Saving Saigon Tax Trade Center’s Mosaic Staircase, 'A Priceless Work Of Art'
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- Published on 20 July 2015
- Written by Tim Doling.
Six months after the Hồ Chí Minh City People’s Committee’s promise that both internal and architectural and design features of the old Saigon Tax Trade Centre would be preserved and incorporated into the new tower block which will replace it, question marks still hang over the future of its great mosaic staircase.
Marriage Interviews To Be Scrapped For Vietnamese-Foreigner Couples
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- Published on 20 July 2015
- Written by Saigoneer.
If the Ministry of Justice gets its way, marriage interviews for Vietnamese-foreigner couples.
Weekend News Roundup: Police Probe Elevator Free Fall That Injures 10 People At Da Nang Luxury Hotel
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- Published on 20 July 2015
- Written by Saigoneer. Photo by Lee Starnes.
Police probe elevator free fall that injures 10 people at Da Nang luxury hotel [Thanh Nien]
3 policemen jailed for protecting illegal casinos in southern Vietnam [Thanh Nien]
Lao Cai ranked in top 10 world’s most beautiful places [DTI]
[Photos] Hanoi’s 122-Year-Old Long Bien Bridge Getting Major Overhaul
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- Published on 17 July 2015
- Written by Saigoneer.
Repairs to Hanoi’s historic Long Bien Bridge are underway with the aim of both making the structure safer for pedestrians and drivers.
DJ Ed Davenport On Electronic Music, Life and Saigon
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- Published on 17 July 2015
- Written by Brian Letwin
After stops in Singapore and Indonesia, British-born, Berlin-based DJ and producer Ed Davenport is bringing his music to Saigon as part of his Asian tour. He took some time to chat with the organisers of his upcoming gig at The Observatory.
Epic Drone Video Shows Another Side Of Hong Kong
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- Published on 17 July 2015
- Written by Saigoneer.
Add this drone video to the body of impressive video work we’ve seen come out of China in recent months.
San Art Laboratory Launches Kickstarter Campaign
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- Published on 17 July 2015
- Written by Zelda Rudzitsky.
Saigon-based non-profit art organisation San Art has just launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for their Laboratory.
Central Vietnam Photography Workshop With Saigoneer’s Lee Starnes
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- Published on 17 July 2015
- Written by Saigoneer. Photos by Lee Starnes.
This August, Saigoneer photographer Lee Starnes will be leading a central Vietnam photography workshop alongside Pics of Asia founder, Etienne Bossot.
Chinese Island Building Destroying Fragile East Sea Ecosystem: Expert
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- Published on 17 July 2015
- Written by Saigoneer.
While the geopolitical fracas in the East Sea has strained diplomatic relations between China and its neighbors, more than just regional stability is at stake.
Saigon Embarks On Slum Demolishing Spree
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- Published on 17 July 2015
- Written by Saigoneer. Photos by Lee Starnes.
Saigon has come a long way when it comes to removing the slums that once lined nearly every intercity waterway, but tens of thousands of dwellings still remain. As the city pushes ahead with modernization efforts, it has pledged to take down these shanty houses once and for all at enormous monetary cost.
Morning News Roundup: Those Urinating At Da Nang Beaches To Be Fined Up To $14
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- Published on 17 July 2015
- Written by Saigoneer.
Google appoints new Head of Marketing in Vietnam [Vietnam Net]
Ha Noi cracks down on unhygienic slaughterhouses [VNS]
Deputy PM holds talks with Chinese Vice Premier [Vietnam Plus]
[Photos] 32 Of The Most Ridiculously Mistranslated Shirts You Can Find In Asia
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- Published on 16 July 2015
- Written by Saigoneer.
Pick any country in Asia and you’re likely to find a treasure trove of clothes with some seriously lost in translation English phrases.
Hanoi and Saigon Make Travel + Leisure’s Best Cities in Asia List
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- Published on 16 July 2015
- Written by Saigoneer.
Popular American travel magazine Travel + Leisure just released their 2015 edition of their “World’s Best Awards” wherein Vietnam’s two largest cities ranked in the Asia top 10.
Saigon’s 130-Year-Old People's Law Court to Get $15m Renovation
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- Published on 16 July 2015
- Written by Saigoneer.
Saigon has given many of its stately colonial buildings some love in recent months. The latest to join this list is one of the city’s most impressive historical gems – the 130-year-old People's Law Court (formerly the Palais de Justice).
[Video] The Making Of Vietnam Airlines’ First A350-XWB
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- Published on 16 July 2015
- Written by Saigoneer.
One of the only things in the world we enjoy more than watching massive machines being assembled is when we actually have a shot of traveling in one of them.
18,600 Trees to Be Cut for Tourist Road Through Can Gio
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- Published on 16 July 2015
- Written by Saigoneer. Photos by Lee Starnes.
Saigon authorities have given the go-ahead for a US$8.7 million road through the UNESCO recognized Can Gio biosphere reserve that will necessitate the felling of 18,600 trees.
Morning News Roundup: Vietnam’s Per Capita Income Reaches Nearly $2,200
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- Published on 16 July 2015
- Written by Saigoneer.
Northern Vietnam to suffer week-long rainstorm with likely flash floods [Tuoi Tre]
Vietnamese boy breaks arms copying Ninja game show [Thah Nien]
US tech giants to expand operations in HCM City [Vietnam Plus]
Fashion Is Art At Dzung Yoko’s First Solo Exhibition
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- Published on 15 July 2015
- Written by Zelda Rudzitsky.
While in Paris the Helene Bailly Gallery is hosting an art show by designer Maurizio Galante and Viktor & Rolf are dressing models in canvasses, here in Saigon, we have the city’s very first show that merges art and fashion in the form of photographs and sketches.
[Video] A Flight Over The Majestic Mountains And Rice Paddies Of Ninh Binh
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- Published on 15 July 2015
- Written by Saigoneer.
Last June, filmmaker Phan Vu grabbed his flycam and took off to Ninh Binh, the pearl of the Red River Delta.
[Photos] The Japanese Prostitutes of Colonial Vietnam
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- Published on 15 July 2015
- Written by Saigoneer.
Over at her Saigon - Cho Lon blog, Chen Bichun recently explored one of the many rarely discussed layers of history – the thousands of Japanese women who were forced into prostitution across Asia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
