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Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . U.S. President Obama to visit century-old pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City [Tuoi Tre] The U.S. Role in Vietnam's Governance [USNews]
![[Photos] Japan’s Last Samurai](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/GbKyVS3b.jpg)
Culture
The adoption of the Meiji Restoration in 1868 signaled the beginning of the end for Japan’s samurai’s who enjoyed centuries of prominence in the country's feudal ranks.
Tech
Two Saigon high school students made a big impression at an international science-engineering fair in the US for their all-terrain wheelchair design.
Development
Saigon is poised to deploy smart parking lots in downtown areas to meet the growing demand for space.
Tech
Google just made some major improvements on its translation tools.
Vietnam
The prestigious, US government-funded Fulbright University will open its first campus in Vietnam later this year.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . Obama's visit to Vietnam: significant progress in Vietnam-US relations [VOV] Coastal Flooding To Hit Three Nations Considered Heaviest Polluters By 2060: Christian Aid [TechTimes]
![[Photos] One Year After Earthquake, Nepal’s Monuments Still in Ruins](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/Yzo3aIQb.jpg)
Asia
Nearly one year and one month has passed since Nepal's devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake.
![[Photos] 22.House: An Homage to Vietnamese Modernist Architecture](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/zgmwJSJb.jpg)
Architecture
Situated near Nha Trang's central market, this creation from architecture firm Chon.a serves as a homage to the aesthetics of Vietnamese modernist architecture.
Saigon
When the opulent Parkson Paragon shopping center opened to much fanfare in 2011, general director of Parkson Vietnam Tham Tuck Choy welcomed the new venture with an optimistic attitude.
Eat & Drink
For decades, much of the western world has been skeptical of monosodium glutamate (MSG), better known as Ajinomoto to Vietnamese. However, as research has suggested time and again, there is actually nothing to fear when it comes to this magical, umami-filled flavor enhancer.
Vietnam
An American expat has found himself in a spot of trouble after he spent a day wading through a brackish canal in Hanoi's Cau Giay District cleaning up rubbish.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . Vietnam could become upper middle income nation [DTI] Arms embargo, human rights confront Obama in Vietnam [USA Today]
Development
Now entering its fourth year , construction of the Saigon Metro system is chugging along. With several lines in development and plenty of work still to go, Saigoneer takes a closer look at the progress of the city’s first new rail system in nearly a century.
Vietnam
A 20-year-old Vietnamese man is banned from flying for the next six months after telling Hanoi airport officials he intended to bomb Bangkok.
![[Video] Travel Back to 1902 Hanoi With This Rare Footage](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/NPVA0LJb.jpg)
Vietnam
Today, Hanoi's traffic is a force with which to be reckoned. But while the motorbikes, SUVs and public buses of the present create pandemonium in the capital's Old Quarter, the area around Dong Xuan Market was home to its own version of chaos long ago.
Travel
Depending upon where a person – and their passport – are from, certain citizens of the world have greater access to foreign countries than others.
![[Photos] Dead Fish Flood Saigon's Nhieu Loc Canal After Heavy Rain](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/tUGthAkb.jpg)
Saigon
Yesterday morning, in the wake of a heavy rain the day before, thousands of fish died en masse in Saigon's Nhieu Loc Canal.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . PM okays ship pollution plan [Vietnam News] Electronics and automobile imports from ASEAN skyrocket [VOV]
Vietnam
A Vietnamese bank recently thwarted what could have been a US$1.1 million cyber crime.
Development
The province of Lao Cai is close to having its own airport, as several ministries have backed a plan whose construction could begin as soon as next quarter.
Food Culture
At long last, KFC has answered the call of your mid-afternoon snack cravings.
Vietnam
United States president Barack Obama will be arriving in Vietnam a day later than initially scheduled .
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . HCMC sets to clear pollution hotspot [SGGP] Vietnam rejects UNHCR’s unverified information [Vietnam Plus]