yes, We try…
Vietnam
Mau-Than Tet Festival 1968,
Tears for my Husband
War!
The North Vietnamese reached and attempted to invade Saigon.

Mom,
Where
where
is myare
Dad…!?
We…!?
Please, Save my kid Life !
Where
Heaven
is my Husband…!?
or Hell
! Motherland
Tears for
myin
Lover
Tears
for my

Mothers of Fallen - Tears for our
Sons of Both Side…
Viet Cong Prisoners & Bodies 1968

View
Another
on
Bird
Saigon
Bird
Eye
View
Suburbs
View
of
of
from
Saigon
Capital
the
air
Capital
plane
in1972
1972
inin
1972
1972
Doc-Lap
Palace
Another
Bird
Bird
EyeEye
Eye
View
View
onSaigon
Saigon
on
Saigon
River
River
in
in
1972
Notre
Dame
Church

National Library
Ben Thanh
Market

Cholon District

Saigon Central Market
VNTT Bank
National Bank

Majestic Hotel

View looking down to Chuong Duong dock,
and Ham Nghi, Nguyen Hue, Tu Do streets

That is part of somewhere to the
east of Saigon Capital down there in 1968-1969

Looking down to Saigon Capital in 1972

Welcome To Sunny Saigon City.
The Capital of South Vietnam in War 1954-1975

on Tu-Do
the Notre-Dame
Church in 1972
TheView
GI strolled
thestreet
Tu-Doto
street
in 1972

View from View
Tu-Dofrom
street
Le-Loi
to Continental
ave. to
Palace
the House of Representatives Palace
View on Tu-Do street
to Bach-Dang port

The House of Representatives Palace in 1972
The House of Representatives Palace
in 1970

View on Tu-Do street to the Notre-Dame Church in 1958

Tu-Do street in 1962
TheMr.
House
of Senator
Mickey
worked Palace
for
The South
Vietnam
Soldiers
statue
on
the
square
on Chuong
Duong
dock
Saigon
river
Justice
Palace
at Cong
Lyofavenue
in
1973
The
Caribou
restaurant
A GI strolled the Tu-Do
street
in 1971
The
in front
Continental
of the House
Palace
ofinRepresentatives
1970
Palace in 1972
on Tu-Do
street in 1969
The House of Representatives Palace
& Caravell Hotel

View on Tu-Do street
to Notre-Dame Church

View from Tax shopping
Center on Nguyen Hue ave.
to Bach-Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall View from
Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1968-1969
View from Eden
Shopping Center on
Nguyen Hue ave.
to Tax shopping center
Saigon City Hall in 1966
& Bach Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall in 1969

Market
during
Car… car… bumper toFlower
bumper
onCity
Nguyen
HueTet
boulevard in 1968-1969
Saigon
Hall

Celebrations 1973 on
View
on
Nguyen
Hue ave. to Saigon City Hall
View from Rex Hotel
Nguyen Hue Boulevard.
to the House of
View from Saigon River toward
View on Nguyen Hue ave. to
Representatives
Eden shopping center & City Hall
& Caravell Hotel
Palace Hotel & City Hall

A GI in the middle of
Japan Scooters in 1969,
On the front of The House
Caravell hotel view on Le Loi boulevard of Representatives Palace

toward Ben Thanh market in 1971

View toward Bach Dang port, from
Eden shopping center to Tax shopping center
on Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1969
Le Loi boulevard view toward
Saigon central market in 1969

View on Le Loi boulevard
toward Ben Thanh market in 1971
The “Flower Power” of the Hippies
was the rage back in the World and
Saigon Capital in early 1969

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of the Front Gate

Ben Thanh Market in 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Scenery in early 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of other Gates

Tet Festival of Ben Thanh
Market Scenes in 1971

Tet Festival 1971
of Ben Thanh Market

LCU & PBR Going Up to Patrol on The Saigon River in 1969
Patrol Craft-Fast (PCF) boats Going Up
To Patrol on The Saigon River in 1970

Map of Hoang Sa Navy Battle 1974

South Vietnam Navy on Bach Dang Dock of Saigon River in 1966

South Vietnam Navy Headquarter

The Public Dock on Bach Dang Port
of Saigon River in 1969

Tran Hung Dao Statue, a Hero of the Bach Dang Battle.
This
Statue
is onDao
the Dock
of on
the Bach
Saigon
Port,Port
View
to Tran
Hung
Statue
Dang
Majestic
Hotel
View
from
Saigon
River
in
1970
TheSaigon
Night
Shift
Palace
at &
Bach
Coya
Dang
Tailor
port
in
of
1966
Saigon
river
in 1970
at the
Foot
of
Hai
Ba
Trung
Boulevard
in
1969
of Saigon River in 1969

Bach Dang Port of Saigon River in 1972

Le van Duyet Temple Gate
Lang Ong Temple in Tet Festival 1971
in 1971

Vinh Nghiem Pagoda at
Cong-Ly ave. in 1972

AThich
Mosque
Temple
in 1972
Quang Duc
- The sacred
fire,
Tower of Xa Loi Pagoda
A Sacrifice for Religious Freedom, 1963Vinh Nghiem Tower
Xa Loi Tower
in 1973
in 1972
Van Hanh University
underVietnam
constructions
National Museum in 1972

Tan Dinh Church in 1970
Tan Dinh Church in 1970

Father Tam Church
Father Tam Church
At Cholon in 1970
Cholon in 1970
Notre Dame Church inAt
1972

Notre Dame Church on the President J. F. Kennedy
Square in early 1960

Father
Father Tam
Tam Church
ChurchAt
At Cholon
Cholon in
in 1971
1971
Huyen Si Church in 1971
Notre Dame on the Hoa-Binh Square while the raining season in 1973

Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970
Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970

The Embassy of the United States
in early 1960
in early 1970

More than 50,000 of young G.I. were killed in the Vietnam War

3rd Field Hosp Saigon 1965

The Thunder
Tiger
Vietnam
era Caribou
Recon Team Extracted By H-34 Helicopter

To
Serve
& Lady
Die
for
South
Vietnam
Army
Victory
GateCountry,
19-6-1972
A Vietnamese
The
Air
Thunder
Force
Tiger
A-1H
dropping
The Young Gentlemen
&
ofFather
Saigon
Capital Before 1975
Vietnam-era
Phantom
II's
Honor
andan
Liability
itswith
Liaisons
ordinance
Service
on
enemy
target
cammo
paintCommandos
in formation

'Teaching & Administrative Staff
of Gia-Long High School in 1961

Class 1968-1969

Gia-Long HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class 1958-1959

1970

We are the Young Lady Vietnamese
A Circle of Marie Curie Student HS. Before 1975

Petrus Ky High School in 1965

1972-1973

Petrus Ky HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class of 1955

1972-1973

1972-1973

Snack Shop 1972-1973

CVA’s Teachers 1952

CVA’s Teachers 1960

CVA’s Students Graduated
1972
withClass
Parents
1960
Class 1960

Classe 1966-1967

High School Graduation

Vietnamese Rock & Roll
Movement in the 1960's

The Apple Three Band-1970

The Blue Stars Band-1970

The Crazy Dogs Band-1971

Thanh Nga Renovated Actress, 1969

Some Famous Singers
Of Saigon Capital

Before 1975

Kim Loan Singer

People of Saigon Capital before 1975

Kim Cuong Actress, 1969

Khanh
Ly
Singer
and
Khanh
Thanh
Ly Singer,
Lan
Singer
1962
Trinh Con Son Musician, 1969

Street Vendors - Small Businesses of Saigon Capital before 1975

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1960

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1970

Tho Horse Race Course in early 1970
Highway 4, Cho Lon 1960Phu
- 1970

10cent issued 1966

$1.00 issued
before 1975

$500.00 issued 1972
$100.00 issued before 1955

$1.00 issued 1955

$500.00 issued before1975
$100.00 issued 1966
$1.00 issued 1956
$500.00 issued 1970

$1.00 issued 1964
$500.00 issued 1966
$100.00 issued 1966

$100.00 issued 1966
1970
The South Vietnam’s National Bank

$20.00 issued before 1975

$2.00 issued 1955

$10.00 issued 1962

South Vietnam’s Money
$200.00
issued
before
$50.00
issued
19691975
$5.00 issued before
The South
1975Vietnam’s
National Bank

$1000.00 issued 1972

$200.00
$50.00
issued
issued
before
19721975

$50.00
issued
19561975
issued
before
$5.00 $1000.00
issued 1955

$50.00 issued 1966

$10.00 issued before
1955

To Refuse The VC. Regime 30-04-1975

The Fall of Saigon Capital 30-April-1975

The Victims of
Vietnam War…

The Hero Commited
Suicide 30-04-1975

Anh Hùng Tử – Khí Hùng Bất Tử

The Victims of
Sentenced the Coronel Ho Ngoc Can The R.E. Prisoners
The Pirate after war…InViet-Cong
after war
the Memory of the Fallen Heroes
More than 2 millions Vietnamese of both side were killed in Vietnam War and more than
½ millions boat peoples, walking peoples died on the way to escape out their motherland,
1975-1995…

The Boat People after war

Last C-141 to evacuate refugees from Saigon,
April 28, 1975

To Honorably Die For Fatherland

In the Memory of Vietnamese Died
Who Searching for the Freedom

The Loving Memory Of Duy Tan Street

(To Be Continued)

Saigon after Vietnam War 1975-2005


Slide 36

Saigon in Vietnam War 1954-1975

Doc-Lap Palace

National Library

Notre Dame Church

Ben Thanh
Market

Saigon-Capital
of South Vietnam ……
Never Forget Saigon!
The Heart of Vietnamese’s Fatherland!

Hung Vuong Temple
“Trung Nu Vuong”
Vietnam’s The Heroic Queens

Click to Next

Saigon Cholon
Click to Next

Click to Next

Saigon To
Phu-Nhuan

Saigon To
Khanh Hoi

Central of
Saigon Capital

Click to Next

1954-1975

1901-1963
Doc-Lap, Palace of South Vietnam
President in 1954

Mr. Ngo Dinh Diem
TheMr.
firstNgo
democratically
elected
Dinh Diem
President
of the
Republic
was First
President
of South Vietnam 1955-1963
of South Vietnam

The second democratically Presidents
of the Republic of South Vietnam
1963-1975

Doc-Lap , New Palace for South Vietnam Presidents (1963-1966)

Mr. Nguyen Van Thieu

Mr.
Vu van Mau

Mr.
Tran van Huong

Mr.
Phan huy Quat

Mr.
Duong van Minh

Mr.
Nguyen Khanh

Mr.
Tran thien Khiem

Mr.
Nguyen Ba Can

Mr.
Nguyen cao Ky

Phu Cuong
Bien Hoa
Binh Duong Province

Xuan Loc
Bien Hoa Province

The Battle reached Saigon in 1968…

Long Khanh Province

Gia Dinh

Saigon

Gia Dinh Province

Provinces/Cities of Battles before the North
Vietnamese reached Saigon in 1968

Phuoc Tuy Province
Long An Province
Click to Next

Rescue mom…

The North Vietnamese invasion destroyed the city infrastructure,
environment, and killed millions of the people.
Furthermore, the war wasted 80% of the national budget and
destroyed a generation of teenagers drafted into the military.

… and Tears for Saigon Capital in 21 years of
The War that invaded from the North Vietnam’s Communist

He’s inside
Battle-Field…
Where
are War
our
parents…!?
Vietnam
1954-1975
We are in
Please, Save his Life…!?
Hell of
Yes, We try…
Vietnam
Mau-Than Tet Festival 1968,
Tears for my Husband
War!
The North Vietnamese reached and attempted to invade Saigon.

Mom,
Where
where
is myare
Dad…!?
We…!?
Please, Save my kid Life !
Where
Heaven
is my Husband…!?
or Hell
! Motherland
Tears for
myin
Lover
Tears
for my

Mothers of Fallen - Tears for our
Sons of Both Side…
Viet Cong Prisoners & Bodies 1968

View
Another
on
Bird
Saigon
Bird
Eye
View
Suburbs
View
of
of
from
Saigon
Capital
the
air
Capital
plane
in1972
1972
inin
1972
1972
Doc-Lap
Palace
Another
Bird
Bird
EyeEye
Eye
View
View
onSaigon
Saigon
on
Saigon
River
River
in
in
1972
Notre
Dame
Church

National Library
Ben Thanh
Market

Cholon District

Saigon Central Market
VNTT Bank
National Bank

Majestic Hotel

View looking down to Chuong Duong dock,
and Ham Nghi, Nguyen Hue, Tu Do streets

That is part of somewhere to the
east of Saigon Capital down there in 1968-1969

Looking down to Saigon Capital in 1972

Welcome To Sunny Saigon City.
The Capital of South Vietnam in War 1954-1975

on Tu-Do
the Notre-Dame
Church in 1972
TheView
GI strolled
thestreet
Tu-Doto
street
in 1972

View from View
Tu-Dofrom
street
Le-Loi
to Continental
ave. to
Palace
the House of Representatives Palace
View on Tu-Do street
to Bach-Dang port

The House of Representatives Palace in 1972
The House of Representatives Palace
in 1970

View on Tu-Do street to the Notre-Dame Church in 1958

Tu-Do street in 1962
TheMr.
House
of Senator
Mickey
worked Palace
for
The South
Vietnam
Soldiers
statue
on
the
square
on Chuong
Duong
dock
Saigon
river
Justice
Palace
at Cong
Lyofavenue
in
1973
The
Caribou
restaurant
A GI strolled the Tu-Do
street
in 1971
The
in front
Continental
of the House
Palace
ofinRepresentatives
1970
Palace in 1972
on Tu-Do
street in 1969
The House of Representatives Palace
& Caravell Hotel

View on Tu-Do street
to Notre-Dame Church

View from Tax shopping
Center on Nguyen Hue ave.
to Bach-Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall View from
Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1968-1969
View from Eden
Shopping Center on
Nguyen Hue ave.
to Tax shopping center
Saigon City Hall in 1966
& Bach Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall in 1969

Market
during
Car… car… bumper toFlower
bumper
onCity
Nguyen
HueTet
boulevard in 1968-1969
Saigon
Hall

Celebrations 1973 on
View
on
Nguyen
Hue ave. to Saigon City Hall
View from Rex Hotel
Nguyen Hue Boulevard.
to the House of
View from Saigon River toward
View on Nguyen Hue ave. to
Representatives
Eden shopping center & City Hall
& Caravell Hotel
Palace Hotel & City Hall

A GI in the middle of
Japan Scooters in 1969,
On the front of The House
Caravell hotel view on Le Loi boulevard of Representatives Palace

toward Ben Thanh market in 1971

View toward Bach Dang port, from
Eden shopping center to Tax shopping center
on Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1969
Le Loi boulevard view toward
Saigon central market in 1969

View on Le Loi boulevard
toward Ben Thanh market in 1971
The “Flower Power” of the Hippies
was the rage back in the World and
Saigon Capital in early 1969

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of the Front Gate

Ben Thanh Market in 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Scenery in early 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of other Gates

Tet Festival of Ben Thanh
Market Scenes in 1971

Tet Festival 1971
of Ben Thanh Market

LCU & PBR Going Up to Patrol on The Saigon River in 1969
Patrol Craft-Fast (PCF) boats Going Up
To Patrol on The Saigon River in 1970

Map of Hoang Sa Navy Battle 1974

South Vietnam Navy on Bach Dang Dock of Saigon River in 1966

South Vietnam Navy Headquarter

The Public Dock on Bach Dang Port
of Saigon River in 1969

Tran Hung Dao Statue, a Hero of the Bach Dang Battle.
This
Statue
is onDao
the Dock
of on
the Bach
Saigon
Port,Port
View
to Tran
Hung
Statue
Dang
Majestic
Hotel
View
from
Saigon
River
in
1970
TheSaigon
Night
Shift
Palace
at &
Bach
Coya
Dang
Tailor
port
in
of
1966
Saigon
river
in 1970
at the
Foot
of
Hai
Ba
Trung
Boulevard
in
1969
of Saigon River in 1969

Bach Dang Port of Saigon River in 1972

Le van Duyet Temple Gate
Lang Ong Temple in Tet Festival 1971
in 1971

Vinh Nghiem Pagoda at
Cong-Ly ave. in 1972

AThich
Mosque
Temple
in 1972
Quang Duc
- The sacred
fire,
Tower of Xa Loi Pagoda
A Sacrifice for Religious Freedom, 1963Vinh Nghiem Tower
Xa Loi Tower
in 1973
in 1972
Van Hanh University
underVietnam
constructions
National Museum in 1972

Tan Dinh Church in 1970
Tan Dinh Church in 1970

Father Tam Church
Father Tam Church
At Cholon in 1970
Cholon in 1970
Notre Dame Church inAt
1972

Notre Dame Church on the President J. F. Kennedy
Square in early 1960

Father
Father Tam
Tam Church
ChurchAt
At Cholon
Cholon in
in 1971
1971
Huyen Si Church in 1971
Notre Dame on the Hoa-Binh Square while the raining season in 1973

Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970
Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970

The Embassy of the United States
in early 1960
in early 1970

More than 50,000 of young G.I. were killed in the Vietnam War

3rd Field Hosp Saigon 1965

The Thunder
Tiger
Vietnam
era Caribou
Recon Team Extracted By H-34 Helicopter

To
Serve
& Lady
Die
for
South
Vietnam
Army
Victory
GateCountry,
19-6-1972
A Vietnamese
The
Air
Thunder
Force
Tiger
A-1H
dropping
The Young Gentlemen
&
ofFather
Saigon
Capital Before 1975
Vietnam-era
Phantom
II's
Honor
andan
Liability
itswith
Liaisons
ordinance
Service
on
enemy
target
cammo
paintCommandos
in formation

'Teaching & Administrative Staff
of Gia-Long High School in 1961

Class 1968-1969

Gia-Long HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class 1958-1959

1970

We are the Young Lady Vietnamese
A Circle of Marie Curie Student HS. Before 1975

Petrus Ky High School in 1965

1972-1973

Petrus Ky HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class of 1955

1972-1973

1972-1973

Snack Shop 1972-1973

CVA’s Teachers 1952

CVA’s Teachers 1960

CVA’s Students Graduated
1972
withClass
Parents
1960
Class 1960

Classe 1966-1967

High School Graduation

Vietnamese Rock & Roll
Movement in the 1960's

The Apple Three Band-1970

The Blue Stars Band-1970

The Crazy Dogs Band-1971

Thanh Nga Renovated Actress, 1969

Some Famous Singers
Of Saigon Capital

Before 1975

Kim Loan Singer

People of Saigon Capital before 1975

Kim Cuong Actress, 1969

Khanh
Ly
Singer
and
Khanh
Thanh
Ly Singer,
Lan
Singer
1962
Trinh Con Son Musician, 1969

Street Vendors - Small Businesses of Saigon Capital before 1975

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1960

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1970

Tho Horse Race Course in early 1970
Highway 4, Cho Lon 1960Phu
- 1970

10cent issued 1966

$1.00 issued
before 1975

$500.00 issued 1972
$100.00 issued before 1955

$1.00 issued 1955

$500.00 issued before1975
$100.00 issued 1966
$1.00 issued 1956
$500.00 issued 1970

$1.00 issued 1964
$500.00 issued 1966
$100.00 issued 1966

$100.00 issued 1966
1970
The South Vietnam’s National Bank

$20.00 issued before 1975

$2.00 issued 1955

$10.00 issued 1962

South Vietnam’s Money
$200.00
issued
before
$50.00
issued
19691975
$5.00 issued before
The South
1975Vietnam’s
National Bank

$1000.00 issued 1972

$200.00
$50.00
issued
issued
before
19721975

$50.00
issued
19561975
issued
before
$5.00 $1000.00
issued 1955

$50.00 issued 1966

$10.00 issued before
1955

To Refuse The VC. Regime 30-04-1975

The Fall of Saigon Capital 30-April-1975

The Victims of
Vietnam War…

The Hero Commited
Suicide 30-04-1975

Anh Hùng Tử – Khí Hùng Bất Tử

The Victims of
Sentenced the Coronel Ho Ngoc Can The R.E. Prisoners
The Pirate after war…InViet-Cong
after war
the Memory of the Fallen Heroes
More than 2 millions Vietnamese of both side were killed in Vietnam War and more than
½ millions boat peoples, walking peoples died on the way to escape out their motherland,
1975-1995…

The Boat People after war

Last C-141 to evacuate refugees from Saigon,
April 28, 1975

To Honorably Die For Fatherland

In the Memory of Vietnamese Died
Who Searching for the Freedom

The Loving Memory Of Duy Tan Street

(To Be Continued)

Saigon after Vietnam War 1975-2005


Slide 37

Saigon in Vietnam War 1954-1975

Doc-Lap Palace

National Library

Notre Dame Church

Ben Thanh
Market

Saigon-Capital
of South Vietnam ……
Never Forget Saigon!
The Heart of Vietnamese’s Fatherland!

Hung Vuong Temple
“Trung Nu Vuong”
Vietnam’s The Heroic Queens

Click to Next

Saigon Cholon
Click to Next

Click to Next

Saigon To
Phu-Nhuan

Saigon To
Khanh Hoi

Central of
Saigon Capital

Click to Next

1954-1975

1901-1963
Doc-Lap, Palace of South Vietnam
President in 1954

Mr. Ngo Dinh Diem
TheMr.
firstNgo
democratically
elected
Dinh Diem
President
of the
Republic
was First
President
of South Vietnam 1955-1963
of South Vietnam

The second democratically Presidents
of the Republic of South Vietnam
1963-1975

Doc-Lap , New Palace for South Vietnam Presidents (1963-1966)

Mr. Nguyen Van Thieu

Mr.
Vu van Mau

Mr.
Tran van Huong

Mr.
Phan huy Quat

Mr.
Duong van Minh

Mr.
Nguyen Khanh

Mr.
Tran thien Khiem

Mr.
Nguyen Ba Can

Mr.
Nguyen cao Ky

Phu Cuong
Bien Hoa
Binh Duong Province

Xuan Loc
Bien Hoa Province

The Battle reached Saigon in 1968…

Long Khanh Province

Gia Dinh

Saigon

Gia Dinh Province

Provinces/Cities of Battles before the North
Vietnamese reached Saigon in 1968

Phuoc Tuy Province
Long An Province
Click to Next

Rescue mom…

The North Vietnamese invasion destroyed the city infrastructure,
environment, and killed millions of the people.
Furthermore, the war wasted 80% of the national budget and
destroyed a generation of teenagers drafted into the military.

… and Tears for Saigon Capital in 21 years of
The War that invaded from the North Vietnam’s Communist

He’s inside
Battle-Field…
Where
are War
our
parents…!?
Vietnam
1954-1975
We are in
Please, Save his Life…!?
Hell of
Yes, We try…
Vietnam
Mau-Than Tet Festival 1968,
Tears for my Husband
War!
The North Vietnamese reached and attempted to invade Saigon.

Mom,
Where
where
is myare
Dad…!?
We…!?
Please, Save my kid Life !
Where
Heaven
is my Husband…!?
or Hell
! Motherland
Tears for
myin
Lover
Tears
for my

Mothers of Fallen - Tears for our
Sons of Both Side…
Viet Cong Prisoners & Bodies 1968

View
Another
on
Bird
Saigon
Bird
Eye
View
Suburbs
View
of
of
from
Saigon
Capital
the
air
Capital
plane
in1972
1972
inin
1972
1972
Doc-Lap
Palace
Another
Bird
Bird
EyeEye
Eye
View
View
onSaigon
Saigon
on
Saigon
River
River
in
in
1972
Notre
Dame
Church

National Library
Ben Thanh
Market

Cholon District

Saigon Central Market
VNTT Bank
National Bank

Majestic Hotel

View looking down to Chuong Duong dock,
and Ham Nghi, Nguyen Hue, Tu Do streets

That is part of somewhere to the
east of Saigon Capital down there in 1968-1969

Looking down to Saigon Capital in 1972

Welcome To Sunny Saigon City.
The Capital of South Vietnam in War 1954-1975

on Tu-Do
the Notre-Dame
Church in 1972
TheView
GI strolled
thestreet
Tu-Doto
street
in 1972

View from View
Tu-Dofrom
street
Le-Loi
to Continental
ave. to
Palace
the House of Representatives Palace
View on Tu-Do street
to Bach-Dang port

The House of Representatives Palace in 1972
The House of Representatives Palace
in 1970

View on Tu-Do street to the Notre-Dame Church in 1958

Tu-Do street in 1962
TheMr.
House
of Senator
Mickey
worked Palace
for
The South
Vietnam
Soldiers
statue
on
the
square
on Chuong
Duong
dock
Saigon
river
Justice
Palace
at Cong
Lyofavenue
in
1973
The
Caribou
restaurant
A GI strolled the Tu-Do
street
in 1971
The
in front
Continental
of the House
Palace
ofinRepresentatives
1970
Palace in 1972
on Tu-Do
street in 1969
The House of Representatives Palace
& Caravell Hotel

View on Tu-Do street
to Notre-Dame Church

View from Tax shopping
Center on Nguyen Hue ave.
to Bach-Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall View from
Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1968-1969
View from Eden
Shopping Center on
Nguyen Hue ave.
to Tax shopping center
Saigon City Hall in 1966
& Bach Dang Dock

Saigon City Hall in 1969

Market
during
Car… car… bumper toFlower
bumper
onCity
Nguyen
HueTet
boulevard in 1968-1969
Saigon
Hall

Celebrations 1973 on
View
on
Nguyen
Hue ave. to Saigon City Hall
View from Rex Hotel
Nguyen Hue Boulevard.
to the House of
View from Saigon River toward
View on Nguyen Hue ave. to
Representatives
Eden shopping center & City Hall
& Caravell Hotel
Palace Hotel & City Hall

A GI in the middle of
Japan Scooters in 1969,
On the front of The House
Caravell hotel view on Le Loi boulevard of Representatives Palace

toward Ben Thanh market in 1971

View toward Bach Dang port, from
Eden shopping center to Tax shopping center
on Nguyen Hue boulevard in 1969
Le Loi boulevard view toward
Saigon central market in 1969

View on Le Loi boulevard
toward Ben Thanh market in 1971
The “Flower Power” of the Hippies
was the rage back in the World and
Saigon Capital in early 1969

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of the Front Gate

Ben Thanh Market in 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Scenery in early 1960

Ben Thanh Market’s Views of other Gates

Tet Festival of Ben Thanh
Market Scenes in 1971

Tet Festival 1971
of Ben Thanh Market

LCU & PBR Going Up to Patrol on The Saigon River in 1969
Patrol Craft-Fast (PCF) boats Going Up
To Patrol on The Saigon River in 1970

Map of Hoang Sa Navy Battle 1974

South Vietnam Navy on Bach Dang Dock of Saigon River in 1966

South Vietnam Navy Headquarter

The Public Dock on Bach Dang Port
of Saigon River in 1969

Tran Hung Dao Statue, a Hero of the Bach Dang Battle.
This
Statue
is onDao
the Dock
of on
the Bach
Saigon
Port,Port
View
to Tran
Hung
Statue
Dang
Majestic
Hotel
View
from
Saigon
River
in
1970
TheSaigon
Night
Shift
Palace
at &
Bach
Coya
Dang
Tailor
port
in
of
1966
Saigon
river
in 1970
at the
Foot
of
Hai
Ba
Trung
Boulevard
in
1969
of Saigon River in 1969

Bach Dang Port of Saigon River in 1972

Le van Duyet Temple Gate
Lang Ong Temple in Tet Festival 1971
in 1971

Vinh Nghiem Pagoda at
Cong-Ly ave. in 1972

AThich
Mosque
Temple
in 1972
Quang Duc
- The sacred
fire,
Tower of Xa Loi Pagoda
A Sacrifice for Religious Freedom, 1963Vinh Nghiem Tower
Xa Loi Tower
in 1973
in 1972
Van Hanh University
underVietnam
constructions
National Museum in 1972

Tan Dinh Church in 1970
Tan Dinh Church in 1970

Father Tam Church
Father Tam Church
At Cholon in 1970
Cholon in 1970
Notre Dame Church inAt
1972

Notre Dame Church on the President J. F. Kennedy
Square in early 1960

Father
Father Tam
Tam Church
ChurchAt
At Cholon
Cholon in
in 1971
1971
Huyen Si Church in 1971
Notre Dame on the Hoa-Binh Square while the raining season in 1973

Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970
Saigon Central Post-Office in early 1970

The Embassy of the United States
in early 1960
in early 1970

More than 50,000 of young G.I. were killed in the Vietnam War

3rd Field Hosp Saigon 1965

The Thunder
Tiger
Vietnam
era Caribou
Recon Team Extracted By H-34 Helicopter

To
Serve
& Lady
Die
for
South
Vietnam
Army
Victory
GateCountry,
19-6-1972
A Vietnamese
The
Air
Thunder
Force
Tiger
A-1H
dropping
The Young Gentlemen
&
ofFather
Saigon
Capital Before 1975
Vietnam-era
Phantom
II's
Honor
andan
Liability
itswith
Liaisons
ordinance
Service
on
enemy
target
cammo
paintCommandos
in formation

'Teaching & Administrative Staff
of Gia-Long High School in 1961

Class 1968-1969

Gia-Long HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class 1958-1959

1970

We are the Young Lady Vietnamese
A Circle of Marie Curie Student HS. Before 1975

Petrus Ky High School in 1965

1972-1973

Petrus Ky HS’s Memories Before 1975

Class of 1955

1972-1973

1972-1973

Snack Shop 1972-1973

CVA’s Teachers 1952

CVA’s Teachers 1960

CVA’s Students Graduated
1972
withClass
Parents
1960
Class 1960

Classe 1966-1967

High School Graduation

Vietnamese Rock & Roll
Movement in the 1960's

The Apple Three Band-1970

The Blue Stars Band-1970

The Crazy Dogs Band-1971

Thanh Nga Renovated Actress, 1969

Some Famous Singers
Of Saigon Capital

Before 1975

Kim Loan Singer

People of Saigon Capital before 1975

Kim Cuong Actress, 1969

Khanh
Ly
Singer
and
Khanh
Thanh
Ly Singer,
Lan
Singer
1962
Trinh Con Son Musician, 1969

Street Vendors - Small Businesses of Saigon Capital before 1975

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1960

Public Transportation of Saigon Capital in early 1970

Tho Horse Race Course in early 1970
Highway 4, Cho Lon 1960Phu
- 1970

10cent issued 1966

$1.00 issued
before 1975

$500.00 issued 1972
$100.00 issued before 1955

$1.00 issued 1955

$500.00 issued before1975
$100.00 issued 1966
$1.00 issued 1956
$500.00 issued 1970

$1.00 issued 1964
$500.00 issued 1966
$100.00 issued 1966

$100.00 issued 1966
1970
The South Vietnam’s National Bank

$20.00 issued before 1975

$2.00 issued 1955

$10.00 issued 1962

South Vietnam’s Money
$200.00
issued
before
$50.00
issued
19691975
$5.00 issued before
The South
1975Vietnam’s
National Bank

$1000.00 issued 1972

$200.00
$50.00
issued
issued
before
19721975

$50.00
issued
19561975
issued
before
$5.00 $1000.00
issued 1955

$50.00 issued 1966

$10.00 issued before
1955

To Refuse The VC. Regime 30-04-1975

The Fall of Saigon Capital 30-April-1975

The Victims of
Vietnam War…

The Hero Commited
Suicide 30-04-1975

Anh Hùng Tử – Khí Hùng Bất Tử

The Victims of
Sentenced the Coronel Ho Ngoc Can The R.E. Prisoners
The Pirate after war…InViet-Cong
after war
the Memory of the Fallen Heroes
More than 2 millions Vietnamese of both side were killed in Vietnam War and more than
½ millions boat peoples, walking peoples died on the way to escape out their motherland,
1975-1995…

The Boat People after war

Last C-141 to evacuate refugees from Saigon,
April 28, 1975

To Honorably Die For Fatherland

In the Memory of Vietnamese Died
Who Searching for the Freedom

The Loving Memory Of Duy Tan Street

(To Be Continued)

Saigon after Vietnam War 1975-2005