Villa Nguyen Van Hao Saigon is often known as a crossroads of many cultures, the promised land of many people. From the exiled wanderers, the outcasts, to the people from all over the world looking for a place to live, Saigon has always opened its arms to support. Among them, there are many people who have made a name and left many imprints on the prosperity of this land. Merchant Nguyen Van Hao (1890-1971) is one such case. Through many ups and downs, the memory of a man from a poor background, working in Saigon doing business, selling auto parts and having a brilliant business has long since passed, but his legacy still remains. there. Building with four facades at Tran Hung Dao – Ky Con – Yersin – Le Thi Hong Gam streets, the symbol of his family’s golden age. Started in 1933 and completed in 1937, the villa is located on approximately 800 square meters of land and is designed in the popular Art Deco style of the time. Different from the sophisticated, ornate construction of colonial buildings, the outstanding three-storey building reflects the spirit of the time (zeitgeist): the 1930s was the heyday of modern, elegant architecture. elegant, luxurious and highly effective in use. According to some documents, the building’s construction material is sand mixed with latex, because there was no cement at that time, and high-grade cement tiles for the floor were also imported from France, to match the appearance of the building. Due to not being preserved and restored, Nguyen Van Hao’s villa is now degraded, with an old and gloomy appearance. Not many visitors from all over the world know about the old owner, but his name is now only saved on the walls with the words “NG.V.HAO.” But for those who love and understand Saigon, the Nguyen Van Hao villa is an important witness of a period of development of Saigon architecture. Ancient fountain in the campus of Saigon Water Supply Corporation (1882) After the announcement of permanently staying in Cochinchina (1865), the French began to lay the foundation for the Saigon planning project following the European urban model. Infrastructure issues are put on top, including the construction of a clean water supply system. The first fountain was built in 1878, the second one built in 1882 is still located on the campus of Sawaco. Ancient architecture of Saigon: Ancient fountain in the campus of Saigon Water Supply Corporation This oval fountain consists of three floors, about 25m high, above there are two stainless steel water tanks, solidly built like a fortress, and has an architectural style in harmony with the general urban planning. The highlight of the architecture is the intricately designed rows of doors and ventilation holes. The fountain ended its historic role (1966), when the water supply from shallow wells was replaced by a water supply system from the Dong Nai River. This 130-year-old fountain has officially been kept for conservation, and stands there as a historical monument of Saigon’s water supply industry. Catinat Building (1926) In Saigon, there are ancient buildings that have been renovated to suit modern lifestyles, but still retain their ancient features and architectural values. Catinat Building at 26 Ly Tu Trong is an example. The building used to be the office of many large companies, including the headquarters of the American Consulate (1930-1940). In 1941, Catinat suffered heavy damage because it became the target of Japanese bombing. In the 1960s, the Americans used this place as the headquarters of the CIA. After 1975, Catinat became an apartment building and the ground floor was used as a trading place. In recent years, young people in Saigon have given Catinat a new life by turning this place into a miniature commercial center, with shops, fashion shops, cafes… The Art Deco elements in the building are preserved almost intact, from the old brick foundation, winding iron stairs, to the old elevator that goes up and down slowly every day. But inside the rental areas are spaces with separate styles, expressing the personality of the owner. There are many controversies surrounding the preservation of heritage by changing the use, but in the case of Catinat building, it can be considered as a reasonable solution in the current situation. Saint Joseph Saigon Seminary Chapel (1867) In the heart of Saigon as it is today, there is still a place of tranquility and silence: the chapel of Saint Joseph’s Seminary, more than 140 years old. The building was designed in the Gothic style with Father Wibaux’s original intention to “symbolize the special adoration of the Seminarians”. The chapel consists of a main compartment interspersed between two auxiliary compartments using pointed arches, the outermost is a series of flat roof corridors. The rows of large and small columns intertwine to create a feeling that the space is larger than it really is. The interior of the chapel is simple but still exudes an elegant and elegant look. Although it has received little attention due to its location on the seminary grounds, this chapel is still considered an important architectural work on the heritage map of the city.

Kenya Airways’ aircraft at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi. Heartbreaking discovery On the afternoon of June 30, 2019, 31-year-old British software engineer Wil was outside his house in Clapham (southwest London), drinking beer while chatting with a friend, above his head. , the planes were also rushing to Heathrow airport to end their journey. Taking out his phone, Wil shows him an app that tells the user the route and pattern of any passing aircraft. When he saw an airplane passing by, he opened the application to view information, then raised his phone to shade the sun and squinted at the sky. Suddenly, Wil saw something falling from the sky. “At first I thought it was a bag, but after a few seconds, I discovered the object was quite large and fell very quickly,” Mr. Wil said. Wil thinks that the object could be part of the landing gear or the luggage in the cargo hold. However, he suddenly remembered a long-read article about people hiding tickets on planes. Wil does not want to believe in this possibility but cannot deny the object gets closer and closer. “In the final seconds before the object lands, I see limbs. I think it’s a person, ”continued Wil. Shortly thereafter, Wil opened the flight determination application, and his friend called the police to report the news. According to information on the phone application, the plane that has just passed over that area is Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner carrying number KQ 100 of Kenya Airways. The man was dropped from a plane of Kenya Airways 1000m to the ground. After that, Wil drove his motorbike to find where the object fell, and mumbled to pray that he would only see a coat, a bag or something on the ground. When he went to the next route, he met a police car in the opposite direction and decided to follow. The destination is on Offerton Street, 300 meters from Wil’s house. When he arrived, Wil saw John Baldock, a gray-faced man standing dumbfounded outside a house. Looking through the window, Wil noticed that the inner garden was “completely destroyed”. “The first thing I told John was to ask if it was the same person, because I’m still not 100% sure. He said nothing, just looked at me and nodded, making my heart heavy, “Wil said. That man fell from a height of more than 1,000m to the ground. This is an airplane ticket evader. Hard search On the day of the incident, because the London Police Department’s unit in charge of searching for the missing people was overloaded, agent Paul Graves of the voluntary crime unit was in charge of the investigation. As an experienced senior detective, Graves has more than 30 years specializing in handling stabbing, shooting, kidnapping and murder conspiracy. He hopes to soon identify the man “fell from the sky” and return the body. After receiving the report, the police quickly went to Offerton Street, talked with Wil, John and people living in the area, and contacted Heathrow airport. The airport sent staff to inspect the landing gear – the area of ​​the aircraft’s landing gear will retract after takeoff – aboard a Kenyan Airways Boeing. There was barely enough room for one person to hide inside, and after checking in, an old backpack with the initials MCA was found there. The backpack does not contain any important clues, only contains a few pieces of bread, a bottle of soft drink, a bottle of water and a pair of sports shoes. “Food, water and shoes are the definition of survival for that person,” Detective Graves said. However, there was also some Kenyan coins in the backpack and a bottle of Fantamà, according to verification sold at a store in the country, showed that the stowaway was almost certainly on board there. The flight initially departed from Johannesburg, South Africa to Nairobi, Kenya. So the elimination of the possibility of a man getting on a plane from South Africa is a remarkable discovery: At the Lambeth Morgue, pathologists took samples of the man’s DNA and duplicate copies of his fingerprints. hand him and send it to the authorities in Kenya. However, the DNA determination later showed that it did not match anyone in Kenya. Graves hopes that he will have better luck with fingerprints as many problems in Kenya require candidates to have fingerprints. But the smuggler’s fingerprints were also not on the Kenyan police database. The incident meanwhile attracted the attention of public opinion. Because the situation of migrants betting their lives to reach Europe has appeared so often in the newspapers, and this is a completely different thing: an unidentified man, from a country about a third of the population lives on less than $ 2 a day, crashing the bottom of a plane into one of the wealthiest places in London. According to statistics of the US Federal Aviation Administration, from 1947 to February 2020, 128 people around the world tried to smuggle planes in this way. More than 75% of them were killed. The stowaway can fall off the plane during take-off, as in the case of 14-year-old Keith Sapsford falling from a cabin landing a Douglas DC-8 departing from Sydney, Australia for Tokyo, Japan, in January. 2/1970. Even if they survive the take-off, the stowaways can be crushed as they return, as Adonis Guerrero Barrios died in July 2011. The 23-year-old has climbed into the cockpit of the Airbus A340 from Cuba to Madrid, Spain. Even with luck avoiding the above possibilities, those who cling to the plane still face the cargo. Other deadly risk series. For example, within 25 minutes of take-off, most passenger aircraft reach an altitude of nearly 11 km, the outside temperature is approximately -54 degrees Celsius, the air pressure is about 4 times lower than normal, preventing the human lungs from getting enough oxygen from the air, which can cause heart failure and brain death. If the stowaway somehow managed to survive the journey, they would surely lose consciousness once the plane began to descend. Therefore, when the aircraft opens the door to lower the landing gear, usually within 8 km of the runway, they can fall freely. This is why bodies are sometimes found south of London, near Heathrow’s route, as in the case of Pakistani elder Mohammed Ayaz who died from falling from a British Airways flight into a Homebase parking lot. , also in Richmond in June 2001. There are also rare instances where some of the stowaways still survived that scientists have not fully explained these cases. In September 2019, three months after receiving the investigation, Agent Graves flew to Kenya, hoping to find out what details could help identify the mysterious but futile man. Dead end, he decided to use the last resort, thanks to the help and spread of the media, but failed. At the end of 2019, Kenyan officials decided to close the investigation. This is also seen as typical of the tragic cases of migrants. Many of them drowned at sea, were electrocuted in cross-strait tunnels, or assaulted to death by racist mobs. According to the Project Lost Migrants, 10,134 have been killed on the global migration routes since 2014. That might just be the tip of the iceberg.