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Atlanta-based photographer with global experience and a love for Vietnam, shaped as Saigoneer’s photographer and former visual content manager — capturing stories with a refined eye and a passion for deeper narratives.
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![[Video] Hẻm Gems: D5’s Glorious Goat Curry](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/3GwXiCyb.jpg)
Saigon Hẻm Gems
One of the benefits or writing this column is that it allows us to sample some of Saigon’s best local eateries. We may be well versed in the ways of street noshing, but once in a blue moon, we come across a dish that has us high fiving and silently pigging out without a word exchanged. Behold District 5’s Musa Cà Ri Dê Ấn Độ .
Development
Now entering its fourth year , construction of the Saigon Metro system is chugging along. With several lines in development and plenty of work still to go, Saigoneer takes a closer look at the progress of the city’s first new rail system in nearly a century.
Saigon Hẻm Gems
Saigon is, in essence, a giant food court. From District 1 to Binh Chanh, the city streets are pretty much a macro version of the cooked food section at your local market, spread out over miles of uneven sidewalk and cramped alley space. And in the great food court of the south, District 11's Ha Ton Quyen is where you go for sủi cảo .
Vietnam
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Music & Arts
The first installation of new community project Livinwondr expresses the stories and creative ideas of the public through transformative media art.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . A year on, HCMC walking street already shows signs of deterioration [Thanh Nien] Vietnamese prefer to patronize foreign-made goods [VOV]
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . Popular in Vietnam, Thai fruits, vegetables fail toxic test at home [Thanh Nien] HCMC short of nearly $58m for anti-flooding projects [SGGP]
Development
Along with the dozens of other iconic locations scattered across downtown Saigon, that three-pointed sliver of land bordered by Pham Ngu Lao, Nguyen Thai Hoc and Tran Hung Dao Streets will be getting a makeover in the coming years.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . HCMC urged to raise houses [Vietnam News] Ministry releases list of safe food outlets [Vietnam Plus]
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . After 10 years, each Vietnamese burdened with additional $1,200 public debt [VietnamNet] 111 people killed in traffic accidents during 4-day holiday [DTI]
Saigon Hẻm Gems
Most days, I roll out of bed 15 minutes after my alarm has stopped ringing, stumble downstairs, brush my teeth and leave the house just in time to grab my morning dose of caffeine before heading to the office.
Saigon Hẻm Gems
Let’s play a game. I tell you a word and you tell me the first thing that comes to mind. Here goes: chicken.
Development
Once the domain of bicycles, Saigon's narrow roads have become jam-packed over the last two decades with increasingly modern vehicles. Following a boom of motorbikes in the 1990s – first described to me as “streams of fish” – the city streets are more and more clogged with “whales” – cars, SUVs and tourist vans – everyday. As this evolution of traffic transforms the city's infrastructure, Saigon finds its larger, more modernized modes of transportation traveling alongside the antiquated machines of the past. Brand new Lexus sedans share the road with aging Honda Dreams, rickety cyclos navigate the same roads as massive, top-of-the-line sleeper buses. As new-age technology like Uber and GrabBike replace the traditional taxis and xe ôm s of the city, too, the stark difference between transportation, old and new, is apparent on the streets of Saigon.
![[Photos] Vinhomes Unveils Golden River, Its Ba Son Development](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/KSoP5nZb.jpg)
Development
If you've recently driven along District 1's Ton Duc Thang recently, chances are you've seen the large, glass-front building going up on the corner of Nguyen Huu Canh Street.
![[Photos] A Farewell to Saigon's War-Era Water Towers](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/coP9eK8b.jpg)
Architecture
Saigon Water Company (Sawaco) is drawing up plans to destroy seven of the eight large war-era water towers scattered across the city.
Vietnam
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![[Photos] District 2 Just Got a Fresh New Park](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/BQoerOnb.jpg)
Development
Green space has long come at a premium in Saigon, especially as some public areas – see District 1’s Chi Lang Park – have lost out to the city’s breakneck development.
![[Video] Hẻm Gems: The Merits of Chè Dim Sum](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/aP3egpcb.jpg)
Saigon Hẻm Gems
If we're being real, I would not break an appointment for chè .
