Xuân Phương in Hanoi
In Suburban Hanoi, With Summer Comes the Red-Purple Cascade of Mulberries
In suburban Hanoi, this is the season when mulberry branches heavy with bright red fruits dangle in the summer wind.
After Saigon Police Bust Major Pet Theft Ring, the City Rallies to Help Care for 400 Cats
After an extended investigation, the Hồ Chí Minh City Police Department has busted a major cat theft and distribution ring that operated across multiple southern provinces.
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.
[Photos] Sapa Farmers Lose Crops After Deep Freeze
While tourists were thrilled to experience Sapa's snowfall over the weekend, northern Vietnam's deep freeze was far less pleasant for local residents.
Tourists Sustaining Vietnam's Dog Meat Trade
Though Vietnam's dog meat trade seems to be slowly falling out of favor among the country's younger citizens, it turns out the practice is alive and well among a different demographic these days: tour...
Morning News Roundup: Vietnam Needs US$40-50bn for Traffic Development by 2020
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. Oversupply sparks fresh bubble fears [VoV] Health Ministry works to curb contaminated ...
Vietnam Has 10,000 Illegal Workers in South Korea: Official
After the missing tourist fiasco which took place earlier this month, Vietnam has been keeping a close eye on its citizens abroad.
[Photos/Video] Northern Vietnam Has Frozen Over
While you may have noticed a chill in the air on your morning commute today, northern Vietnam registered some real winter weather this weekend as snow fell in Sapa and temperatures plummeted in Hanoi....
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 ...
North Korea Invents 'Hangover-Free' Alcohol
North Korea may have what is arguably one of the most oppressive societies on Earth, what is definitely an atrocious human rights record and what is possibly a hydrogen bomb, but now the cou...
Here's How Your Tet Bonus Stacks up Against Everyone Else's
With the Lunar New Year right around the corner, everyone is eyeing those bright red lì xì envelopes in hopes of a nice year-end holiday bonus.
Vietnam Registers Disapproval After Chinese Oil Rig Returns to Disputed Waters
No matter how the rest of the international community tries to reason with China, it seems Vietnam's northern neighbor will do as it pleases. First, it was an oil rig in the East Sea, then some island...
Vietnam Will Sign TPP on February 4
Ahead of Tet, Vietnam and the 11 other nations involved will officially sign the landmark Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) next month in New Zealand.
Morning News Roundup: Temperature in HCMC to Drop to 17-18 Degrees Celsius
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. Hanoi to finish underground power cable network in 2016 [DTI News] Hoi An to host Viet...
Vietnam to Increase Speed Limits on Urban Roads
Starting in March, Saigon will increase the speed limit on its urban roads by 10 kilometers per hour (kph).
Morning News Roundup: HCMC to Spend $13m Fixing Century-Old Sewers
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. Ho Chi Minh City to spend $13 million fixing century-old sewers: report [Thanh Nien] ...
Hanoi's Beloved Hoan Kiem Turtle Has Died
Hanoi's beloved Hoan Kiem turtle was found dead yesterday afternoon, much to the sorrow of the capital's residents.
Saigon Will Use Electronic Sensors to Score Its Driving Tests
As of July 2016, motorbike driving tests in Hanoi, Saigon and Khanh Hoa province will be scored by underground electronic sensors instead of humans.
Morning News Roundup: Money Changers up Prices for Tet Holiday
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. Vietnam's economy is an emerging market standout [Bloomberg] S.Korea publicizes names ...
Heavy Metal Singer Elected to Taiwanese Legislature
While Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan's first female president, nabbed the most international headlines after her historic victory in the country's recent elections, Freddy Lim, frontman for the Taiwanese metal ...
Vietnam Plans to Take Over Southeast Asia With Beer
Vietnamese beer may soon be taking the rest of Southeast Asia by storm.
Morning News Roundup: Hanoi, HCMC Ordered to Switch Completely to Biofuel
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. Government to issue power market rules [Hanoi Times] Vietnamese parents take babies ab...
[Photos] Binh Thanh Woman Gives Free Bread to Poor Workers
Perhaps you've seen the handful of free trà đá tanks around town for thirsty workers, or the less-popular complimentary roadside medicine cabinets to help those in need. Now adding to the range of com...
