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Saigon
As if it weren’t challenging enough navigating downtown Saigon with the construction of the pedestrian promenade and metro station, numerous streets in the area will have been or will soon be closed to traffic to accommodate Tết festivities.
Vietnam
HCM Ciy flower fairs start next week [Vietnam Plus] Vietnam's most modern expressway opens to traffic [Thanh Nien] Japan gifts patrol ship to Vietnam after upgrade [Thanh Nien]
Arts & Culture
Saigoneer's staff highlights their favorite articles from the past week.
![[Photos] Event Rewind: Saigoneer Photo Walk With Glen Riley](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/GERPOtsb.jpg)
Stories
Last Sunday, Glen Riley led our first photowalk of the year through the hẻms around Phạm Ngũ Lão. We met at The Hungry Pig at 144 144 Cống Quỳnh, had a morning coffee, and headed out to explore the unseen parts of the popular tourist landing zone.
Environment
While pollution is becoming a serious problem in Vietnam with reports of cancer villages and toxic canals popping up the press recently, we live in a natural utopia compared with the residents of China.
Tech
Due to slowing economic growth and safety concerns, the construction of Vietnam’s first nuclear reactor has been delayed yet again.
![[Photos] 5-Star Train Makes Debut on Vietnam’s North-South Railway](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/dXgwzdtb.jpg)
Travel
After four months of upgrades, a train consisting of Vietnam Railway’s typical rolling stock has been relaunched as a 5-star train, the first of its kind in Vietnam.
Vietnam
If you were to drive a bus up the arch of a bridge, causing a 10km traffic jam, you’d probably be concerned about getting slapped with a hefty fine. Apparently, you’d be worrying over nothing.
Vietnam
Vietnam finds evidence of ancient volcano in central region [Thanh Nien] Vietnamese toddler abandoned on taxi reunites with his family after 2 months [Thanh Nien] Local group takes over, upgrades MTV Vietnam [Tuoi Tre]
Vietnam
It’s always a good idea to check your bill before leaving a restaurant as one Japanese customer learned the hard way at a Vung Tau eatery last month.
Development
Saigon ranked 6th in a report released last month that graded 120 cities across the world based on real estate and socioeconomic factors.
Vietnam
Old postcards are telling cultural artifacts that allow us to catch a glimpse of what people in the past deemed worthy of showing to friends and loved ones on their travels.
Vietnam
The future of the Mekong Delta is growing increasingly uncertain due to the pressures of climate change and increasing development of hydroelectric power upstream in Laos, China and Cambodia.
Vietnam
Fireworks displays planned for Lunar New Year [DTI] Vietnam may reduce lending rates with new housing stimulus package [Thanh Nien] Made-in-China trucks dominate Vietnam market [Vietnam Net]
Music & Arts
Irish-American painter, Rodney Dickson, developed his work based on the atmosphere of abandonment that characterized the post-war era in Cambodia and Vietnam.
![[Video] A Look At One Of Hanoi’s Most Ridiculous Intersections](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/XK3kNSKb.jpg)
Vietnam
Despite its intended role as a helpful conduit, Hanoi’s Xã Đàn – Ô Chợ Dừa intersection is one of the city’s most confounding crossroads.
Vietnam
Last night a tourist boat carrying 25 passengers was engulfed in flames as it was anchored in Ha Long Bay.
Development
At a ceremony yesterday afternoon , authorities formally kicked-off construction of the Thủ Thiêm 2 Bridge which will stretch across the Saigon River from Tôn Đức Thắng Street to the Thủ Thiêm peninsula.
Asia
Three Frenchmen were deported from Cambodia last weekend after they admitted to taking nude photos of themselves at the popular tourist destination of Angkor Wat.
![[Photos] Tà Chì Nhù: Vietnam’s "Ocean Of Clouds"](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/wrECOtbb.jpg)
Travel
Within the rolling hills of Yen Bai Province sits Tà Chì Nhù, Vietnam's 6th tallest mountain at 2,979 meters.
Vietnam
Series of events to popularise Vietnamese literature [Vietnam Plus] Italy willing to train Vietnam’s traffic police [Vietnam Plus] Teachers say new student-assessment method difficult to implement [Vietnam Net]
Saigon
The Economist recently released its Safe Cities Index in which 50 cities around the world are ranked according to levels of safety. While many of these types of lists come out every year based on murder rates or levels of violent crime, this ridiculously thorough bit of research resulted in a list based on four different categories - digital security, health security, infrastructure safety, and personal safety.
Development
Four buildings from Vietnamese "starchitecture" firm, Vo Trong Nghia, have been named finalists for Archdaily ’s “Building of the Year” Awards .
Vietnam
Around 4am on February 2, a Phương Trang bus carrying 30 passengers narrowly avoided an accident with a truck as it crossed the Láng Sen Bridge in Cần Thơ City.