Notes

So this is not very focused, but Ha Noi is somewhat the exact opposite of Sai Gon. Up here there are many lakes and parks, bridges going across the river, something that can almost be called an elevated highway, walkable sidewalks, and a police force that crackdown on things, including curfew in the backpackers’ district.

Sai Gon, though, has almost no bureaucratic taste to it, barely any bridges, no elevated highway at all, terrible sidewalks, hardly any police, and less cars. The city is nearly 800 years younger than Ha Noi, too.

Some unifying things going for them is expansions of infrastructure, including international terminals and metro lines. It’s an oddity that  both cities developed on only one side of their respective rivers. That will likely change, however, and for the better.