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Hotel Equatorial Ho Chi Minh City. 1,666 Reviews . View Hotel. Ho Chi Minh Camp 1A- Hoa An. On Saturday morning after two days of exploring Ho Chi Minh City, the American coaches piled our bags onto the tiny coach bus and drove 4 hours south towards our camp/guesthouse in the village of Hoa An. Upon our arrival, we settled into our new rooms and met our 8 Vietnamese counterparts. Many businesses that catered to foreign influence (like the American military) thrived during the Vietnam War, but now Ho Chi Minh City is trying to grow in new ways. There are museums, a new national theater, and an expanded University of Ho Chi Minh City, to name a few changes over the years. Visiting Vietnam: Hanoi. Hanoi is the capital of WqHWy. “People don’t realise what they’ve lost,” says Candy Nguyen as she peers through the locked gates of what was until recently the historic Ba Son shipyard. “Many don’t even know what was here before.”Ho Chi Minh City’s oldest and most important maritime heritage site is hidden from the street by high blue hoardings peppered with slogans such as “Never still” and “Redefine the skylines”.It is currently the largest development project in the city’s central District 1 neighbourhood, with a cluster of partly constructed 50-storey apartment blocks jutting above the fence. Volunteers for the Saigon Heritage Observatory, such as Nguyen, have not been allowed in since building work began. All believe the shipyard – founded in the 18th century by Gia Long, who would go on to become emperor – and its unique industrial architecture have been completely for what will replace it show rows of upmarket townhouses between the tall glass and steel towers, as well as a yachting marina on the Saigon River luxury living for the few.“It used to be so beautiful,” says Nguyen as we walk the Ba Son perimeter, a constant stream of scooters flowing around us. “I cried when I first heard we had lost the trees. My mother used to take me this way to school and the trees used to give shade and oxygen. People used to collect tamarind and sell it … until last year when they cut the trees down.”Q&AWhere are the next 15 megacities?ShowBy 2035 another 15 cities will have populations above 10 million, according to the latest United Nations projections, taking the total number of megacities to Cities is exploring these newcomers at a crucial period in their development from car-centric Tehran to the harsh inequalities of Luanda; from the film industry of Hyderabad to the demolition of historic buildings in Ho Chi Minh also be in Chengdu, Dar es Salaam, Nanjing, Ahmedabad, Surat, Baghdad, Kuala Lumpur, Xi'an, Seoul, Wuhan and more from the next 15 megacities series Van MeadHo Chi Minh City known as Saigon until reunification in 1976 has long had a reputation for being international and cosmopolitan – particularly compared with the one-party state’s political capital, Hanoi, in the north. As the economic capital of communist Vietnam it has always been the place to make money, but with a population of million – set to rise above 10 million by 2026, according to the latest UN estimates – the pace of change in this dynamic city has accelerated. Gone, gone, gone, going …? Clockwise from top left the Charner store, the art deco 213 Dong Khoi apartments, the navy exchange and a colonial-era government building. Photographs Historic Vietnam/Tom Hricko Heritage experts say virtually no historic buildings are safe from the wrecking ball. Ba Son is being transformed into Golden River, an upmarket development marketed as a “city within a city”. It is a project from Vinhomes – part of the huge and ubiquitous Vingroup conglomerate, which has fingers in everything from real estate to retail and hospitality to health care. The chairman, Pham Nhat Vuong, who founded the company as an instant noodle producer in Ukraine in the 1990s, was Vietnam’s first billionaire. He remains its richest the villas, golden fences and palms of one nearly completed section of Golden River, a billboard promises a new branch of Vinschool and signs announce Vinmart convenience stores. All that is left of the former shipyard is a pair of barnacled anchors, a cannon and some planks of aged timber – now decorating the upmarket Myst hotel. “Ba Son had a rich history but they have destroyed all of it,” says Nguyen. “We are losing the character of the city.”A mile to the north-east lies another Vingroup development, Central Park, with the Landmark 81 skyscraper at its heart, surrounded by 17 apartment towers. This so-called supertall became the highest building in Vietnam, and 14th highest in the world, when it completed last year. The Central Park development, with the Landmark 81 skyscraper at its centre. Photograph JethuynhCan/Getty Images Shoppers entering the Vincom Center mall at its base are greeted by a blast of air-con and a glitzy showroom featuring a bright yellow Lamborghini Huracán supercar and three different models of Bentley. There is a Vinmec hospital, a Vinpro electronics store and a Vinsmart phone dealer. Vinmarts are located in the base of every Central Park was largely built on reclaimed land and vacant lots, anything built in the centre is likely to lead to the demolition of a historic official public records are kept, but it is estimated that more than a third of the city’s historic buildings have been destroyed over the past 20 1993 the Centre for Prospective and Urban Studies, a Franco-Vietnamese urban research agency, classified 377 buildings in the central districts 1 and 3 as heritage sites. By 2014, 207 of those had been demolished or altered beyond recognition. “For the past four years it has been continuing for sure,” says one urban planner involved in the original inventory, who did not want to be People’s Committee, which runs the city, is currently dividing around 1,000 historic buildings into three classifications class 1, which is protected; class 2, where the owner can build on the lot but cannot destroy the old building; and class 3, which can be demolished.“It is sad, but the owners of class 3 are seen as the winners,” says the planner. “Generally they are after immediate profit and people want modernity, cleanliness, air-conditioning … they’re not interested in preserving old tiles. They see that the owner next door demolished to build a 32-storey office with restaurant and luxury flats and they think, why can’t I?” Before and after Another historic building bites the dust left and the park and building destroyed to make way for the Vincom Center right. Photographs Historic Vietnam A stroll down the elegant Dong Khoi street illustrates the scale of change. The art deco and modernist buildings of the early 20th century fell into decline during the Vietnam war, but the area has undergone a revival of late with stores by Gucci, Dior and Louis however, is never far away. The once-prestigious art deco apartment building at 213 Dong Khoi mentioned in Graham Greene’s The Quiet American was demolished for a new government office. One block west, the 1924 Charner department store latterly the Tax Trade Centre was knocked down to make way for the city’s long-delayed metro. Assurances were given that its grand Moroccan-style staircase and intricate tiles were to be removed and preserved, but heritage groups believe them to have been door to the 19th-century Hotel Continental, where Greene used to drink and write, the six-storey Eden Building used as a media centre during the Vietnam war featured the distinctive curved corner style particular to modernist buildings along Dong Khoi, and housed a colonial-era cinema and arcade – until it was demolished in 2009 for a Vincom shopping mall. Only one art deco apartment block survives on Dong Khoi, currently inhabited by a warren of small retailers and workshops, its shaky old elevator caked in dust. It, too, is slated for city’s modernist heritage may be next, says the architectural historian Mel Schenck. The skyline from an apartment in the Golden River complex. What remains of the historic Ba Son shipyard can be seen at the bottom right of the image. Photograph Tan Le/Getty Schenck estimates that 70-80% of the city is built in modernist style, much of it by noted Vietnamese architects such as Ngo Viet Thu, who designed the Independence Palace. If you pick a classic “shophouse” street at random and look up, the majority of the top floors are modernist. “There is so much of it that it’s become ordinary and people don’t even think about it,” he says. “When I see awnings and junk around a house, that’s good, because that means the building is being well used and isn’t in as much danger of being demolished. If the house is cleaned up, it’s not a good sign.”Even being designed by Ngo Viet Thu himself is no protection. A villa of his in District 3 is currently vacant apart from a live-in caretaker. “It’s on a hot street,” says Schenck. “There’s lots of land. It’s going to go.”Ngo Viet Thu’s son, Ngo Viet Nam Son, is also an architect, and lives and works between Ho Chi Minh City, the US and Canada. He believes his hometown must learn from the mistakes made by other fast-growing Asian cities before it is too late.“We’re not the only city to experience this growth, and we should learn from these experiences,” he says. “But this city hasn’t taken that lesson yet. In Ba Son, they could have made a very nice area, a cultural and green space for the city – something like Pier 59 in New York, or Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco – but instead they destroyed it.“Developers don’t realise that when they destroy historic buildings they are losing a potential economic gain, and if you consider tourism, then people want to see the old city to get a sense of place. Preservation can contribute to economic value.” Critics say the historic centre is increasingly filled with generic architecture which could be anywhere in Asia. Photographs laranik/Alamy/Rwp Uk/Getty/Ngoc Nguyen Quang/Getty/EyeEm He looks to Shanghai, which shares similar geography – a historic centre facing what was mostly vacant land across the river – and political conditions. There, the historic centre is largely protected, with the Pudong marshland east of the river has been developed as the financial district.“We should preserve District 1 as our old downtown – some new building, but the priority should be to preserve,” he says. “Then Thu Thiem in District 2 over the river can be the international financial district.”Instead, Ho Chi Minh City has two separate masterplans, with the one for the historic west foreseeing a wall of skyscrapers marching down the river. The new developments are often built on raised land to protect them from flooding, while ironically blocking rainwater from flowing freely into the river and so causing more floods also do not provide much in the way of public space. A new green space in the Central Park development, also built on land reclaimed from the river, is watched over by security guards who ask if users are residents. There is a ban on unaccompanied children under 12 and pets, and signs warn people to safeguard “etiquette, order, safety and aesthetics”.Amid all the concrete and glass, there appears to be a belated appreciation of heritage among the city’s younger people. “Vintage” cafes are popular, even if they are often located inside modern air-conditioned buildings, as are vintage dresses and fashions.“Heritage is trendy now, but I worry it is just a bubble,” says Nguyen. “It may be popular for a year but then I don’t know who will be with us after that.“Ultimately I am optimistic that more people will learn and become interested and get involved – but I do feel frustrated that sometimes people just don’t care.”Follow Guardian Cities on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to join the discussion, and explore our archive here Cập nhật ngày 27-02-2023Chia sẻ bởi Nguyễn Đình Phát She … to Ho Chi Minh city last đề liên quan Lee … her shirt made one month ago. Nowadays my mother … to work on foot. 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Bus to Senai, fly Take the bus from Queen Street Bus Terminal to Woodlands Checkpoint Out Fly from Senai JHB to Tan Son Nhat SGN Train, bus Take the train from Woodlands Train Checkpoint to Bangkok Hualamphong Take the bus from Bangkok to Phnom Penh Virak Buntham Express Take the bus from Phnom Penh Virak Buntham Express to Ho Chi Minh Virak Buntham Express Train, bus via Bangkok Take the train from Woodlands Train Checkpoint to Bangkok Hualamphong Take the bus from Bangkok Khao San Road to Phnom Penh Take the bus from Phnom Penh Sorya to Ho Chi Minh Drive Drive from Singapore to Ho Chi Minh City Singapore Changi SIN to Tan Son Nhat SGN flights 116 Weekly Planes 2h 45m Average Duration 2 125 ₴ Cheapest Price See schedules Questions & Answers What is the cheapest way to get from Singapore to Ho Chi Minh City? The cheapest way to get from Singapore to Ho Chi Minh City is to fly which costs 2 400 ₴ - 5 500 ₴ and takes 4h 50m. More details What is the fastest way to get from Singapore to Ho Chi Minh City? The quickest way to get from Singapore to Ho Chi Minh City is to fly which costs 2 400 ₴ - 5 500 ₴ and takes 4h 50m. More details How far is it from Singapore to Ho Chi Minh City? It is 1101 km from Singapore to Ho Chi Minh City. It is approximately km to drive. Get driving directions How do I travel from Singapore to Ho Chi Minh City without a car? The best way to get from Singapore to Ho Chi Minh City without a car is to train and bus which takes 3 days 1h and costs 130 000 ₴ - 133 000 ₴. More details How long does it take to get from Singapore to Ho Chi Minh City? It takes approximately 4h 50m to get from Singapore to Ho Chi Minh City, including transfers. More details How long is the flight from Singapore to Ho Chi Minh City? The quickest flight from Singapore Changi Airport to Tan Son Nhat Airport is the direct flight which takes 1h 50m. Search flights What is the time difference between Singapore and Ho Chi Minh City? Ho Chi Minh City is 1h behind Singapore. It is currently 0406 in Singapore and 0306 in Ho Chi Minh City. Can I drive from Singapore to Ho Chi Minh City? Yes, the driving distance between Singapore to Ho Chi Minh City is 2683 km. It takes approximately 35h 17m to drive from Singapore to Ho Chi Minh City. Get driving directions Which airlines fly from Singapore Changi Airport to Tan Son Nhat Airport? Jetstar Pacific Airlines, Bamboo Airways, Vietjet Air and four other airlines offer flights from Singapore Changi Airport to Tan Son Nhat Airport. Search flights Where can I stay near Ho Chi Minh City? There are 1204+ hotels available in Ho Chi Minh City. Prices start at 3 750 ₴ per night. More details What companies run services between Singapore and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam? Scoot Tigerair, Vietjet Air and seven other airlines fly from Singapore to Ho Chi Minh City hourly. Singapore Airlines Website Ave. Duration 2h 8m When Every day Estimated price 3 400 ₴ - 7 000 ₴ Vietnam Airlines Website Ave. Duration 2h 26m When Every day Estimated price 3 200 ₴ - 8 500 ₴ Scoot Tigerair Website Ave. Duration 2h 3m When Every day Estimated price 2 700 ₴ - 4 900 ₴ AirAsia Website Ave. Duration 2h When Every day Estimated price 2 300 ₴ - 7 500 ₴ Ave. Duration 4h 37m When Every day Estimated price 2 500 ₴ - 8 500 ₴ Vietjet Air Website Ave. Duration 2h 5m When Every day Estimated price 2 400 ₴ - 6 500 ₴ Jetstar Pacific Airlines Website Ave. Duration 2h 15m When Monday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday Estimated price 2 100 ₴ - 14 000 ₴ Bamboo Airways Website Ave. Duration 2h 30m When Every day Estimated price 3 400 ₴ - 14 000 ₴ Malindo Airways Website Ave. Duration 4h 5m When Every day Estimated price 4 200 ₴ - 13 000 ₴ Eastern and Oriental Express Causeway Link Virak Buntham Travel Mart Phnom Penh Sorya Want to know more about travelling around the world? 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