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![[Photos] Cool, Calm and Collected: Life in Cau Hai Lagoon](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/UiHDVsKb.jpg)
Travel
Forty kilometers southeast of Hue, Cau Hai Lagoon is among the largest freshwater lagoons in Southeast Asia. Tucked between the East Sea and the mountains of central Vietnam, its placid waters are home to a small fishing community, while local farmers tend to the verdant rice paddies that stretch out to meet the water’s edge.
![[Video] China Takes Its Straddling Bus for a Test Drive](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/HUt7Y5Zb.jpg)
Asia
In the world’s largest metropolises, road congestion has always been a tough nut to crack for local governments, which usually attempt to remedy the situation by either banning vehicles or moving traffic underground or overhead . A team of Chinese engineers, however, had a different idea: transport people above ground, but not too far above ground.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . Man fined for killing 3 monkeys in central Vietnam [Thanh Nien] Third Zika infection found in Vietnam [Thanh Nien]
Development
Across the street from a colorful, decades-old Hindu temple, motorbikes pour into the parking garage of the newly opened Saigon Center. Spiraling five floors below ground, the downtown shopping mall employs a veritable army of parking attendants and for good reason: at 3pm on a weekday, the place is packed.
Vietnam
Prepare for yet another period of lagging internet as poor weather has hampered repairs to the Asia America Gateway (AAG) cable.
![[Photos] A Day at the Saigon Zoo: 1967](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/ngZvumAb.jpg)
Saigon
For generations of Saigoneers, a visit to the city’s Zoological and Botanical Garden is an important milestone of their childhood. However, in the following collection of photos, we get a glimpse of the zoo’s more somber past through the lens of a photographer only known as Ken.
![[Video] Chilling South Korean Zombie Flick Hits Vietnamese Screens Next Week](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/RyCr2pMb.jpg)
Arts & Culture
While Vietnamese cinema is just starting to ramp up its production of horror flicks, South Korean filmmakers have long been fans of the genre, creating some truly spine-tingling movies.
Vietnam
The Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) recently submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Transport seeking approval for a system to detect foreign objects on runways in Hanoi and Saigon.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . Vietnamese woman faces murder rap after crushing husband's testicles [VnExpress] 8-story construction completed without permit in southern Vietnam [Tuoi Tre]
![[Podcast] Renovation Generation: The Incredible Talents of Mew Amazing](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/Jx7ssqXb.jpg)
Arts & Culture
For their latest episode, the crew behind Hanoi-based The Renovation Generation made a trip down to Saigon for a coffee with Mew Amazing, the singer-songwriter behind Truc Nhan’s pop hit “ That Bat Ngo ”.
Vietnam
In a bid to reduce government spending by VND200 billion (US$9 million), Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc recently approved a plan to release 20,000 prisoners by 2018.
Society
Since its opening in January , Saigon’s downtown book street has seen plenty of visitors but fewer sales than expected.
![[Video] Meet the Man Behind Singapore’s Michelin-Starred Hawker Stall](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/yUV9pW7b.jpg)
Food Culture
Last week, two Singaporean hawker stalls made history by becoming the first-ever Michelin-starred street food establishments.
Saigon
Last month, Vietnam’s new American-style lottery began selling its first tickets in Saigon.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . After steel complex, Formosa to develop oil refinery [VietnamNet] Heineken fizz falls flat as half-year profits drop [Thanh Nien]
![[Illustrations] Japanese Architect Sketches Tokyo Metro Stations and the Chaos Above Them](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/83JTD0xb.jpg)
Architecture
In the dozens of digital renderings which envision a city’s future, you’ll find soaring skylines and innovative architecture but very little personality.
Vietnam
It’s business as usual at Vietnam’s airports as the national police begin their investigation into last week's cyber attack .
![[Photos] The Transformation of Le Lai Street, 1950-1975](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/Abovg1Mb.jpg)
Heritage
The best way to measure Saigon’s 20 th -century evolution is by honing in on the changes of a single street.
Saigon
Saigon's streets will soon be illuminated by energy-saving lights if a new public lighting plan gets the go-ahead.
![[Photos/Video] Deadly Typhoon Mirinae Devastates Northern Vietnam](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/Xyfxza6b.jpg)
Vietnam
Residents of northern Vietnam are still cleaning up after Typhoon Mirinae tore through the capital as well as several surrounding provinces, leaving three dead, four missing, several injured and large-scale damage to the area.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . Vietnam Football Federation website hacked [VnExpress] FPT’s employees asked to use Facebook at work [VNS]
Vietnam
Vietnamese netizens are questioning the authenticity of a VTV24 documentary which details the ongoing conflict in Syria.
![[Photos] #WeAreSaigoneer: Instagram Shots of the Week](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/0aNRdrob.jpg)
Arts & Culture
From frenetic traffic to historic cathedrals, this is what we saw through our lens this week.
Vietnam
Arguably Vietnam’s most famous princess , Huyen Tran was born in 1287 to King Tran Nhan Tong and Queen Thien Cam, rulers of the Dai Viet kingdom . Throughout her childhood, Huyen Tran was your standard, run-of-the-mill royalty, but at 18, her father decided to strengthen Dai Viet-Champa relations by promising her hand in marriage to Champa king Che Man.
