Family Activities:

Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral

Attraction

Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral

Ben Nghe Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City

Another monument to the French occupation of Vietnam, the Notre Dame Basillica is not identical to the more famous cathedral in Paris, although all building materials were shipped in from France in the 1860s. It officially became a basilica with the 1962 act of Pope John XXIII.

Hours

8 to 11 a.m., 2 to 4 p.m.