Beautiful Vietnam
Ancient Saigon at Cosmo Cafe
  • | SGT | August 09, 2011 02:25 PM

Photography and history lovers should head to Cosmo Cafe at the back of HCMC Museum before the end of this month to witness the photo exhibition themed Sai Gon xua (Ancient Saigon).

A corner of the exhibition Ancient Saigon - Photo: Huy Nguyen

According to organizers, HCMC Museum of Fine Arts and HCMC Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, there are 70 pieces by various authors on display at the exhibition and all of the photos have structure and meaning and were taken in a journalistic style as the authors went about their daily business.

Visitors can imagine the daily lives of Saigonese in the early 20th century. There are images of street vendors, a pavement cafe outside a French-style hotel, a mobile beer-selling vehicle, and costumes of Southern women and the activities of Saigon’s intellectual women among others.

To cultural scholars, this exhibition is a precious entity to preserve the typical cultural features of ancient Saigon.

Cosmo Cafe, located at 86 bis Le Thanh Ton, District 1 opens from 7 a.m. until 11 p.m daily.

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