Located in District 3, only 3km from the city center to the southwest. Nguyen Thien Thuat apartment building today is a relatively famous place for tourists, especially international visitors.
After more than 5 decades of existence, witnessing many transformations of history. Nguyen Thien Thuat old apartment building is considered one of the first collective housing areas of Saigon, and it is also one of the few rare nostalgic spaces left in the modern breath of this integrated city. Coming here, you will feel the atmosphere of Saigon of the old days with moss-covered walls, the contrasting colors of old and new, Saigon’s “real sounds”, and especially countless interesting stories from wartime to peacetime, or even simple everyday stories in the daily life of the working people who have been attached to this building since the early days of its establishment. Besides, the attraction of this place is not only in cultural values but also in the diversity of cuisine, especially street-style cuisine. With convenient architecture, including symmetrical rows of houses and surrounding corridors, in which the spaces between the blocks are utilized for food courts including many food shops created by residents living here. Therefore, when you come to this apartment, you will have the opportunity to immerse yourself in a life completely separate from the usual rush of life. At the same time, you can also experience famous street foods & drinks such as Broken rice, Vietnamese fried rice flour cake, Vietnamese bread with combo pan, Dumplings, Vietnamese milk coffee, etc.
With crowded shops, motorbikes crept inside old apartment buildings, the sounds of everyday life in a nostalgic space. All have resonated to create for Nguyen Thien Thuat apartment building a feeling that is both familiar and new. Therefore, many people liken this area to a relatively complete version of an old Saigon in miniature. So come here to discover more interesting aspects of Saigon to know that Saigon is not only the most modern and developed city in Vietnam, but Saigon has so much more!
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