Vietnam: Saigon's old City Hall, now Ho Chi Minh City's People's Committee building, Saigon (early 20th century)

Conquered by France in 1859, Saigon was influenced by the French during their colonial occupation of Vietnam, and a number of classical Western-style buildings in the city reflect this, so much so that Saigon was called the 'Pearl of the Far East' or the 'Paris in the Orient'. In 1929, Saigon had a population of 123,890, which included 12,100 French.

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Colonial Vietnam,