Who designed the Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam Post Office?

If you visit the Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam, you definitely will not be ignored Saigon Post by architectural beauty and elegance of it. To this day, the Saigon post office is still well preserved and kept properly functioning post office - one of the commendable efforts of city government. The Saigon Post Office design is a very famous - architect Gustave Eiffel, who designed the Eiffel Tower organization, the Statue of Liberty, Long Bien Bridge (Hanoi), Truong Tien bridge (Hue).

  
Immediately after brushing the Gia Dinh area occupied Saigon, the French have established communication system. On 11/11/1860, "Department of steel wire" Sai Gon (Sai ​​Gon Post and Telecommunications News) was established. Mr. Pham Van Trung was the first Vietnam Post and Telecommunications as director of An Nam in Saigon. On 13.1.1863, the Department of steel wire Saigon was officially inaugurated and released the "stork" (the old Saigon or call the stork stamp) first. In 1864, people started mailing Saigon through the "wire" (postal system).

In 1886, Saigon Post Office was built to scale modern replacement for office and residential old post office building city was rebuilt according to plans of French architect is Vilodic .. By 1891, the new office of Saigon Post Office was officially inaugurated. Previously, steel wire Saigon - Quy Nhon - Da Nang - Hue - Vinh - Hanoi 2000 km long has been officially completed (on 22.03.1888). Road in 1889 opening electrical contacts on Saigon - Bangkok to serve the commercial business. 07.01.1894 From Saigon to start using the phone system.Today, telecommunication systems become more familiar with all the people but from the first half of the 20th century and earlier postal system is still unknown to many people of Saigon.Architecture in the Post Office building
 Saigon Post Office Building is one of the famous buildings of the city, has many characteristics of architectural styles in Europe and Asia mingled together. The building is located on the side of Cathedral (Church of Our Lady) in the Commune of Paris Square. Post Office was built, became a strange kind of service and a very strong impression with the public.

Unique beauty of the city post office building has been adhered to since before it has a splendid work as Notre Dame Cathedral with soaring bell tower. Since then, this building is always the center of the city post office.

The building features a balanced composition of the works of high aesthetic. The detailed balance, are split into two sides, symmetrically through an "axis" center. Front structured shapes, with the arch above the door. Column system, the main cylinder and auxiliary roofs are textured square. On each end of a pole, column, carved patterns, line of sophisticated, meticulous. In front of the building system borders, lines are crossing string patterns, creating beauty, balance and makes the building seem to be not very high.

Architecture is unique dome
 Inside the building the arch system and close the door inside the arch length. Arch is supported by four large iron head are four corners, each with four columns supporting steel truss emanates four sides. Arch long by two rows of cylindrical bearing iron sides. The connection point between the head and iron truss elaborately designed, carved into the details with beautiful flowers. With this system dome, the building became high, spacious and airy, suitable for a permanent place in many people.With a unique design from the outside like that, Saigon Post Office building can be considered as a building with unique style of architecture, the color of Saigon at the time. The dome roof in the lobby of the building there are two historical maps: "Saigon 1892 et ses environs" and "Lignes telegraphiques du Sud et du Cambodge Vietnam 1936".Today, around the main building also has a number of buildings used as warehouses, installation of machinery and equipment of modern postal communications ...