The existence of the Tax Trade Center is about to come to an end when the Hotel Office Commercial Center at Tax Trade Center - a 40-storey complex will be built on the location of a 130-storey building. year.

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Tax Trade Center was built in the 1880s with the original name of Les Grands Magazins Charner (GMC).This is a construction project in the style of French architecture with the features that bring bold features of Asian culture.(Photo: Tax Department in postcard in the early 20th century).

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This project is located at the intersection between Bonard Boulevard (Le Loi Street) and Charner Avenue (Nguyen Hue Street), the position that can be considered the most prime in the center of Saigon.(Photo: Tax Trade Center seen from above in the 1930s).

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Along with the famous architectural works of Saigon such as Ben Thanh Market, City Opera House, Notre Dame Cathedral, City Post Office, Palace of All Rights . Tax Trade Center is considered as a symbol to create the face of Saigon at that time.(Photo: Tax Department in 1948).

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The bustling scene on the Tax Shop sidewalk in 1948, with bike storage and lots of pedestrians.

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Later, to expand the function of the building, the investor decided to knock out the mall's clock tower and build another floor.(Photo: Tax Mall in a night fair before New Year's Eve, 1955).

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Le Loi Street and Tax Trade Center on the left, 1961.

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In the early 1960s, the GMC building was renamed to Tax Trade Center, the premises were divided for lease.

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The facade of the building began to show the names of many famous brands in the world.

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During this period, Tax Department became one of Saigon's most important commercial centers.

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Tax shopping mall in 1965.

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The scene is inside the Tax Department in 1965.

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Tax Department in 1966.

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Add another image to the Tax Department in 1966.

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Picture of Tax Department in a foreign magazine.

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Le Loi Street in front of Tax Trade Center.

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Most visitors to the Tax Trade Center are the middle and upper classes of Saigon at that time.

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Colorful cyclo machines wait for guests in front of the mall.

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Service shops on the 1st floor of the mall.

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Tax Department in a New Year's calendar.

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Tax Department in 1969.

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After 1975, Tax Trade Center is no longer a busy business place but used as a place to display industrial goods and machinery manufactured by state-owned enterprises of Ho Chi Minh City.By 1981, this mall became the City General Department Store - one of the largest department stores in Vietnam at that time.

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In 1998, the words Tax Trade Center was placed on the roof of the building, fighting the return of a famous name.By 2003, the shopping mall was overhauled to become a modern commercial center.

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The existence of the Tax Trade Center is about to come to an end when the Hotel Office Commercial Center at Tax Trade Center - a 40-storey complex will be built on the location of a 130-storey building. year.(Photo: Huynh Ngoc Anh).