![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/OI001083-1038x576.jpg "\"Uncle Ho\" in front of City Hall")
I am on a three-weeks long trip through Vietnam, which I have started in Ho Chi Minh City (the former Saigon). Walking through the streets here, it is easy to forget that one is visiting one of the last communist countries of the world.
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/OI001083-150x150.jpg "\"Uncle Ho\" in front of City Hall")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/OI001087-150x150.jpg "Notre Dame")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/OI001093-150x150.jpg "Post Office")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/OI001086-150x150.jpg "Post Office")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/OI001094-150x150.jpg "Independence Palace")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/OI001089-150x150.jpg "War Remnants Museum")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/OI001090-150x150.jpg "City Hall")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/OI001092-150x150.jpg "Phung Son Tu Pagoda")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/OI001098-150x150.jpg "Xa Loi Pagoda")
This blog entry is an abridged version of the original entry in German.