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![[Infographic] An Illustrated Guide to Saigon’s Metro System](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/6LCJOGkb.jpg)
Development
A few weeks back, Tuoi Tre put together an elaborate infographic laying out the plans for Saigon’s metro system. Figuring that a few of our readers aren’t 100% fluent in Vietnamese, we took the time to translate it into English.
![[Video] 80-Year-Old Vietnamese Man Owns Foreigner In Arm Wrestling Match](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/gDumEgXb.jpg)
Culture
Looks can be deceiving as one foreign man found out the hard way when he entered into an arm wrestling match with an elderly Vietnamese man.
Saigon
Billionaire Jordan Belfort, the subject of the hit film Wolf of Wall Street , will travel to HCMC in March to hold a workshop where he will “share his secrets to success.”
Health
Confirming rumors about the poor quality of some Vietnamese coffee, on January 19, Buôn Mê Thuột Police conducted a search of a local coffee processing plant and uncovered almost 500 kilograms of corn, soya bean and chemicals that were being mixed into their product.
Tech
Even before Vietnam’s undersea cable ruptured earlier this month, the country’s internet connection speeds ranked near the bottom in the Asia-Pacific region.
Vietnam
Vietjet Air poised to hold IPO [Vietnam Net] C ountry’s most modern radiotherapy centre launched [Nhan Dan] HCM City pulls out all the stops for Samsung [VoV]
Tech
It looks like Vietnam Airlines is finally getting on the WIFI bandwagon with the company announcing that the service would be making its debut on its aircraft this May.
Eat & Drink
Saigoneer has teamed up with Slapdish to provide our users with free food and drinks at some of Saigon’s most popular restaurants. This week features American-style burgers from Chuck’s, cocktails at Shine, Tex-Mex favorites at La Fiesta and ginormous Black Cat burgers. We're working on adding some Vietnamese flavor for next weeks' deals so keep an eye out for those.
Saigon
While foreign visitors still flock to the famous Rex Hotel, few have heard of the Établissements Bainier Auto Hall which preceded it, a building once feted as the greatest automobile dealership in Asia.
Vietnam
The Long Biên Bridge is one of Vietnam’s most iconic structures for a reason. Not only is it an amazing feat of engineering , but it’s huge, categorically huge.
Vietnam
Unlike the last time the Asia America Gateway cable ruptured, repairs won’t be completed ahead of schedule this time around .
Vietnam
Bachelor’s degrees lose value because of poor training quality [Vietnam Net] Ho Chi Minh City leads nation in export revenue [Nhan Dan] Employers must pay interest rate for late wage payment [SGGP]
Vietnam
Blessed with a cool climate and rolling hills flanked with pine trees, Đà Lạt, the brainchild of Alexandre Yersin, was founded as a sleepy French vacation town where development and nature struck a delicate balance.
![[NSFW] Naked Europeans Deported From Cambodia for 'Violating Country's Beautiful Customs and Culture'](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/sZMtI4rb.jpg)
Asia
Earlier this month, local police arrested three European tourists for riding naked through the Cambodian countryside.
Stories
The Saigon Postal Corporation (SPT) will install hot spots providing free WIFI all along Hàm Nghi Street for the Tết holiday this year.
Development
It looks like the HCMC People’s Committee’s has gotten its wish as its vice chairman announced last week that construction of the Thủ Thiêm Bridge 2 will move ahead next month .
Vietnam
Hanoi authorities have set a 2017 moving date for 26,000 Old Quarter residents who will be relocated to a new residential area in Long Bien District which lies just across the Red River.
Vietnam
Robotic engineering course launched in primary schools [SGGP] Vietnamese tea industry sees recovery brewing [Nhan Dan] Deforestation continues to deplete nation's wealth [Vietnam Net]
Arts & Culture
Saigoneer's staff highlights their favorite articles from the past week.
Music & Arts
With her bubbly personality and welcoming smile, one may assume that Saigon Artbook artist Thanh Xinh's journey as an artist has been nothing but smooth sailing. Like anything that is worth while, however, it has come with obstacles along the way.
Development
In the past 4 years along a stretch Ho Chi Minh City-Trung Luong expressway in the Mekong province of Ten Giang, many residents have been using a drainage tunnel under the highway as a shortcut.
Vietnam
From 1990 to 1993, German photographer Hans-Peter Grumpe traveled across Vietnam, taking about 1,600 photos in 20 provinces around the country. One of his stops was in a developing Hanoi where he was able to capture images of the city’s traditional street markets.
Development
As work on HCMC's first metro line steadily moves along , construction on the city’s Urban Railway Line 2 project broke ground in District 12 yesterday.
Saigon
If you’re a Hanoi native, you’ve probably felt right at home on your commute to work in recent days.