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![[Photos] Vietnamese Students Edit Their Textbooks With Hilarious Results](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/x7nIJyIb.jpg)
Arts & Culture
Normally reserved for the creative and perpetually bored, the art of doodling in textbooks has been around for as long as students have been forced to read dry, painfully dull tomes on their least favorite subjects.
Music & Arts
There are a few things you should know about Wowy.
Vietnam
Three British tourists have been confirmed dead after falling from a waterfall in Da Lat Friday afternoon.
![[Photos] Sea of Hanoians Flock to Pagoda for Final Tet Prayers](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/M5cRFvGb.jpg)
Vietnam
While most of us are back at work and the Tet holiday buzz is gone, one Hanoian pagoda was still carrying on with the festivities late last week, drawing thousands of people to its doors.
Asia
In an effort to compete with regional car-hailing apps like GrabBike and Go-Jek, Uber launched its own motorbike taxi service in Bangkok on Wednesday.
Vietnam
Though Vietnam's northern and southern hubs are each getting a fancy new subway system , and high-speed roads now connect several of the country's other major cities, many rural areas still lack vital infrastructure.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . Australia unveils 'massive' increase in defense spending [Tuoi Tre] Vietnam highland province to end buffalo stabbing ritual this year [Thanh Nien]
Vietnam
Police in Hanoi are on the lookout for a vested “gentleman” who stepped out of his car on Tuesday afternoon and peed in the middle of the road in broad daylight.
Film & TV
A total of six Vietnamese feature films will play at Osaka's Asian Film Festival, held from March 4-13.
![[Photos] Inside Hue’s 'City of Ghosts'](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/26iFrGtb.jpg)
Culture
During Hue's imperial days, emperors of the Nguyen dynasty spent an inordinate amount of time and energy building their tombs. Emperor Khai Dinh, for instance, led Vietnam for only nine years, but his final resting place took 11 years to complete and featured a life-sized statue of himself, among other things. These lavish imperial graves were considered a ruler's lasting legacy so no one was willing to skimp on the ornamentation, springing for gargantuan monuments, man-made lakes and even living quarters for the deceased emperor's court.
Travel
After a year-long delay, Quang Ninh is moving ahead with the construction of a new airport meant to serve the throngs of tourists visiting Ha Long Bay.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . Vietnamese student jailed for helping grow cannabis in Australia [Thanh Nien] Vietnam now world’s 8th largest arms importer [The Diplomat]
![[Photos] A Day at the Races: Phu Tho Racetrack in the 1960s](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/Q20xP4hb.jpg)
Saigon
During the heyday of old Saigon, District 11's Phu Tho Racetrack was packed on a daily basis.
Asia
As Saigon's skyline reaches ever higher, the southern hub is not the only one growing up.
Tech
Triip, a Saigon-based travel platform, is the latest Vietnamese startup to receive international funding after the company announced last week it had secured US$500,000 in seed funding from Shanghai’s Gobi Partners.
Saigon
Got a complaint? There's now a phone number for that, and boy, have people been putting it to use.
Stories
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . HCMC enterprises need 26,000 recruits in March [Vietnam Plus] 4 key product groups gain over $1 billion export value [VOV]
![[Photos] Competition for Lucky Balls in Phu Tho Turns Into Mayhem](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/QxuyH2xb.jpg)
Culture
Every spring in northern Phu Tho Province, locals celebrate Phet Hien Quan, a unique traditional festival that is held on the 13th day of the Lunar New Year.
![[Photos] Yangon's Must-Have Street Snacks](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/GqqcAZjb.jpg)
Eat & Drink
Like any major city, Yangon borrows from Myanmar's many ethnic groups, not to mention its neighbors, to create a mosaic of the country's cuisine.
![[Renderings] Hanoi to Trade Open Fields for Riverside Development Complex](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/MKRdPl3b.jpg)
Development
On the eastern bank of the Red River, Hanoi's open fields are about to make way for a high-end real estate development in Long Bien District.
Vietnam
In a relatively male-dominated field, female pilots are hard to find, not just in Vietnam but across the globe; according to the BBC , only 3% of commercial airline pilots worldwide are women.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . Body of Hanoi giant turtle remains in cold storage as preservation plans undecided [Tuoi Tre] Drilling venture Vietsovpetro to cut 2,000 jobs as oil shock continues: report [Thanh Nien]
Vietnam
By 2022, Vietnamese educators will have something they didn't have before: options.
Development
It is not yet the peak of dry season, but the Mekong Delta is experiencing its worst drought in 90 years.