The Ho Chi Minh City Monuments Conservation Center has announced the addition of five structures to the list of national relics.

The new batch of national relics includes Binh Tay Market, two communal houses in Tan Son Nhi and Tan Thong Villages, Davis Camp, and Phap Hoa Pagoda.

Binh Tay Market, which sits on District 6’s Thap Muoi Street, was built and financially supported by a Chinese businessman named Guoyan, better known as Quach Dam.

Truong Kim Quan, head of the center, said the market features oriental art and includes many motifs reflecting the Cham style.

It is also a hub for trade between the city and the surrounding areas, Quan said, adding that it is home to many products made by Vietnamese people and the Chinese community in the district.

The communal house in Tan Thong Village was built in the 19^th century in Tan Thong Hoi Commune in Cu Chi, which is an outlying district of Ho Chi Minh City.

This is a venue associated with many local revolutionary movements during the American War in Vietnam.

The communal house in Tan Son Nhi Village, situated on Tan Phu District’s Tan Ky Tan Quy Street, is among a few structures that still maintain the overall architecture of a house of the southern region, with a three-door gate, stele, and adytum.

Phap Hoa Pagoda on Phu Nhuan District’s Thich Quang Duc Street is considered a historical site since it houses a secret bunker built in 1945 to hide Vietnamese soldiers during the war and a portrait of late President Ho Chi Minh.

Davis Camp, located in Tan Binh District, used to be a unit of the U.S. air force during the war in Vietnam.

It was named by the U.S. to commemorate the first soldier who died in battle in southern Vietnam, James Thomas Davis, according to newswire Vietnamplus.

All five new national relics have been put under special protection.

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