With Cu Mai Cong, explore every corner of 'Gia Dinh is missed, Saigon is loved'

Dinh la nho, Sai Gon la thuong 2 by journalist Cu Mai Cong, readers seem to be given a ticket to travel back to the past. Familiar roads, places that are familiar by heart are now suddenly dyed with nostalgic colors, mixed with a bit of strangeness. Nostalgic because those are the places we often go back and forth to every day. Strange because it is told from the memories of another person - a Northerner from the past, who hates the metro and loves Ong Ta.

Gia Dinh is missed, Saigon is loved 2 by journalist Cu Mai Cong published by First New and Ho Chi Minh City General Publishing House

If you have ever loved journalist Cu Mai Cong through his writings about Saigon: Saigon by night, Saigon once upon a time: "Dan Ong Ta do!" and most recently Gia Dinh la nho, Saigon la thuong 1 ..., surely all readers will be happy to continue following him to visit each house, observe each lifestyle of the old families in the collection Gia Dinh la nho, Saigon la thuong 2. Like collection 1, Gia Dinh la nho, Saigon la thuong 2 still consists of two groups of articles: Saigon and Gia Dinh. With Saigon, the author continues to share about Ben Thanh market - a very familiar symbol that everyone seems to know but there are still things that surprise us. Perhaps few people know that here there used to be pedestrian bridges built right in front of the South gate of the market. Or perhaps few people also know that here there used to be bus stations that were bustling day and night.

With Gia Dinh is missing, Saigon is loving 2, the author takes readers to explore every corner of the city, from the first boulevards of Saigon during the French colonial period to the winding canals in the early days.

Published works of journalist Cu Mai Cong

Readers encounter the center of Saigon not with the familiar architecture of the French colonial period, nor the public buildings that many people know, but with millions of houses and modern architectural works of Saigon, the South before 1975. This is a unique creation of the Vietnamese people that has been praised by world architects but has been forgotten today. The author has taken great pains to visit each house, each villa typical of this style to select and introduce to readers. After going around Saigon with fond memories, journalist Cu Mai Cong also takes readers to the suburbs of the city, starting from the area of Lang Cha Ca, Cho Lang roundabout: Truong Minh Ky (now Le Van Sy), Nguyen Minh Chieu (now Nguyen Trong Tuyen), Huynh Quang Tien (now Dang Van Ngu), Nguyen Huynh Duc (now Huynh Van Banh) ...

Journalist Cu Mai Cong (middle) during a book signing session for fans

Within 3 years, journalist Cu Mai Cong has contributed 4 works to the literary treasure of Saigon. It seems that the author's knowledge, memories and feelings for this land are endless, and can never be fully told. His love of wandering around, combined with his work as a journalist, has helped Cu Mai Cong's writings sparkle with the materials of life. Although he does not consider himself a researcher, the author always has new and interesting discoveries about Saigon - Gia Dinh that not every researcher can exploit like journalist Cu Mai Cong.

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