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Stories Set in Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City spreads over a tropical delta in southern Vietnam, a motorbike city of markets, alleys and broad boulevards. It served as Saigon, capital of French Cochinchina and later South Vietnam until northern forces took it in 1975, which is why stories here track war, migration and reinvention. Cyclo and Three Seasons sit on its shelf. Open Ho Chi Minh City on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.
Open Ho Chi Minh City on the StoryTerra map5 famous stories set in Ho Chi Minh City
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Browse 1 book and 4 movies set in Ho Chi Minh City.
Artemis Fowl
Twelve-year-old Artemis Fowl is a millionaire, a genius, and above all, a criminal mastermind. But even Artemis doesn't know what he's taken on when he kidnaps a fairy, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit. These…
Cyclo
Follows a young cyclo (bicycle cab) driver on his poverty-driven descent into criminality in modern-day Ho Chi Minh City. The boy's struggles to scratch out a living for his two sisters and grandfather in the mean…
Abduction
A man steps out of a park fountain in Ho Chi Minh City with no recollection of who he is or where he came from. As he wanders through the city piecing together clues to his past he is relentlessly pursued by mysterious…
Three Seasons
The residents of Ho Chi Minh City face modernization amid widespread poverty. A retired American Marine arrives on a search for his daughter whom he abandoned at the end of the Vietnam War. Elsewhere a cyclo driver…
The Beautiful Country
After reuniting with his mother in Ho Chi Minh City a family tragedy causes Binh to flee from Viet Nam to America. Landing in New York Binh begins a road trip to Texas where his American father is said to live.
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