Short notes about random thoughts that I came up with during the times wandering around Hanoi to “harvest” the boards and photos for this collection.
September 2nd is Vietnam’s National Day. On September 2, 1945, at Ba Đình Square, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese version of Big Brother, declared Vietnam’s independence under the new name of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN). Since […]
After publishing the post “I’m not the only one“, I have had a great confidence that HanoiMinitrue’s readers/ followers would send me more photos of the boards they took photographs in previous years. As expected, I received about […]
In a previous post, I shared some thoughts and photos about two boards in a lane of Kham Thien street, Dong Da district. They was decorated last year but left blank this year. Sadly, such blank boards are […]
Thanks to my account on Instagram, I’ve tracked various hashtags of related topics. Therefore, I know that decoration of the boards during Tet not only takes place in Hanoi but also in other cities of Vietnam, at least […]
This project started quite randomly last year. Firstly, I’ve used my iPhone taking photos in a rush and shared them on Instagram only. Such process of documenting and sharing continued in solitude throughout the spring of last year. […]
Today is the International Women’s Day (IWD). Although this is a loudly official holiday in Vietnam, people seem not intend to decorate the boards on this topic. Decoration of message boards in residential areas is optional. It depends […]
I’ve run into hundreds, even thousands, of notice boards in Hanoi. Most of them are left blank during Tet holiday. Then, only about 10% are decorated. And in that 10%, there are a lot of simply-embellished boards. Sometimes, […]
One of nice places I took note last year was the lane number 1 Kham Thien street, Dong Da district. This residential area consists of 2-to-4-storey blocks built in 1980s. Although those blocks were built by a railway […]