![[Photos] The Frenetic Energy of 1960s Chợ Lớn](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/2021/04/06/oldphotos/t1h.jpeg)
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[Photos] The Frenetic Energy of 1960s Chợ Lớn
Comic books and bread, cigarettes and rickshaw rides: Saigon has always reveled in the exchange of goods and services for money.
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For a Tết Full of Rich Traditions, Head to Saigon's Hoa Community
Up until 2011, I thought that everybody in Saigon had the same Tet every year, with apricot flowers in the living room and bánh chưng or bánh tét on the altar, and family trips to the Nguyen Hue flower street and prayers to Buddha at pagodas.
![[Photos] Getting Lost in Traffic on Late 1960s Chau Van Liem Boulevard](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/2021/1/26/traffic/oldSG_SGNR1h.jpg)
Saigon
[Photos] Getting Lost in Traffic on Late 1960s Chau Van Liem Boulevard
Old photos of Vietnam and cheese: two things you can never too much of.
Saigon Hẻm Gems
Hẻm Gems: D6's Hot and Sour Suan La Fen Is the Noodle Dish to Conquer
Every time I lap up a spoonful of searing broth that’s so spicy I could almost count the number of times my face pulses, I feel grateful for taste buds.
![[Photos] In the Digital Age, Film Photography Offers a Chance to Slow Down](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/2020/04/28/film/19h.jpg)
Music & Arts
[Photos] In the Digital Age, Film Photography Offers a Chance to Slow Down
In fast-paced Saigon, sometimes it pays to slow things down a bit.
![[Photos] Cho Lon's First-Ever Post Office, as Seen in the 1920s](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/2020/02/26/cho-lon/post-office0h.jpg)
Saigon
[Photos] Cho Lon's First-Ever Post Office, as Seen in the 1920s
Located at the junction of Hai Thuong Lan Ong, Chau Van Liem and Cha Va Bridge in today’s Saigon, the post office of District 5 is a well-known landmark in the mind of denizens living in the area. Not many are aware, however, that the post office used to be based a few blocks away.
![[Photos] A French Photographer's Portrait of Saigon in 1866](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/2020/02/03/oldsaigon/cochintop1h.jpg)
Saigon
[Photos] A French Photographer's Portrait of Saigon in 1866
It took millions of years for dinosaurs' ferocious claws to evolve into the soft wings of a hummingbird and even longer for simple algae to transform into towering pine trees; change has been much more rapid in Saigon.
![[Video] A Tour of Saigon's 100-Year-Old Hẻm, Hao Si Phuong](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/sqhHj7jb.jpg)
Society
[Video] A Tour of Saigon's 100-Year-Old Hẻm, Hao Si Phuong
What better way to learn about Saigon’s Chinese-Vietnamese heritage than to pay a visit to one of the city’s oldest residential enclaves?
Saigon Hẻm Gems
Hẻm Gems: Sủi Cảo and Handmade Noodles, a Match Made in Food Heaven
Is this the best mì sủi cảo in Saigon? I don’t know, but it’s pretty goddamn delicious.
Saigon
Old Saigon Building of the Week: The Three-Legged Bridge of Cho Lon
Saigoneers born after the 1990s might be familiar with the term dân chơi cầu Ba Cẳng , or “the daredevils of Ba Cang Bridge”. However, not many are aware of its starting point, which originated from a real bridge in District 6.
Saigon Hẻm Gems
Hẻm Gems: Lão Hương Thân, One of Saigon's Oldest Cơm Gà Xối Mỡ Restaurants
Is there anything quite as glorious as beautifully done fried chicken?