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On a recent Friday evening, some of Saigon’s most glamorous people gathered in District 1 for a night to remember. Heavy rain had threatened to put a damper on the proceedings but, as if by fate, the skies completely cleared as SOHY kicked off its epic 1st birthday celebration. A full moon rose over the city, and the party began.
![[Photos] This Minimalist Da Lat House Catches Light Like Lungs Catch Air](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/2018/07/dalathome/3b.jpg)
Architecture
This photographer's private home was designed around the trees in the abandoned nursery it was built on.
Culture
When Link Do was a child in Hanoi, she learned English from an American woman with a tattoo on her hand. Link, who loved to draw, thought the tattoo was beautiful, and began to imagine a future as an artist who worked with ink and skin.
Asia
Last year's winner consumed 15 chilies in just one minute.
Saigon
Some Saigon-based companies are struggling to find highly skilled manual workers.
Roundups
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . ▪ Nearly 57,000ha of alternative forests planted across Vietnam [VietnamNet] ▪ Rentals rise in downtown Saigon as supply stagnates [VnExpress]
Vietnam
Vietnam remains the fourth most optimistic country in the world.
Society
Saigon needs real solutions for its plastic problems.
Hanoi
This weekend, fish in Hanoi’s biggest lake began to die once again.
Podcast
We've hit episode 20!
Saigon
Citing “dishonest” practices by the show’s promoter, the city suspended the display of plastinated body parts.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . ▪ 10 arrested as $89 million online gambling ring busted in Vietnam [VnExpress] ▪ Vietnamese annually spend USD4 billion studying abroad [DTI]
Film & TV
The 5 th Hanoi International Film Festival (HANIFF) will take place from October 27-31 and showcase some of Vietnam’s finest filmmaking talent.
Travel
Only a handful of pilots can manage the treacherous flight into Bhutan’s tiny international airport. As the plane tilts for the final descent, passengers gather by the windows — smartphones recording in white-knuckled hands as the wings skirt the valley walls.
Vietnam
Football fans in Southeast Asia will be able to watch English Premier League games on Facebook in the future.
Saigon Hẻm Gems
Inside the unofficial Japanese quarter of Saigon lies scrumptious katsu and oyakodon to suit all palates. For beginners like myself at one point in time, the existence of Fujiro can swing open many new doors of flavors to savor, from a crash course in delicious fried pork to to funky natto . For familiar denizens of Japanese spots, their food will evoke plenty of nostalgia.
Vietnam
Yasumasa Shibuya has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a nine-year-old Vietnamese girl in Japan last year.
Hanoi Ngõ Nooks
Whether a grey-eyed morning or a long-tailed dusk, it makes little difference in Café Minh. The windows, opaque from a history of cigarettes and road dust, barely let in any light. The groan of motorbikes outside, rising and falling as rush hour ebbs and flows, is the main indicator of time.
Asia
In a bid to send a strong message to conglomerates and advertisers about gender-based price discrimination in South Korea, an online campaign calling for a spending strike by women was launched last week.
Environment
The head of Ho Chi Minh City’s environment agency said that climate change and seasonal weather patterns spread Da Phuoc Landfill’s stink to surrounding areas.
Culture
The answers to life’s burning questions are often found in unlikely places. A cozy ‘birds’ nest’ café at the end of a crumbling alley fits that stereotype rather well. At 7.30 every Wednesday night, locals and foreigners alike can be found there, huddling up against well-stocked bookshelves, sipping tea and shaping realities. This is the Hanoi Philosophy Forum .
![[Photos] Sludge, Syringes and Toxic Chemicals: A Day in the Life of Saigon's Sewage Workers](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/2018/07/sewageworker/Nao-vet-cong-1-1530533171_680x0l.jpg)
Society
Here is a series of images taken by photographer Thanh Nguyen, highlighting the underground and rarely seen work of sewage workers of Saigon.
Culture
Boon or bane: spiritual service delivered to your nearest digital device.
