Sunday, December 11, 2011

HO CHI MINH CITY (TRAFFIC - CULTURE) part3



 Culture - Communication

ho chi minh city vietnam phattrien8
City Central Post Office

   
As one of the two media centers of Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam now has 38 units and 113 town newspaper offices and press the central provinces, three publishing houses in the city and 21 affiliate publisher network with central news agency, radio, local TV and national levels. In total, the city now has over a thousand people working in the field of journalism [68].

   
In the field of publication, from 1995 to now, three publishing houses in the city accounts for one seventh of all books published in Vietnam. An estimated 60 to 70% of the country's budget was released in Ho Chi Minh [68]. In recent years, many policy centers, bookstores contemporary appearance. Saigon was born in families where reported, the first national language newspaper. Saigon Liberation, Youth, Youth are among Vietnam's largest newspaper today. Can also mention the other major magazines and newspapers such as the Municipal Police, Employees, Saigon Economic Times, Fashion, New World, today's knowledge ... In addition to newspapers in Vietnamese, Ho Chi Minh City Saigon Times daily also, Thanhniennews in English, a free edition of Saigon in Chinese.

   
Television appeared in Saigon before 1975, when the North was still in the testing phase. Right after the collapse of South Vietnam's government, the Liberation Television broadcasting began. So far, Television Ho Chi Minh - HTV television became the most important localities of Vietnam. In addition to the six channel analogue broadcasting, HTV and some digital TV channels and cable TV. HTV is the main target population of the city and some neighboring provinces.
Exercise and sports 
















Thong Nhat Stadium

   
According to statistics in 1994, Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam all have 492.7 acres available for sports activities, which average 1.02 m² / person, which the city is 0.26 m² / person. With the increasing population, the actual number is far lower than [69]. In 2005, the city has 91 soccer fields, 86 swimming pools, gym 256 [70]. Stadium, the largest city is now the Unified field, with 25 thousand seats. Stadium is the second largest airport of Military Zone 7, located in Tan Binh District. Not just for sport, this is also a venue for many large-scale music performances. An important sporting venues of the city, Phu Tho Race School. Emerged from the colonial period, Phu Tho Race School is now the only racecourse in Vietnam. Department of Physical Education - Sport City also manages a number of clubs such as Phan Dinh Phung, Thanh Da, Kieu.

   
Ho Chi Minh City also has the rich clubs and sports achievements. Soccer, club Southern Steel - Saigon Port, there is a courtyard home Unification, once every four times amorphous V League. City police team also had a championship in 1995. The other sports clubs include Notre Dame Cathedral in Ho Chi Minh subjects volleyball, basketball clubs, chess, athletics, table tennis ... of the city.
Cultural centers, recreation 



Park Hyatt Saigon Hotel in District 1

   
The reasons of history and geography have made Saigon has always been a city of cultural diversity. Since the establishment phase, the population of Saigon was under many different ethnic groups: Kinh, Hoa, Cham ... Colonial era and the Vietnam War, Saigon absorb more European and American cultures. Until recent decades, the economic activity and tourism continue to help the city has a diverse culture.

   
As a cultural center of Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City now has 22 units of art, nine theaters, 11 museums, 22 theaters, 25 libraries [71] [72]. Operation of the entertainment industry in Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam than any other bustling city in Vietnam. Most large private studio of Vietnam today, as Phuoc Sang, Thien Ngan, HKFilm, Vietnam Movies ... has its headquarters in Ho Chi Minh City. Turnover of the city's theaters accounted for 60-70% revenue of the country's film [73]. Ho Chi Minh City also owns the variety stage. Small Stage Theatre in District 3 with the experimental play, relax play in the Theater District 1 135 Comedy, IDECAF theater with the play taken from the ancient classical drama or reproduce the work in the world list. Music field, Ho Chi Minh is the most exciting market, the destination of most popular artists. In addition to the big stage as the City Theater, Theatre, Ben Thanh Hoa Binh Theatre, the stage in the same ... music activities music activities in the city in the tea room, coffee variety: French Silk Dong, M & T, Catinat, ATB, Bodega, Carmen ... 

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