Exploring Saigon and Beyond - Saigoneer
Sấu, Mơ, and Lotus Tea: The Delight of Freezedom Hanoi's Creative Gelato Flavors. Apart from a rather ambitious list of Hanoi-specific dishes to sample, my itinerary for the capital includes three personal wishes: ride the Hanoi Metro, visit Sonder Coffee Bar, …
Exploring Saigon and Beyond - Saigoneer
Requiem for a Bàng Tree That Was Cut Down in Front of My Home. Curiosity drove me downstairs into the downpour. Out of the corner of my eye, I spotted the municipal workers — clad in orange-and-green uniforms, their clothes soaked — gathering around a crane.
Life in Saigon's Old Tenements, the Remaining Verical Villages of …
1 day ago · Trigger. Is “out with the old, in with the new” the new motto when it comes to Saigon's real estate scene? Saigon used to be full of old apartment buildings; some were built in the 1950s or 1960s while others could be dated back to French colonial times.
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Saigon’s guide to restaurants, street food, news, bars, culture, events, history, activities, things to do, music & nightlife.
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A Brief History of Cung Văn Hóa Lao Động and Saigon's First Swimming Pool. Once a fashionable rendezvous for the elite of colonial society, the Labour Culture Palace (Cung Văn hoá Lao động) at 55B Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai is today one of Hồ Chí Minh City’s most popular spor...
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Saigon’s guide to restaurants, street food, news, bars, culture, events, history, activities, things to do, music & nightlife.
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A Merry Memory of a Mid-2000s Middle-Class Christmas in Saigon. As my palm felt the glossy wrapping paper for my Secret Santa gift, I was transported to my early childhood Christmases — filled with warmth, wonder, and the bubbling discomfort of class insecurities....
Saigon - Saigoneer
Saigon Extends Notre-Dame Cathedral Renovation by 4 Years to 2027. Originally scheduled for completion in 2020 and then delayed once to 2023, repairs to the Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica of Saigon's roof, windows, flooring, exterior and core wooden structure are...
Saigon - Saigoneer
A Brief History of Cung Văn Hóa Lao Động and Saigon's First Swimming Pool. Once a fashionable rendezvous for the elite of colonial society, the Labour Culture Palace (Cung Văn hoá Lao động) at 55B Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai is today one of Hồ Chí Minh City’s most popular spor...
The Saigonese - Saigoneer
When it comes to the city’s moniker, the people here prefer ‘Saigon’ to ‘Ho Chi Minh City’ since ‘Saigon’ evokes greater emotion and connection to the city’s history. As an introduction, may I take the liberty of quoting researcher and Professor Nguyen Dinh Dau’s statement that if there were no Saigon, the innovative and integrated Vietnam we know today wouldn’t exist. ...