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Culture
As Tet nears, families all over Vietnam are rushing to decorate their homes and check-off the last few items on their spring cleaning list, such as curtains, glassware, and most importantly, brass homeware.
Podcast
The Saigoneer Podcast is officially one month old!
Vietnam
In an unexpected turn of events, a student from the Hanoi College of Technology and Trading had to take her six-month-old baby with her on examination day.
Sports
Saigon will soon become home to the first Juventus Academy in Southeast Asia.
Saigon Hẻm Gems
Saigon is home to a number of street food eateries that span generations, from a 100-year old vegetarian joint to a 70-year-old hủ tiếu Mỹ Tho restaurant right in the heart of District 1.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . ▪ Vietnam’s pharmacy industry sees rapid growth [VietnamNet] ▪ Hanoi, Saigon choked in traffic as clock ticks down to Tet [VnExpress]
Vietnam
Vietnam is among the countries in which Japanese companies have the highest motivation to expand.
Travel
The 3.5-kilometer-long zip line will be part of a large tourism service complex in Phong Nha–Ke Bang National Park, which is home to world-famous Son Doong cave.
Vietnam
Following the decision of the Ministry of Home Affairs in November, the Vietnam Animal Welfare Association was officially established during a ceremony on February 3 rd in Da Nang.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . ▪ Boeing Working to Lift Vietnam’s Air Safety Rating [Bloomberg] ▪ Coach fare triple near Tet holidays in HCMC [SGGP]
Travel
Popular Japanese minimalist homeware brand Muji opened its first hotel on January 18 th in Shenzhen, China.
Vietnam
Less than a day after they were introduced, twelve swans have been removed from Hanoi’s famous Hoan Kiem Lake, despite widespread public support for the attraction.
Education
Saigon is constructing new office towers, financial buildings, malls and luxury apartments at a frantic pace, but the building frenzy is not all about commerce and housing, as exemplified by the British International School’s recently opened Early Years and Infant Campus .
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . ▪ Vietnam’s population estimated at 94.7 million in 2018 [VietnamNet] ▪ Vietnam stock suffers worst fall in four years [Tuoi Tre]
Arts & Culture
Obsolescence is not a problem unique to Vietnam’s traditional art forms. All over the world – in Cambodia , Bangladesh , and India , for example – ancient crafts are going out of fashion faster than they can be passed down to younger generations; in some cases, there isn’t anyone with enough interest to learn them.
Culture
There’s little doubt that here at Saigoneer , we’re big fans of Vietnam’s indie acts; just see how we geeked out over Ca Hoi Hoang almost a year ago.
Development
To address heavy traffic and storm-related disturbances on the bridge which currently connects to Ha Long Bay, authorities have proposed a 1.3-kilometer long tunnel to serve the UNESCO heritage site.
Literature
The Sympathizer , Viet Thanh Nguyen’s breakthrough 2015 novel, is a fictional tale of a North Vietnamese spy working inside the South Vietnamese army during the last legs of the American War. Duality and split lives occupy the core of the novel, almost in a Kafkaesque fashion. Luke Hunt’s recently published Punji Trap — Pham Xuan An: The Spy Who Didn’t Love Us considers the same questions of morality in a Vietnamese spy, only this time it is not fictional.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . ▪ AFC Futsal: Vietnam reach quarters as Malaysia eliminated [Fox Sports Asia] ▪ Saigonese trek to Da Lat to inspect vegetable farms before purchase [Tuoi Tre]
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Architecture
Designed by a group of architects at Farming Architects , the "Koi Cafe" in Hanoi is not only an architectural gem but also a self-sustaining aquaculture and hydroponics eco-system.
Vietnam
A surge in Vietnam’s ultra-rich who make their fortunes in investments and real estate are largely fueling the nation's wealth growth.
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Vietnam
In less than two weeks, the Year of the Rooster will be over, making way for the reign of the Dog in the lunar calendar.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . ▪ Vietnam pursues goal of ‘universities of international stature’ [VietnamNet] ▪ VN cities plan for urban green growth [VietnamNet]
Asia
As part of the fourth annual &PROUD LGBT Film Festival, the country's first ever Drag Queen Olympics took place at Thakin Mya Park in downtown Yangon on January 28.
