Monument
Tran Hung Dao Statue
QPG4+4HH, Công trường Mê Linh, Sài Gòn, Hồ Chí Minh
Riverside monument of a legendary thirteenth-century commander, finger pointed toward the site of his famous naval ambush.
This guide to the Tran Hung Dao statue in Ho Chi Minh City tells the story of the general remembered as Tran Hung Dao, and the third Mongol invasion he faced after two earlier attempts to conquer Vietnam had failed. You'll hear about the fleet Kublai Khan sent up the Bach Dang River in 1288, and the ambush Tran Hung Dao's men prepared to meet it. Look up at the bronze statue, finger still pointing downriver.
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