Artistic drawings a way to protect walls from graffiti in Ho Chi Minh City
Tuesday, September 13, 2022, 17:13 GMT+7
Contrary to walls smeared with pointless paintings and graffiti in Ho Chi Minh City, many others are covered with beautiful drawings, which helps prevent vandalizing graffiti.
Many of such walls are in Da Kao Ward, District 1, which are filled with beautiful paintings and flower pots.
The products were jointly created by the People’s Committee, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, and the Youth Union of Da Kao Ward as well as local residents to prevent graffiti, ads stuck on walls, and littering.
With the same purpose, walls of houses on Dien Bien Phu Street in Da Kao Ward have also been blanketed with pictures about protecting wildlife and fighting the hunt for endangered species.
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| Thanh Duyen, a resident in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, has an artist paint a picture on the front wall of his house on Tran Van Dang Street. Photo: Huu Hanh / Tuoi Tre |
Dang Quoc Bao, head of the southern office of the Vietnam Association of Civil Engineering Environment, whose house’ front is painted beautifully and includes wall planters, said, “The program to plant trees in recycled planters is meaningful and helps eradicate ads plastered on walls, graffiti, and littering.
“Small acts such as planting trees can help improve locals’ awareness of protecting the environment, expanding green spaces, and giving up the habit of littering in public places and canals."
Thanh Duyen, residing in Alley 159 on Tran Van Dang Street in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, said his house’s front wall was tainted so he hired an artist to draw a picture on it.
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| Le Thi Thuy, living in Alley 837 on Hoang Sa Street in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, takes care of tree pots hanging on a wall. Photo: Huu Hanh / Tuoi Tre |
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| To make no space for vandals, the Youth Union of Quarter 3, Ward 3, Phu Nhuan District, Ho Chi Minh City has drawn a picture on a wall in an alley. Photo: T.T.D. / Tuoi Tre |
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| Pictures calling for environmental protection and promoting the roles of soldiers are seen on a wall in Ward 15, Phu Nhuan District, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: T.T.D. / Tuoi Tre |
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| The Women’s Union of Quarter 2, Ward 22, Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City hangs many tree pots on a wall to prevent graffiti. Photo: T.T.D. / Tuoi Tre |
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| The motto 'For the city’s beauty, please do not write or paint on walls' on steel sheets at a construction site near the Thu Thiem 1 Bridge in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City makes no difference to graffiti drawers. Photo: T.T.D. / Tuoi Tre |
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| To hide graffiti on a wall along Nguyen Huu Canh Street in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, ZKhoa Kama artists have drawn a picture called 'Beautiful Vietnam.' Photo: T.T.D. / Tuoi Tre |
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| Distasteful graffiti and a beautiful picture are both seen on a wall along Nguyen Huu Canh Street in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: T.T.D. / Tuoi Tre |
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| A wall along an alley on Nguyen Binh Khiem Street in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City is covered with nice paintings and tree planters. Photo: T.T.D. / Tuoi Tre |
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| A foreign graffiti drawer spray-paints metal sheets surrounding a construction site in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City. Graffiti drawers often operate after midnight. Photo: T.T.D. / Tuoi Tre |
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