Saigon cosplaying modernism. Surely some kind of government building.
Ngân hàng Nhà nước Việt Nam – Chi nhánh TP.HCM
📍 Address: 8 Võ Văn Kiệt, District 1
Ho Chi Minh City branch of Vietnam’s central bank (the equivalent of:
- the Federal Reserve in the U.S.
dates back to the late French colonial period, most likely the 1930s.
Original era (French Indochina – ~1930s)
The structure was built during the colonial period as part of the financial administration network tied to Banque de l’Indochine.
That bank wasn’t just any bank—it effectively acted as:
- the central bank of French Indochina
possibly originally built for civil servants, workers, or urban middle-class residents during the late South Vietnam era
Classic modern Saigon development:
steel-and-glass office tower
wrapped in neo-classical styling
Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange — usually called HOSE.
Vietnam’s main stock exchange:
- the financial heart of the country’s stock market
- where many of Vietnam’s largest companies are listed
- effectively the Vietnamese equivalent of:
- the NYSE in New York
- or the London Stock Exchange
Tube Houses and Shophouses
Historically, because buildings were taxed according to street frontage rather than total area, many shophouses are long and narrow in shape, similar to the vernacular “tube house.”
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