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.
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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.
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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...
HCMC's Đồng Khởi Among World's Top 20 Most Expensive Retail Streets, Report Says
Saigon’s very own Đồng Khởi has once again made the list of world’s commercial streets with the highest annual rents.
Saigon Proposes Forming Special Police Force to Protect Children Against Abuse
The proposal is one of the conclusions drawn by the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee in their latest report on child protection legal policies.
Morning Stories Roundup: Hanoi Joins UNESCO's Network of Creative Cities
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Morning Stories Roundup: Storm Matmo Causes Widespread Blackout in Central Region
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Is Tourism in Vietnam Reaching a Tipping Point?
Tourism is surging in Hanoi and Vietnam as a whole, but is it too much of a good thing?
Morning Stories Roundup: F&B to Drive Retail Property Market in HCMC
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Morning Stories Roundup: Storm Matmo Weakens into Tropical Depression, More Heavy Rains Forecast
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Storm Matmo, This Year's 5th, Will Hit Southern, Central Vietnam This Evening
In the next 24 hours, provinces in central Vietnam should expect very heavy rain and subsequent flooding as newly formed tropical storm makes landfall.
Morning Stories Roundup: Visitors Flock to Long Bien Bridge After Popular Railway Area Closes
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Morning Stories Roundup: Vietnam Greenlights $1.5bn Gas-Fired Power Plants
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Hanoi's New Horse Racetrack Set to Open in 2020
Hanoi’s new horse racing complex in Soc Son is set to begin operating in October 2020.
Hanoi's First Metro Line Begins 20-Day Trial Run
The Cat Linh-Ha Dong metro line has commenced a 20-day commercial trial run despite renewed reports earlier this week of the line being delayed for the ninth time.
Vietnam National University Included in U.S. News Global University Rankings
Two universities in Vietnam recently made the ranking of the world’s top tertiary institutions, though the selections are not surprising.
Morning Stories Roundup: HCMC Needs Over $3.57bn for Transport Infrastructure
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Morning Stories Roundup: Foreign Arrivals to Hanoi Surge 10.8%
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Plan to Permanently Pedestrianize 9 Streets Around Hoan Kiem Lake Grows Clearer
A number of Hanoi’s hugely popular walking streets may soon become permanently pedestrianized.
Weekend Stories Roundup: Da River Plant Apologises for Hanoi Water Crisis
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Weekend Stories Roundup: Saigon High Tide, AFF Futsal and Vietnamese in Japan
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Hanoi's Cat Linh-Ha Dong Metro Line Delayed Again
According to reports, this is the ninth time the line has been delayed.
From January 2020, New Alcohol Law Will Make Coercing Others to Drink Illegal
Be gone, peer-pressured drinking.
Morning Stories Roundup: Famous Hanoi Pho a Huge Hit with Tokyo Diners
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