Who hasn't skilled moods that shift quick as clouds dashing throughout Saigon's skyline?
Our newest postcard depicts both the literal and metaphorical meanings of a well-known Vietnamese saying. Test it out under (click on image to flip for textual content):
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Humans adapted to fields, birds to branches... and yet, in Saigon...
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When dark clouds rumble in a frequency akin to that of an empty stomach, the city transforms into a bowl of soup.
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As the rich get richer...
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Before bombs and boobie traps, guerilla offenses and ambushes, Vietnam had another means of driving invaders out.
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Navigating traffic with absurdly overburdened motorbikes comes as second nature to Saigoneers.
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While the rainy season's flooded streets, soaked satchels and delayed appointments can make one curse its arrival, sometimes when the torrent hits the neon storefronts just so, it becomes a source of ...
Vietnam has plenty of resorts but few offer guests the opportunity to foster deep connections with nature and themselves. Amanoi, perched atop the verdant, rolling hills of Vĩnh Hy, is one such proper...
Students unable or unwilling to follow classroom instructions and lessons; children verbally or physically abusing teachers, classmates, and family members; young people experiencing depression and ev...
Extravagant lion dancers tumbled and leaped before cascading sparks; graceful fan dancers strutted across the stage; and a techno-backed bartender twirled cocktail shakers in front of an enraptured cr...
Many Saigon restaurants come and go though some endure and evolve. Au Lac Do Brazil has been long known to Saigoneers as the first Brazilian-style Churrasqueira barbecue restaurant in Vietnam with a v...
On September 10, 2024, Phuong Chau International Hospital held a press conference to launch Saigon Phuong Chau Infertility Department (IVF), a second unit operated and managed by IVF Phuong Chau at Ph...
To flex their importance, the privileged flaunt what’s prohibited. When America banned the sale and consumption of alcohol in the 1920s, those rich and powerful enough to be beyond the law indulged in...
