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Development
Despite protests from traders, The administration of Ho Chi Minh City’s Tân Bình District plans to move forward with a plan to replace the 50-year-old Tân Bình Market with “a six-story traditional, civilized market,” according to Tuoi Tre .
Vietnam
$40mln hospital with helipad debuts in southern Vietnam [Tuoi Tre] A Vietnam-Italy Fashion Council founded [DTI] Vietnam still plagued by sex-selective abortions [Thanh Nien]
![[Photos] Event Rewind: Saigoneer Photo Walk With Lee Starnes](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/0nQHvHpb.jpg)
Music & Arts
Last Sunday, Lee Starnes led the second monthly Saigoneer photo walk, taking a group of amateur photographers around the streets and alleys of District 1, capturing images of the area’s street life along the way.
Heritage
Resident Saigoneer historian and the brains behind Historic Vietnam , Tim Doling, has just released a new book, "Exploring Hồ Chí Minh City" featuring a great set of walking tours around our fair city.
Vietnam
Some blame sharks while others conjure up Chinese conspiracy theories, but FPT officials fault “below-standard technical design” for the regular breaks in the Asia-America Gateway (AAG) cable which was severed last week , making access to international websites extremely slow for Vietnamese Internet users.
Vietnam
While most of the old photos we show here are from Saigon and Hanoi, we wanted to give a shout-out to the Hue, Vietnam’s capital until 1945.
Saigon
Jason Rabedeaux, coach of the Saigon Heat , Vietnam’s first professional basketball team, passed away on Monday, just a day after his team took fourth place at the Asian Basketball League Championship.
Vietnam
Schools in HCMC provided free internet access [SGGP] Vietnam’s longest expressway opens, cutting Hanoi-Lao Cai travel time in half [Tuoi Tre] HCM City: Activities held in response to Clean Up the World campaign [DTI]
![[Video] 1993 Saigon From The Back Of A Honda Cub](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/trBm9Pob.jpg)
Saigon
Mark Bowyer, who runs the great travel blog, Rusty Compass , has been living and traveling in Vietnam for over 2 decades. Early into his Saigon tenure, he hopped on the back of a Honda Cub with a video camera and captured the sounds and sights of the city.
Saigon
On Sunday morning, a foreign man was killed at the intersection of Điện Biên Phủ and Đinh Tiên Hoàng Streets in District 1, reports Thanh Nien .
Food Culture
While fast food chains have taken advantage of America’s love of junk food (we’re looking at you, Taco Bell and KFC ) in Japan, it’s the quirkiness that they try to exploit.
Development
We knew traffic was getting worse in HCMC, but we had no idea it was this expensive.
Vietnam
Last Thursday, images from an alleged VietJet Air promotional photo shoot featuring a number of lingerie-clad models were leaked online. The album of racy photos quickly went viral, causing an Internet firestorm
Development
At a meeting of the Science, Technology, and Environmental Committee of the National Assembly last Thursday, Deputy Trade Minister Cao Quoc Hung said that the construction of Vietnam’s first nuclear power plant would not begin this year as originally planned, reports Thanh Nien .
Vietnam
Vietnam expelled 9,700 Chinese boats in past decade [Thanh Nien] Vietnam lags behind 5 ASEAN countries in creative productivity: ADB [Tuoi Tre] Da Nang visitors get free postcards [Vietnam Plus]
Tech
The new iPhones have arrived in Vietnam, Apple’s hottest market, with some pretty hefty price tags.
Vietnam
A rooster robbery gone wrong resulted in gunshots and a police chase in the Southern province of Binh Thuan on Thursday night, reports Thanh Nien .
Vietnam
They may not be quite as old as the set of 19 th century photos of Saigon that we posted earlier this week , but these images of old Hanoi from Flickr user, Manhhai , are plenty nostalgic in their own right.
Asia
It may not be an issue in Saigon since it’s anything but a walking city, however those of us who have lived in pedestrian-friendly metropolises are all too familiar with the scourge of zombie-like cellphone users, messing with the flow of foot traffic as they post Facebook updates and type out SMSs.
![[Video] The Mì Quảng Song](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/U90Ac4fb.jpg)
Food Culture
Given the variety of Vietnamese noodles, there are plenty of contenders for the title of Best in Show, but for Jake Schofield, Phan Ngoc Hao and Ashlin Aronin, there’s no debate.
Development
Saigon’s Bến Thành–Suối Tiên metro line is something of a teaser, the first of 6 that will serve the sprawling metropolis. While it's hard to say how accurate it is given a lack of official information, this map, created by Huan Hoang , gives us a glimpse of what the full system might look like once it’s completed (don't ask for that date).
Vietnam
HCM City downs ad flyers, billboards in foreign language [Vietnam News] Vietnamese American businessman makes Forbes World's Billionaires list [DTI] Norway backs Vietnam-EU free trade deal [VoV]
Food Culture
Most animals raised for their meat live a sad life in small cages and experience extremely low standards of living. But at Vietnam’s first Kobe beef farm, cows live a comparative life of luxury as they are fed beer, given daily massages and serenaded with classical music, according to Vietnam Net .
Health
Following in the footsteps of other large cities around the world, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment is pushing HCMC to reduce its reliance on plastic bags, reports Vietnam News .