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Le Van Tam Park – Former Cemetery of Saigon’s Rich

What was once a cemetery for French soldiers and the elite, since 1983 has been recognized as Le Van Tam Park; the center of Ho Chi Minh City as we know it today. The city of Ho Chi Minh City had many cemeteries with hundreds of thousands of graves. Most of them were built at the end of the nineteenth century under French rule, when the scale of Saigon - Gia Dinh was very small. After that, the population quickly became so crowded that the authorities had to move the cemetery in order to "take land for construction of welfare facilities, [and to] keep environment clean". Among the cemeteries, one of the most famous, and perhaps the oldest is Mac Dinh Chi - now Le Van Tam Park. This area is bounded by 4 streets, being Dien Bien Phu - Hai Ba Trung - Vo Thi Sau and Phan Liem in the center of District 1. According to author Tim Doling (Ireland) - who has many studies, researching the history of Saigon - Ho Chi Minh City, Le Van Tam Park was originally a European ...
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Water Bus in Saigon: The one and only

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The Vietnam Transportation War: Grab vs Taxis

Since the emergence of mobile ride-hailing services like Grab and Uber, taxis in Vietnam have fallen out of fashion. And they just got more unpopular following a recent taxi driver protest. Rivals are born On December 27, 2014 people in Vietnam started to travel differently. Instead of flagging down a taxi, they could simply order a car, motorbike or taxi from their mobile phones using the Grab application. Grab was the first mobile ride-hailing service in Vietnam with Uber close on its heels (four months later). Why people prefer Grab and Uber People in Vietnam love Grab and Uber for the same reasons many people around the world have downloaded these applications: They’re faster and cheaper than traditional taxis. They also eliminate the need to carry cash. Vietnamese particularly like these services because taxi drivers in this part of the world tend to overcharge customers by manipulating meters and taking long detours. Traditional taxi services have lost a lot of...
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