Ho Chi Minh City bridge smeared with paint, graffiti again
Sunday, August 13, 2023, 21:07 GMT+7
The Ba Son Bridge, also known as Thu Thiem 2 Bridge, connecting District 1 and Thu Duc City in Ho Chi Minh City has been vandalized with spray paint and graffiti again.
Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper reporters on Sunday found that piers and stay cables of the bridge were covered with paint and graffiti.
Vandals sprayed black, red, and white paints across the bridge.
They even drew a large human face on a pier next to the steps leading to the bridge, together with many hard-to-understand tags.
The vandalism has repeated many times over the past few years.
However, it is impossible to identify the vandals as they sprayed paint in the dead zones of cameras, according to a representative of the Ba Son Bridge management unit.
The unit will review and seek solutions to the problem, the representative added.
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| Couples taking wedding photos on the Ba Son Bridge in Ho Chi Minh City must avoid vandalizing paint. |
The Ba Son Bridge, officially opened to traffic on April 28, was smeared with paint and graffiti once in August last year.
In order to restore the bridge to its original state, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport used 14 types of solvent to remove the paint and graffiti.
The vandalism of walls, fences, bridge piers, and buildings in Ho Chi Minh City with paint has been rife for years.
Besides the Ba Son Bridge, vandals sprayed railcars of Ho Chi Minh City’s metro line No. 1 at Long Binh Depot in Thu Duc City with paint and graffiti on April 30 this year and June 11, 2022.
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| The Ba Son Bridge spans the Saigon River and connects District 1 and Thu Duc City in Ho Chi Minh City. |
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| Vandalizing paint is also seen on a fence next to the Ba Son Bridge in Ho Chi Minh City. |
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| A pedestrian stairway of the Ba Son Bridge is covered with paint. |
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| This position is next to the stairway and within the dead zones of cameras. |
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| Piers of the bridge face the same fate. |
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| Vandalizing paint and graffiti fill a wall under the bridge. |
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| Vandals also smear a fence at the foot of the bridge with graffiti. |
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| A view of the Ba Son Bridge. |
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