July 2026
SAIGON, VIETNAM 🇻🇳 GRAFFITI: WRITERS
July 2026
Tag: murals
SAIGON, VIETNAM 🇻🇳 STREET ART: TIKIS IN A HIDDEN HEM
July 2026
SAIGON, VIETNAM 🇻🇳 STREET ART: OLD PROPAGANDA, OLD BUILDINGS
July 2026
SAIGON, VIETNAM 🇻🇳 STREET ART: HANDING THE WORLD OVER TO THE NEXT GENERATION
July 2026
SAIGON, VIETNAM 🇻🇳 STREET ART: HEM 170
July 2026
SAIGON, VIETNAM 🇻🇳 STREET ART: MAN ON A WALL
District 4
July 2026
SAIGON, VIETNAM 🇻🇳: POSE
This is the historic Saigon Railway Operations Branch building (Chi nhánh Khai thác Đường sắt Sài Gòn), part of the Vietnamese national railway system.
📍 136 Hàm Nghi Street
This is one of the surviving French colonial administrative buildings from the late 19th or early 20th century, when Vietnam’s railway network was being developed under French Indochina.
The building originally served railway administration during the colonial era, when Saigon was the southern hub of the expanding railway system. It managed operations connected with routes that eventually linked Saigon with central Vietnam and, by 1936, the complete North–South railway between Saigon and Hanoi.
After 1975, it continued its transportation role and today remains an office of the national railway operator, overseeing railway operations in southern Vietnam rather than serving as a passenger station.
Pics above by me, July 2026
July 2026
SAIGON, VIETNAM 🇻🇳 STREET ART: “TUỔI TRẺ PHƯỜNG 2”
Neighborhood wall art combining political symbolism, youth organizations, and local identity. Painted by volunteers from local youth organizations.
The large red text reads:
“TUỔI TRẺ PHƯỜNG 2”
which translates as:
“The Youth of Ward 2” or “Ward 2 Youth.”
The circular green emblem with the red flag is the logo of the:
Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union
(Đoàn Thanh niên Cộng sản Hồ Chí Minh)
The Vietnamese text around it reads:
Đoàn Thanh niên Cộng sản Hồ Chí Minh
This is Vietnam’s largest youth political and civic organization, generally for people aged 16–30.
The logo on the right
The blue logo says:
THANH NIÊN VIỆT NAM
which means:
Vietnam Youth
This represents the Vietnam Youth Federation (Hội Liên hiệp Thanh niên Việt Nam).
Although it works closely with the Communist Youth Union, it is a broader umbrella organization that welcomes a wider range of young people, including volunteers and community members who may not be part of the Youth Union.
July 2026
SAIGON, VIETNAM 🇻🇳 STREET ART: TAN DINH MARKET MURALS
3july26
SAIGON, VIETNAM 🇻🇳 STREET ART: VIETNAMESE LIFE IN MURALS
3july26