Tan Dinh Cathedral
A gigantic pink edifice that looks like an ice-cream cake. Incredibly high roofed and spacious inside. On the grounds is a hospital that was recently built for the poor.
If you can fit 5 Vietnamese on one 100cc motor scooter than this cavernous place could hold the entire Catholic population of Vietnam.
From Wikipedia
Tân Định church (Vietnamese, Nhà thờ Tân Định, Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus) is a church built during the French colonial period in early 20th century, when Vietnam was part of French Indochina. The church is situated at 289 Hai Bà Trưng street, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and belongs to Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City.
The church architecture features Roman style architecture. It is the second largest church in Ho Chi Minh City, after the Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica (Vietnamese, Nhà thờ Đức Bà Sài Gòn) in District 1.
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