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Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . ▪ Uber, Grab proposed to be banned from 11 streets in Hanoi [DTI] ▪ Ho Chi Minh City plans higher fees for on-street parking [Tuoi Tre]
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . ▪ Your next hot fashion is made in Vietnam [OZY] ▪ Vietnamese passengers oppose Air France's fare cancellation [DTI]
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . ▪ AFC Futsal: Vietnam reach quarters as Malaysia eliminated [Fox Sports Asia] ▪ Saigonese trek to Da Lat to inspect vegetable farms before purchase [Tuoi Tre]
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . ▪ Vietnam pursues goal of ‘universities of international stature’ [VietnamNet] ▪ VN cities plan for urban green growth [VietnamNet]
Society
It’s no secret that Vietnam's rapidly growing tech industry is garnering the attention of international investors thanks to an active startup scene and an expanding digital economy.
Food Culture
The stark, clinical fluorescent lighting inside the convenient store casts an air of ominous dread all over the shop’s beverage section. With a glance, I find it. The blue package stares back at me menacingly, almost scornfully, as if it’s trying to tell me not to disturb the slumber of the harbinger of our world’s impending apocalypse.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . ▪ Vietnam’s international internet connectivity fully restored [VietnamNet] ▪ Vietnam welcomes footballers home as ‘heroes’ in wake of AFC U23 miracle [Tuoi Tre]
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . ▪ Ho Chi Minh City canal cleanup projects may fail to meet deadline [DTI] ▪ HCMC to close two central streets this Friday for Tet Offensive ceremony [VnExpress]
Arts & Culture
In April 2010, a ranger in Dong Nai Province’s Cat Tien National Park found a rhino skeleton with its horn chopped off. Illegal poachers had killed the last Javan rhinoceros on mainland Southeast Asia.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . ▪ Korean convenience store chain to open first branch in Vietnam [SGGP] ▪ Vietnam posts record-high $3bn trade surplus [Tuoi Tre]
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . ▪ PM wants to transform Vietnam from ‘beautiful girl’ to ‘economic tiger’ [VnExpress] ▪ New Lao Cai bridge to China proposed [DTI]
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . ▪ Unemployed university graduates study for doctorate despite job outlook [VietnamNet] ▪ Vietnam's logistics sector too expensive to compete with foreign rivals [VnExpress]
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . ▪ Thai tycoons' deals in Vietnam pose risks to domestic market [VnExpress] ▪ HCM City says will map out tourism strategy soon [VietnamNet]
Food Culture
For many Saigoneers, central Thao Dien is known for its plethora of high-end restaurants catering to the neighborhood’s large expat population. However, if one looks closely enough between the scores of French bakeries, gourmet markets and fine-dining establishments, there are a few street food gems that have managed to resist the area’s gentrification.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . ▪ Jetstar flight makes emergency landing in Hanoi [Tuoi Tre] ▪ Vietnam government seeks to cut half of business rules in 2018 [DTI]
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . ▪ Vietnamese guy cycles across Southeast Asia to raise charity funds [Tuoi Tre] ▪ Vietnam launches digital database aimed to increase public knowledge [VnExpress]
Music & Arts
In his comprehensive work The Past is a Foreign Country , American historian and geographer David Lowenthal contends that, even in spite of historical accounts, recollections and relics that contribute to our knowledge of the past, the past can never be truly or wholly known, as there is no way to falsify or validate experiences that no longer exist.
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Society
Unlike most of the western world, Saigoneers see Christmas as less of a time for cozy gatherings at home with family and friends but more as an oppotunity to take to the street to bask in the festive atmosphere.
Saigon Hẻm Gems
Editor's note: This review from 2017 was of City Beer Station's first location on Pham Ngoc Thach Street, which has since closed. Over the past years, the cocktail bar has moved numerous times. Recently, the team announced that they're reopening at a new spot at 6 Nguyen Cuu Van, Binh Thanh. Check out City Beer Station's Facebook page for the latest news regarding its relaunch and new location.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . ▪ Facebook livestreaming a new medium for celebrity ads in Vietnam [Tuoi Tre] ▪ World Bank raises Vietnam’s growth forecast to 6.7% for 2017 [DTI]
Film & TV
In a city brimming with actors, producers and filmmakers, it’s hard to imagine that a communal space for collaboration didn't already exist. Until last week, informal spaces like Facebook groups offered the best go-to spots for creatives.
Saigon
Two of Saigon’s oldest Roman Catholic institutions, located across the river in Thủ Thiêm, may soon be gone.
Saigon
Many people will be familiar with the spurious claims that French civil engineer and architect Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923) was responsible for two of Vietnam’s most iconic buildings, the Long Biên Bridge (Pont Doumer) in Hà Nội and the Central Post Office in Hồ Chí Minh City. The prevalence of such claims makes it all the more strange that so few visitors to Hồ Chí Minh City are given the chance to visit the Pont des Messageries maritimes, which in truth is Eiffel’s only major surviving work in Việt Nam.
