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![[Video] This Saigon Drone Video Looks Like It Was Directed by Michael Bay](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/QRaoURQb.jpg)
Music & Arts
This drone video of Saigon from How to Media has a distinctly Michael Bayesque feel with its sweeping panoramas, quick cuts and dramatic zooms.
Asia
Starting next year, a new traffic law will be implemented in Cambodia that not only raises penalties five-fold, but also allows police to keep 70% of the fines they dole out.
Vietnam
Vietnam Airlines’ first 787-9 arrives in Hanoi [Flight Global] Massive imports of Chinese trucks raise concerns [Vietnam Net] Educators say national-exam failure rate shows better discipline, less cheating [Vietnam Net]
Saigon
Saigon authorities are clamping down on a number of activities that have been taking place on the city’s new pedestrian promenade.
Film & TV
This month, Saigon’s alternative film venues are offering up a solid selection of foreign films, Hollywood classics and recent hits.
![[Photos] Ha Long Bay Being Overrun By Toxic Slurry Following Heavy Flooding](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/APWCVfBb.jpg)
Vietnam
Weeks of heavy flooding in northern Vietnam has not only resulted 17 deaths and the loss of millions of dollars in damages, but also besieged Ha Long Bay with toxic slurry from nearby coal mines.
Saigon
One of the oldest streets in Saigon, Tôn Thất Thiệp street was known in the early French colonial period firstly as rue No 9 and then from 1863 as rue de l'Église, after Saigon's ill-fated first Roman Catholic Cathedral (see Icons of Old Saigon: the Eglise Sainte-Marie-Immaculee ), which was built at its junction with boulevard Charner (Nguyễn Huệ).
Travel
For the first time in 13 months, Vietnam’s tourism industry is showing signs of life with the country registering a relative surge in international visitors.
Vietnam
Man City friendly sponsor declares big losses [DTI] Hundreds brave persistent rain at LGBT rally in Vietnam [Channel News Asia] VN tops ASEAN with number of new domains [Vietnam Plus]
Health
So you’ve been told that gluten is the antithesis of healthy living. Google searches involving the words “gluten” and “bad” yield thousands of articles branding this highly misunderstood substance as toxic. Let’s take a step back shall we?
Vietnam
Da Nang has long served as a poster child for a Vietnamese urban development. It is clean and modern ( free WIFI! ), sports beautiful beaches and offers great seafood. However, a growing number of tourists say that the city’s charm is being diminished by rip-offs and thefts at local hotels and restaurants.
Travel
After a round of successful visa exemptions for European travelers , Vietnam is pushing ahead with scrapping visas for overseas Vietnamese, their families and foreigners married to Vietnamese nationals.
Vietnam
Vietnam’s convenience store market is about to get a bit more competitive with 7-Eleven announcing that it will open its first location in the country by early 2018.
Vietnam
Vietnamese teens jailed for phone card fraud [Thanh Nien] Naval ship to rescue 1,500 tourists stranded on island near Ha Long Bay [Tuoi Tre] David Cameron becomes first serving British PM to visit Vietnam [The Telegraph]
Culture
The fourth annual Viet Pride festival will kick-off this week in Hanoi to raise awareness about Vietnam’s LGBT community.
Asia
Not all rice is cooked equally, or so goes the thinking behind a slew of new rice cookers in Japan that can fetch prices of almost US$1,000.
![[Renderings] A Look Inside Landmark 81, Vietnam's Future Tallest Skyscraper](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/Vmwfjdwb.jpg)
Development
In less than three years, the colossal Landmark 81 will rise from what was once a container port next to Saigon Pearl. Once completed, the 461.2 meter structure will be the tallest building in Vietnam and the 8 th highest in the world.
Vietnam
You can add singer Le Quyen to the list of Vietnamese celebrities that have stirred controversy due to their in-air faux pas after she allowed her 4-year-old son to urinate in an airsickness bag mid-flight.
Food Culture
Starbucks is now offering up bags of single-origin Da Lat coffee at its stores in 56 countries, the first time the company has stocked an Arabica coffee from Vietnam.
Vietnam
Hanoi: 17,000 people have 30m2 of playgrounds [Vietnam Net] Vietnam pays heavy price for petrochemistry industry [Vietnam Net] Da Nang introduces speed limit on key bridge [Vietnam News]
Vietnam
The U.S. Department of State has announced that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will make a stop in Vietnam next week as part of a five-country trip to the Middle East and Southeast Asia.
![[Photos] Vietnamese Will Try Anything To Avoid The Sun](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/4mN6hQOb.jpg)
Culture
While Americans and Europeans spend hundreds of millions of dollars a year on tanning their pale skin , these photos from Vietnam Net show just how far Vietnamese will go to avoid the sun’s bronzing rays.
Vietnam
In what seems to be a repeat of the paint scandal that recently hit Saigon’s Central Post Office , Hanoi authorities have announced that the city’s 104-year-old opera house will soon return to its original color.
![[Photos] Xe Vélo Solex: A Forgotten Saigon Classic](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/jgmrZabb.jpg)
Saigon
Both bicycles and motorbikes have long played an important role in the lives of Vietnamese (and at times, its occupiers). Starting in the 1950s, French-made motorized bicycles known as Solex became increasingly popular in Vietnam, due to their comparatively low price point and ease of use.