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![[Photos] The 89-Year-Old Japanese Grandma Whose Comical Selfies Will Put Yours to Shame](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/dxhWcWnb.jpg)
Arts & Culture
If you are a frequent user of the Internet, chances are you have come across a series of photos featuring an elderly woman in hilarious and bizarre circumstances. The playful shots, which have generated buzz around the worldwide web, were taken by the subject herself, 89-year-old Kimiko Nishimoto of Kumamoto, Japan.
Vietnam's government is moving forward with a long-gestating plan to sell off part of its majority stake in the country's largest brewery.
Branded Content
This month L’Usine’s flagship location on Le Thanh Ton introduced a new dining concept, The Eatery. The restaurant showcases carefully curated food, drinks and design. You’ll feel like the lead character in a classic movie when nestled in its relaxing environment.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . ▪ Vietnamese tourists stranded on Bali with volcanic eruption 'imminent' [VnExpress] ▪ Franchise restaurants boom in Vietnam [Tuoi Tre]
Culture
The Asian squat has been getting lots of attention these past few years, but most recently it has been revealed that there may be health benefits to this sitting position.
Asia
Bali's most well-known volcano is threatening a major eruption, forcing officials to close the island's airport and thousands of residents to evacuate their homes.
![[Photos] Under the Great Northern Sky: Life in Vietnam's Pastoral Provinces](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/c8nVahHb.jpg)
Travel
In my travels, I don't think I've ever found a nation like Vietnam, whose landscapes differ so vastly from north to south. I imagine the great hills and sharp peaks of the north as the scaly, rugged head of a dragon and its body winding down majestic panoramas of the country's coastline, ending in a collection of watery tails in the Mekong Delta.
Vietnam
Over the weekend a Vietnamese boxer clinched Vietnam’s first silver medal at a major world tournament since 2011.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . ▪ Ministry plans free education for primary and secondary pupils [DTI] ▪ Six-year-old stabbed to death in Ho Chi Minh City [DTI]
Saigon
Yesterday, while many Saigoneers were still recovering from a few days of aggressive shopping during this year’s Black Friday sales, Saigon authorities convened at a conference to announce a new initiative that will, if all goes according to plan, turn the metropolis into a “smart city” by 2025.
![[Photos] 20 Photos of Vietnam's Spartan Rural Provinces in the 1960s](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/F9d7tIkb.jpg)
Vietnam
Less than a decade before 1975, Vietnam’s rural provinces were still sparsely developed despite Saigon’s rising position as one of Southeast Asia's major cities.
Food Culture
Is Vietnam's addiction to instant noodles on the way out?
Vietnam
In an effort to prevent overcrowding at three key airports, Vietnam will spend almost VND18.9 trillion (US$832 million) through 2020 on upgrading these facilities.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . ▪ Saigon shoppers crowd stores on rainy Black Friday [Tuoi Tre] ▪ Vietnam city proposes subsidizing airlines flying to local airport [Tuoi Tre]
Branded Content
John Manning, an Australian property developer and long-time resident in Vietnam, is the developer behind Sanctuary Residential Resort Community’s second phase in Ho Tram.
Saigon
Saigon officials are tackling Nguyen Huu Canh Street's issues with a comprehensive project to solve the thoroughfare’s chronic flooding problem.
Vietnam
Your neighborhood garbage truck could never be as cool as Ha Tinh Province’s “garbage train”.
Food Culture
The first time I stumbled upon cô Ut’s nightly sidewalk ritual, the performance was already well under way. Perched on the low steps of what serves as a VietinBank branch by day, the young woman sat rooted to a plastic stool behind her metal display case, but her arms stretched in all directions, cleaning countertops, replenishing ingredients and ladling spoonfuls of slate grey chè vừng into plastic cups and porcelain bowls.
![[Illustrations] Take a 'Feels' Trip Down Memory Lane via These Icons of 2000s Saigon](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/W961L0Nb.jpg)
Arts & Culture
Back in the days just after the Internet first made an appearance in the country, Vietnamese youngsters used to spend their free time flying kites, watching TV series on VHS tapes and playing 8-bit games on monochromatic handheld players.
Saigon
Seven wards in District 1 have expressed their desire to set up street food zones in addition to the two that were established earlier this year, following the city’s sidewalk purge.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . ▪ Senior man commended for returning $2,200 to owner in southern Vietnam [Tuoi Tre] ▪ Illegal logging destroying Cuc Phuong National Park [DTI]
Saigon
A new United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) study details a number of statistics and realities concerning children living in Saigon.
Tech
Are the sharks all to blame, or should other aquatic creatures also be held responsible for Vietnam’s sluggish internet?
Education
Graduates-to-be take one of their final tours of the SSIS campus in cap and gown. Wherever you're standing on Saigon South International School’s (SSIS) spacious campus, you’ll overhear learning in progress. It might be from a group of high school students participating in a model UN debate, elementary kids practicing Mandarin verbs, basketballs bouncing down the court, or a guest speaker delivering a TedTalk about global charities.
