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10 Old Pictures of Cars in Saigon. Though cars have been present in the country since the turn of the 20th century, decades of war (1941 – 1975) and an economic stagnation (1975 – 1986) drastically reduced the number of automobiles in Vietnam.
Bentleys, BMWs and Mercedes are all over Saigon these days. Though cars have been present in the country since the turn of the 20th century, decades of war (1941 – 1975) and an economic stagnation (1975 – 1986) drastically reduced the number of vintage automobiles in Vietnam.
26 lip 2019 · Viewed only as historical artifacts, though, they provide some insight into the diverse world of automobiles that existed in Saigon prior to the fall of South Vietnam in 1975, as seen above in a 1960s photo of Saigon Notre Dame Basilica, the seat of the city’s Roman Catholic archdiocese and still the most recognizable landmark in the city.
The vehicles were brought by various clubs in HCMC, the neighboring Binh Duong Province, and Da Lat in the Central Highlands. Old photographs of iconic places such as Ben Thanh Market, Saigon Opera House and Hotel Continental were printed on giant screens as backdrops for visitors to take photos.
10 gru 2014 · The first issue highlights photographs of Vietnam in the 19th-20th centuries. Seven years ago a former architect from Vietnam named Pham Manh Hai began collecting rare photos documenting life in his native country. Today, the archive contains 45,606 photographs, as well as drawings and maps of Vietnam.
23 paź 2013 · 28 Vintage Color Photographs That Capture Taxis on the Streets of Saigon in the 1960s. In Saigon, Vietnam, taxis have long played an important role in getting people where they need to go. They first took the form of rickshaws and then cyclos before giving way to the 4-wheeled motorized variety.
15 paź 2012 · The larger farms were in southern Vietnam, where 25 percent of the farms were under absentee ownership, compared to only 1 percent in northern Vietnam – a distribution that was to impact Vietnam in coming decades. These amazing vintage photographs, taken by Charles Peyrin, capture everyday life in Vietnam from between the 1920s and 1930s.
