New urban development in the former Saigon reflects the city's booming economy and ambition, but some look at other fast-moving Asian cities and worry about the consequences of such rapid growth.
"Meet the world's next great metropolis, a once-gracious city bursting from the confines of its history, wide-eyed with the wonders of traffic jams and tall buildings and thinking very, very big."
"Held back by a half-century of war and privation, it is charging forward with gigantic plans for urban expansion and development, determined to seize what it is certain is its rightful place as a world leader."
"But like the quieter capital city of Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City is trying to resist the helter-skelter development that has robbed chaotic Asian cities like Bangkok, Jakarta and Manila of much of their character."
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