We have been to HCMC many times and have visited this place on several occasions though not every time. It is one of the iconic landmarks in District 1. But in our recent visit, we have dropped by this place again as my cousins were visiting the city for the first time. It was Sunday and the GPO was very crowded and packed with visitors, both locals and tourists. Many were queuing to buy and send postcards and parcels while others were shopping for local souvenirs. Inside the building was very warm and humid (it was drizzling outside but windy) and even for a short while, we were all perspiring and so we went outside. Hope they can improve the air ventilation here, maybe installing more fans, aircoolers or aircon. But it's nice and one can feel the historical aspect of this building as if time has stopped with many vintage and old setups, decors and furniture.

The overall structure is still in great operational condition. There are so many souvenir vendors within the premises but most stands are crammed down hallways making it almost inaccessible at times. The front of the building is where the Hop-on Hop-Off bus tours start. Worth the visit

For tourism: Lovely & very charming old post office, beautiful architecture and good for photos. I’d absolutely recommend sending a postcard home! (! Please remember- bring your own pen, they charge you to use them if you don’t have one!) You can buy postcards inside the post office for as little as 5,000 and most of them being 30,000dong. Write your postcard out, visit the woman with the stamps (she was the last counter on the right hand side for us) dab them on the wet sponge & pop the postcard in the overflowing basket on the counter. ( it cost about £2 to send each postcard to the UK- 3 stamps need to go onto 1 postcard) For sending parcels overseas: Seems overwhelming at first but is very straight forward, we had been collecting things along our travels and needed to send it home to free up space. We took a big bag of things to the post office, headed straight to the back of the room (to the picture of Ho Chi Minh) where you will find a counter called ‘parcel and items packaging’- you need to fill out forms of what it inside, the quantity and the value of the items, the bag will be weighed & packaged ready to go. As of Oct 2023 we send a parcel around 6.8kg and it cost us around 4 million dong ( about £130) The staff were so helpful & their English is brilliant.

Visited here on Dec-27,2023 and explored. Outside this post office are many road side stalls selling card cut out art pieces, traditional hats etc. Saw multiple hop on hop off buses stopping here for some time. Inside are souvenir stalls in the perimeter and benches for visitors to sit etc. A portrait of Ho Chi Minh himself adorns the rear wall of this post office.

Here’s a reminder of how important post and telecommunications services were in the last century, especially during colonial times when Europeans were dispatched halfway across the world. The building itself is impressive, making a statement in the government quarter. While the interior has preserved phone booths and post office counters where you can send letters by old fashioned snail mail it’s essentially a big souvenir shop with stalls selling all sorts. Handy to see price tickets to base your bargaining on as you continue your travels.

Saigon Central Post Office is a post office located in the downtown area of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It was constructed between 1886 and 1891 when Vietnam was part of French Indochina. The building was designed by Alfred Foulhoux and is often erroneously credited as being the work of Gustave Eiffel or a collaboration between Foulhoux and Hanoi-based Auguste Henri Vildieu. The building is a tourist attraction and counts with Gothic, Renaissance, and French influences. The Saigon Central Post Office is located near the Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica, the city’s cathedral. You get all the souvenirs, lots of things like paintings & a variety of beautiful artefacts of Vietnam. A place to visit if anyone is in Hochiming City.

Central post office is one of the most remarkable buildings in Saigon, along with the Opera House, Rex Hotel and few others dating back to colonial era. This iconic post office with huge Ho Chi Minh portrait on the opposite side dates back to late 19c, when it was built by French as a main channel of communication in these days. It's located next door, to the right from the main twin tower Notre Dame Cathedral. It's open daily and pretty busy with both, locals and tourists.

The Central Post Office in Saigon / Ho Chi Minh City is an amazing historical building and a popular stop off for tours, indeed I visited as part of a cruise ship excursion to Vietnam and we had around 20 minutes here to pop in and take photos. You could easily spend more time as the building houses not just an operating post office but also many market stalls with gifts and magnets at very decent prices. Our guide said the building was built by Gustave Eiffel's company in the late 1880s but it turns out that it was actually built around the designs of another French architect, Alfred Foulhoux. It's one of the top tourist attractions in the city and can be visited at the same time as the Notre-Dame Basilica and the Opera House (both are located close to here). It's free to enter and well worth having a look inside if visiting central Saigon.

visited this post office on 26 Nov in 2023, actually it is the second time i came here,the first timw was 2017, that time i bought a postcard and sent it to me,i did receive it after few weeks, so this time when i revisited HCM from late nov to early of Dec, i told myself i want to do the same thing. first,i took some pics of it,then i bought a miss saigon’s famous perfume here,also i bought some postcards.i mailed it to me again.i already received the postcard when i wrote this comment.besides sending to yourself, you can send the postcard to your family, your friends or someone you care. besides, there are two souvenirs shops at the post office,i bought some keychains and magnet stuffs there. the post office is both one of the oldest and yet most iconic buildings in the city.it is a must visit place in HCM.

I went here because the church was closed. My friend and I just visited around outside the post office to take photo but it's really crowded. I took photos for my friend and left my phone in the front basket of our bike (which we rented). And when we took photo this man took my phone. We freaked out whe we found out that the phone disappeared. And the man showed up, told us that he saw some guy took the phone and run away. He asked us for some money and he would call the guy. This sounded really suspicious so we asked if he took our phone. We even offered to give him money to return it. After a while, he asked us which brand of our phone. When he knew that it's not that valuable. He gave us back, and yelled at us for being careless. Well, w were adsolutely careless when leaving the phone in the basket like that. But this man was unbelievable. Please be careful when you visit HCM City Still rate 5/5 for the post office