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Saigon
Fast-fashion fans rejoice: Saigon’s first H&M store has revealed its official launch date.

Music & Arts
The popularity of Vietnamese art is on the rise internationally, but its reputation is in jeopardy as more and more incidents of art fraud are being uncovered.

Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . Female archer clinches Vietnam’s first 2017 SEA Games medal [Tuoi Tre] Drug ring leader sentenced to death in southern Vietnam [Tuoi Tre]

Development
CJ Group, a Korean conglomerate, has announced plans to expand its presence in Vietnam's food market.

Saigon
Saigon officials have decided to suspend construction work on an overpass near Tan Son Nhat International Airport, extending traffic woes for residents and commuters near the congestion hotspot.

Development
Once set to become the largest theme park in all of Southeast Asia, Long An province's Happyland entertainment complex may never open to the public due to debt.
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Arts & Culture
From its earliest days, Saigon has played a pivotal role in Vietnam’s history, the stories of which live on in its most iconic landmarks.

Saigon
Two parking lots serving Saigon’s Nguyen Van Binh Book Street are the latest collateral damage of District 1’s ongoing sidewalk-clearing crusade.

Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . Flooding threatens flights at Tan Son Nhat Airport [DTI] Hanoi chairman admits to failure on curbing unplanned real estate development [DTI]
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Arts & Culture
An Osaka-based illustrator turns his hometown into detailed ballpoint sketches that could pass for the backdrop of a manga series.

Vietnam
Thua Thien-Hue officials are planning to put a cable car system in the Bach Ma National Park within its territory.
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Vietnam
In Vietnam, “ người không học như ngọc không mài ” – an uneducated person is like an unpolished gem. From the founding of Ly Nhan Tong’s Quoc Tu Giam in 1076 to the 14 th -century Confucian wisdom of Chu Van An and beyond, Vietnam has always placed a high value on education.

Saigon
Saigon’s coffee-maker market has never witnessed a scandal so riveting.

Health
A wave of Vietnamese students who experience economic hardships have resorted to selling their platelets regularly in order to make ends meet.

Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . Dengue fever death toll rises to 24 as outbreak spreads across Vietnam [VnExpress] Endangered primate rescued after straying into town in central Vietnam [VnExpress]

Sports
How Vietnamese teams made the jump from small-time local leagues to national franchise football.

Vietnam
Grab’s impending policy changes are upsetting its drivers who found the increase in commission unfair.
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Food Culture
Don’t watch this video when you’re hungry.

Saigon
Newly opened and planned pedestrian streets in Hanoi and Saigon have sent land prices in these areas through the roof.

Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . Jetstar launches direct flights between Quang Binh and Chiang Mai [Tuoi Tre] In smartphone era, children still fight crickets in Saigon outskirts [Tuoi Tre]

Saigon
Saigoneers born after the 1990s might be familiar with the term dân chơi cầu Ba Cẳng , or “the daredevils of Ba Cang Bridge”. However, not many are aware of its starting point, which originated from a real bridge in District 6.

Vietnam
A new bill has been drafted that will double foreigners’ real estate ownership terms for properties in special economic zones in Vietnam.