Exploring Saigon and Beyond - Saigoneer

Let the paperwork begin! The Ministry of Transportation is seeking feedback on a proposal for a VND484.7 trillion (US$3.42 billion) railway line that would span nearly 42 kilometers  to link ...

https://saigoneer.com/saigon-development/27319-new-proposal-plans-metro-line-linking-long-th%C3%A0nh-airport,-th%E1%BB%A7-thi%C3%AAm

Literature, more than any other art form, allows people an intimate vantage point from which to witness the experiences, emotions, and thoughts of individuals drastically different from themselve...

https://saigoneer.com/vietnam-literature/27315-5-books-by-vietnamese-authors-centered-on-strong-female-protagonists

“When you’ve lived to a certain age, you don’t ask whether or not something is true, you ask which truth it is.” This sentence comes towards the end of Water: A Chronicle, the recently ...

https://saigoneer.com/lo%E1%BA%A1t-so%E1%BA%A1t-bookshelf/27308-in-water-a-chronicle,-nguy%E1%BB%85n-ng%E1%BB%8Dc-t%C6%B0-wades-into-the-mekong-via-vignettes

Located 130 kilometers from Saigon, this humble housing project in Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu is a prime example of living enough rather than living large. Even though the family owns a lot spanning a ...

https://saigoneer.com/vietnam-architecture/27311-modular-shading,-sliding-doors-blur-the-line-between-interior,-exterior-at-b%C3%A0-r%E1%BB%8Ba-house

Taking place in Đà Nẵng and Hội An earlier in August 2024, the traveling art week Nổ Cái Bùm 2024 became a platform for local artists to showcase artworks, and attracted the attention o...

https://saigoneer.com/saigon-music-art/27309-in-action-together-during-traveling-art-week-n%E1%BB%95-c%C3%A1i-b%C3%B9m-2024

“If you know, you know.” This is the best response to the question posed on internet message boards as to why the baggage claim after flights originating from Vietnam fill with so many box...

https://saigoneer.com/vietnam-news/27289-how-to-spot-a-traveling-vietnamese-at-the-airport-boxes-with-sharpied-names

Realizing the word that one is using refers to an entirely different object in another region is a situation many can relate to. The last time this happened to me, it almost cost me a bowl of Han...

https://saigoneer.com/saigon-food-culture/17793-ch%C3%A8,-b%C3%A1nh,-ch%E1%BA%A3,-nem-the-curious-lives-of-vietnam%E2%80%99s-regional-food-names

Strolling along Vietnam’s beaches when the tides are low, one might encounter a number of whimsical patterns created by countless sand pellets. These are the works of a tiny species of crustace...

https://saigoneer.com/natural-selection/27306-is-d%C3%A3-tr%C3%A0ng-vietnam-s-cutest-sand-artist-or-a-folk-symbol-of-fruitless-pursuits

Take a stroll along any random street in downtown Saigon , one is bound to bump into a hodgepodge of architectural styles. Sleek but boring international-style skyscrapers, tranquil Buddhist pago...

https://saigoneer.com/vietnam-architecture/27305-5-iconic-buildings-in-saigon-that-showcase-vietnamese-modernist-architecture

Third place (noun): A space outside of one's home and workplace, where people meet and interact socially. Where do we go to find a place that feels like home, but isn’t? Not home, not the o...

https://saigoneer.com/saigon-news/27297-into-saigon-s-charming-hidden-third-spaces-in-the-shade-of-bridges

Originally from Cambodia, made popular by Chinese vendors and enjoyed by local diners, hủ tiếu Nam Vang captures the essence of Vietnamese history in one hearty bowl of noodles. Madame V�...

https://saigoneer.com/saigon-food-culture/7526-from-kuy-teav-to-hu-tieu-a-street-food-history