General Post Office Ho Chi Minh is located in downtown Ho Chi Minh city, close to the Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica of Saigon. Situated in the heart of the city, it was built between 1886 and 1891, during the French occupation of the city. Featuring arched windows and wooden shutters, the building’s interior walls show two historic painted maps of South Vietnam, Saigon and Cholon, as well as a mosaic of Ho Chi Minh.