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Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram , and like us on Facebook . Da Nang to dig its first river tunnel [Vietnam News] Google sees Vietnam as key market [The Saigon Times] Vietnam company denies fraud accusations after debarred by World Bank [Thanh Nien]
Tech
If his recent visit is any indication, Sundar Pichai is alright in Vietnam's book.
![[Video] Take a Tour of North Korea's Pyongyang From Above](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/vUIGMBab.jpg)
Asia
To much of the world, North Korea is a mystery. Images of the super-secretive nation, headed by lube-loving Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un , seldom reach international media, and many wonder what life inside the totalitarian state is like.
![[Photos] Inside the Metro Station Beneath Saigon's Opera House](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/shhTe5cb.jpg)
Development
The further the Saigon Metro progresses – or doesn't progress – the more we hear about escalating costs , construction hiccups and the project's Japanese contractors seeking compensation for delays . But beyond the overhead metro track in District 2 and a whole lot of closed construction sites littering the downtown area, few of us have a visual understanding of Saigon's largest public transportation project to date.
Vietnam
In an effort to decrease the number of lives lost to traffic accidents each year, the National Traffic Safety Committee (NTSC) is proposing that motorists keep their headlights on at all times – both day and night – while driving.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram , and like us on Facebook . Vietnam joins Interpol’s fight against fake medicine [Vietnam Net] City to get tough on polluting factories [The Saigon Times] Viet Nam to build tsunami warning system [Vietnam News]
Culture
Looking back on 2015, Vietnam's internet search history suggests we could all use a good cry and a hug.
Vietnam
Since adopting their Saigon-born son Pax in 2007, Brangelina have become perhaps Vietnam’s most popular foreign celebrity couple.
Saigon
As Saigon's one and only motorbike-free , picnic-free , pet-free walking street protected by rollerblading police , Nguyen Hue is already a popular gathering spot. But starting today, the good people of Saigon now have another reason to visit the bustling downtown thoroughfare: Mickey D's .
Music & Arts
Last weekend, moviegoers the world over collectively went insane over the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens . Fans of the franchise purchased tickets weeks in advance, the internet was abuzz with plot speculation and grown men proudly sported full Jedi regalia in public.
Vietnam
Vietnam is among the top 15 remittance-receiving countries in the world, with overseas Vietnamese sending back US$12.5 billion to the country so far this year.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram , and like us on Facebook . FTA kicks off aiming to double trade in five years [Nikkei Asian Review] Vietnam will launch wind power projects [JEC] 2015 automobiles sales hit highest ever record [SGGP]
Vietnam
Around the world, humans seem to have a strange fixation with coffee beans that have been pulled out of another animal's poop . But just because you like coffee that comes from shit doesn't mean that coffee should taste like shit.
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Music & Arts
Any good traveler will tell you that the best way to explore a place is by getting to know the locals.
Vietnam
After a long period of declining arrivals, Russian tourists have been returning to Vietnam en masse in recent months. Many have returned to the beachside city of Nha Trang, long a favorite destination for Russian travelers. However, last Thursday, 29 such tourists had an additional, unplanned experience: escaping from a sinking ship.
Vietnam
During the early 20th century, the French were really into building opera houses in Vietnam. Any city with a sizable European population was all but guaranteed to have a theater in its town center, along with a church and a few fancy colonial villas.
Vietnam
Today, 300 people will gather in Hanoi to meet Google CEO Sundar Pichai, the first time a senior executive from the company has visited Vietnam.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram , and like us on Facebook . HCMC clarifies capital increase of second metro project: Ministry [SGGP] Vietnam's Da Nang suspects more land illegally bought by Chinese [Tuoi Tre] HCM City permits repairs of old villas [VOV]
Food Culture
When foreign visitors arrive in Vietnam, one facet of local culture that tops every must-do list is cuisine. Since the outside world has only recently been introduced to the magic of Vietnamese food, travelers are, of course, keen to tuck in to a bowl of phở to see what all the fuss is about.
Development
Earlier this month, developers broke ground on the Saigon Me Linh Tower, adding yet another skyscraper to District 1's riverside Me Linh roundabout.
Tech
Mobile gamers had good reason to rejoice last week, as Flappy Bird creator Nguyen Ha Dong and his company DotGears Studio debuted a flashier second version of the original Swing Copters game.
Asia
There's no such thing as a free lunch. Nor, apparently, is there such thing as free air to breathe while you eat that lunch.
Saigon
If you felt a little chillier than usual on your ride to work this morning, you're not alone. It turns out Saigon – and the rest of southern Vietnam – is currently experiencing its coldest weather so far this year.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram , and like us on Facebook . Transport Ministry sells Vinamotor, auto industry’s fate in doubt [Vietnam Net] E-books of Vietnamese historical, folk tales take on international market [VoV] HCM City to promote sales of E5 bio-fuel [DTI]