Since 2000, Vietnam has enjoyed a rapid development, with its annual economic growth reaching 6 to 7 percent. Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam is the commercial and financial center. Follwing the country’s reunification in 1976, the city took its name after the revolutionary leader and inaugural president Ho Chi Minh. For the locals though, the name 'Saigon' is still widely used. It was first called Saigon during the French colonial period in the 1860s, and the name has remained in place.
Quynh Pham, founder and director of Galerie Quynh, was born in Danang, central Vietnam. She moved to the United States after the end of the Vietnam War, and returned to her native land in 1997. She remembers riding her bicycle through the city with no traffic lights and few cars on the road. More than two decades have passed, and Pham has seen with her own two eyes the rapid and dynamic transformation of the city. And during her 15 years as the director of Galerie Quynh, Pham has also played an important role in the development of the Vietnamese culture. The way she approaches life with such passion and creativity resembles the city in which she lives.

∙ Galerie Quynh
Address 118 Nguyen Van Thu, Dakao Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Phone +84-28-3822-7218
Website galeriequynh.com