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Culture
Boon or bane: spiritual service delivered to your nearest digital device.
Travel
Vietnam’s unhealthy obsession with cable cars needs to stop.
Roundups
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . ▪ HCMC wants to boost cooperation with Japan in hi-tech farming [SGGP] ▪ More Vietnamese startups jump into ride-hailing app market [VietnamNet]
Saigon
According to a draft plan by the municipal construction department, Saigon will allocate 10,000 social housing apartments to residents who will be relocated under planned urban development efforts from now until 2020.
Arts & Culture
Nguyen is the first female artist to win the art prize since its establishment.
Vietnam
To build the US$420 million station in Tay Ninh Province, Thai conglomerate B.Grimm is partnering with Vietnamese construction company Xuan Cau.
Roundups
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . ▪ Romanian man jailed 18 months for trafficking Vietnamese teen into the UK [VnExpress] ▪ Stench from landfill haunts residential areas in southern Ho Chi Minh City [Tuoi Tre]
Sports
For a country that’s half-surrounded by the ocean, it’s unfortunate that a large percentage of Vietnamese children still don’t know how to swim.
Tech
Sophia, an AI-equipped social humanoid robot from Hong Kong’s Hanson Robotics Ltd that has been a Saudi Arabian citizen since October 2017, will speak alongside scholars and authorities at an international forum on Industry 4.0 in Hanoi later this month.
![[Illustrations] Local Artist Transforms Classic Vietnamese Instruments Into Postage Stamps](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/2018/07/stamps/879b7857573869.59db8a8cc18c5h.jpg)
Arts & Culture
A new art project depicts a đàn tỳ bà and a đàn nguyệt — two of Vietnam’s most iconic instruments — on fictional stamps.
Vietnam
The global average for smartphone ownership is 59%.
Saigon
A second section of a tunnel for Saigon's first metro line was recently completed, flipping a new page in the development of the system.
Roundups
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . ▪ HCM City sea dyke aims to stop waterlogging [VietnamNet] ▪ Vietnam to face no FDI competition from North Korea: experts [VnExpress]
![[Photos] Wilbur's Vietnam: Life in Da Lat, Nha Trang and the Mekong Delta in the 1960s](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/2018/07/wilbur-vietnam/WilburVietnam-4b.jpg)
Vietnam
With his role as a picture editor for National Geographic , Wilbur E. Garrett had many opportunities to travel across Vietnam for photo assignments.
![[Video] Powerful, Atmospheric Short Film Explores the Lives of Hanoi’s Street Kids](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/urbanisthanoi/article-images/2018/07/News/DustSGRb.jpg)
Culture
Filmmaker Dan Sadgrove is known for making atmospheric short films about travel, culture and wildlife. In his latest, he explores the lives of street kids in Hanoi, and the support they receive from local NGO Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation .
Podcast
Another week, another episode of the Saigoneer Podcast! We're almost to our big 2-0!
Vietnam
A French firm has proposed a new cable car system to span the Red River in the nation’s capital.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . ▪ Rare gibbon rescued from HCM City house [DTI] ▪ Vietnam continues visa exemptions for Western European visitors [Source]
![[Video] A Look Into the Splendidly Detailed Art of Making Hmong Flax Fabrics](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/2018/06/HmongCraft_SGRh.jpg)
Arts & Culture
Scrunching, beating, straightening, twisting, spinning, drying, washing, softening, spinning, weaving, waxing and coloring: an incredible amount of work goes into handmaking Hmong flax fabrics.
Vietnam
A possible browser-blunder or bungled copy-paste resulted in the adult content sent to subscribers.
![[Video] This Thai Duo Make the Weirdest, Most Awkward Food Review Videos. We Love Them.](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/2018/06/AwkwardDudes_SGRh.jpg)
Food Culture
Thai advertisements are in a completely different league compared to the rest of ours.
![[Video] Hanoi Metro Line Makes Its First Test Run](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/urbanisthanoi/article-images/2018/05/ChauLong/HanoiMetro_SGRb.jpg)
Hanoi
It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for. Almost.
![[Photos] An Airy Vacation Home in Vinh Phuc](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/2018/06/shadehouse/StepHouse_SGRb.jpg)
Architecture
A combination of high-tech modeling and traditional materials enhance shade and ventilation.