I recently stayed at the Rex during my tour through SE Asia. Travelling alone on this leg of the journey, I found a very friendly environmen at the rooftop bar each night.
After trapsing around a very hot and humid Saigon, dodging traffic, explaining that I don’t need a ride to dozens of eager taxi drivers, I was always very happy to return to my “Vietnam Home” as they say.
Wikipedia: “Originally built as a French garage in the early 20th century, in 1959 the Rex Hotel, was expanded into a 6-floor trading centre. It was leased to the American Cultural Center in 1960, at which time the Abraham Lincoln Library was established on the ground floor. During the Vietnam war the American Information Service made its base at the hotel which soon became the favorite haunt of U.S. officers and the scene of daily press briefings to foreign correspondents, or five oclock follies, as they were called. ”