{"id":13997,"date":"2020-08-13T16:22:42","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T09:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matca.vn\/?p=13997"},"modified":"2020-08-17T16:10:29","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T09:10:29","slug":"di-tim-sai-gon-tphcm-qua-anh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matca.vn\/en\/di-tim-sai-gon-tphcm-qua-anh\/","title":{"rendered":"In Search Of Saigon – HCMC Through Photographs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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If not already a plain truth, Ho Chi Minh City\u2019s rapid economic growth for the last ten years is evident in its three-fold GDP increase, according to the data provided by the General Statistics Office of Vietnam. But it requires no statistician to figure out this fact: high-rise buildings racing to sprout one after another aren’t a sight easily missed. Photography is fast in capturing the result and reproducing it, populating the Internet with a plethora of images featuring the city\u2019s skyline overlooking the Saigon River<\/span><\/a>. Sometimes they are interjected by photos of the Notre Dame Cathedral or the City Hall against the backdrop of some soaring towers, hinting at a colonial past that still plays an indispensable part in the city\u2019s identity. A prima facie conception of HCMC follows – an emerging postcolonial metropolis with high hopes of competing with regional and international rivals on the economic ground.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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