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Tracking shisha trading rings in Vietnam [Tuoi Tre] Vietnam rejects copycat claim on design of $18.7bn airport [Tuoi Tre] Ho Chi Minh City ordered to fix dangerous defect on multi-million dollar road [Thanh Nien]
Arts & Culture
Saigoneer's staff highlights their favorite articles from the past week.
![[Photos] Inside Vietnam's Only Nuclear Reactor](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/4zWxG6ib.jpg)
Tech
Vietnam has operated a nuclear reactor on-and-off since 1963 when the Americans helped create the Da lat Nuclear Research Institute. There, a General Atomics-built TRIGA-Mark II reactor was installed and operated until the outbreak of the American War when it was dismantled.
Travel
Amidst the live telecasts and drone videos of Son Doong Cave that have been making international headlines in recent months, National Geographic has quietly released an insane set of 3D panoramas that basically serve as a subterranean version of Google Street View.
Health
As if we didn’t have enough to worry about when it comes to local food safety, reports have surfaced that fake, plastic-based rice may have found its way into our food supply.
![[Photos] New Renderings Of Binh Thanh District’s Central Park Complex](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/POVQ6KWb.jpg)
Development
Between the Saigon and Thu Thiem bridges in Binh Thanh District sits a large plot from which steel skeletons are slowly emerging. If things go according to plan, by 2017, a massive, dense urban area will rise from this space, centered around a 81-story tower.
Vietnam
The days of filling up your petrol tank on the cheap are officially over as the ministries of finance and trade-industry have approved a 6% price hike.
Vietnam
Vietnam to Sign Free Trade Deal With Russia-Led Trade Bloc Next Week [The Moscow Times] Vietnam's road network collapsing [DTI] Japanese investment in Viet Nam tops $37.5 billion as of April's end [Vietnam News]
Vietnam
Vietnam’s Ministry of Culture has ordered local publishers to stop publishing romance novels amid reports that the steamy literature is “poisoning” the minds of the country’s young.
Culture
While Vietnamese students performed very well when it came to math and science in the recent OECD education rankings , some of the local curriculum is next-level difficult, stumping even those with PHDs in economics and mathematics.
Vietnam
While plans are in the works for a Vietnamese version of Silicon Valley, an even more promising piece of tech news broke this week.
![[Video] Samurai Isao Machii Is A Real Life Fruit Ninja](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/Cb4jSOab.jpg)
Food Culture
In this SoftBank commercial, modern samurai, Isao Machii, is attacked by three assassins – an orange, a fried shrimp and a glowing ball.
Tech
The latest “ State of the Internet ” quarterly report found that while Vietnam ranks toward the back of the pack when it comes to internet speeds, things are looking up.
Vietnam
Remittances to HCM City hit US$1.4 billion in four months [VOV] Vietnam Airlines, Jetstar Pacific to operate code-share flights [Vietnam Net] Power saving cartoon contest wraps up [Vietnam Plus]
![[Photos] The Majestic Sheep Of Ninh Thuan](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/sxY2xwgb.jpg)
Culture
Considered the Vietnamese province with the harshest, driest weather, Ninh Thuan has found its niche as a home for the country’s largest herds of sheep. Brought to Vietnam by the French over 100 years ago, the animals have thrived in the province ever since.
Development
District 4’s waterfront is about to get a major addition with a sprawling mixed-use complex across from downtown Saigon.
Development
While high prices put cars out of reach for the majority of Vietnamese, the emergence of low-cost “city cars” could soon make the four-wheeled dream a reality for the masses.
Saigon
Visitors to Nguyen Hue’s new pedestrian promenade will soon have access to a free WIFI network.
Vietnam
Uncle Ho documents to go digital [VOV] Vietnam detains 2 South Koreans in scaffolding collapse [Yahoo] Hang En to appear in movie Peter Pan [DTI]
![[Photos] Vietnam Airlines' First Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner Almost Ready For Delivery](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/bDKLnuAb.jpg)
Travel
Vietnam Airlines’ first of 28 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners has received its first paint job at Paine Field, Washington and is almost ready to be delivered.
Saigon
The new statue of Ho Chi Minh has finally emerged from its blue cocoon in front of Saigon’s People’s Committee Building.
![[Video] 90 Days In 90 Seconds: Life On The Mekong River](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/EEx8Czhb.jpg)
Travel
Associated Press photographer, David Guttenfelder, recently traveled to the Mekong Delta on an assignment for National Geographic .
Travel
A recent survey conducted by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) found that the number of international visitors who have returned to Vietnam twice or more has reached 32.98%.
Vietnam
US is Vietnam’s largest importer [VOV] Vietnamese, Chinese armies to promote border links [VOV] Nha Trang Bay beach under threat from developers [DTI]