There are a couple of shops near the Saigon Opera House selling sailing ship models. There may be others elsewhere in the city. I don’t know where the models are made or by whom, but they are quite impressive.
Tag: Ho Chi Minh City
Market Street, Saigon
Saigon Botanical Garden & Zoo
Saigon Zoo & Botanical Garden
Poster Art, Ho Chi Minh City
You see political poster art of the sort in this picture everywhere in Vietnamese cities, from billboards on the tops of buildings to posters along the walls of construction sites. This particular poster, according to a Vietnamese friend, announces the selection of a Party committee for Ho Chi Minh City for a five year term and celebrates Vietnam’s industrialization and modernization efforts. And the poster urges citizens to do their part to support modernization of the country.
Park Bench, Ho Chi Minh City
Flowers on Wheels, Ho Chi Minh City
Portable Business, Ho Chi Minh City
Street Level, Ho Chi Minh City
The woman squatting is selling small snacks. The man is one of the thousands—or more likely, hundreds of thousands—of men sitting on motorbikes waiting to give people rides for a fee all over Saigon. A subset of this group hustle rides for foreigners and the constant solicitations can finally become fairly annoying, especially when a simple no is not enough for many of the drivers. Walking 50 meters involves fighting off multiple requests for rides, shopping, tours, massages, “massages” and lord knows what else. One does not want to be rude, but… Finally, the woman behind the other two has a takeout meal, either for herself or food she is delivering.
Bougainvillea, Ho Chi Minh City
