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Vietnam
At a meeting on Wednesday, Vietnam's central government advised infrastructure officials to commence work on major sections of the North-South Expressway this year in order for the project to be "essentially" completed by 2021.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . ▪ Saigon's mayor says prolonged meetings are a waste of time [VnExpress] ▪ 474 firms and individuals in Vietnam named in the Paradise Papers [DTI]
Arts & Culture
On Saturday morning, in a small studio at Asia Music & Performing Arts Education, members of the Dragonfly Theater Company were frantically getting ready for rehearsal. On the floor were makeshift stage markings, scripts covered in handwritten notes and feather boas. The excitement in the atmosphere was palpable: another production was coming to fruition.
Vietnam
Vietnamese tour guides might have a hard time with the government once an updated set of regulations take effect next year.
Sports
Two well-known former soccer players from Great Britain have been hired by a new soccer academy in northern Vietnam in an attempt to create the country's first batch of World Cup-caliber footballers.
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Architecture
A building in District 3 designed by architectural firm KIENTRUC O is using space and openness in a daring new way. The result is a structure that connects the lives of its occupants with the surrounding environment and blurs the lines between senses of privacy and community.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . ▪ Vietnam Stocks Electrified as Deals Prompt ‘Re-Rating’ of Market [Bloomberg] ▪ Vietnamese programmer hints at Flappy Bird return [Tuoi Tre]
Society
A new study by South Korea's national statistics organization has shown that Vietnamese women are now the largest group of foreign brides in the East Asian nation.
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Society
The concept of urban exploration certainly isn’t in its infancy anymore: across Instagram and other social media feeds, photographs of masked lunatics dangling from skyscrapers abound. While many people harbor mixed feelings about these metropolitan adventurers, daring to place your own feet over the edge makes you appreciate just how brave – or insane – urban explorers truly are.
![[Photos] Japanese Taxi Driver Captures Yokohama's Nightscapes in Haunting Double Exposure Photos](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/gqU5cj1b.jpg)
Arts & Culture
Japanese taxi driver Issui Enomoto has a knack for double-exposure photos, as shown by these haunting pictures of Japan’s port city Yokohama from behind the wheel of his vehicle.
Vietnam
Hanoi plans to pour a lot of money into upgrading its infrastructure in the next few years.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . ▪ Vietnam approves bill letting banks be declared bankrupt [Reuters] ▪ Senior people eligible for free buses [SGGP]
Vietnam
Vietnam’s national English proficiency might be slipping, according to a new study.
Sports
In early 1976, shortly after the dust had started to settle in a now-unified Vietnam, Le Buu, general director of the country’s Sports Administration Department, was tasked with heading to Saigon to arrange a football match between one northern team and one southern team. It was intended to be an act of unification, of sports above politics.
Saigon
Heavy rain and damaging winds blew through Saigon and neighboring areas on Saturday night as Tropical Storm Kirogi approached the south-central coast.
Travel
Jetstar Pacific has once again claimed the top spot in Vietnam’s list of most-delayed airlines.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . ▪ Vietnamese pilot among four dead in UK air crash [VnExpress] ▪ Ho Chi Minh City inks deal with military-run Viettel to build ‘smart city’ [Tuoi Tre]
Tech
My first memory of the internet in Vietnam occurred in an internet café on Tran Hung Dao Street. It was the early 2000s: Walkman players were still a thing, MTV actually played music, and Britney Spears’ bubblegum chart-toppers were the “it” tunes in local hip hangouts (mind you, Britney didn’t reach Vietnam until five years after her debut in America).
Saigon
Saigon's controversial sidewalk-clearing campaign came in for criticism from the city's leader earlier this week.
Society
When Le Duy Loan fled to the US in 1975, she was still a shy and demure girl from Nha Trang who barely knew any English. Today, Loan belongs to the top rung in her field of engineering and remains the only woman with the title of Senior Fellow at the renowned US-based semiconductor company Texas Instruments.
Development
Singaporean property developer CapitaLand has announced that it is planning to build its latest residential development in Saigon's District 4.
Branded Content
Whether at a trendy club event, lavish wedding, or simply with a group of friends at a sidewalk bar, when people in Vietnam lift their glasses to chant “mot, hai, ba,” there's a good chance they’re raising deliciously refreshing Heinekens.
Arts & Culture
Hanoi-based Vietnamese photographer Maika Elan was recently selected as one of six creatives to watch in Southeast Asia and Oceania.
Asia
Students at two universities in South Korea can now take courses that teach them about sex, relationships and marriage.
