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Development
Binh Thanh District's Landmark 81 skyscraper has been officially approved by the city's People’s Committee , clearing the path for the construction of Vietnam’s tallest building.
Tech
Viber, maker of the instant messaging and Voice over IP (VoIP) app of the same name, announced that it has closed its Vietnam office and moved its operations to the Philippines.
Vietnam
Following public outcry, Can Tho’s People’s Committee has decided to put plans for the demolition of the 91-year-old Châu Văn Liêm High School (the former Collège de Can-Tho ) on hold.
Vietnam
Vietnamese police worry about gun-shaped iPhone case [Thanh Nien] Video shows woman crushed by excavator during land protest in Vietnam [Thanh Nien] Vietnam celebrities criticised for Ao Dai changes [DTI]
Music & Arts
Vietnamese fine art is often looked through a geographic lens (South, Central and North) or by groups of artists rather than individual ones.
Saigon Hẻm Gems
At Anh Ba, it’s all about the beef. This eatery offers up four bovine dishes - lá lốp (beef wrapped in lolot leaves), mỡ chài (beef quasicrepinettes), nhúng dấm (vinegar based hot pot) and tái chanh (medium rare beef sour salad). The nhúng dấm is the highlight of the menu and it's proven to be a cash cow for this busy restaurant over the past decade.
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Music & Arts
Last year, amateur photographer, Nguyen The Duong , fitted his camera with a tilt shift lens and perched himself atop various buildings across the city. The effect of the lens in tandem with birds-eye vantage points makes some of Saigon’s most iconic locations look like toy sets.
Development
Saigon plans to take down 61 deteriorating apartment buildings and relocate their 7,200 households to resettlement areas. However, it's easier said than done.
Vietnam
Vietnam’s Da Nang authorities order demolition of illegally-built $4.58mn palace [Tuoi Tre] Cambodia, Vietnam Agree to Complete Border Demarcation ‘Very Soon’ [RFA] Vietnam is the Asian market that excites traders now is the Asian market that excites traders now [CNBC]
Development
Another significant feature of Thu Thiem’s transportation infrastructure is in the works as the city is planning to build a bridge between the new urban area and South Saigon in District 7.
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Vietnam
State-owned EVN Hanoi has found a new tool to help its employees read electricity meters more easily – selfie sticks.
![[Photos] The Disappearing Japanese Colonial Architecture Of Korea](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/yOcd04Hb.jpg)
Architecture
Like the European empires of France, Britain, Spain and the Netherlands, Japan once occupied wide swaths of Asia, imposing its military and cultural influence over its colonies.
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Vietnam
Sewers across Saigon and Hanoi have become a paradise for urban fishermen. This video, recently posted on VN Express , shows a Saigon man dropping his line into the holes of a sewer cover to hook his catch.
Vietnam
Vietnam’s Phong Nha-Ke Bang world heritage site, home to the famed Son Doong cave, has won its second UNESCO title from the organization for its rich biodiversity.
Vietnam
Vietnam seeks over $19 billion foreign investment in traffic infrastructure [SGGP] Vietnam aviation authorities request new standards to protect air passenger luggage [Tuoi Tre] Buddha statue, purportedly tallest in northern Vietnam, tumbles during construction [Tuoi Tre]
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Asia
Asian nations are bracing for a trio of typhoons that are quickly approaching from the Pacific Ocean. The first in line, Typhoon Linfa, has already made landfall in the Philippines and is expected to hit Hong Kong on Wednesday night.
![[Video] The Story of a Saigon Chè Master](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/4MJuy5Sb.jpg)
Saigon Hẻm Gems
Saigoneer has teamed up with Only In Saigon to bring you stories from the city’s streets. Our first episode explores the tale of Son, a District 1 chè vendor who, for 25 years, has maintained this successful business that was started in 1958.
![[Photos] The Hidden Gems of Saigon's Notre Dame Cathedral](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/5Ozc8A4b.jpg)
Culture
The Notre Dame Cathedral is among Saigon’s most obvious iconic buildings, but while we may think we know everything about the building, its attic is filled with hidden treasures, from dusty old pipe organs and 30 ton bells to sophisticated clocks.
Development
A week after the city unveiled Thu Thiem Empire City , a project that will include Vietnam’s tallest building, a group of Asian developers have announced that they will break ground on its neighbor, the US$2 billion Eco Smart City later this year.
Vietnam
Amid reports of missing items from passenger luggage at Hanoi’s Noi Bai Airport, an airport employee has been arrested for stealing from baggage at least 10 times.
Vietnam
Vietnamese phone maker faces fine for repeated delays of Bphone delivery [Tuoi Tre] More measures proposed to lure back international visitors to Vietnam [Tuoi Tre] Vietnam's largest brewer manipulated taxes, ordered to pay $18.68 mln: report [Thanh Nien]
Travel
The Yamaha Blue Core Touring campaign recently released this lengthy but beautiful drone video, “Vietnam through Flycam’s lens.”
Vietnam
At a meeting where the deputy director of the Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism failed to recall the city’s rip-off hotline number, the official rattled off a list of instances in which tourists had been overcharged for goods, including one couple who were forced to shell out VND800,000 for two bowls of phở.
Saigon
Despite Saigon’s rapid modernization over the past two decades, old photos of the city from the 1960s reveal a number of persisting characteristics – from sleeping xe om drivers and seas of motorbikes to slum-lined canals.
