Rex Hotel, Ho Chi Minh City
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The Rex Hotel, Ho Chi Minh is a famous luxury and business hotel in Ho Chi Minh City. Built before 1959, the build started out as a two storey garage complex. From 1959 to 1975, Mr. and Mrs. Ung Thi renovated the building into a 100 room Rex Trading Center with three cinemas, a cafeteria, a dance hall and a library. It was renamed Ben Thanh in 1975 and owned by the city's tourist bureau. In 1986, the hotel was sold and renamed the Rex Hotel. The 230 room five storey building is located in the District 1 and was made famous and popular by American troops during the Vietnam War. It has a rooftop bar, the Rooftop Garden and has a good view of Ho Chi Minh City.
