This book is the result of research by many leading researchers from France and Vietnam. 'Saigon - three centuries urban development'' including four main parts: Information and data of Saigon from primitive to 1859; French urban architecture and planning in Saigon; from Saigon to Ho Chi Minh City after 1975 and reviewing important architectural changes since 1945; The comment of writer Son Nam - the Southern studied the heritage of Saigon in time. This booklet contains photos and information of 63 famous places, important architectural works of the city such as: Phuoc Hai Pagoda, Phuoc Kien Pagoda, Muslim Temple, Chandaransay Temple of the Khmer, Notre Dame Cathedral, Huyen Si Church, Tan Dinh church ... The architecture of the mansion represents the power of the old and present government periods: the headquarters of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, the State Treasury, Court, Post Office ... The architecture of traditional markets such as Ben Thanh and Tan Dinh ... Chinese streets like Trieu Quang Phuc ... This book was made by the Ho Chi Minh City government in cooperation with the Lyon urban community and the French Consulate General and first published in 1998 on the occasion of 300 years of Saigon - Ho Chi Minh City.