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The Ho Chi Minh City Museum opened its exhibition showcasing more than 200 antique art pieces dating from the 18th – 20th centuries, collected in Sai Gon and other southern provinces Wednesday. The antiques on display range from traditional paper, cloth and wooden paintings; to Buddhist and other religious statues; and religious objects and items [...]
Viet Nam’s increasing reliance on imports of goods and materials from foreign countries, especially China, is a risky move, according to experts. Viet Nam imports large quantities of fertiliser, machinery, equipment, electronic parts and material for leather, footwear, garment and textile production from China, along with petrol and oil from Singapore and home appliances from [...]
You’ll find people scattered all over the sidewalks in the morning eating their breakfast of soup and coffee and you certainly won’t find McDonalds or other big western chains. This is the reason I moved to Saigon — for these cultural scenes; something that is really dying out as Southeast Asia evolves to integrate into [...]
Situated on the banks of the Saigon River, Saigon City has gone by several names over the centuries, most recently in 1975. Saigon City was originally founded as Prey Nokor, a small fishing village and main port of Cambodia under the Khmer, in the 16th century. The name Prey Nokor means “forest city” or “forest [...]
Get around By taxi and Rental Car Taxis are the most comfortable way of getting around, and not too expensive – about 12,000 dong for the first 1km, plus 10,000 dong per additional km. (Prices jumped about 30% at the start of 2008, and again in July 2008 due to the soaring price of fuel [...]