Plan to Put Canopy Over Treeless Lê Lợi Pavement Sparks Debate
Late last week, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Planning and Architecture unveiled a proposal to install canopies across Lê Lợi Boulevard’s pavement.
In the Mekong Delta, Ferries Are Childhood Friends and Daily Companions
The Mekong Delta is called Đồng bằng Sông Cửu Long in Vietnamese — the Nine Dragons River, for the way the mighty Mekong splits into multiple strands as it nears its final destination, the East Sea.
Paul Christiansen in Saigon
Vignette: For Cafe 81 and the '404 Not Found' Places of Our Lives
We all have them.
Paul Christiansen in Saigon
Vignette: The Nhiêu Lộc-Thị Nghè Canal's Comeback Story
Water has no hometown.
Ở đó ở đây Sài Gòn — A Love-Hate Letter to the Maze of Paradoxes
Editor's note: Adrien Jean is a Saigon-based photographer and a frequent contributor to Saigoneer's Darkroom series. His photos often depict the precise moments in time when the visual elements of our daily life line up just right to evoke a special feeling. In this special photo collection, which contains all of Jean's favorite shots of Saigon, he penned a loving ode, titled 'Love/Hate Letter to Saigon.'
Inside the Sawdust Heaven in D8 Where Old Furniture Goes to Get Reincarnated
My lungs began to heave with raspy coughs as I ventured deeper into the alley of 124 Phạm Thế Hiển.
A Visual Homage to the Water Buffalo's Practical and Symbolic Importance in Vietnam
The second animal sign in the 12-year cycle of the Vietnamese zodiac, trâu, has symbolic and practical importance in Vietnam.
In 2022, Vietnam's Domestic Tourism Flourished, but International Arrivals Lagged Behind
The most recent Tết holiday witnessed an outstanding performance by Vietnam’s domestic tourism sector, while international tourism had a year of underwhelming figures.
Socialite Sibling of Vietnam's Case 17 Launches Luxury Hand Sanitizer Brand
Nga Nguyen, a 27-year-old London-based socialite who gained fame when she and her sister were at the epicenter of a COVID-19 outbreak in Vietnam last February, has launched a line of self-care it...
Morning Stories: Undersea Internet Cables Broken, Cancer Fatality Rates and $32m National Innovation Center
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Tan Son Nhat, Noi Bai Finish Repairing Runways Ahead of Tet Travel Season
Yay!
Weekend Stories: Inbound Flights Further Limited, Viettel Rebranding and Phu Quoc Gets City Status
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The Average Vietnamese Got 3cm Taller Over the Past Decade, Study Shows
Our mothers would be overjoyed to hear this.
Morning Stories: Covid-19 Job Losses, Hanoi Pollution and Japan Film Week in Saigon
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Vietnam Halts Flights From UK, South Africa Over New Covid-19 Variant
It's not yet clear which countries are included as the epidemic situation in foreign countries are still developing.
Morning Stories: More Public Spaces Along Saigon River, FIFA Women’s World Cup and Poor Retail Sales
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Morning Stories: Sa Pa Airport, New Foreign Workers Rules and Tourists Rescued
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Morning Stories: HCMC Targets 33m Tourists, Reef Destruction and More Illegal Entries
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Weekend Stories: English Teacher Shortage, Mining Threatens Rare Langurs and Work Starts on Long Thanh Airport
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Morning Stories: Saigon's First Yacht Show, An Phu Dong Bridge Opens and Saigon-Bangkok Flights
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Morning Stories: Another Pedestrian Street, Hotel Shutdowns and VNA has New General Director
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Morning Stories: VN Stock Exchange Established, Hanoi's Tunnel Boring Machine and VNA to Issue $346m in Shares
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Two New Covid-19 Cases Found Among Illegal Entrants
One case is in the Mekong Delta and the other is in Saigon, and both individuals have been quarantined.
Vietnam's 2020 Economic Growth Lowest in 10 Years
But it still performed exceptionally well in the global context.
Morning Stories: Supply Chain Cyber Attack, More F1, F2 Identified and Thu Duc City Announcement
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District 5 Building Locked Down Following Confirmed Covid-19 Case
Hold on to your butts.
Weekend Stories: Contemporary Art Museum Debuts, Vietravel Airlines Flights and Metro Drama
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Morning Stories: Ba Son Metro Station Almost Complete, 32m Tourists for HCMC in 2021 and Drop in Traffic Accidents
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