Saigon Governor's Palace
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The Saigon Governor's Palace, also known as the Norodom Palace after the nearby street, which was named after the Norodom of Cambodia, was a government building in Saigon, French Cochinchina, built be
The Governor's Palace in Saigon, 1873
The palace in 1896
The palace being lit up in the evening in 1922
Madame Nhu
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Trần Lệ Xuân, more popularly known in English as Madame Nhu, was the de facto First Lady of South Vietnam from 1955 to 1963. She was the wife of Ngô Đình Nhu, who was the brother and chief advisor to
Saigon Governor's Palace
…Independence Palace and used it as the presidential palace of Ngô Đình Diệm. Later, President Diệm had his brother and sister in law, Ngô Đình Nhu and Madame Nhu, moved into the palace with him. During a coup attempt on 27 February 1962, two aeroplanes bombed the building and demolished the left wing. President…
Madame Nhu in the 1950s
Madame Nhu, wearing her signature áo dài, and then-Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson in May 1961.
Madame Nhu (center) with her daughter Le Thuy (left) and Frances Lewine (right), before speaking at the Women's National Press Club at the Statler Hilton Hotel