Details: Published on 30 January 2015; Written by Saigoneer.

Whether it be Google translate fails, cultural misinterpretations or outright ridiculousness, these signs, sourced from Another Side of Vietnam, had us shaking our heads, laughing hysterically, and sometimes wondering, “WTF?”

[Video] Take A Motorbike Trip Through The Streets Of 1991 Saigon

Details: Published on 30 January 2015; Written by Saigoneer.

What better way to see how Saigon has changed over the past 25 years than on the back of a motorbike?

Most Machinery Used In Vietnamese Businesses Dates Back To The 1960s-70s

Details: Published on 30 January 2015; Written by Saigoneer.

Although Vietnam has been attracting plenty of high-tech industry recently, with companies like Samsung and Intel building large factories in the country, most local enterprises are small firms that survive on minuscule margins and employ equipment made before Reunification.

Morning News Roundup: EVN Could Go Bankrupt If It Cannot Raise Electricity Prices, Ministry Says

Details: Published on 30 January 2015; Written by Saigoneer.

EVN could go bankrupt if it cannot raise electricity prices, ministry says [Vietnam Net]

VNPT, MobiFone prepare for overseas investments [Vietnam Net]

Russian-made submarine arrives at Cam Ranh port [Vietnam Plus]

Ministry Of Justice Seeks To Punish Adulterers With Fines

Details: Published on 29 January 2015; Written by Saigoneer.

A revised decree from the Ministry of Justice contains a proposal to fine members of a married couple that are found to be committing adultery.

New Restaurant Brings Hanoi’s Street Life And Trees Indoors

Details: Published on 29 January 2015; Written by Saigoneer.

Hanoi’s Cheering Beer Club/Restaurant, designed by H&P Architects, aims to blur the boundary between inside and out by creating a dialogue between contemporary architecture and the surrounding environment. The result is a venue full of beautiful woodwork, centered around an old tree.

China Just 3D-Printed an Entire Mansion

Details: Published on 29 January 2015; Written by Saigoneer.

Luxury LegoLand just got real. Chinese construction company, Winsun, revealed their largest 3D printed houses produced to date earlier this month in the eastern city of Suzhou, reports TechinAsia.

Morning News Roundup: Bach Dang Wharf To Close In April

Details: Published on 29 January 2015; Written by Saigoneer.

Ho Chi Minh City struggles to clear land for its first subway, again [Thanh Nien]

Vietnam sees positive change towards gay people: survey [Thanh Nien]

Ho Chi Minh City picks fight with SMS spammers [Tuoi Tre]

Rooftop Aquaponic Systems Bring Sustainable Urban Farming To Saigon

Details: Published on 28 January 2015; Written by Saigoneer.

District 12 farmer, Nguyễn Ngọc Khuyến, has adopted a brilliant system to make urban farming more accessible to those with limited spaces.

HCMC Pledges To Speed Up Construction Of Metro Lines

Details: Published on 28 January 2015; Written by Saigoneer.

At a news conference on Monday, the Ho Chi Minh City Urban Railway Management Board said that it was speeding up construction on metro routes 1, 2 and 5.

Crew Feared Dead After Military Helicopter Crashes In HCMC

Details: Published on 28 January 2015; Written by Saigoneer.

[Update Below] A military helicopter crashed in HCMC’s Bình Chánh District this morning after departing from Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport and its four crew members are feared dead.

Prime Minister Approves Plan For Phu Quoc Casino

Details: Published on 28 January 2015; Written by Saigoneer.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved plans for an entertainment complex along with a casino to be built in the southern island of Phú Quốc.

[Video] New Reality Show Puts Fashion Bloggers To Work In A Cambodian Sweatshop

Details: Published on 28 January 2015; Written by Saigoneer.

A new Norwegian reality show set to air this April strays from the typical nature of the genre, transplanting three 17-year-old bloggers into Cambodian sweatshops for one month.

Morning News Roundup: HCMC To Spend Big To Beautify Road To Tan Son Nhat

Details: Published on 28 January 2015; Written by Saigoneer.

Female trafficking a growing problem in Nghe An Province [DTI News]

VNU-HCMC hopes to offer world-class courses in next decade [Vietnam Plus]

Vietnam’s exports look to shine for 2015 [VoV]

[Photos] Saigon Then & Now: Part 3

Details: Published on 27 January 2015; Written by Saigoneer. Photos by Triet Thai.

We’re back with another set of our “Then and Now” photos which contrast old images of Saigon with their present day counterparts. For a much larger collection, head over to the Saïgon-Chợ Lớn Then & Now Facebook group, a collaboration between Saigoneer and Historic Vietnam.

New Mega Development in the Works for Hanoi’s West Lake

Details: Published on 27 January 2015; Written by Saigoneer.

Hanoi is gearing up for a new mega development that will house 24,300 people and stretch across three districts.

Vietnamese Airlines May Soon Offer Direct Flights to the US

Details: Published on 27 January 2015; Written by Saigoneer.

For Vietnamese and expats who frequently travel between Vietnam and the U.S., you may not have to endure long stop overs much longer.

[Video] "The Road Story Vietnam"

Details: Published on 27 January 2015; Written by Saigoneer.

There’s no shortage of videos made by backpackers trekking through Vietnam which tap directly into our wanderlust. But few videos feature the high-level of production value found in "The Road Story Vietnam."