REUNIFICATION PALACE

HO CHI MINH CITY

Vietnam index

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This is the meeting room that was used for the people's committees when they were held in the south.

   
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This the alleged war room of the last President of South Vietnam, Nguyen Van Thieu. I wonder what the room was like the final day of the war. Empty?

Jodie liked the pink phone...

   
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The same war room showing more maps of Vietnam and South East Asia.

   
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Then you get to the really interesting American war history aspects.

The helicopter waiting to take President Thieu away to the US fleet gathered off the coast of Vietnam in a gigantic evacuation mission.

Of course he never got to use it. He scurried away in a car.

IN THE BASEMENT

Our guide explaining the maps in the basement command centre to Jodie and Sascha.

   
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The two tanks that knocked the gates of the palace down.