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You are here: Home / Archive / Tet Day 2 – All Quiet in Saigon

Tet Day 2 – All Quiet in Saigon

Friday, February 8, 2008 By kevmille

This Tet is unusually quiet when compared to Tet a year ago. The streets are deserted, shops still closed, hardly any life in the city right now. At night the food vendors come out, this being their most profitable time of the year. Even the backpacker area is more quiet than normal.

I needed to buy some blank CDs so I could burn some FreeBSD images on them. It took me awhile but I finally found one open computer shop.

Quiet Tet Day in Saigon, Vietnam

(Computer area in District 1 is dead during Tet)

Quiet Tet Day in Saigon, Vietnam

(Normally this area is quite busy all times of the day in District 1)

Quiet Tet Day in Saigon, Vietnam

(Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street in the distance)

Quiet Tet Day in Saigon, Vietnam

(Another normally busy street deserted)

Quiet Tet Day in Saigon, Vietnam

(This CO-OP Market is normally one of the most busiest in all of Saigon)

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  1. Michelle says

    Friday, February 8, 2008 at 7:52 pm

    Very quiet and unusual! Chuc Mung Nam Moi.

  2. David O'Brien says

    Saturday, February 9, 2008 at 9:55 am

    Oh, man I wish I was there. I know exactly what you mean – knowing how the normal Saigon streets look.

  3. Clifton says

    Saturday, February 9, 2008 at 1:27 pm

    Only the second TET in Saigon for me and I agree, the streets(and sidewalks) are eerily nearly traffic free. It reminds me a bit of how it was when I first was here in 2004. The density of the traffic around where I live has increased radically in the last three years.

    I hope that they institute vehicle free zones here in District 1 soon, especially at night around the Ben Thanh market and Le Loi and Nguyen Hue streets. I would guess that most of those driving around in the evenings around here are just out “cruising”, “joy-riding” around to see, and be seen. They can do that on foot a lot safer and causing less pollution.

    Dalat has closed their old town area to vehicles on the weekends and it is very nice.

  4. Kham says

    Sunday, February 10, 2008 at 10:10 pm

    Wow, it is very quiet. It does look quieter than I remember it last year.

  5. Thuy says

    Sunday, February 10, 2008 at 11:33 pm

    I love Saigon in Tet 🙂

  6. Viet says

    Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at 2:20 am

    Kevin, this is your year! (year of rat)! Chuc Mung Nam Moi!

    in case you’re wondering where people are. walk around in your neighborhood, you’ll see them in groups playing cards (for real money)! this is one of the Tet’s traditions! but don’t participate, they will clean you up!

  7. Huy says

    Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at 7:26 pm

    Where did you guys go? I was looking forward to seeing the empty streets, and everywhere I went in District 1 it was full of people. Was I supposed to wake up before 11am or something?

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