My Vietnam Journey Part 4: This is the the Notre Dame Cathedral, a Catholic Church located at the heart of Hochiminh City in Vietnam. There are several schedules for English masses in this church so foreigners can attend. Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral, built in the late 1880s by French colonists, is one of the few remaining strongholds of Catholicism in the largely Buddhist Vietnam. Measuring almost 60 metres in height, the cathedral’s distinctive neo-Romanesque features include the all-red brick façade, stained glass windows, two bell towers containing six bronze bells that still ring to this day, and a peaceful garden setting. A Virgin Mary statue also stands in front of Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral, which locals claimed to have shed tears in October 2005. But this was not recognized by the church.