A Visit to Lê Minh Xuân, a Rare Craft Village Making Incense Sticks Amid Saigon
From inside the workshop, artisans carry bundle after bundle of freshly made incense sticks into the courtyard amid the morning mist. A gentle scent of spices linger in the air.
As Thanh Đa Faces Redevelopment, Writer Dạ Ngân Reflects on What Will Be Lost
To me, my trip to Cư xá Thanh Đa in summer 1982 was a serendipitous encounter. It was Saigon’s largest-scale residential complex in the first half of the 1970s, with nearly 4,000 separate units housing about 50,000 inhabitants. Cư xá refers to a residential quarter reserved for gainfully employed citizens, with a vision to establish a model community with a high quality of life. Here, in their three-bedroom apartments, civil servants, professors, doctors, and military leaders ranked major or higher lived in pride of being a part of a cư xá like that.
Uyên Đỗ in Saigon
How Saigon's Free Water Coolers Quench Thirst and Spread Kindness
In recent years, stories about climate change's impacts on the lives of Vietnamese people have been increasingly making the news.
Inside the Covid Memorial Park at 1 Lý Thái Tổ, Saigon's Brand-New Green Space
As part of Saigon’s latest initiative to increase green space coverage in the city, a number of abandoned land plots were converted into public parks, including a Covid Memorial Park that’s become a beloved destination for Saigoneers seeking a space to jog, reflect, or just simply touch grass.
Uyên Đỗ in Saigon
All Aboard Bus 146, Home of Plushies, Rubber Chickens and a Side of Humanity
“Cute” doesn’t seem like a fitting descriptor for any mode of public transport, but a bus in Saigon is driving straight into the heart of Saigoneers for being the quintessence of “smotheringly adorable.”
Saigon Set to Make Bus Service Free for All to Cut Congestion, Air Pollution
Saigoneers without private vehicles might be happy to hear that the city is planning to make the municipal bus system free to ride in the near future.
Bạc Liêu-94, Cà Mau-69: In Saigon, a Surprising Reminder of Home Lives on License Plates
Once in a while, I bump into a little sliver of my hometown on a random license plate on the street.
Pristine Blue Sky and Memorial Park: Ruminating on What the Covid-19 Pandemic Left Us
Recently, I visited Saigon’s newly inaugurated COVID-19 memorial park . Located at 1 Lý Thái Tổ, Vườn Lài Ward, the park o...
Hanoi Truck Driver Saves Toddler Falling From 12th Floor of Apartment Building
The incredible story serves to remind us that the bravest superheroes are the ones that we encounter in everyday life.
Weekend Stories: $5,000 per capita GDP by 2025, Girl Survives 12 Story Fall and 100 Bridges for Hai Phong
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Saigon Reopens Schools, Cinemas, Tourist Sites, but Not Bars or Gyms
Are you looking forward to hitting cinemas again?
Morning Stories: Tiny Houses Axed, VN to Lead SE Asia in Growth and Stock Market Overload
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Schools to Reopen Monday as Saigon Hits 14 Days Without New Covid-19 Cases
On March 1, Saigon students can once again return to school.
Morning Stories: HCMC Lockdowns Lifted, Bus Explosion and VinBrain
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Morning Stories: Metro Line No. 5, Hanoi Schools to Reopen and Trade Surplus
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Morning Stories: Electric Busses for Hanoi, Public Beach and Steady Growth Prospects
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Saigon to Retest All Foreign Experts Arriving This Year for Covid-19
Officials have not announced any cut-off date of arrival for those to be tested.
Brian Letwin in Roundups
Weekend Stories: Property Market Recovering, Street Art Festival and Renewable Energy
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Morning Stories: Personal Data Fines, Tax Delays and Bridge Blocked for Photoshooting
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Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien Metro Line Completion Delayed to 2022
Who could've seen this coming?
Morning Stories: Automated Covid Tests, Grandmaster Chess Tournament and Illegal Border Crossings
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Uniqlo Parent Company Becomes World's Most Valuable Fashion Retailer
Although still lagging behind Zara's parent company, Inditex, in revenue and profits, Fast Retailing, the parent company of Uniqlo, hit a higher market capitalization this week.
Morning Stories: Broken Internet Cable, Personal Data Protection Decree and First Vaccine Doses
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Morning Stories: HCMC Closes 'Non-Essential' Businesses, Da Lat Traffic Lights and Carbon Credits
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No Tân Sơn Nhất Lockdown Despite 24 New Covid Cases Today
The new suspected cases are linked to Tân Sơn Nhất baggage handlers.
Weekend Stories: Fireworks Canceled, Massive Solar Project and 1bn New Trees
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Morning Stories: Thu Duc City Online, Long Thanh Compensation and HCMC Covid Testing
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Tourism Ministry to Pursue World Heritage Status for Cat Ba
It would be Vietnam's ninth UNESCO World Heritage Site.
