These images offer a rare glimpse of Saigon and southern Vietnam in the months before the region was “liberated” by the North Vietnamese Army.
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As they were likely taken between the 1973-1974 dry season offensive and the advance of northern forces in December 1974, this set of photos shows the calm before the impending storm.
Foreigners Playing pétanque.
Le Loi Street.
A shop on Thong Nhat Street (Le Duan Street today).
A street vendor selling banh mi and banh chuoi.
Family of French Ambassador Merillon.
Ham Nghi Street.
Old Market (Cho Cu) on Ham Nghi Street.
CARIC ship company.
Pupils in a school's kithen in Dalat.
Nguyen Hue Street.
Inside the Lucia bicycle factory.
Lucia bicycles.
Owner of a French patis bar.
Beverages are unloaded on the Tau Hu Canal.
Vung Tau Beach.
A petrol seller on the Saigon - Bien Hoa Highway.
The Continental Hotel on Dong Khoi Street.
A street vendor in front of the Notre Dame Cathedral.
A couple departing Saigon.
[Photos via Manhhai]
