New York based Business Insider recently featured intriguing images by photographer Khanh Hmoong that blend Vietnam’s past and present by superimposing historic photos over one taken from the exact location in the present.

While some of the elements of the landscapes have changed to reflect modernization in the country, some architectural features remain remarkably unchanged.

The images below belong to Khanh Hmoong:



Street life in Nha Trang, 1966-1968.

 

 

 

 

Street life in Nha Trang, 1966

 

 

 

 

 

Nha Trang, 1968 (Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt)

 

 

 

 

 

T78 Hotel, Nha Trang, 1960s

 

 

 

 

 

Nha Trang streets, 1967

 

 

 

 

 

Hoi An then & now

 

 

 

 

 

Quang Tri's old gate, 1968

 

 

 

 

 

Hue musicians 1920s

 

 

 

 

 

Guards, Hue 1910s-20s

 

 

 

 

 

Hien Nhon gate, Hue 1920s

 

 

 

 

 

Students on Truong Tien bridge, 1960s

 

 

 

 

 

Truong Tien bridge, Hue 1967

 

 

 

 

 

Ma binh Hue, 1948

 

 

 

 

 

Citadel Gate, Hue 1925-30

 

 

 

 

 

Ben Thanh Market, Saigon 1922

 

 

 

 

 

Saigon City Hall, 1960s

 

 

 

 

 

Saigon, 1969 & now

 

 

 

 

A North Vietnamese tank crashes through the gates of the Presidential Palace in Saigon on April 30, 1975.

 

 

 

 

 

Saigon City Hall, 1960s

 

 

 

 

 

Continental Palace 1950 & now

 

 

 

 

 

Majestic Hotel 1966 & now

 

 

 

 

 

Hoa Binh market, Dalat, 1948

 

 

 

 

 

Lycée Yersin college, 1948

 

 

 

 

 

Dalat Railway Station, 1948

 

 

 

 

Terminus Hotel before, and now – a police office

 

 

 

 

 

Gateway of Dien Khanh Town



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