It has been forty seven years since the coup d’état of the Ngo Dinh Diem regime on November 1, 1963. There are still rumors about a secret underground chamber under the Gia Long Palace, where Ngo Dinh Diem, the first president of the Republic of Vietnam, resided. The palace at 69 Ly Tu Trong Street in HCMC’s District 1 still stands, but now it is HCMC Museum. The Saigon Times Daily photo-journalist Kinh Luan took some snapshots of the place.
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| The French-designed palace on the intersection of Ly Tu Trong and Nam Ky Khoi Nghia streets in HCMC’s District 1 was built in 1885. It was the home of several high-ranking officials of the French Colony in Saigon and later of officials of the South Vietnamese puppet regime |
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| Workers restore one of the six rooms in the 30 meter-long chamber. Apart from high-tech equipment in the signals room, the other five rooms are decorated with simple furniture |
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| Architect Ngo Viet Thu designed this bombproof tunnel that was built in 1962 by sappers in the Saigon Army. The entrance to the tunnel is a thick steel door. Thu also designed the Reunification Palace |
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