Unique streets named after rivers in Ho Chi Minh City

There was a time when the area around Tan Son Nhat airport was often flooded when it rained. Many people joked that it was because there were rivers all around...

Many people are surprised to realize this is true because around Tan Son Nhat airport there are many roads named after rivers from 3 regions of the country.

In Tan Binh district, there are many streets named after rivers such as: Day River, Thuong River, Tien River...

Statistics in Ward 2, Tan Binh District, the area around Tan Son Nhat Airport, there are 13 streets named after major rivers in the country. The most are from the direction of Hoang Van Thu Park along Truong Son Street to the airport.

On the right side are familiar street names such as: Tra Khuc, Song Day, Tien Giang , Cuu Long, then Hong Ha, Bach Dang. Going deeper inside, there are also Hat Giang, Thao River, Nhue River, Thuong River...

On the left side from the airport to Hoang Van Thu park, there is a fairly wide road named Hau Giang . The common point is that the roads are only a few hundred meters long, 2 to 4 lanes wide, and located close together.

Because it is located near Tan Son Nhat airport, these routes concentrate many services such as: coffee shops, restaurants, eateries, banks, hotels... to serve people and tourists.

However, here still has a unique feature of quietness, not too noisy and bustling like the streets. The houses are built in the style of large areas, villas with rows of big trees, lots of shade.

Living on Song Nhue Street, Mr. Van Binh (49 years old) shared that instead of naming streets after heroic martyrs or numbering them as usual, naming streets after rivers is a unique cultural feature and also a wayto educate about national history.

According to Mr. Binh, naming streets is not just a name, but needs to have some meaning so that when reading the street name, people living along that street and people from other places can see the cultural beauty and history...

"The city is planning to rename the streets, and I think these factors need to be considered. Wrong street names should be corrected, and ugly street names should be corrected," said Mr. Binh.

Pictures of roads named after rivers:

Tra Khuc Street, the intersection with Truong Son Street leading to Tan Son Nhat Airport, is named after a river in the Central region. This street is less than 500m long and is famous for its porridge dish sold in the afternoon that many people know about.

The roads are only 12m wide and less than 1km long, but are named after rivers from all three regions.

The deeper you go into the streets named after the rivers, the larger the villas are, with many shady trees outside, giving a very peaceful feeling.

In an area that is not too large, having streets named after rivers across the three regions of the country is also a cultural beauty in choosing street names.

Song Da Street is located in Ward 2, Ho Chi Minh City. The further you go into the street, the quieter it gets.

Meanwhile, some other streets in Ho Chi Minh City are named with not really nice names such as: Black Water Canal, Cong Lo, Dien Cao The... Currently, Cong Lo street has been changed to Tran Thi Trong; Dien Cao The street has been changed to Nguyen The Truyen.