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Arts & Culture
A Vietnamese fashion designer has partnered with a group of women in rural northern Vietnam to use traditional methods to grow and produce natural dyes and fabrics for her clothing line.
Tech
Just two days before Apple officially reveals their final version of the new iPhone 7, a store in Vietnam has somehow managed to procure a sample of the top-secret phone.
Saigon
In the next three years, the cost of buying an apartment in Saigon is predicted to increase by 5 – 10% annually, according to a new report.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . Moody’s: Domestic demand supports Việt Nam’s growth outlook [VNS] Why Vietnam highly values its relations with Singapore [Asia Times]
Music & Arts
As the chatter starts to die down and the soft disco lights turn on, peppering the room with a myriad of colors, it seems as if the entire interior of Nguoi Sai Gon cafe has travelled back in time to the golden age of Vietnamese music.
Development
On August 29, Pace Development Corp announced the completion of their gigantic mixed-use skyscraper in downtown Bangkok.
Vietnam
While American expats struggling to obtain a work permit have looked forward to one-year visas for some time, a new government policy will make tourist visas far more expensive for visitors from the US.
Vietnam
On September 2, Saigon Railways unveiled a newly renovated car on the SPT8 train running from Ho Chi Minh City to Phan Thiet, right on time for the country’s national day celebration and the 80 th anniversary of Vietnam’s North-South railway line .
Food Culture
The Vietnamese government announced last week that it will sell all of its shares in the country’s two biggest beer companies by the end of 2017, an unprecedented move.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . 2,100 inmates freed, thousands enjoy reduced terms on Vietnam National Day [Thanh Nien] Vietnam banks: best served at room temperature [Thanh Nien]
Asia
It was bound to happen sooner or later: durian, one of the world’s most divisive fruits , is making an appearance in bedrooms throughout Southeast Asia.
Development
While major new construction projects seem to appear in Saigon on a daily basis, some of the city’s most valuable real estate remains undeveloped.
![[Photos] The Family That Traded Hanoi for Red River Wilderness](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/R5vNECtb.jpg)
Society
Hidden behind dense bamboo thickets on a bend in the Red River is what some would call a peculiar family of three.
Food Culture
While phở , bánh mì and now, occasionally, bún chả hog the spotlight in Vietnamese cuisine, everyone in Vietnam is familiar, to some degree, with bánh xèo . On street corners and in tiny, modest quán , the thin, savory rice flour pancake has earned its place among the pantheon of roadside Vietnamese fare. But as any upstanding street food diner will tell you, its dozens of variations mean that true appreciation of bánh xèo goes beyond the consumption of a single regional style.
Arts & Culture
From a picturesque lagoon to the gritty textures of District 5's Chinatown, this is what we saw through our lens this week.
Saigon
With crippling traffic becoming the norm in Saigon , local authorities are seeking ways to address the problem, from trimming sidewalks to banning motorbikes . While these controversial tactics are hotly debated in the public sphere, officials are considering the creation of an intelligent transport system.
Food Culture
In a surprisingly candid moment during a conference held last month, Nguyen Tan Ky, the incumbent CEO of Vinacafe, admitted to mixing soya beans into some of the company’s products in the past.
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Culture
Japan continues to provide plenty of material when it comes to bizarre trends. The latest? Vacuum-packed wedding photos.
Culture
Last week, a town in Quang Nam Province played host to an unusual spectacle: a cow beauty pageant.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . Formosa pays $500 mil compensation for marine disaster in central Vietnam [Thanh Nien] Foreign investors turn sellers in Vietnam after 10-year spree [Thanh Nien]
Asia
North Korea is currently among a handful of countries and territories in the world , including Crimea, Syria and China, where Netflix is not available. However, the reclusive East Asian country has now remedied that shortcoming – well...sort of – by launching a Netflix-like streaming service of its own.
Development
A visit to District 1’s Hachi-Juu Hachi Shouten Restaurant offers more than just Japanese cuisine, but also a unique dining experience created by the building’s sleek architecture.
Society
Hanoian bookworms will be happy to hear that the capital expects to unveil a brand-new book street by the end of the year.
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Music & Arts
Learning English idioms is not an easy feat. This is especially true for Vietnamese students trying to acquire English as a second language. Fortunately, in this age of YouTube and Snapchat, one can make a helpful video explaining pretty much anything. One rather intrepid teacher in Saigon has done just that: Nguyen Thai Duong managed to work 19 English idioms into a video parodying a popular Vietnamese pop song.
