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Travel
Price reduction by companies with deep pockets disproportionately harms homestay proprietors, who used to be farmers living near Phong Nha–Ke Bang National Park.
Saigon
With great summer showers comes great flooding.
Podcast
The latest Saigoneer Podcast episode is out now!
Roundups
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . Each morning, we select some of the most important stories from Saigon, the rest of Vietnam and beyond, and digest them into short, accessible links so you can easily keep up with current affairs.
Food Culture
Despite the country’s rising wealth, Vietnam still consumes a modest amount of beef compared with the world average.
![[Photos] How a Taiwanese Grandpa Used Art to Save His Village From Demolition](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/2019/May/25/taiwan-village0h.jpg)
Music & Arts
An abandoned 1,200-household village in Taichung, Taiwan was about to be torn down, but its last resident ended up transforming it into a huge, well-known masterpiece.
Hanoi
Authorities in the Vietnamese capital are now offering to pay Hanoians who produce solar power and sell it back to the grid.
Postcards
While the rainy season's flooded streets, soaked satchels and delayed appointments can make one curse its arrival, sometimes when the torrent hits the neon storefronts just so, it becomes a source of inspiration.
Branded Content
Thanks to its clean, expansive beachfront, variety of entertainment options, robust nightlife and proximity to cultural sights such as Hoi An and Hue, it’s little surprise that the New York Times listed Da Nang as one of 52 places to go in 2019 .
Hanoi Ngõ Nooks
Apparently, the owners of Chon want people to find their café. However, you wouldn’t assume as much when attempting to navigate the narrow, snaking alleyways that lead to their joint. You’ll find a door-sized opening off of Nha Chung Street, yet there are no signs for Chon at all. The only indication of what the rat warren might lead to are bold, red declarations promising a hot bowl of phở.
Saigon Hẻm Gems
Pham Ngu Lao Street, along with its sister street Bui Vien, has been known for almost two decades to foreigners as the perfect place to drink, bunk-in and conveniently repeat. In other words, a booze-filled heaven complete with affordable hostels and hotels for first-timers in Vietnam.
Asia
The Cathay Pacific ad depicts two well-dressed gentlemen strolling hand-in-hand down the beach accompanied by the phrase "move beyond labels" as part of a larger inclusivity campaign.
Roundups
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . Each morning, we select some of the most important stories from Saigon, the rest of Vietnam and beyond, and digest them into short, accessible links so you can easily keep up with current affairs.
![[Photos] Saigon Boulevard: The 9 Buildings You Miss in Saigon](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/2019/May/23/saigonboulevard/BoulevardPosterbook_SGRh.jpg)
Music & Arts
Lys Bui is a Saigon-born illustrator who is currently living in New York.
Music & Arts
In 2014, a group of restless young Vietnamese set up Nirvana , Hanoi’s first-ever punk streetwear store. In a city known for politics, and where the thickness of history constantly reminds us of the past, their brand stood out like flames on a wedding dress.
Saigon
Following on the heels of a similar project in Hanoi, Saigon officials intend to pilot a trial open-top double-decker bus tour around Saigon’s downtown.
![[Video] Savoring a Decadent Sunday Brunch at Le Meridien Saigon](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/2019/May/20/brunch1jpgh.jpg)
Branded Content
Executive Chef Simone Murru takes Saigoneer behind the scenes to learn how he makes the signature gnocchi served as part of Le Méridien Saigon hotel's extravagant weekly brunch.
Vietnam
In a new version of Vung Tau’s development plan, the city aims to improve its urban environment while maintaining nearby nature zones.
Arts & Culture
It’s incredible to witness a familiar piece of wood be slowly shaven down to one of the world’s most admired instruments.
Branded Content
A heatwave has wrapped its smoggy fingers around Saigon, sending people scrambling in search of relief.
Hanoi
Following a two-year, US$2 milllion deal signed in 2017, Hanoi authorities have now signed a new five-year deal with American media giants CNN , worth US$3.4 million.
Roundups
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . Each morning, we select some of the most important stories from Saigon, the rest of Vietnam and beyond, and digest them into short, accessible links so you can easily keep up with current affairs.
![[Photos] Blending in With Nature at a Rustic My Tho Coffee Shop](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/2019/May/22/cafe1/cafe4b.jpg)
Architecture
Set at canal-level, the serene coffee shop pays homage to the residents of the Mekong Delta who for centuries have built homes and communities betwixt channels, swamps and lakes.
Loạt Soạt
Children can “hear the music and see the colors of letters on a page — magic portals to a wilderness without fixed meanings… all adults see are the neat rows of black lines, the building blocks of definitions,” according to the narrator in Ticket to Childhood . Nguyen Nhat Anh's book reminds readers how wonderful it was to see the world with such an imaginative vision.
