Saigon is a city of bridges. They criss-cross the city's rivers and canals, allowing for the flow of goods and people.
But time, wars and poor maintenance have not been kind to many of the city's old bridges, some of which are over 100 years old.
VietnamNet Bridge took a closer look at some of Saigon's most endangered bridges and made some frightening discoveries. Here are some of the worst offenders:
A Hanoi woman claims that she was drugged at a HCMC hotel last weekend and awoke to find that a $100,000 diamond had been pried from her ring.
Flower Street and the statues in front of Bến Thành Market aren’t the only sacrifices being made to accommodate the construction of Saigon’s first metro line.
The World Records Association (WRA) has completed the verification process and officially confirmed Saigon’s 122-year-old Nguyen Thi Tru, as the world’s oldest woman.
The trees that were cut down last July during construction of the metro station in front of the Saigon Opera House are making a comeback in the form of benches.
Saigon authorities have given the go-ahead for a US$8.7 million road through the UNESCO recognized Can Gio biosphere reserve that will necessitate the felling of 18,600 trees.
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