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A decade of relentless air strikes by the United States during the Vietnam War between 1964 and 1973 devastated the industrial city of Vinh in the north-central province of Nghệ An, the cradle of the revolution and the homeland of Hồ Chí Minh, North Vietnam’s first postcolonial president.
17 maj 2021 · Socialists around the world helped rebuild it. Today, Vinh's architecture stands as a monument to that internationalist solidarity. Citizens of the Vietnam city of Vinh stand in front of a housing complex built with the help of East Germany after the Vietnam War, 1989.
A primary focus of urban reconstruction was Quang Trung communal housing, consisting of eighteen hundred apartments and dormitories in five-story buildings that housed close to ten thousand residents, mainly workers and veterans in need of housing after the war.
20 lip 2024 · The city very likely had a housing crisis in the early 1970s, and the Vinh government promptly distributed these brand new apartment units to Party members and those who had served meritoriously in the revolution. The apartments weren’t a great fit. Unlike East Berlin, Vinh is scorching hot and off-the-charts humid.
31 maj 2021 · During the Vietnam War, the city of Vinh was almost destroyed by US bombing. Socialists around the world helped rebuild it. Today, Vinh's architecture stands as a monument to that internationalist solidarity.
11 lis 2023 · These homes, designed to withstand the region’s frequent flooding, showcased the ingenuity of early Vietnamese builders. Temples and pagodas, adorned with intricate carvings, stood as spiritual beacons, reflecting the deep cultural roots of the city.
The town contains showpieces of socialist housing, which became symbols of decay after the introduction of the market economy in Vietnam. This dramatic story has shaped Christina Schwenkel’s book on Vinh, Building Socialism: The Afterlife of East German Architecture in Urban Vietnam.
