The most beautiful religious buildings Ho Chi Minh City

In 1863, the governor of Cochinchine decided to have a wooden church built. The building was completed in 1865, but deteriorated rather quickly. In 1876, the decision is made to build a cathedral. The neo-Romanesque style project is based on a reduction of the model of Notre-Dame de Paris. The materials were imported from France, including red brick from Toulouse and stained glass windows made in Chartres. The cathedral was inaugurated in 1883. In 1962, the cathedral becomes the basilica-cathedral of Notre-Dame de Saïgon. Renovation work has been underway since 2017.

Built in the early th century and dedicated to Quan Am, the goddess of compassion, this is one of the most frequented Saigon pagodas.

Of fairly recent construction (1956), Pagoda Xa Loi is the largest pagoda in Saigon. The bell tower rises to a height of 32m. More than the architecture, it is the evocation of the events that took place in the pagoda that attracts attention. In 1963, it was ransacked by the troops of Ngô Dinh Nhu, President Diem's brother. They embarked and raped 400 monks. Several monks set themselves on fire to show their opposition to the Diem regime. Two entrances give access to the pagoda: one for men and one for women.