{"id":11504,"date":"2023-03-28T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/designcompass.org\/?p=11504"},"modified":"2025-11-29T21:22:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T12:22:37","slug":"hochimincity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/designcompass.org\/en\/2023\/03\/28\/hochimincity\/","title":{"rendered":"Ho Chi Minh, the way the water buffalo advances after a fierce fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ho Chi Minh is my second trip to Vietnam. The first was Nha Trang, but what I remembered was the high-end resort and motorcycle exhaust, but this time I thought I had properly experienced Vietnam. This time, I organized my thoughts on typography, graphics, and architecture that I saw in Ho Chi Minh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

*This time, the couple recorded their trip from their own perspectives and ways. Take a look at Sophie's travels to Ho Chi Minh, which looks at the city from a social scientific perspective such as history, economy, and politics!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ho Chi Minh Travels 1 \u2013 Sophie's analysis of Vietnamese culture and people<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I was surprised that there were so many people at the entrance and exit of Tan Son Nhat Airport. Because Vietnam is long from north to south, it is said that it is highly dependent on moving by air. Domestic flights are much more complicated, but international flights are said to be less crowded. The airport is right in the city center, so it was good to get around. I was able to look around Ho Chi Minh using Grab. More than anything, I felt like I was going to live without wearing a mask. Of course, a mask was a must when touring motorcycles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Traffic in Vietnam seems to be almost the same. know enough Motorcycles and cars are intertwined like a huge river. I also saw a U-turn attempt at the end of the 4th lane. Since there is so much traffic, it seems that there are no major accidents, probably because everyone drives less than 20 kilometers. Even at midnight, I was surprised by the number of people and motorcycles on the side of the road. I wondered if it was because the sun was hot during the day or because I was active after the sun went down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Typography combining Roman letters and tones<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Most notable was the Latin sign. I often saw plastic signs using old-style American red and blue letters. I was used to the vertically stretched typography. Graphic designers also use vertical typefaces in the name of Vietnam's retro style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Before French colonial rule, Vietnamese Chinese characters and native Vietnamese characters were used, but after French colonial rule, Vietnamese is written using Qu\u1ed1c ng\u1eef, which expresses Vietnamese in Roman characters. Vietnamese typography is unique in expressing as many as six tones. He also develops a typographic style using the carat, a symbol that expresses tones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Colorful nature and mystical inspired graphics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When you think of Vietnam, propaganda unique to a communist country immediately comes to mind with a yellow star against an intense red background. This time around Ho Chi Minh City, my thoughts changed. I was able to meet the colorful and unique Vietnamis Vietnamese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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