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Offering a concise overview of Ho Chi Minh City’s history and development, the ‘Historical Dictionary of Ho Chi Minh City’ presents a comprehensive historical survey of the city in the form of an alphabetical list of keywords and names, with accompanying definitions. Both well-researched and authoritative, the volume draws upon a wide range of modern sources, and contains an introductory essay about the city, a chronology, a list of acronyms and abbreviations, photographs and appendixes of supplemental information.
Offering a concise overview of Ho Chi Minh City’s history and development, the ‘Historical Dictionary of Ho Chi Minh City’ presents a comprehensive historical survey of the city by means of an alphabetical list of keywords and names, with accompanying definitions. Both well-researched and authoritative, the volume draws upon a wide range of modern sources, and contains an introductory essay about the city, a chronology, a list of acronyms and abbreviations, photographs and appendixes of supplemental information. Featuring a detailed array of references, the ‘Historical Dictionary of Ho Chi Minh City’ is the perfect comprehensive starting point for anyone looking to conduct research on the city, and will be of great use to historians, journalists, diplomats, teachers, students, genealogists and librarians.
Justin Corfield has been teaching history and international relations at Geelong Grammar School in Australia since 1993.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9780857282354_Historical Dictionary of Ho Chi Minh City | i | ||
| Title | iii | ||
| Copyright | iv | ||
| Contents | v | ||
| Introduction | vii | ||
| Abbreviations and Acronyms | xv | ||
| Chronology | xvii | ||
| A | 3 | ||
| ABBOTT, GEORGE MANLOVE (1904–1988) | 3 | ||
| ADAMS, EDDIE (1933–2004) | 3 | ||
| AN QUANG PAGODA | 4 | ||
| ANG MEY, Queen (1815–1874) | 4 | ||
| ARCHBISHOP’S PALACE | 5 | ||
| ARCHITECTURE | 6 | ||
| d’ARGENLIEU, GEORGES THIERRY (1889–1964) | 7 | ||
| d’ARIÈS, JOSEPH HYACINTHE LOUIS JULES (1813–1878) | 8 | ||
| ARNOUX, LOUIS-PAUL MARIUS (1885–?) | 8 | ||
| ARROYO CHINOIS | 9 | ||
| ASSOCIATED STATE OF VIETNAM | 9 | ||
| AUGUST REVOLUTION (1945) | 9 | ||
| AUTONOMOUS REPUBLIC OF COCHINCHINA | 10 | ||
| AVIATION | 11 | ||
| B | 13 | ||
| BA THIEN HAU PAGODA | 13 | ||
| BA TUONG | 13 | ||
| BAIGAUR | 14 | ||
| BANQUE DE L’INDOCHINE | 14 | ||
| BAO DAI (1913–1997) | 14 | ||
| BAO LUONG (1909–1976) | 16 | ||
| BASHER d’ARBAUD, CHARLES JOSEPH (1816–1876) | 17 | ||
| BATTLE FOR SAIGON (1955) | 17 | ||
| BAUDOUIN, FRANÇOIS-MARIUS (1867–1957) | 17 | ||
| BAUGH, HUBERT GORDON (1885–1956) | 18 | ||
| BAY VIEN (1904–1970) | 18 | ||
| BAZIN, MARCEL (1904/5–1950) | 19 | ||
| BEAU, (JEAN BAPTISTE) PAUL (1857–1927) | 20 | ||
| BEGIN, CHARLES AUGUSTE FRÉDÉRIC (1835–1901) | 21 | ||
| BEN NGHE CHANNEL | 21 | ||
| BEN THANH MARKET | 21 | ||
| BENOÎT de la GRANDIÈRE, PIERRE PAUL MARIE (1807–1876) | 23 | ||
| BIDEAU | 24 | ||
| BINH SOUP SHOP | 24 | ||
| BINH TAY MARKET | 24 | ||
| BINH XUYEN | 25 | ||
| BITEXCO FINANCIAL TOWER | 25 | ||
| BLANCHARD de la BROSSE, PAUL MARIE ALEXIS JOSEPH (1872–19 ) | 26 | ||
| BLANCSUBÉ, JULES (1834–1888) | 26 | ||
| BODARD, LUCIEN (1914–1998) | 27 | ||
| BOLLAERT, ÉMILE (1890–1978) | 27 | ||
| BONARD, LOUIS ADOLPHE (1805–1867) | 28 | ||
| BONHOURE, LOUIS ALPHONSE (1864–1909) | 29 | ||
| BOSSANT, HENRI GAËTAN ERNEST (1826–1894) | 29 | ||
| BOTANICAL GARDENS | 30 | ||
| BOY SCOUT MOVEMENT | 30 | ||
| BRAVO, OPERATION | 32 | ||
| BRÉVIÉ, JOSEPH JULES (1880–1964) | 32 | ||
| BRIGGS, JOHN | 33 | ||
| BRIGGS, LAWRENCE PALMER (1874–1952) | 33 | ||
| BRINKS HOTEL | 33 | ||
| BROWN, EDWARD | 34 | ||
| BROWNE, MALCOLM WILDE (1931–2012) | 34 | ||
| BUDDHISM | 35 | ||
| BUI QUANG CHIEU (1872–1945) | 36 | ||
| BUNKER, ELLSWORTH (1894–1984) | 36 | ||
| BUSES | 37 | ||
| BUSHELL, JOHN CHRISTOPHER WYNDOWE (1919–1995) | 38 | ||
| BUU LOC, Prince (1914–1990) | 38 | ||
| C | 39 | ||
| CAN LAO PARTY | 39 | ||
| CAO ANH QUANG, JOSEPH (1967– ) | 39 | ||
| CAO DAI | 40 | ||
| CAO GIAO (1917–198?) | 41 | ||
| CAO VAN VIEN (1921–2008) | 41 | ||
| CARAVELLE HOTEL | 43 | ||
| CARAVELLE MANIFESTO (1960) | 44 | ||
| CARLISLE, TOM FFENNELL (1871/2–1941) | 44 | ||
| CASSAIGNE, JEAN (1895–1973) | 44 | ||
| CATHOLICS | 45 | ||
| CATINAT STREET | 46 | ||
| CATROUX, GEORGES (1877–1969) | 46 | ||
| CÉDILE, JEAN HENRY (1908–1984) | 47 | ||
| CÉLORON de BLAINVILLE, PAUL LOUIS MAXIME (1831–1889) | 47 | ||
| CEMETERIES | 47 | ||
| CENSUS | 49 | ||
| CENTRAL MOSQUE | 50 | ||
| CERCLE SPORTIF SAIGONAIS | 52 | ||
| CHA TAM CHURCH | 53 | ||
| CHAMBER OF COMMERCE | 54 | ||
| CHARLES, JEAN FRANÇOIS EUGÈNE (1865–19 ) | 54 | ||
| CHARNER, LÉONARD VICTOR JOSEPH (1797–1869) | 54 | ||
| CHASSELOUP LAUBAT, PROSPER de (1805–1873) | 55 | ||
| CHAVASSIEUX, LEON JEAN LAURENT (1848–1895) | 56 | ||
| CHETTIARS | 56 | ||
| CHEY CHETTHA II (1573–1627) | 56 | ||
| CHI HOA PRISON | 56 | ||
| CHINESE | 57 | ||
| CHO QUAN CHURCH | 60 | ||
| CHOLON | 60 | ||
| CHOLON MOSQUE | 63 | ||
| CHURCHES | 63 | ||
| CITADEL OF SAIGON | 63 | ||
| LA CLOCHE FÊLÉE | 65 | ||
| COCHINCHINA | 66 | ||
| COGNACQ, MAURICE (1870–1949) | 67 | ||
| COLBY, WILLIAM EGAN (1920–1996) | 67 | ||
| COLOMBERT, ISIDORE-FRANÇOIS-JOSEPH (1838–1894) | 68 | ||
| COLONIAL COUNCIL | 69 | ||
| COMMITTEE OF THE SOUTH | 69 | ||
| COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDOCHINA | 70 | ||
| CONEIN, LUCIEN EMILE (1919–1998) | 70 | ||
| CONFUCIANISM | 71 | ||
| CONG LY BRIDGE | 72 | ||
| CONG VIEN VAN HOA PARK | 72 | ||
| CONNER, JACOB ELON (1862–1949) | 73 | ||
| CONSTANS, JEAN ANTOINE ERNEST (1833–1913) | 73 | ||
| CONSTITUTIONALIST PARTY | 74 | ||
| CONTINENTAL HOTEL | 74 | ||
| COOKINGHAM, HARRIS NICKS (1883–1966) | 74 | ||
| de CORNULIER-LUCINIÈRE, ALPHONSE (1811–1886) | 74 | ||
| COULTAS, WILLIAM WHITHAM (1890–1973) | 75 | ||
| COUP DE FORCE (1945) | 76 | ||
| CROSBY, JOSIAH (1880–1958) | 76 | ||
| CU CHI TUNNELS | 77 | ||
| CUISINE | 78 | ||
| D | 79 | ||
| DAM SEN CULTURAL PARK | 79 | ||
| DAN SINH MARKET | 79 | ||
| DANEL, HENRI (1850– ) | 79 | ||
| DANG VAN QUANG (1929–2011) | 79 | ||
| DAOISM | 80 | ||
| DECOUX, JEAN (1884–1963) | 80 | ||
| DEJEAN, MAURICE ERNEST NAPOLÉON (1899–1982) | 82 | ||
| DÉPIERRE, JEAN-MARIE (1855–1898) | 82 | ||
| DEWEY, (ALBERT) PETER (1916–1945) | 82 | ||
| DO KIEN NHIEU (1931–1996) | 83 | ||
| DO MUOI (1917– ) | 84 | ||
| DONG KHOI AREA | 84 | ||
| DONG NAI RIVER | 85 | ||
| DOUMER, (JOSEPH ATHANASE) PAUL (1857–1932) | 86 | ||
| DREW, FREDERICK BERNARD (1909–1962) | 87 | ||
| DUCOS, ALEXANDRE ANTOINE ÉTIENNE GUSTAVE (1851–1908) | 87 | ||
| DUMORTIER, ISIDORE-MARIE-JOSEPH (1869–1940) | 87 | ||
| DUNN, WILLIAM NORMAN (1873–1961) | 87 | ||
| DUONG QUYNH HOA (1930–2006) | 88 | ||
| DUONG VAN MINH (1916–2001) | 88 | ||
| DUPÉRRÉ, VICTOR AUGUSTE, BARON (1825–1900) | 90 | ||
| DUPRÉ, MARIE JULES (1813–1881) | 90 | ||
| DURBROW, ELBRIDGE (1903–1997) | 91 | ||
| E | 93 | ||
| EDUCATION | 93 | ||
| ELECTIONS | 95 | ||
| ÉLY, PAUL (1897–1975) | 100 | ||
| ETHERINGTON-SMITH, (RAYMOND) GORDON (ANTONY) (1914–2007) | 101 | ||
| EUTROPE, EUGÈNE HENRI (1881–19 ) | 101 | ||
| F | 102 | ||
| FARON, JOSEPH (1819–1881) | 102 | ||
| FILIPPINI, ANGE MICHEL (1834–1887) | 102 | ||
| FINE ARTS MUSEUM | 102 | ||
| FINLAYSON, GEORGE (1790–1823) | 103 | ||
| FIRE BRIGADE | 105 | ||
| ‘THE FLOATER’ | 105 | ||
| FOURÈS, AUGUSTIN JULIEN (1853–1915) | 105 | ||
| FREQUENT WIND, OPERATION | 106 | ||
| FRIENDSHIP HOTEL | 107 | ||
| G | 108 | ||
| GIA DINH | 108 | ||
| GIA LONG PALACE | 111 | ||
| GIAC LAM PAGODA | 112 | ||
| GIAC VIEN PAGODA | 113 | ||
| GIBSON, GEORGE | 114 | ||
| GIVRAL COFFEE SHOP | 114 | ||
| GORTON, FREDERICK GROSVENOR (1885–19 ) | 114 | ||
| GOURBEIL, (JULES) MAURICE (1867–19 ) | 115 | ||
| GRACEY, DOUGLAS DAVID (1894–1964) | 115 | ||
| GRAM, KOYNE VIRGIL (1896–1963) | 116 | ||
| GRAND HOMME PAGODA | 116 | ||
| GRAND HOTEL | 116 | ||
| GRAVES, HUBERT ASHTON (1894–1972) | 117 | ||
| GREENE, GRAHAM (1904–1991) | 117 | ||
| GULLION, EDMUND ASBURY (1913–1998) | 118 | ||
| H | 119 | ||
| HA CHUONG HOI QUAN PAGODA | 119 | ||
| HALBERSTAM, DAVID (1934–2007) | 119 | ||
| HEALTH SERVICES | 119 | ||
| HEATH, DONALD READ (1894–1981) | 121 | ||
| HENDERSON, HECTOR BRUCE (1895–1962) | 121 | ||
| HISTORY MUSEUM | 121 | ||
| HO CHI MINH (1890–1969) | 122 | ||
| HO CHI MINH CITY STOCK EXCHANGE | 123 | ||
| HO CHI MINH MUSEUM | 123 | ||
| HO NGOC NHUAN (1935– ) | 125 | ||
| HO VAN MINH (1936– ) | 125 | ||
| HOA HAO | 125 | ||
| HOEFFEL, ERNEST THIMOTHÉE (1900–1952) | 126 | ||
| HOGG, JOHN DRUMMOND (1886–1937) | 126 | ||
| HOHLER, HENRY ARTHUR FREDERICK ‘HARRY’ (1911–2001) | 127 | ||
| HOPPENOT, HENRI (1891–1977) | 127 | ||
| HÔTEL CONTINENTAL | 128 | ||
| HOTEL MAJESTIC | 129 | ||
| HÔTEL DE VILLE | 131 | ||
| HUNG VUONG, TEMPLE OF | 131 | ||
| HUYEN SY CHURCH | 131 | ||
| HUYNH NGOC ANH (1930–2003) | 132 | ||
| HUYNH TAN PHAT (1913–1989) | 132 | ||
| I | 134 | ||
| INDIAN JAMIA MUSLIM MOSQUE | 134 | ||
| INDIANS | 135 | ||
| INDOCHINA WAR (FIRST) | 135 | ||
| INDOCHINA WAR (SECOND) | 137 | ||
| INDOCHINA, UNION OF | 138 | ||
| INDOCHINESE FEDERATION | 139 | ||
| J | 140 | ||
| JADE EMPEROR PAGODA | 140 | ||
| JAPANESE | 140 | ||
| JAURÉGUIBERRY, JEAN BERNARD (1815–1887) | 142 | ||
| JOBLIN, MILLER (1875–1923) | 142 | ||
| K | 144 | ||
| KHANH VAN NAM VIEN PAGODA | 144 | ||
| KHMER KROM | 144 | ||
| KIRBY, AUGUSTUS MONTILLMON (1886–1965) | 144 | ||
| KLOBUKOWSKI, ANTONY (1855–1934) | 145 | ||
| KRANTZ, JULES FRANÇOIS ÉMILE (1821–1914) | 145 | ||
| KRAUTHEIMER, JEAN-FÉLIX (1874–1943) | 146 | ||
| KY, PÉTRUS (TRUONG VINH) (1837–1898) | 146 | ||
| KY HOA, BATTLE OF (1861) | 146 | ||
| L | 148 | ||
| LA GALLEN, JOSEPH MAURICE (1873–1956) | 148 | ||
| LA THANH NGHE (1929–19 ) | 148 | ||
| LAFONT, LOUIS CHARLES GEORGES JULES (1825–1908) | 148 | ||
| de LALANDE de CALAN, OLIVIER CHARLES ARTHUR (1853–1910) | 149 | ||
| LAM SON SQUARE | 149 | ||
| de LAMOTHE, HENRI FÉLIX (1843–1926) | 150 | ||
| de LANESSAN, ANTOINE (1843–1919) | 150 | ||
| LANCTOT, RAYMOND (1895–1932) | 151 | ||
| LANSDALE, EDWARD (1908–1987) | 151 | ||
| de LATTRE de TASSIGNY, JEAN JOSEPH MARIE GABRIEL (1889–1952) | 152 | ||
| LEFÈBVRE, DOMINIQUE (1810–1865) | 153 | ||
| LE MYRE de VILERS, CHARLES (1833–1918) | 154 | ||
| LE QUY DON, LYCÉE | 155 | ||
| LE HONG PHONG (1902–1942) | 157 | ||
| LE VAN DUYET TEMPLE | 158 | ||
| LE VAN HOACH (1896–1978) | 159 | ||
| LE VAN KHOI | 160 | ||
| LE VAN KIEM (1945– ) | 160 | ||
| LETOURNEAU, JEAN (1907–1986) | 160 | ||
| LODGE, HENRY CABOT (1902–1985) | 161 | ||
| LONG, MAURICE (1866–1923) | 163 | ||
| LUCE, PAUL LOUIS (1856–19 ) | 163 | ||
| LY QUY CHUNG | 163 | ||
| M | 165 | ||
| MA NGUY | 165 | ||
| MAC DINH CHI CEMETERY | 165 | ||
| MacLEHOSE, (CRAWFORD) MURRAY (1917–2000) | 165 | ||
| McNAMARA, ROBERT STRANGE (1916–2009) | 165 | ||
| MacVITTY, KARL de GIERS (1883–1959) | 166 | ||
| MADAME DAI’S BIBLIOTHÈQUE | 167 | ||
| MAJESTIC HOTEL | 168 | ||
| MARCHAND, (Saint) JOSEPH (1803–1835) | 168 | ||
| MARIAMMAN HINDU TEMPLE | 168 | ||
| MARIE CURIE, LYCÉE | 169 | ||
| MARINE STATUE | 169 | ||
| MARTIN, GRAHAM ANDERSON (1912–1990) | 170 | ||
| MASPERO, GEORGES (1872–1942) | 170 | ||
| MAURICE LONG PARK | 171 | ||
| MEI LINH SQUARE | 171 | ||
| MEIKLEREID, (ERNEST) WILLIAM (FREDERICK) (1899–1965) | 171 | ||
| MEKONG RIVER | 172 | ||
| MERLIN, MARTIAL-HENRI (1860–1935) | 173 | ||
| MICHE, JEAN-CLAUDE (1805–1873) | 173 | ||
| MILITARY MUSEUM | 174 | ||
| MONG BRIDGE | 175 | ||
| MONTGUILLOT, MAURICE ANTOINE FRANÇOIS (1874–19 ) | 175 | ||
| MORDANT, EUGÈNE (1885–1959) | 175 | ||
| MORETON, JOHN OSCAR (1917–2012) | 176 | ||
| MOSSARD, LUCIEN-ÉMILE (1851–1920) | 176 | ||
| MUNICIPAL THEATRE | 176 | ||
| MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS | 176 | ||
| MUSEUM OF HO CHI MINH CITY | 176 | ||
| MUSEUM OF VIETNAMESE HISTORY | 176 | ||
| MUSLIMS | 177 | ||
| N | 178 | ||
| NAM CHON COMMUNAL HOUSE | 178 | ||
| NAM KY UPRISING | 178 | ||
| NATIONAL ASSEMBLY | 178 | ||
| NATIONAL BANK OF VIETNAM | 179 | ||
| NATIONAL FRONT FOR THE LIBERATION OF SOUTH VIETNAM | 179 | ||
| NAVELLE, AUGUSTE EUGÈNE (1846–19 ) | 181 | ||
| NEWPORT BRIDGE | 181 | ||
| NEWSPAPERS | 181 | ||
| NGHIA AN HOI QUAN PAGODA | 183 | ||
| NGO DINH DIEM (1901–1963) | 183 | ||
| NGO DINH NHU (1910–1963) | 188 | ||
| NGO DINH NHU, Mme (1924–2011) | 190 | ||
| NGUYEN AN NINH (1900–1943) | 191 | ||
| NGUYEN BA CAN (1930–2009) | 192 | ||
| NGUYEN BINH (1906–1951) | 193 | ||
| NGUYEN CAO KY (1930–2011) | 193 | ||
| NGUYEN DINH CHIEU (1822–1888) | 195 | ||
| NGUYEN DINH QUAT (1916–2007) | 195 | ||
| NGUYEN HUE | 196 | ||
| NGUYEN HUU THO (1910–1996) | 196 | ||
| NGUYEN KHANH (1927–2013) | 197 | ||
| NGUYEN MINH TRIET (1942– ) | 198 | ||
| NGUYEN NGOC LOAN (1930–1998) | 199 | ||
| NGUYEN NGOC THO (1908–?) | 200 | ||
| NGUYEN PHAN LONG (1888–1960) | 202 | ||
| NGUYEN THI MINH KHAI (1910–1941) | 202 | ||
| NGUYEN VAN BINH, PAUL (1910–1995) | 203 | ||
| NGUYEN VAN HIEN (1906–\r1973) | 203 | ||
| NGUYEN VAN HINH (1915–2004) | 204 | ||
| NGUYEN VAN LOC (1922– ) | 205 | ||
| NGUYEN VAN TAM (1893–1990) | 205 | ||
| NGUYEN VAN TAO (1908–1970) | 206 | ||
| NGUYEN VAN THIEU (1924–2001) | 206 | ||
| NGUYEN VAN THINH (1888–1946) | 209 | ||
| NGUYEN VAN THUAN, FRANÇOIS-XAVIER (1928–2002) | 210 | ||
| NGUYEN VAN TROI (1940–1964) | 210 | ||
| NGUYEN VAN XUAN (1892–1989) | 211 | ||
| NGUYEN XUAN OANH (1921–2003) | 212 | ||
| NHA BE | 213 | ||
| NHAT HANH (1926– ) | 213 | ||
| NHAT LINH (1906–1963) | 213 | ||
| NICOLAI, ANGE EUGENE (1845–19 ) | 214 | ||
| NOLTING, FREDERICK ERNEST (1911–1989) | 215 | ||
| NORODOM PALACE | 215 | ||
| NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL | 216 | ||
| NOVELS | 218 | ||
| O | 224 | ||
| OHIER, MARIE GUSTAVE HECTOR (1814–1870) | 224 | ||
| ONG BON PAGODA | 224 | ||
| OPERA HOUSE | 224 | ||
| OPIUM | 226 | ||
| P | 227 | ||
| PAGE, THÉOGÈNE FRANÇOIS (1807–1867) | 227 | ||
| PAGÈS, PIERRE ANDRE MICHEL (1893–1980) | 227 | ||
| PALMER, JOHN PEABODY (1907–19 ) | 228 | ||
| PARDON, NOËL | 228 | ||
| PARKES, RODERICK WALLIS (1909–1972) | 228 | ||
| PASQUIER, PIERRE (1877–1934) | 229 | ||
| PASTEUR INSTITUTE | 230 | ||
| PEOPLE’S COMMITTEE BUILDING | 233 | ||
| PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMED FORCES | 233 | ||
| PEOPLE’S TRIBUNAL | 234 | ||
| PERSONALISM | 234 | ||
| PETHICK, HARRY HATHAWAY (1888–1966) | 234 | ||
| PETRA, YVON (1916–1984) | 235 | ||
| PHAM BUU LOC, Prince | 235 | ||
| PHAM CONG TAC (1890–1959) | 235 | ||
| PHAM MINH MAN, JEAN-BAPTISTE (1934– ) | 235 | ||
| PHAM NGOC THACH (1909–1968) | 236 | ||
| PHAM NGU LAO | 236 | ||
| PHAM QUYNH (1892–1945) | 237 | ||
| PHAM XUAN AN (1927–2006) | 237 | ||
| PHAN BOI CHAU (1867–1940) | 238 | ||
| PHAN HUY QUAT (1909–1979) | 240 | ||
| PHAN KHAC SUU (1905–1970) | 241 | ||
| PHAN QUANG DAN (1918– ) | 241 | ||
| PHAN VAN HUM (1902–1945) | 242 | ||
| PHAN VAN HUU (1935– ) | 242 | ||
| PHAN VAN KHAI (1933– ) | 243 | ||
| PHAN XICH LONG REBELLION | 243 | ||
| PHOTOGRAPHY | 243 | ||
| PHUNG SON PAGODA | 244 | ||
| PHUNG SON TU PAGODA | 245 | ||
| PHUOC AN HOI QUAN PAGODA | 245 | ||
| PHUOC HAI PAGODA | 245 | ||
| PICANON, ÉDOUARD (1854–1939) | 245 | ||
| PICQUIÉ, ALBERT JEAN GEORGE MARIE LOUIS (1853–1917) | 246 | ||
| PIGNON, LÉON (1908–1976) | 246 | ||
| PIQUET, JULES GEORGES (1839–1923) | 247 | ||
| POINTE DES BLAGUEURS | 248 | ||
| POLICE FORCE | 248 | ||
| POSTAL SERVICES | 248 | ||
| POULET, ACTON (1875–1937) | 250 | ||
| PRESIDENTIAL PALACE | 250 | ||
| PREY NOKOR | 250 | ||
| PRISONS | 251 | ||
| PROVISIONAL REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT | 252 | ||
| PROTESTANT MISSIONS | 252 | ||
| de PUYMANEL, OLIVIER (1768–1799) | 252 | ||
| Q | 253 | ||
| QUACH DAM (1863–1927) | 253 | ||
| QUAN AM PAGODA | 253 | ||
| QUESNEL, ACHILLE PAUL MICHEL (1871–19 ) | 253 | ||
| QUINTON, VICTOR-CHARLES (1866–1924) | 253 | ||
| R | 255 | ||
| RADIO | 255 | ||
| ‘RADIO CATINAT’ | 256 | ||
| RAILWAYS | 256 | ||
| REINHARDT, (GEORGE) FREDERICK (1911–1971) | 258 | ||
| REMILLARD, HORACE (1885–19 ) | 258 | ||
| REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM | 258 | ||
| REUNIFICATION PALACE | 259 | ||
| REVOLUTIONARY MUSEUM | 265 | ||
| REX HOTEL | 265 | ||
| RICE | 266 | ||
| RICHARDS, Sir (FRANCIS) BROOKS (1918–2002) | 267 | ||
| RICHAUD, ÉTIENNE (1841–1889) | 268 | ||
| RIGAULT de GENOUILLY, CHARLES (1807–1873) | 268 | ||
| RIVOAL, ANDRÉ GEORGES (1886–1963) | 269 | ||
| ROBERTS, QUINCY FRANKLIN (1893–1978) | 269 | ||
| ROBIN, (EUGÈNE JEAN LOUIS) RENÉ (1872–1954) | 270 | ||
| RODIER, FRANÇOIS PIERRE (1854–1913) | 270 | ||
| ROUME, ERNEST (1858–1941) | 270 | ||
| ROUSSEAU, ARMAND (1835–1896) | 271 | ||
| ROZE, PIERRE-GUSTAVE (1812–1883) | 271 | ||
| RUE CATINAT | 271 | ||
| S | 272 | ||
| SAIGON RACE TRACK | 272 | ||
| SAIGON RIVER | 272 | ||
| SAIGON TRADE CENTER | 272 | ||
| SAIGON UPRISING | 273 | ||
| SALAN, RAOUL ALBIN LOUIS (1899–1984) | 273 | ||
| SANDRET, GUSTAVE GUILLAUME (1852–1909) | 274 | ||
| SARRAUT, ALBERT (1872–1962) | 274 | ||
| SCOTTEN, WILLIAM EVERETT (1904–1958) | 275 | ||
| SEWARD, WILLIAM HENRY (1801–1872) | 275 | ||
| SHEEHAN, CORNELIUS MAHONEY ‘NEIL’ (1936– ) | 277 | ||
| SLAVERY | 278 | ||
| SMITH, LELAND LESLIE (1885–1974) | 278 | ||
| SOUCHÈRE VILLA | 279 | ||
| SRI THENDAYYUTTHAPANI TEMPLE | 279 | ||
| STANG, LAURITZ LEGANGER | 279 | ||
| STEPHENSON, HUGH SOUTHERN (1906–1972) | 279 | ||
| T | 281 | ||
| TA THU THAU (1906–1945) | 281 | ||
| TAM ASSOA, FRANÇOIS XAVIER (1855–1934) | 282 | ||
| TAM SON HOI QUAN PAGODA | 282 | ||
| TAN DINH CHURCH | 282 | ||
| TAN DINH MARKET | 283 | ||
| TAN SON NHAT AIRPORT | 283 | ||
| TAO DAN PARK | 284 | ||
| TAY SON REBELLION | 284 | ||
| TAYLOR, MAXWELL DAVENPORT ‘MAX’ (1901–1987) | 286 | ||
| TELEPHONE SYSTEM | 286 | ||
| TELEVISION | 287 | ||
| TET OFFENSIVE | 288 | ||
| THANH BAT QUAI | 289 | ||
| THICH QUANG DUC (1897–1963) | 289 | ||
| THIEN HAU PAGODA | 292 | ||
| THOLANCE, AUGUSTE EUGÈNE LUDOVIC (1878–1938) | 292 | ||
| THOMSON, CHARLES ANTOINE FRANÇOIS (1845–1898) | 293 | ||
| THOMSON, JOHN (1837–1921) | 293 | ||
| TON DUC THANG (1888–1980) | 294 | ||
| TOURISM | 295 | ||
| TRAMS | 296 | ||
| TRAN HUNG DAO TEMPLE | 296 | ||
| TRAN KIM TUYEN (1925–1995) | 296 | ||
| TRAN NGOC CHAU | 297 | ||
| TRAN THE MINH (1917–1977) | 298 | ||
| TRAN THIEN KHIEM (1925– ) | 298 | ||
| TRAN TRONG KIM (1883–1953) | 299 | ||
| TRAN VAN CHIEU (1919–2006) | 299 | ||
| TRAN VAN GIAU (1911–2010) | 299 | ||
| TRAN VAN HUONG (1903–1982) | 300 | ||
| TRAN VAN HUU (1896–1984) | 302 | ||
| TRAN VAN KHAC (1902–1990) | 303 | ||
| TRAN VAN LAM, CHARLES (1913–2001) | 303 | ||
| TRAN VAN MINH (1923–2009) | 304 | ||
| TRAN VAN THAI (1964– ) | 305 | ||
| TRAN VAN TRA (1918–1996) | 305 | ||
| TRAN VAN TUYEN (1913–1976) | 306 | ||
| TREASURY BUILDING | 307 | ||
| TREATY OF SAIGON (1862) | 307 | ||
| TREMLETT, CHARLES FRANCIS (1835–1903) | 307 | ||
| de TRENTINIAN, LOUIS EDGARD (1851–1942) | 307 | ||
| TRINH CONG SON (1939–2001) | 308 | ||
| TROTSKYITES | 308 | ||
| TRUEHEART, WILLIAM C. (1918–1992) | 309 | ||
| TRUONG DINH DZU (1917–1980s) | 310 | ||
| TRUONG TAN SANG (1949– ) | 310 | ||
| TRUONG VINH KY | 311 | ||
| TRUONG VINH KY MAUSOLEUM | 311 | ||
| U | 312 | ||
| UNITED STATES EMBASSY | 312 | ||
| UNIVERSITIES | 315 | ||
| UNIVERSITY OF HO CHI MINH CITY | 316 | ||
| V | 317 | ||
| VAN TIEN DUNG (1917–2002) | 317 | ||
| VARENNE, ALEXANDRE (1870–1947) | 318 | ||
| VEBER, RENÉ (1888–1972) | 319 | ||
| VIAL, PAULIN FRANÇOIS ALEXANDRE (1831–1907) | 319 | ||
| VIET CONG | 319 | ||
| VIETNAM WAR | 320 | ||
| VINCENT, FRANK, Jr (1848–1916) | 321 | ||
| VINH NGHIEM PAGODA | 322 | ||
| VO VAN KIET (1922–2008) | 323 | ||
| van VOLLENHOVEN, JOOST (1877–1918) | 324 | ||
| VU VAN MAU (1914–1998) | 324 | ||
| VU HONG KHANH (1898–1993) | 325 | ||
| W | 327 | ||
| WALSH, HENRY FRANCIS CHESTER (1891–1977) | 327 | ||
| WAR CORRESPONDENTS | 327 | ||
| WAR REMNANTS MUSEUM | 328 | ||
| WATERMAN, HENRY SAMUEL (1882–1968) | 328 | ||
| WESTMORELAND, WILLIAM CHILDS (1914–2005) | 329 | ||
| WHITE, JOHN | 330 | ||
| WHITING, JASPER (1868–1941) | 331 | ||
| WILKINSON, PETER ALLIX (1914–2000) | 331 | ||
| WORKERS’ PARTY OF VIETNAM | 332 | ||
| WORLD WAR I. | 332 | ||
| WORLD WAR II | 333 | ||
| X | 336 | ||
| XA LOI PAGODA | 337 | ||
| XUAN LOC, BATTLE OF | 337 | ||
| Y | 339 | ||
| Y BRIDGE | 339 | ||
| Z | 340 | ||
| ZOO | 340 | ||
| Appendix 1 FRENCH OFFICIALS | 342 | ||
| Governors General of French Indochina | 342 | ||
| Appendix 2 VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT | 346 | ||
| Autonomous Republic of Cochinchina | 346 | ||
| South Vietnam | 346 | ||
| Vietnam; State of Vietnam | 346 | ||
| Republic of Vietnam | 347 | ||
| Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam | 348 | ||
| Socialist Republic of Vietnam | 348 | ||
| Appendix 3 LOCAL GOVERNMENT | 350 | ||
| Mayor / Préfect | 350 | ||
| Military Governor | 350 | ||
| Appendix 4 US GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATION IN SAIGON | 351 | ||
| Appendix 5 BRITISH GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATION IN SAIGON | 353 | ||
| British Representatives | 353 | ||
| British Ambassadors | 353 | ||
| Appendix 6 Stret Names | 355 |