The very name of the town tells you that Binh Duong New City is a rather forward-looking place. The roads are North Korean style boulevards which may still be fun to cycle along for several months:
And the lake beside our apartment building is where all the cool couples come to take their wedding photos:
The ideological agenda behind it all is quite clear:
But Vietnam isn’t quite ready to let go of the past yet. There are old-school schools —
— and propaganda posters:
In the university itself, the immaculate lawns amid the shiny glass buildings are weeded by hand, by teams of women in conical hats:
And there’s still plenty of wildlife amid the piles of bricks:
(I thought of calling that last picture a butterfleye, but that would have been shameless.)