Art galleries in Ho Chi Minh are almost at every corner of the Dong Khoi Street, District 1. Le Van is from Viet Eye Gallery, which house various Vietnamese artists and painters. Likewise, young artists can be seen doing their works near the Notre Dame, a grand cathedral built in 1800′s by the French.

A Saigonese wearing the traditional conical Asian hat in the street of Ho Chi Minh City. The city, formerly called Saigon, is the biggest city in Vietnam. Inhabitants are known as “Saigonese” in English, “Saigonnais” in French and “dân Sài Gòn” in Vietnamese.