@38:25 "Why did the French not restore Dind Doc Lap after its being bombed?" The answer is nepotism. The Ngo family decided to knock down the whole premise of the original so that they could employ the "talents" of Ngo Viet Thu, one of their progenies, supposedly premiere architect in the country, winner of Roma Architectural Contest and what not, to rebuild the whole thing completely, result is what is still standing today. Quel dommage...(The speaker totally side-stepped the question. His answer was: to build the new building they had to completely remove the old foundation, duh! )
@38:25 "Why did the French not restore Dind Doc Lap after its being bombed?" The answer is nepotism. The Ngo family decided to knock down the whole premise of the original so that they could employ the "talents" of Ngo Viet Thu, one of their progenies, supposedly premiere architect in the country, winner of Roma Architectural Contest and what not, to rebuild the whole thing completely, result is what is still standing today. Quel dommage...(The speaker totally side-stepped the question. His answer was: to build the new building they had to completely remove the old foundation, duh! )