The center median on Le Loi street fronting Lam Son square was a motor scooter parking lot in 1965. The vehicle of choice at the time was a Lambretta or Vespa. A year or two later Japanese scooters and motorbikes started to appear on Saigon's streets. Today Honda is a generic term for any motorcycle.

Partially hidden at  the right is the TAX building at the corner of Le Loi and Nguyen Hue. It was once a department store called Grands Magasins Charner, built in 1924. It is now gone, replaced with a 43 story skyscraper.