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Vietnam,
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Chi Minh City, Reunification
Palace (Hoi Truong Thong
Nhat) |
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former Presidential Palace of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam),
until in the morning of 30 April 1975, communist tanks rushed through
the palace gates. In 1962 the south Vietnamese army bombed the palace in
an attempt to kill their own president (see red circle in photo). If you
visit the palace, you will feel how the south Vietnamese president
lived. Almost everything has been left the same, including the
network of tunnels in the basement. |
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Ho Chi Minh City
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When
the Independence or Presidential Palace became the Reunification Palace
on April 30, 1975. |
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(Photo Traàn
Mai Höôûng) |
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More Info: "When
a nation could not sleep": the story of 30 April 1975 by
the photographer who took this famous picture.
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The control-rooms in the
basements.
(CW 2000)
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Socialist Republic of Vietnam
