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Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . Vietnam among most optimistic countries on economic prosperity [VOV] Vietnam health ministry to inspect Masan Food after fish sauce arsenic scandal [Tuoi Tre]
Vietnam
If your internet got a little speedier in the new year, here’s why: Vietnam has a fancy new undersea cable that’s reportedly twice the speed of the old one.
Society
While Vietnam’s skilled workers are heading overseas to find work, foreign experts have found Vietnam a good location for career development.
Tech
In a surprising move, Flappy Bird creator and Vietnam’s most sought-after app developer Nguyen Ha Dong recently announced the launch of a personal fund to help local students realize their dream projects.
Vietnam
You might want to sit down for this: not long ago, one of central Vietnam’s beloved seals was found brutally murdered on a beach at night.
Travel
In a concerted effort to boost tourism, China recently announced a new plan to upgrade its public toilets in addition to revitalizing its old industrial regions.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . Three Vietnamese news outlets fined over pro-child molester stories [Tuoi Tre] 50kg of rhino horns shipped from Kenya seized in Hanoi airport [Tuoi Tre]
Asia
In an unexpected move, China announced late last week that it would shut down the world’s largest ivory market by the end of 2017.
Health
Having recently attained the status of a middle-income country, Vietnam must now prepare to become self-sufficient in supplying its citizens with vaccinations.
Film & TV
As of January 1, Vietnam’s new film rating system allows the local movie industry to screen adult content.
Saigon
As Saigon’s traffic problems get progressively worse , municipal authorities recently announced that they’re considering a handful of proposed solutions that were previously tabled, including an adjustment of office hours citywide to ease rush-hour congestion.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . Scissors pulled from Vietnam man's stomach 18 years after surgery [Daily Mail] Vietnam fined for attacking Indonesian football squad [VietnamNet]
Environment
According to a new report by Vietnam's National Center for Socio-Economic Information and Forecast (NCIF), the country's economic growth is being hindered by a host of environmental hiccups, including air pollution and the lack of waste management at industrial zones.
Society
As the season of holiday bonuses rolls around, Vietnam’s economic inequality is highlighted once again in the annual gifts doled out by Vietnamese employers.
![[Illustrations] Young Illustrator Breathes New Life Into Work of Vietnamese Poet](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/vZcSoa1b.jpg)
Literature
Poet Tran Dang Khoa’s most beloved collection of children’s poetry is receiving a makeover, thanks to young illustrator and graphic designer Pham Quang Phuc .
Vietnam
Due to a lack of physical lane dividers, Hanoi’s first rapid transit buses inched through traffic during their first trial run last Thursday morning.
![[Photos] 1950s Ha Long Bay in Black and White](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/AYQN5s9b.jpg)
Vietnam
It will come as a surprise to no one that Ha Long Bay was much quieter in the 1950s than it is today.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . 80 projects to be executed in Saigon to curb congestion in 2017 [Tuoi Tre] Road accidents kill 33 in Vietnam on New Year’s Day [Tuoi Tre]
Vietnam
While the world has had a trying 2016, the Vietnamese economy fared pretty well this year, with a record 110,000 new business opened in 2016.
Arts & Culture
From sunsets to fishing nets, this is what we saw through our lens this week.
![[Photos] The Godfather of Saigon's Water Puppets](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/xYKlDZTb.jpg)
Arts & Culture
While Saigon’s younger crowd is busy picking up the hottest new foreign trends, like parkour or wearing bean sprouts on your head , artisans from older generations have held fast to their traditional crafts, which are dying out at an alarming rate.
Saigon
The abnormally cold weather that has visited Saigon since early December is expected to remain through the new year.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . Vietnam suffers first slowdown in economic growth for 4 years [Tuoi Tre] Hundreds of houses built without permits in Da Nang [Tuoi Tre]