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Development
If you've ever been to Thanh Da, you know that it's practically a rural village stuck smack-dab in the middle of Saigon. Rice paddies and fishing ponds take up most of the peninsula, along with a few green spaces and countryside-themed restaurants here and there.
Vietnam
It's always a good idea to listen to your parents. Especially when one of them is holding a lit match and a bucket of gasoline.
Vietnam
It's been a tough couple weeks for Vietnam's traffic officials, what with the rain and the flooding and the clashing definitions of the term ' traffic jam '.
Vietnam
When it comes to marketing campaigns, national carrier Vietnam Airlines (VNA) is putting in some serious work to attract international travelers.
Vietnam
Mekong Delta sugarcane growers enjoy bumper crop, high prices [SGGP] Ha Noi wants illegal construction in building demolished [Vietnam News] Vietnam strong enough to afford TPP: lead negotiator [Tuoi Tre]
![[Video] Southeast Asia Travel Video Weaves Together Vignettes of Everyday](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/cDys1Kwb.jpg)
Travel
Thanks to GoPros, Vimeo and the power of the internet, we've all seen our fair share of Southeast Asia travel videos. These days, it's pretty hard to stand out amid the sea of camera-toting backpackers zigzagging around the region, but some travel videos still manage to take our breath away.
Saigon
After a few false starts and several coats of paint earlier this year, the 130-year-old Saigon Post Office may soon receive a brand-new addition to its surroundings.
Development
While work on Saigon’s metro line No. 1 chugs along , two of its brothers, metro lines numbers 2 and 5, are facing a slew of delays and cost overruns.
![[Photos] One Photographer's Journey Through 1990 Vietnam](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/OqVBQf4b.jpg)
Vietnam
Life moves pretty fast in Vietnam. What's here today may be gone tomorrow and, two years from now, replaced with a skyscraper or a hotel or a high-end shopping complex. Everywhere you turn, it seems, the country is changing.
![[Photos] Saigon Choked by Poisonous Smog](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/oH6utjMb.jpg)
Saigon
For the past three days, a blanket of smog has engulfed Saigon, resulting in not only poor visibility, but also potential health risks.
Vietnam
Unauthorised fees plague Viet Nam's bus terminals [Vietnam News] Quang Nam to open bird’s-eye-view of My Son Sanctuary for tourists [DTI] Hanoi’s polluted craft villages to get environmental clean-up [Vietnam Net]
Culture
We all have our hobbies: for some it's tennis, for others it's golf, and for one guy in northern Thai Binh province, it's building military-grade submarines.
Eat & Drink
Sometimes choice can be overwhelming. Do you go with the phở or the hủ tiếu? The bún chả or the bánh canh? For all the good food Vietnam has to offer, eating requires far too many decisions in this country.
Travel
Everyone in Vietnam is, of course, partial to their hometown. For locals, it's the place they grew up; for foreign residents, it's where they first fell in love with Vietnam. But for one intrepid traveler, there is a Vietnamese city that is among the world's greatest.
Development
On Monday, officials from 12 Pacific Rim nations reached an agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the largest regional trade agreement to date.
Development
The first, and perhaps most significant of the mega developments planned for Thu Thiem broke ground last week, signaling the peninsula’s evolution from swampland to modern urban center .
Vietnam
Local film star and Hollywood stuntman Johnny Tri Nguyen is in hot water after hosting an illegal martial arts competition last month in Nha Be District.
Vietnam
Domestic GDP likely to grow 6.5% in 2015 [DTI] Forest protection law falls short [Vietnam News] Ministry defends tax reforms [Vietnam News]
Vietnam
Mobile users will soon be able to switch carriers without losing their phone number.
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Development
Saigon is hitting the public transportation hard these days, with new metro construction starting along Ton Duc Thang and talks of a 12-kilometer tramway recently announced.
Travel
While Vietnamese officials are making an effort to boost the number of visitors to the country, it may not be enough to pull Vietnam out of its tourism slump.
Development
Despite numerous reports to the contrary, the director of Saigon’s Department of Transport told the press last week that there are no traffic jams in the city.
Vietnam
Recalculation shows Vietnam’s public debt at 66.4% of GDP [Vietnam Net] TV ads most trusted in Viet Nam [Vietnam News] Hanoi proposes emergency water pipeline [DTI]
Asia
Fasten your seatbelts: unmanned taxis are coming to Japan.