Morning Stories Roundup: HCMC Seminar Discusses Service Infrastructure Planning
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Morning Stories Roundup: Vietnamese Films Set New Revenue Records
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Morning News Roundup: Vietnam Spends $2.1bn Importing 94,000 Cars in 2017
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Weekend News Roundup: McDonald's to Open First Restaurant in Hanoi
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook. ▪ McDonald's Vietnam to open first restaurant in Hanoi [DTI] ▪ Vietnam to join...
Morning News Roundup: Japan Holds First National Vietnamese Language Exam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook. Japan holds first national Vietnamese language exam [VnExpress] Tax proposal offer...
Morning News Roundup: Vietnam’s Rice Price Out of Sync With Rest of World
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook. Vietnam’s rice price out of sync with rest of world [VietnamNet] Frequent inspecti...
D1 to Organize Street Vendor Areas Amid Sidewalk Clearing Effort
Saigon officials are planning to organize designated street food areas for vendors impacted by the city's ongoing sidewalk-clearing campaign.
The Legacy of Hui Bon Hoa
It’s fairly common knowledge that the city’s Fine Arts Museum was once home to old Saigon’s wealthiest family, however few people know that much of the sprawling Hui Bon Hoa complex was not actually b...
Saigon's Old Villas Fall to Demolition Epidemic
Due to the delay in creating a classification system for old mansions in Saigon, the city’s many old buildings are being knocked down at an alarming rate.
30% of Coffee in Vietnam Has No Caffeine: Survey
If you've been seeking out cà phê sữa đá from street carts for a super-caffeinated start to your workday, you might want to look elsewhere, as there’s a chance you've been drinking coffee-flavore...
The Saga of the Bánh Mì
While Hanoi gets all the credit for phở, touting itself as the birthplace of Vietnam's national dish, Saigon holds the distinct honor of inventing the modern-day bánh mì.
Weekend News Roundup: Vietnam Didn't Accept American Choppers and Snipers During Obama’s Trip
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook. Katy Perry teams up with UNICEF in trip to Vietnam [Thanh Nien] Speedier investiga...
Morning News Roundup: Who Wins When the US Sells Deadly Weapons to Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook. $50,000 to save elephants in Dak Lak [VOV] Coast preferred by 70% of foreign visi...
Weekend News Roundup: 70,000 Teachers in Vietnam to Be Jobless by 2020
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook. U.S. President Obama to visit century-old pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City [Tuoi Tre] Th...
Morning News Roundup: Repairs to HCMC Walking Street Start
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook. HCMC sets to clear pollution hotspot [SGGP] Vietnam rejects UNHCR’s unverified inf...
Morning News Roundup: Vietnam’s Vingroup Wins Triple Asia Pacific Property Awards
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Morning News Roundup: First Bus Ads for HCMC
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Morning News Roundup: Vietnam to Stop Licensing New Coal-Fired Power Plants
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. Vietnamese central bank to soon clarify regulations for property loans [DTI] Congress ...
Weekend News Roundup: Obama to Push to Clear Leftover Vietnam-Era Bombs
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. Illegal piers pose problem in Delta [Vietnam News] Vietnam Will Use New Polio Vaccine ...
Morning News Roundup: Saigon Man Allows Residents to Rip Money From Suit
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. HCM City urged to recruit non-natives for gov't posts [Vietnam News] Rotten dog, cat m...
Weekend News Roundup: Vietnam Begins Planting Genetically Modified Corn
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. Vietnam defines Asean priorities for 2016 [The Nation] Vietnam welcomes record high FD...
Morning News Roundup: Vietnam Reveals New Drone for Patrolling the South China Sea
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Morning News Roundup: Vietnam GDP Hits 8-Year High
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. Four Vietnamese chosen as globally influential scientific minds [DTI News] Vietnam bac...
Morning News Roundup: Official Probed for Posing With Endangered Animals in Facebook Pics
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. City chairman: Economy back to stable growth [Saigon Times] HCM City to spend VND 50 b...
Morning News Roundup: Police Probe Poisoning Deaths of 13 Dogs at Saigon Pet Café
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. Rising demand for Uber cars, cheap loans boost car sales in Vietnam [Tuoi Tre] VietJet...
Morning News Roundup: YouTube’s Growth in Vietnam Reaches 120%
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Weekend News Roundup: Italian President to Visit Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. South’s weather the most extreme in last 40 years: scientists [Vietnam Net] Vietnamese...
Morning News Roundup: Six Teens Nicked for Stabbing, Robbing Foreigners in HCMC
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. Vietnam ranked in top ten countries in Cyber Maturity 2015 [Hanoi Times] Icelandic Pre...
Morning News Roundup: Vietnam Province Reports H5N6 Bird Flu Outbreak
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. HCM City circus wins international award [Hanoi Times] Vietnam agreement supports nucl...
Morning News Roundup: Coca-Cola Vietnam Finally Pays Tax After Claiming Losses For 20 Years
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Vietnam To Phase Out Its Print Media
In case you haven't heard the news, print is dying.
Morning News Roundup: HCMC Wants Longer Visa Exemption For European Tourists
Hanoi aims to offer top welfare services by 2020 [Vietnam Plus] HCM City monorail line No 2 gets new costly project quotation [SGGP] Huge FDI projects withdraw from Vietnam and the consequences [Vie...
Morning News Roundup: Nha Trang Beach To Be 'Privatized' Despite Public Outcry
The tourism crisis: No relief for Vietnam as visitor drop continues [Thanh Nien] 2 men arrested for attacking traffic cops after drinking [Thanh Nien] Nha Trang beach to be 'privatized' despite publ...
Morning News Roundup: Dell To Further Invest In Vietnam
Dell to further invest in Vietnam [Voice of Vietnam] Vietnam lawmakers demand more control of social media [Tuoi Tre] Vietnam Is Having Condom Problems — And That's A Good Thing [NPR]...
Morning News Roundup: Chinese, Wife Imprisoned In HCMC For Selling Sex Toys, Fake Viagra
Vietnam has chances to supply vaccines for UN agencies with WHO quality certificate [Tuoi Tre] Vietnam’s major blood bank running dry [Thanh Nien] Chinese, wife imprisoned in Vietnam for selling sex...
Morning News Roundup: Facebook Now Has 30 Million Monthly Active Users In Vietnam
Hoi An man develops free guidebook app for tourists [Thanh Nien] Vietnam launches 700-ton boat for offshore patrol, rescue [Thanh Nien] Vietnam’s efforts to promote rights for children&nbs...
Morning News Roundup: Tap Water In Hanoi Filtered With 100-Year-Old Technology
Tap water in Hanoi filtered with 100-year-old technology [Vietnam Net] Deputy PM says corruption fight continues [Vietnam News] German hailed as ‘hero’ for warning motorcyclists about slippery ...
Major Changes Announced For Vietnamese Phone Numbers
On March 1, Vietnam will change up the area codes of 59 provinces and restrict mobile phone numbers to 10 digits.
Saigon’s Tax Center to Close Today, 5 Days Earlier Than Planned
You have about 2 hours to say your last goodbyes to the interior of Saigon’s historic Tax Center.
