It has a few names: “The City of Eternal Spring” or “Le Petit Paris” are among them. The city reifies the second with a scaled-down version of the ...
Saigon’s lengthy commutes and the inevitable downtime in a taxi provide a handsome nugget of free time. What to do with it? You could pick up that knitting ...
Just by the law of averages, if you’re reading this and living in Vietnam, you are likely one of the country’s millions of motorbike owners. GIF source: giphy.com ...
When US-headquartered music streaming giant Spotify entered Vietnam in March and brought its 35 million songs to the Vietnamese market, the move took place after a series of serious ...
Comic Jwyanza Hobson* walked on the stage at downtown District 1’s Heart of Darkness Brewery as he’s done many times before. Only this time, instead of doing his ...
On a muggy afternoon, Vladimir Egoshin—a Russian national living in Indonesia who just arrived in Vietnam that morning—passively eyed the wares that were facing him at Ben Thanh ...
From May until about November, our part of the world’s monsoon season, the almost daily afternoon rains are a regular event you can almost set your clock to. ...
You know better than to drink water from the tap, of course. But is filtered water enough to protect you from the dubious water quality of Saigon? Ask ...
Saigon’s skyline is defined by a few standout tall towers concentrated in District 1. Peering over Ho Tung Mau street is the city’s third tallest tower, the 40-storey ...
Tet is long over and with it went the endless entertaining. But the urge to throw a great party will inevitably arise again, be that for your coworkers ...
When Vietnamese doctor Duong Quang Trung traveled to France to be trained in advanced medicine in the 1990s—one of the first of what would become thousands of French-trained ...
It’s a “flop”, Tuoi Tre called it in a headline, or a “failure” according to another headline in VNExpress. In 2016, it was described as “unrealistic” by Minister ...
In 2016 when Tran Anh Tuan, deputy director for the Ministry of Education and Training, addressed the dearth of foreign students studying in Vietnamese schools, he candidly stated ...
Australia International School’s demanding International Baccalaureate curriculum, while providing an excellent foundation for university study, also has a lasting impact on the students’ postgraduate career trajectory. Put simply, ...
On a recent weekend morning, Jason Brown, vice president of business development for Behring Companies, stood on a stage and addressed a crowd who’d gathered to learn more ...
Trời ơi, International Women’s Day is Thursday. How are you celebrating? Let's dispense with the tried and trues, shall we? It's 2018, and chocolates and flowers are getting ...
Are there too many English schools in Saigon? For those who’ve studied learner preferences, the research seems to point to market saturation. “I would say that we have ...
Julie Huynh, marketing and operations manager at Ho Chi Minh City-based bespoke tailor Rita Phil, has had a few experiences that remind her she’s not in Los Angeles ...
For Vietnam to bring vendors on social media in to tax compliance, it would need a robust, tech-savvy network of enforcers and cooperation from the technology platforms that ...
Picture this: you and your significant other are at the Level 23 Signature Restaurant on Valentine’s Day night. Over King Crab leg, an easy conversation settles in amid ...
