TP. Ho Chi Minh: MEGA City

Foreword from Dr. Almuth Meyer-Zollitsch, Director of Goethe-Institute Vietnam: Welcome to Ho Chi Minh City, the vibrant economic metropolis and biggest city of Vietnam, which recently emerged as the country's first mega city. Today, Ho Chi Minh City stands head to head with other mega cities such as New Dehli, São Paulo and Mexico City. Ho Chi Minh City is rapidly changing against the backdrop of globalization, but has preserved its rural character in many of its small alleys. For the influx of immigrants from rural areas, this mega city offers a place of hope for a better future, opportunity and lifestyle. Can these dreams be fulfilled if the number of inhabitants continues to rise by millions and climate change results in the flooding of entire city districts? The editors, Michael Waibel and Henning Hilbert, have been exploring these rapid changes and the perspectives on urban development for many years and have organized several conferences in cooperation with the Goethe Institute. This book invites the reader on a journey through the familiar and lesser-known aspects of this fascinating city to witness its vibrancy and dynamism. Allow yourself to be taken by an endless stream of traffic, which while chaotic, barrels forward, just like the city of Ho Chi Minh itself.