Comments on: The changing face of Saigon – 2017 edition https://www.nomadicnotes.com/the-changing-face-of-saigon-2017-edition/ Travel blog featuring transport and accommodation guides in Southeast Asia Sat, 01 Jun 2024 07:50:43 +0000 hourly 1 By: Murray https://www.nomadicnotes.com/the-changing-face-of-saigon-2017-edition/#comment-252456 Wed, 31 Jul 2019 09:10:20 +0000 http://www.nomadicnotes.com/?p=20476#comment-252456 Interesting roundup. Cheers!

]]> By: Carlo https://www.nomadicnotes.com/the-changing-face-of-saigon-2017-edition/#comment-122201 Sat, 19 Aug 2017 09:03:42 +0000 http://www.nomadicnotes.com/?p=20476#comment-122201 Very interesting … been there Jan 2017 …

]]> By: Susanne p walker https://www.nomadicnotes.com/the-changing-face-of-saigon-2017-edition/#comment-112812 Wed, 26 Apr 2017 17:23:53 +0000 http://www.nomadicnotes.com/?p=20476#comment-112812 My first trip to Saigon was in 1995. Since then I have revisited the city several times to be with my family. I love the old city with all the people, smells and traditions. It was a wonderful and charming city. Now, I understand the younger generation wanting to move into the future modern times. Hope they will keep the charm of some of their culture.

]]> By: Thad Guyer https://www.nomadicnotes.com/the-changing-face-of-saigon-2017-edition/#comment-112760 Tue, 25 Apr 2017 09:53:57 +0000 http://www.nomadicnotes.com/?p=20476#comment-112760 I was raised in Miami in the 50s and many were sad as the old Spanish and art deco came down. But the modernity that replaced it made Miami the world class city it is. It’s the same with Shanghai, where neon towers are far more stimulating and inspiring than the dubious antiquity they replaced. These teaming young Vietnamese masses need to feel the futurist inspiration of towering glass temples of commerce, designed by famous Asian architects. They need and want the excitement of Vincom and Bitexco, and the lighted fountains of Ho Chi Minh Square. Graham Green is our icon not theirs, and preservation of the oppressor’s French architecture has only so much value to an indigenous people and culture in search of globalist inclusion. Saigon and it’s skyline just keeps getting better.

]]> By: Christine @ Adventure, Baby! https://www.nomadicnotes.com/the-changing-face-of-saigon-2017-edition/#comment-111975 Wed, 05 Apr 2017 11:20:46 +0000 http://www.nomadicnotes.com/?p=20476#comment-111975 Fascinating look at what’s happening to Saigon. I’ve always thought of it as an old city from the time of the Vietnam war, so I found it really interesting to see what’s been happening there.

]]> By: owen oglala https://www.nomadicnotes.com/the-changing-face-of-saigon-2017-edition/#comment-110519 Mon, 06 Mar 2017 23:09:17 +0000 http://www.nomadicnotes.com/?p=20476#comment-110519 Informative — as always. The New York Times Sunday Travel section March 5 had a write-up on BKK that did nothing for the reader except leave him/her free to note how the writer wishes all to know he knows BKK.

]]> By: Sofia https://www.nomadicnotes.com/the-changing-face-of-saigon-2017-edition/#comment-110424 Sun, 05 Mar 2017 07:27:00 +0000 http://www.nomadicnotes.com/?p=20476#comment-110424 It’s horrible that fake old building are replacing proper ones!!

xx Sofia

]]> By: Ant https://www.nomadicnotes.com/the-changing-face-of-saigon-2017-edition/#comment-110217 Thu, 02 Mar 2017 10:28:00 +0000 http://www.nomadicnotes.com/?p=20476#comment-110217 Nice update on Saigon!

Glad that roundabout has gone, as you said, it was an awful impediment for the pedestrian!

Sadly I find HCMC and Hanoi to have the worst air pollution in SE Asia from my experience. I found Jakarta to be better! Hopefully these metro lines will help in the same way Bangkok seems to have improved with it’s transit systems.

I’d seriously spend a lot longer in Saigon if the air was not an issue for me. I really notice it after a couple of weeks.

]]> By: Trish https://www.nomadicnotes.com/the-changing-face-of-saigon-2017-edition/#comment-109981 Mon, 27 Feb 2017 00:13:15 +0000 http://www.nomadicnotes.com/?p=20476#comment-109981 Oh wow, it looks like I won’t even recognise Saigon next time I’m there! I lived in HCMC from 2001-2004, and have only visited once since then (in 2010). I’m excited about the metro lines, but bummed about the demolitions (pretty sure the Tax Trade Centre is what I knew as the “Russian Market” – I loved that staircase!). Thanks for the article, I’ll steel myself for some serious culture shock when I head back there this year or next.

]]> By: Cez of eTramping https://www.nomadicnotes.com/the-changing-face-of-saigon-2017-edition/#comment-109858 Sat, 25 Feb 2017 01:46:49 +0000 http://www.nomadicnotes.com/?p=20476#comment-109858 Very interesting read! It’s amazing the changes that have taken place there.

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