The city rises

    Huyền Trân - Anh Tú |

    Over the past 50 years, since the Liberation of the South and National Reunification Day (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2025), Ho Chi Minh City has continuously developed to become a modern and prosperous city.

    Below is a record of the Lao Dong Newspaper reporter with the image of the change of Ho Chi Minh City in recent years: From the lands that are swampy and reeds, now forming spacious and international urban areas; From the slums, the black canal was revived as a silk strip of winding around the city and the high skyscrapers; Or from the old river ferry wharf has now been replaced by underground tunnels, cable -stayed bridges of new architecture of Ho Chi Minh City.

    Hien nay, cach ben pha Thu Thiem (da cham dut hoat dong tu nam 2012) vai tram met, la ham chui vuot song Sai Gon, cau day vang Ba Son… duoc xay dung giup viec ket noi giao thong duoc thuan tien hon.
    Currently, a few hundred meters from Thu Thiem ferry terminal (which has stopped operating since 2012), an underpass across the Saigon River, Ba Son cable-stayed bridge... are being built to make traffic connections more convenient.
    Du cach nhau chi con song Sai Gon, song hang chuc nam ve truoc, nguoi dan Quan 1 muon sang Quan 2 cu (nay la thanh pho Thu Duc) chu yeu phai luy pha Thu Thiem hoac di duong vong xa nhieu ki lo met qua cau Sai Gon.
    Although only separated by the Saigon River, decades ago, people in District 1 who wanted to go to the old District 2 (now Thu Duc City) mainly had to take a Thu Thiem ferry or take a long detour of kilometers across the Saigon Bridge.
    TPHCM da quyet tam thuc hien chinh trang do thi va xay dung truc Dai lo Dong – Tay (nay duong Vo Van Kiet) rong thenh thang uon luon quanh dong kenh Tau Hu - Ben Nghe.
    Ho Chi Minh City has determined to renovate the urban area and build the East-West Avenue (now Vo Van Kiet Street) with a wide scale and curves around the Tau Hu - Ben Nghe canal.
    Cach day 20 nam, ban dao Thu Thiem van con la vung dat hoang so, dam lay va co moc um tum.
    20 years ago, Thu Thiem peninsula was still a pristine, muddy and overgrown with grass.
    Va den nay, tren ban dao Thu Thiem da hinh thanh nen nhung khu do thi khang trang, hien dai, dang cap quoc te.
    And up to now, Thu Thiem peninsula has formed spacious, modern, international-class urban areas.
    TPHCM ngay cang phat trien va tro thanh mot do thi hien dai, sanh ngang tam voi cac do thi hang dau trong khu vuc.
    Ho Chi Minh City is constantly developing and becoming a modern city, on par with the leading cities in the region

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