Central Post Office

Started to be built in 1886 and completed in 1891 under architect Villedieu's design, this magnificent building was located on a high hillock by the side of the municipal cathedral with Hai Ba Trung Avenue in the back. The building's front side was adorned with rectangle squares inscribed with the names of telegraphic and electric inventors together with figures of men and women wearing laurel wreaths. A big clock was hung over the dome of the building.

Inside the building, visitors can see two historical maps, one is "Saigon and its environments" created in 1892 and "Telegraphic network in South Vietnam and Cambodia" created in 1936.

The Central Post Office is available with 35 customer servicing counters equipped with up-to-date telecom facilities that enable direct telegraphic contact with any areas of the globe and any place in the country. In addition, there are various services such as registered postal parcel time alarm, express mail service, cultural souvenir products, telegraphic philately, telegraphic gift...,

Here you can also find many new stamps collections, as well as independent stamp sellers at the main gate. Stamps are a nice and cheap souvenir of Vietnam, there are many of the Indochina times and of the Vietnam War era.