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Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . Each morning, we select some of the most important stories from Saigon, the rest of Vietnam and beyond, and digest them into short, accessible links so you can easily keep up with current affairs.
![[Video] New Music Video 'Boy' Depicts Contemporary Hanoian Love, With a Twist](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/urbanisthanoi/article-images/2019/04/news/boysgrh.jpg)
In the music video for indietronica artist Hien’s ‘Boy,’ a classical romantic narrative unfolds. Within a modern Hanoian setting, two lovers battle against themselves, their peers and society as a whole.
Roundups
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . Each morning, we select some of the most important stories from Saigon, the rest of Vietnam and beyond, and digest them into short, accessible links so you can easily keep up with current affairs.
![[Video] Stop-Motion Animation Project Retells Vietnam's Starfruit Tale With a Hint of Horror](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/ewdSRC3b.jpg)
Culture
As a common saying goes: "tham thì thâm" (grasp all lose all).
Vietnam
A new report by environmental NGO Greenpeace shows the ugly truth behind the “musical chairs” game countries are playing in the global plastic waste trade.
Sports
As the Vietnam Basketball Association (VBA) professional male basketball league enters its new season, teams are hosting tryouts to look for young talent.
Vietnam
The searing heat has occurred much earlier than when it usually arrives.
Travel
“Phu Quoc is a large, uncultivated island, apart from a few hectares of coffee plantation and the small gardens of Duong-Dong, covered throughout its whole extent by beautiful jungle which grows on a forest floor of exceptional richness and is exploitable, provided we build roads.”
Roundups
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . Each morning, we select some of the most important stories from Saigon, the rest of Vietnam and beyond, and digest them into short, accessible links so you can easily keep up with current affairs.
Asia
Traveling between the two ASEAN capitals is now a reality thanks to recent efforts by Thailand and Cambodia to reconnect their defunct railway.
Travel
Two large crane statues stand atop ceremonial turtles with lotus flowers in their mouths on either side of the entrance to Villa Royale.
Health
A recently released report highlighted a rise in mental health issues among Vietnamese youths, with a particular focus on anxiety.
![[Photos] Saigon Architects Make the Best of D10's Cramped Hẻm Enclave](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/2019/Apr/24/nga-house/nga-house0b.jpg)
Architecture
Only by staying in one neighborhood for an extended period of time could someone fully grasp how rapidly Saigon has been changing in recent years. Madame Nga, the matriarch of this new hẻm house in District 10, could attest to the staggering urbanization of her community.
Vietnam
It's so red and pink!
Roundups
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . Each morning, we select some of the most important stories from Saigon, the rest of Vietnam and beyond, and digest them into short, accessible links so you can easily keep up with current affairs.
Environment
Hanoi’s To Lich River is known for its heady fragrance and death-black palette, but that could all be about to change.
Vietnam
The deal marks the Malaysian-based budget carrier's fourth failure in the Vietnam aviation market.
Branded Content
Envy is officially amongst the top 100 clubs in the world.
Food Culture
Although the concept (and smell) might drive some sensitive noses away, fermentation has always been Vietnam’s favorite way to preserve the catch of the day, by turning it into a funky, savory paste.
Vietnam
In an attempt to lessen Vietnam’s alarming rates of plastic waste, reduce pressure on landfills and increase sustainability, Hai Phong plans to begin using recycled plastic to create roads.
Music & Arts
Right on the heels of his new single release, Thai-New Zealander indie sensation Phum Viphurit will play his first-ever music festival in Vietnam this May.
Roundups
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . Each morning, we select some of the most important stories from Saigon, the rest of Vietnam and beyond, and digest them into short, accessible links so you can easily keep up with current affairs.
Travel
Open Heritage 3D aims to provide open access to digital preservation data of heritage sites around the world.
![[Photos] On the Cusp of a Tourism Boom, a Pristine Sapa of the 1920s](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/2019/Apr/22/sapa-laocai/Sapa0h.jpg)
Vietnam
During the last decade of the 19 th century, French colonists occupying northern Vietnam (then Tonkin) decided to conduct a census survey on the region’s ethnic minorities. The first convoys reached Lao Cai Province in 1898, and in 1903, Sapa Village was put on the map of Vietnam for the first time.