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Saigoneer Trigger The VND32.5 billion (US$1.4 million) effort will focus on repairing the T​rần Hưng Đạo Statue, planting ornamental trees and performing road repairs.   The People's Committee of District 1 recently sent a proposal to the Ho Chi Minh City government regarding renovating Mê Linh Park. Of the VND32.5 billion, VND3.5 billion will be used to fix the statue pedestal, which has shown signs of severe wear and tear, and waterproof the main structure. The surrounding 3,300-square-meter park will receive new granite tiles and orchid, jasmine, and apricot trees along with ...

Saigoneer Trigger Flanked by a busy road and overshadowed by an unfinished skyscraper, you'd be forgiven if you rarely noticed the Signal Mast (Cột cờ Thủ Ngữ) where Ton Duc Thang and Vo Van Kiet streets intermingle.  Decades of development have isolated this peninsula from the rest of the District 1 waterfront and nearby pedestrian street. But what looks like a glorified flagpole to most is actually a relic of the earliest days of Saigon, and has seen the city transform form a backwater fishing village into a full-blown metropolis. After a recent facelift, perhaps it will get a ...