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Saigon Hẻm Gems
Hẻm Gems: CCCP Anchors Fond Memories of Soviet Cuisine for Saigoneers, Young and Old
My earliest memories of breakfast are of Omachi beef-flavored instant noodles cooked with tomatoes and ground pork. On days where noodles sounded uninspiring, my mom would offer me the same plate as my dad: rye bread, butter, and Russian caviar. Eager to follow in his footsteps, I welcomed this addition to my breakfast menu, eventually replacing my beloved noodles.
Saigon Hẻm Gems
Hẻm Gems: CCCP Anchors Fond Memories of Soviet Cuisine for Saigoneers, Young and Old
My earliest memories of breakfast are of Omachi beef-flavored instant noodles cooked with tomatoes and ground pork. On days where noodles sounded uninspiring, my mom would offer me the same plate as my dad: rye bread, butter, and Russian caviar. Eager to follow in his footsteps, I welcomed this addition to my breakfast menu, eventually replacing my beloved noodles.
Hanoi
Life on the Streets of 1978 Hanoi in Black and White
In August 1978, I visited Hanoi as part of an educational tour organized by a professor from La Trobe University in Melbourne. I was a high school history teacher at the time and an avid photographer. I walked the streets of Hanoi and took many photographs of everyday life in the city, and until now, these photographs have remained unpublished.
Saigon
On the Sidewalks of 1979 Saigon: Books, Knick-Knacks and a Multitude of Bicycles
Before the motorbikes invaded all aspects of modern Vietnam, Saigon streets were all bicycles, vintage cars and xích lô .
Hanoi
Street Photos in 1973 Capture a Rebuilding Hanoi After Linebacker II
In this collection of black-and-white photos taken by German photographer Horst Faas, Hanoi's streets seem bursting with life, but lurking behind innocent smiling children and packed tram rides are the undeniable remnants of an ongoing war.
Music & Arts
Two Decades of Women's Vintage Fashion in Saigon, as Illustrated by a Young Hanoian
In conversations surrounding Vietnam’s fashion history, it’s impossible not to discuss áo dài and its many iterations across the eras as symbols of Vietnamese femininity , but it would be amiss to leave out the local range of eclectic bracelets and bangles, hairdos and headdresses and the people who wore them.
![[Photos] On the Road in 1970s Vietnam](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/2022/03/15/pics/6h.webp)
Vietnam
[Photos] On the Road in 1970s Vietnam
Old photos, like memories, fade over time — corners darken, horizons blur, and colors lose their saturation.
Podcast
Saigoneer Podcast: Hannah Hà, Mark Gergis, Jan Hagenkoetter & the Making of 'Magical Nights'
We're hear to deliver a Christmas present from the Saigoneer Podcast!
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![[Photos] 15 Film Photos of Saigon in 1971 by Vincent Yip](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/2021/11/04/vincent/yip-6h.webp)
Saigon
Even within a year, the facade and personality of Saigon can undergo significant change. Favorite haunts move, new buildings materialize, and once-recognizable corners take on completely novel identities.
![[Photos] Downtown Saigon in 1972: Same Same, but Different](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/2021/09/13/1972saigon/19x.webp)
Saigon
What if all the core images, sounds and smells you know of a place were intact, but altered, tweaked or reworked the way songs can be? In some ways, this is what it feels like to gaze at photographs of a place you know intimately, but taken during a time when you never existed.
![[Photos] 10 Black-and-White Images of Saigon in 1970](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/2021/05/11/jerry/saigon-1970-00h.jpg)
Saigon
A trip to Saigon in 1970 by photographer Jerry Bosworth yielded a small cache of black-and-white images that vividly depict a city in flux.
Film & TV
It's 2009 and I'm running a workshop for a large group of unemployed jobseekers in Sydney, Australia.
![[Photos] Exploring Downtown Saigon Via These 10 Snapshots From the 1970s](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/2020/11/03/old/manhai_SGNR1h.jpg)
Saigon
What are the people in these photos doing today?
Music & Arts
Manzi Art Space’s current exhibition “Hanoi 1967–1975” displays the vision of German photographer Thomas Billhardt through documentary imagery taken during his multiple trips to Hanoi from 1967 to 1975.
![[Photos] The Coastal Life in Nha Trang in a Timewarp](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/2020/09/29/NT/n1b.jpg)
Vietnam
You can practically taste the salty sea breeze and hear the occasional wafting of rock music in these photos of Nha Trang from the late 60s, early 70s.
![[Photos] Memories of 1973 Hanoi in 22 Film Photos](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/2020/08/25/hanoi/hanoi1973-0b.jpg)
Hanoi
Taken by an unknown photographer working for the American Department of Defense, these crisp color images capture Hanoi’s 1973 street life on film. Have a look below.
![[Photos] 18 Rare Black-and-White Photos of Northern Vietnam in the 1970s](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/2020/07/07/abbas/abbas-10b.jpg)
Hanoi
What draws us towards the spectacle that is old photos?
Culture
I never feel better than when I am ensconced in denim. This love for jeans is caught up in my genuine adoration of the cowboy aesthetic, the particular beauty of a denim-clad ass and the snug hug of a jean jacket, cocoon-like and comfortable.
![[Photos] An Aerial Perspective of Pleiku and Kon Tum in 1970](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/2019/Dec/31/pleiku-kontum/pleiku0b.jpg)
Vietnam
In today’s Vietnam, Pleiku in Gia Lai Province is the Central Highlands’ third-biggest city, after Da Lat and Buon Ma Thuot.
