It must be Fireman Appreciation Month or something here in HCMC because those posters have been appearing everywhere.
Personally I find it hard to imagine a full-sized fire truck threading it's way through Saigon traffic in time to save a building; maybe they have smaller trucks. Or maybe the constant rain and humidity prevents fire by itself.
In a way it reminds of Crassus, the old Roman gangster who would set fires and then surround the building with toughs so that the fire brigade couldn't get in, and only step upside if the owner paid protection money. I wonder if a similar scheme runs here?
I do like the artwork though. I haven't seen even vaguely Realist public art in a long time. I don't know how effective it is but is does add character.
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