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Postcards
Below the busy streets, saintly, filth-submerged sanitation workers strive to un-muck our sewers.
The third entry in the Hanoi Postcards series, our love notes to the city we call home, depicts a unique neighborhood.
Podcast
We've hit episode 20!
Podcast
Another week, another episode of the Saigoneer Podcast! We're almost to our big 2-0!
Podcast
We're back with episode 18 after taking a week off!
Postcards
Where are all the turtles in Saigon's turtle lake, why does Bitexco have a helipad it never uses , how come so many streets misspell their namesakes (looking at you Hàng Sanh ) - Saigon is filled with mysteries, but our most favorite involves the city's design choices for their public trash bins.
Culture
Vietnamese folklore takes the old adage “beauty is only skin-deep” very seriously.
Postcards
Hanoi Postcards is our series of love notes to the city we call home. This second offering is of a flower seller cycling along with her florets. With sunlight shining through an audience of trees, her stage must be Phan Dinh Phung Street.
Podcast
We're celebrating our sweet 16 this week!
Postcards
With the subway years away, taxis too expensive, ride-share apps maddeningly inaccurate, motorbikes impossibly dangerous and walking beneath the sun akin to mobile self-spit-roasting, many Saigoneers choose to ride the bus.
Podcast
It's Monday, meaning it's time for the latest Saigoneer Podcast episode.
Postcards
This week, Saigoneer is proud to announce a new series: beautifully crafted illustrations, in the form of postcards, celebrating everything we love about this city. Every couple of weeks, we’ll reveal a new vignette of a uniquely Hanoian experience, complete with affectionate descriptions.
Podcast
It's Monday morning, which means it's time for the latest Saigoneer Podcast episode!
Postcards
As last week's storms attest to, the rainy season is about to once again menace the city.
Podcast
It's Monday, which means it's time for the latest Saigoneer Podcast episode.
Podcast
We're back from the holiday break with a new episode!
Literature
“You writers have blood on your hands,” a Vietnamese man once told Nguyen Phan Que Mai in reference to the ability of poetry, stories and songs to have inspired young men and women into wars that claimed so many innocent lives. If his statement is true, one can also fairly say that literature has the power to do the opposite and educate, illuminate and motivate forgiveness.
Literature
“You writers have blood on your hands,” a Vietnamese man once told Nguyen Phan Que Mai in reference to the ability of poetry, stories and songs to have inspired young men and women into wars that claimed so many innocent lives. If his statement is true, one can also fairly say that literature has the power to do the opposite by educating, illuminating and motivating forgiveness.
Postcards
Saigon has lost some of its oldest citizens recently, and in this installment of our Saigon Postcard series, we pay our respects.
Podcast
This week we moved into a recording studio, and we're excited about the much better sound quality listeners will be able to enjoy moving forward!
Arts & Culture
“Oh this drawing?” chị Liên shouted in Vietnamese over the juicer’s raucous purring. “I don’t know who she is. Isn’t it just an advertisement?”
Podcast
It's the start of a new work week, which means there's a new Saigoneer Podcast available for your listening pleasure.
Postcards
The third entry in the Saigon Postcards series, our loving messages to the city we call home, focuses on a simple pleasure.
