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Development
In an effort to protect the southern hub from drought, Saigon Water Company (Sawaco) is working with municipal authorities to create six underground water reservoirs.
![[Video] Hue to Get Jazzy New Boardwalk](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/HHmFRhvb.jpg)
Vietnam
Hue is set to get a major riverside upgrade as local officials have submitted a proposal to build a boardwalk next to the Huong River later this year.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . Security camera nemesis of HCMC criminals [Tuoi Tre] Vietnam eyes ending flooding in urban centers by 2050 [Vietnamplus]
Saigon
Starting April 18, a new law which bans eating and drinking on Nguyen Hue – along with several other activities – will take effect.
Arts & Culture
In an effort to teach Vietnamese children (and perhaps adults, too) about their nation's past, one local channel has begun playing short, animated videos depicting famous moments in Vietnamese history.
Saigon
Widely regarded as one of the most beautiful churches in the city, the Église Huyện Sỹ in District 1 was constructed in 1902-1905 on the corner of Rue Frère Louis (now Nguyễn Trãi Street) and Rue Frère Guilleraut (now Tôn Thất Tùng Street).
Travel
Spending a night on Ha Long Bay will soon be a thing of the past, according to Quang Ninh authorities.
Saigon
Officials have declared a health emergency in Ho Chi Minh City following Vietnam's first two reported cases of the Zika virus.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . Thousands of children involved in school and family violence [SGGP] Vietnam recalls books telling kids ‘camel is largest bird on earth’ [Tuoi Tre]
Environment
Cambodia's tiger population is now “functionally extinct”, according to experts.
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Architecture
In the last few years, Saigon's architects have come up with some impressive contemporary touches for the city's traditional row houses. Whether adding web-like coverings or a collage of window shutters to their facades, carving out a central atrium to bring in natural light or transforming each multi-story structure's interior with modern, minimalist design , the southern hub's unique architectural challenges often breed creativity.
Asia
Following China’s latest crackdown on illegally operated vehicles, scores of motorcycles are piling up under Nantou Toll Bridge expressway in the city of Shenzhen.
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Film & TV
In his latest short film, Phantoms of Saigon, filmmaker Pham Hong Chuyen juxtaposes poetic, almost alien angles of Saigon with the often faceless community of wandering scrap collectors who roam its streets.
Food Culture
For only the classiest of junk food consumers, Cup Noodle is rolling out a “premium” line of instant noodles.
Saigon
On Monday, Vietnam opened its first-ever court geared toward juvenile offenders and family-related cases.
Saigon Hẻm Gems
Let’s play a game. I tell you a word and you tell me the first thing that comes to mind. Here goes: chicken.
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Music & Arts
British animator and illustrator Michael William Lester recently added some character to a few of the world’s most iconic buildings, including Saigon’s own Bitexco Tower, by way of a series of animated GIFs.
Vietnam
Over the past few years, Vietnam has made it clear time and again that dog thieves are perhaps one of the most hated groups in society. Many local residents are actively opposed to the practice of dog-napping, and some have gone so far as to take the law into their own hands .
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . Train crash blocks North-South railway [Vietnam News] One more international airport to take shape in Hanoi [VOV]
![[Video] 1960s Phnom Penh: Pearl of Asia](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/6L0q33Vb.jpg)
Asia
While we spend a great deal of time at Saigoneer posting photos and writing stories about old Saigon, formerly known as the “Pearl of the Orient”, Cambodia’s capital once shared a similar moniker.
Vietnam
It's official: Hanoi will host the 31st Southeast Asia Games (SEA Games) in 2021.
Health
Registering firmly in the realm of not-so-great news, one expert is estimating Vietnam could have the most cancer cases in the world by 2020.
![[Photos] On the Move: Saigon's Changing Transportation](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/5OmCenzb.jpg)
Development
Once the domain of bicycles, Saigon's narrow roads have become jam-packed over the last two decades with increasingly modern vehicles. Following a boom of motorbikes in the 1990s – first described to me as “streams of fish” – the city streets are more and more clogged with “whales” – cars, SUVs and tourist vans – everyday. As this evolution of traffic transforms the city's infrastructure, Saigon finds its larger, more modernized modes of transportation traveling alongside the antiquated machines of the past. Brand new Lexus sedans share the road with aging Honda Dreams, rickety cyclos navigate the same roads as massive, top-of-the-line sleeper buses. As new-age technology like Uber and GrabBike replace the traditional taxis and xe ôm s of the city, too, the stark difference between transportation, old and new, is apparent on the streets of Saigon.
Film & TV
A filmmaker fights censorship, an architect’s endeavors reassess the leftist ideology and documentarians raise awareness about contemporary capitalist practices as well as development. From fictional stories to real accounts, this month film's program focuses on the impacts individuals can have on social change.
