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Travel
Good news for those forced to chug their bottle of water in the airport security line before heading to the gate: Vietnam now allows you to bring your liquids, aerosols and gels on all domestic flights.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . HCMC urged to raise houses [Vietnam News] Ministry releases list of safe food outlets [Vietnam Plus]
Development
Vietnam may be getting another solar power plant thanks to Canadian company CMX Renewable Energy Inc.
Travel
Last week, one airline passenger arrived in Hong Kong with his pockets considerably lighter, after an inflight thief robbed him of US$250,000 on board the aircraft.
Development
Japan is gearing up to invest US$7 billion into the Mekong region, spreading the funding across parts of Vietnam, Laos and Thailand.
![[Photos] Con Dao: From Prison to Paradise](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/egJM1fdb.jpg)
Travel
Fast earning a place on travelers' radar, sleepy Con Dao is home to pristine beaches, ornate rock formations and some of Vietnam's best diving. Pair these natural attractions with the island's troubled past, filled with French tiger cages, a gruesome network of prisons and gracefully aging colonial-era buildings and you have plenty of reasons to make the trek from the mainland to this tiny island destination.
![[Video] Hanoi Electronics Store Claims It Only Used Bikini-Clad Women to Promote 'Sex Education'](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/N5gK4gOb.jpg)
Vietnam
Nothing says safe sex like electronics stores and bikinis.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . After 10 years, each Vietnamese burdened with additional $1,200 public debt [VietnamNet] 111 people killed in traffic accidents during 4-day holiday [DTI]
Vietnam
Ahead of United States president Barack Obama's visit to Vietnam , the Southeast Asian nation is renewing its request for the North American power to fully lift its arms ban.
Tech
Yet another Vietnamese education app is raking in the investment money, as tutoring service GotIt! recently announced US$9 million in seed and series A funding.
![[Photos] 30 Images of 1975 Saigon](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/AuWmPYqb.jpg)
Heritage
Over the weekend, Vietnam marked 41 years since the end of the American War. While Saigon has changed dramatically in those four decades, transforming into the economic heart of the country as well as its most modern metropolis, April 30, 1975 was a fateful day for the city's residents – and, of course, the country as a whole.
![[Photos/Video] Vietnam Roads Turn Into Holiday Hellscape](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/3xTUnQVb.jpg)
Vietnam
Now that we're all back to work, checking our Facebook feeds and Instagrams from our desks after a sunny, long weekend of checking our Facebook feeds and Instagrams at the beach, let's complain about the traffic.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . Da Nang to build 2 green urban projects in Q2 [VIetnam Plus] Foreign scientists help Vietnam unravel mass fish deaths [Tuoi Tre]
Asia
In honor of its first-ever National Security Education Day, China put together a 16-panel cartoon warning its government employees against being seduced by ginger-haired foreign spies.
Tech
One day soon, your mobile game may be able to register your joy, anger and frustration thanks to a creepily accurate webcam algorithm.
![[Video] Making of an Art Exhibition: Suby One's 'Time'](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/XGxc1lQb.jpg)
Music & Arts
Earlier this month, Vietnamese-French artist Suby One showcased his latest exhibition, Time , at the Museum of Fine Arts. The 10-day display was a combination of abstract art, graffiti and several installation pieces.
![[Video] 5 Places to Get out and About in Yangon](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/YSYdCdxb.jpg)
Travel
Though Yangon remains far less developed than the urban centers in other Southeast Asian countries, Myanmar's largest metropolis definitely has some bits and pieces going on. From tasty street food to green community spaces to the roadside typists and Cold War-era typewriters still in use across the city, Yangon may not be on the cutting edge of technology but it sure knows how to flaunt what it's got.
![[Photos] Stay Cool in Saigon's Ice Palace](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/teh0suQb.jpg)
Culture
It's sweater weather in District 7's Him Lam New Urban Area.
Vietnam
A young woman in central Vietnam is recovering after doctors removed a 10-centimeter-long steel spoon from her intestine earlier this month.
![[Video] Hẻm Gems: D5's Drop-Dead Delicious Xôi Mặn](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/9QbDrlVb.jpg)
Saigon Hẻm Gems
Saigon street food tastes best when the whole experience feels like a secret. Head to some of the city's most successful street carts and there are no place names or proper business hours, no phone numbers, no signage, no menus. In almost mafia-like fashion, all you can do is show up during the designated window of time and hope to find food.
![[Photos] Saigon Backpacker Brings His Furry Travel Companion to Phu Quoc](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/4K6rhJBb.jpg)
Travel
Traveling with friends can be difficult. While the old adage suggests that opposites attract, what might be a beautiful, blossoming friendship in your home city can quickly turn into a disaster when you venture outside your comfort zone.
Asia
Thanks to the unstoppable power of Hallyu , South Korea's latest drama, Descendants of the Sun , is fast gaining a worldwide audience. The 14-episode series has become a sensation not only in its home country but also in the place you'd least expect: North Korea.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . Experts stunned as Vietnam officials deny link between Taiwan firm and fish kill disaster [Thanh Nien] Vietnam is being crippled by its worst drought in nearly a century [South China Morning Post]
Tech
Ever since apps like Grab and Uber came to the country, Vietnam's urban transportation has been turned upside down. On one hand, consumers are thrilled to be paying less for car rides in cities like Hanoi and Saigon, and drivers are clearly fine with cashing in on a sharing economy . On the other hand, taxi companies are hemorrhaging money as a result of these new services.
