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![[Photos] A Slice of Traditional Tet in Hanoi Village](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/mH0z65ab.jpg)
Culture
To celebrate this year’s Tet, an online collective of history buffs recently held a New Year festival in suburban Hanoi, complete with a variety of traditional Tet rituals and delicacies.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . Hanoi to display ‘fireworks’ on giant screens to see in New Year [VnExpress] Literally toothless man treated by doctors in Ho Chi Minh City [Tuoi Tre]
Asia
You can now travel directly from China to the UK by train – well, sort of – if you’re willing to spend the entire trip with socks, clothes and an assortment of other household products.
Vietnam
For those Saigoneers stuck in traffic this week as they head to the airport on Tet holiday, just remember this while you're trapped in the gridlock: Saigon is the second most dynamic city in the world, behind only India's Bangalore.
Saigon
In addition to pork products, Saigon’s veggies are now getting the QR code treatment.
Vietnam
In the future, accommodation booking services such as Agoda and Expedia will be required to pay taxes in order to operate in Vietnam.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . Trump Takes Office, Kills TPP [The Atlantic] Internet firm to spray free wi-fi over parks and flower markets this Tet [VnExpress]
![[Photos] Hanoi Salon’s Architecture Appeals to All the Senses](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/cEkz9Pqb.jpg)
Architecture
Though residential dwellings seem to be the most common subject of Vietnam’s modern architecture efforts, H&P Architects was recently tasked with renovating a run-down hairdressing salon in Hanoi’s Van Quan urban area with impressive results.
Saigon
On January 19, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport launched a mobile application and a website to give users real-time traffic updates around the city.
Vietnam
Hanoi residents might have to say goodbye to the city’s wartime loudspeakers, or loa phường .
Vietnam
Starting in mid-March, eligible Vietnamese citizens will be allowed to gamble in local casinos.
![[Video] Saigon Artists Craft Beautiful, Handmade Lucky Money Envelopes](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/XHyyvrNb.jpg)
Culture
With the lunar new year just days away, everyone is scrambling to complete their last-minute Tet preparations, from getting a haircut to re-painting the house to stocking up on those ever-important lì xì envelopes.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . Ho Chi Minh City’s downtown flower show ready for opening [Tuoi Tre] Hanoi will not ask churches, temples to ring out to mark Tet: official [VnExpress]
Travel
Vietnam is aiming to rake in US$35 billion in revenue from the tourism industry in 2020.
![[Video] Vietnamese Workers Take Center Stage in Japan Government Video](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/p356SE2b.jpg)
Society
The lives and work of Vietnamese health professionals in Japan were recently highlighted in a video feature from the Japanese government.
![[Photos] Here Are 7 Southeast Asian Birds You Might Never See Again](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/ZYNxFnmb.jpg)
Asia
We’ve written at length about the bleak future of the Mekong River , which is suffering major environmental degradation due to human activity. But it isn’t only the animals living in the waters of the Mekong that face the threat of extinction as a result: those that fly high above the mighty waterway are also at risk.
Arts & Culture
From a poetic Da Lat sky to a shrine on Con Dao Island, this is what we saw through our lens this week.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . Vietnam’s biggest network operators plan to waive roaming fees [VietnamNet] Vietnam airport operator misses out on retail business opportunities [VnExpress]
Vietnam
Barely a month into 2017, Vietnam has already experienced its first calamity, as a massive fire in Nha Trang reduced an entire neighborhood to ashes.
Travel
As Vietnam’s aviation market heats up , Saigoneers are not the only beneficiaries of a steady stream of additional routes and cheap flights. Case in point: earlier this afternoon (at 12 noon to be exact), Jetstar Pacific launched a ticket sale to promote the upcoming launch of their new direct routes from Ho Chi Minh City to Sydney and Melbourne, starting at US$159.
Travel
After a petition against the construction of a cable to Son Doong, the world's largest cave, went viral earlier this week, provincial officials in Quang Binh have denied rumors that such a construction project is slated to take place.
![[Photos] Linh Quy Phap An: Vietnam's Temple in the Sky](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/dtFkKQIb.jpg)
Travel
Linh Quy Phap An, an elusive temple nestled high in the hills of Vietnam’s Central Highlands, is drawing attention from tourists all over the country thanks to a new pop music video.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . Vietnamese parents shocked over adult content in YouTube videos for children [VnExpress] Bac Ninh: Ho chickens get collective brand name [VietnamNet]
Development
Plans to build a Phnom Penh-Saigon expressway are moving forward.