Many cultural heritages in Ho Chi Minh City sparkle at night

Art lighting system at Ho Chi Minh City Children's House.

There are 6 works that need to be preserved, including: Thu Ngu Flagpole, Mong Bridge, City Children's House, Ben Thanh Market, City Museum and Ton Duc Thang Museum.

According to the investor (City Urban Infrastructure Construction Investment Project Management Board), the project has a total investment of nearly 50 billion VND (City budget), to be implemented in the period 2023-2025. The project was approved for investment in September 2023 and the design in March 2025, and started construction in early June 2025 with an expected construction period of 210 days.

However, all lighting system equipment installation items were completed before November 8, 2025, 2 months earlier than the expected schedule. The early completion of construction progress is thanks to the efforts of the construction contractor and the support and close coordination of related units such as heritage management units.

Construction items include LED art lighting systems, LED string lights and decorative lamp posts installed at cultural heritage works. In particular, the Mong Bridge lighting system includes 414 sets of LED art lights, 200m of LED string lights, 12 decorative lamp posts; the City Children's House lighting system includes 550 sets of LED lights, 362m of LED string lights, 64 decorative lamp posts; the City Museum lighting system includes 346 sets of LED lights, 10m of LED string lights, 9 decorative lamp posts...

Art lighting system at Ho Chi Minh City Museum.

The project's objective is to create landscapes, improve urban aesthetics and environmental landscapes for areas related to cultural heritages; serve the cultural and educational needs of the people. At the same time, promote the image and beauty of the heritages to domestic and international tourists. In particular, the project is implemented to celebrate the 14th National Congress of the Party.

This lighting project is considered a highlight in the City's Urban Lighting System Development Program for the 2020-2030 period; honoring the cultural-historical-architectural values of the relics; renewing the landscape and appearance of the city center at night; contributing to creating a space for cultural and recreational activities and improving the quality of life for people. Not only that, after installing the artistic lighting system, these cultural heritage works will become more attractive destinations for domestic and international tourists , contributing to promoting the image of the City more widely at home and abroad as well as promoting the development of tourism activities in the city center.

Artistic lighting system at Mong bridge.

It is known that Mong Bridge across Ben Nghe Canal (connecting District 1 and old District 4) is considered one of the oldest bridges in the City. The bridge was built with investment from the French shipping company Messageries Maritimes, and constructed by the Levallois Perret Construction Company (France) in the years 1893-1894, 128m long, 5.2m wide, mainly made of solid steel. The bridge is built in the shape of a rainbow, so people call it Mong Bridge. In 2014, Mong Bridge was recognized as a City-level architectural and artistic relic.

Mong Bridge has many architectural highlights such as the steel structure system with outstanding turquoise color, railings of the road leading to the bridge, bridge railings, bridge abutments... Therefore, the artistic lighting will contribute to increasing the emotions when experiencing pedestrians at night. For many years, Mong Bridge has also been a "check-in point" attracting a large number of people in the city and tourists to visit and have fun.

The City Museum (No. 65 Ly Tu Trong Street, old District 1) is located on a land area of nearly 2 hectares, located between Ly Tu Trong, Pasteur, Le Thanh Ton and Nam Ky Khoi Nghia streets. This museum was started in 1885 and completed in 1890 according to the design of French architect Alfred Foulhoux, used as a Trade Museum to display products of Cochinchina. In the years 1964-1965, the Museum was used as the Vice-President's Palace. In 1978, the City People's Committee decided to use this building as the City Revolution Museum. On December 13, 1999, the building was renamed the City Museum as it is today.

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