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Houses in Ho Chi Minh City

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    Unlike Hà Nội where most new houses have a very historicist decorative design, the new houses in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) are more modernist if not just utilitarian. And while the houses in Hà Nội are most often painted ochre or vermillion, there is a much greater use of other colors in HCMC. As in Hà Nội, most houses are "tube houses" in that they are very narrow but very long. Although I haven't confirmed this yet, it is said that these lots are narrow because property taxes are based on the width of the lot at the street line. In HCMC, I guess (without confirmation yet) that many of the new houses are designed by young architects trying out new ideas, and this is very good to see. This in contrast to the usual utilitarian modernist larger buildings in HCMC. These pictures can be viewed by clicking on the first or top picture in the album and then click "next" on each photo to proceed though the album in slide show fashion.
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11 November 2005

Hà Nội impressions....

Recently, the Vietnamese God posted several wonderful architectural photographs from Hà Nội that inspired me to finally sort out my own photos from Hà Nội.  This posting catches up with our stay in Hà Nội in early October with a new photo album accessible by clicking on this link.
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If you click on the first photo in the album, then you can proceed though large versions of each photo by clicking the "next" button -- sort of like a slide show.

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Great photo album on Ha Noi - and I notice you are using the Vietnamese diacritical marks in your writing.

You will have to do a companion album on Sai Gon - - and Hue, of course.

Great photo album on Ha Noi - and I notice you are using the Vietnamese diacritical marks in your writing.

You will have to do a companion album on Sai Gon - - and Hue, of course.

Doug, sorry -- no photos of Hue because of the rain when we were there. I have a series on Sài Gòn coming up.

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