Hanoi viewed through Leica M

This photo reminds me part of the Moscow were we used to live with my wife, children and mother-in-law. Same kind of river with barracks, then barracks were destroyed and people moved to new tall buildings. Then metro came (subway). People who used to live in the barracks where still close to each other, newer people didn't care. You wouldn't know the name of people in next to yours apartment and it is the norm. Not so much of new community, instead of the old one....
 
Ko.Fe. said:
This photo reminds me part of the Moscow were we used to live with my wife, children and mother-in-law. Same kind of river with barracks, then barracks were destroyed and people moved to new tall buildings. Then metro came (subway). People who used to live in the barracks where still close to each other, newer people didn't care. You wouldn't know the name of people in next to yours apartment and it is the norm. Not so much of new community, instead of the old one....
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I think that's the change of living style, nothing to do with new development or new people coming.
My confession: I've been living in my current neigbourhood now for 13 years, but I still keep quite modest communication with surroundings, not too far but not too close neither.
Thanks for your interesting input about Moscow back then, somehow similar social situation to current status of Vietnam.
 
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266 1706 SGN K100-15 by Trung Nguyen
 
Independence Palace (Dinh Độc Lập)
information from Wikipedia

Independence Palace (Dinh Độc Lập), also known as Reunification Palace (Vietnamese: Dinh Thống Nhất), built on the site of the former Norodom Palace, is a landmark in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It was designed by architect Ngô Viết Thụ and was the home and workplace of the President of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. It was the site of the end of the Vietnam War during the Fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975, when a North Vietnamese Army tank crashed through its gates.
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Independence Palace (Dinh Độc Lập) by Trung Nguyen, on Flickr
 
kiemchacsu said:
Oh, When was your last visit to Saigon?
You would be amazed if you come to see it now.
The city is changing and developing every 6 months, I guess.
Off the topic: Our Prime Minister just met US President Trump yesterday, I think billion US$ contracts would be signed between enterprises of 2 countries.
Long story short, come to to visit Vietnam to see how it has been changing. The war is over over 40 years ago already.
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My last visit to Saigon was I think in August of 1970. When I had left in April 1970, and returned to Vietnam about August of 1970, and was sent to Quang Tri for about a year then to Da Nang for about six months. I left the second time about Apr 72, getting the last flight out of Da Nang. All leaving from that area after that had to go to I think Tan Son Nhut, or maybe it was Bien Hoa.

I had spent about six months in Saigon prior to leaving the first time. Nice place; good people and the hieu tieu was good. But I swear the US soldiers there had to get the paper there to know there was a war going on. 😛

At Quang Tri, there was an older lady who brought Pho to the gate every morning to sell. I often had Pho there. She made it so good. The first three or four times I wasn't real happy watching her take a used bowl from someone else, dip it in luke-warm water, wipe it with a used rag, then fill it and sell it to me. :bang: But I got over that when I found I wasn't getting sick, and just enjoyed it after that.

You may know that Pho is rather popular here in the US, but they use a noodle more like what is used for hieu tieu. I never had Pho in Saigon, so maybe that is what they did there as well. But in the Quang Tri area, it was a thicker noodle and if I remember, a little thicker soup. My wife (Korean) sometimes makes it using the same noodle as the Pho restaurants here in the US, but prefers bone soup which she makes herself.
 
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