Depuis novembre 2013, Tim Doling a ouvert un site dédié à la connaissance historique de Saigon / Ho Chi Minh-Ville. Auteur de l'ouvrage Exploring Hồ Chí Minh City (Hà Nội, Thế Giới Publishers, 2014), il poursuit son exploration en ligne. Aperçu de sa base "building" :

Collection "Old Saigon Building of the Week":

• Old Saigon Building of the Week: 32 Ham Nghi

• Old Saigon Building of the Week: The Former Grall Hospital

• Old Saigon Building of the Week: The Municipal Theatre

• Old Saigon Building of the Week: St Paul’s Convent

• Old Saigon Building of the Week: the Grand Hotel

• Old Saigon Building of the Week: The “Y” Bridge

• Old Saigon Building of the Week: 93-95 Dong Khoi

• Old Saigon Building of the Week: 128 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai

• Old Saigon Building of the Week: 39 Tran Quoc Thao

• Old Saigon Building of the Week: Ho Chi Minh City General Sciences Library

• Old Saigon Building of the Week: the former Lycee Chasseloup-Laubat

• Old Saigon Building of the Week: St Joseph’s Seminary

• Old Saigon Building of the Week: Former Foyer du Soldat et du Marin

• Old Saigon Building of the Week: Second Chambre de commerce building

• Old Saigon Building of the Week: The former Cercle Sportif Saigonnais

• Old Saigon Building of the Week: Tan Dinh Market

• Old Saigon Building of the Week: former Nestle headquarters

• Old Saigon Building of the Week: the Vietnam Railways building

• Old Saigon Building of the Week: Maison du Combattant

• Old Saigon Building of the Week: The Signal Mast

• Old Saigon Building of the Week: 48 Nguyen Dinh Chieu

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Collection "Icons of Old Saigon":

• Icons of Old Saigon: The Canal Bonard

• Icons of Old Saigon: the Eglise Sainte-Marie-Immaculee

• Icons of old Saigon: the Electricity Building

• Icons of Old Saigon: The Casino de Saigon

• Icons of Old Saigon: Etablissements Bainier Auto Hall

• Icons of Old Saigon: Andre Pancrazi’s Cafe de la Musique and Grand Hotel des Nations

• Icons of Old Saigon: The Hotel de l’Univers

Collection "Date with the Wrecker's Ball" :

• Date with the Wrecker’s Ball (9): Saigon Hospital

• Date with the Wrecker’s Ball (8): The Vietnam Railways Building

• Date with the Wrecker’s Ball (7): the Nguyen Van Cua Imprimerie de l’Union building

• Date with the Wrecker’s Ball (6): Cercle des Officiers

• Date with the Wrecker’s Ball (5): Saigon Tax Trade Centre

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Other "building" topics:

• House of Horrors

• 2014: A watershed year for Saigon’s built heritage?

• Ho Chi Minh City’s five most endangered heritage buildings

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