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“The tranquil piano rhythm,” a performance to celebrate 50 years of music by beloved Saigonese music composers and pianist Nguyen Anh 9, will take place at ATB café in Ho Chi Minh City on Dec. 31, 2011 and Jan. 1, 2012. This program is also organised to celebrate the 72th birthday of Nguyen Anh 9, [...]
Since moving to Saigon last year, one of the most common questions I’ve gotten – whether from locals, other expats, or friends and family back home – has been: “Do you like Saigon?” The answer has always been quite easy. Yes, I do. In fact, I often say that I love it. Explaining that answer, [...]
Strolling around Saigon can be a fascinating experience with the hurry of pedestrians and the bustle of heavy traffic. Saigon is bustling, hustling and dusty, even smoky. Saigon has no the ancientness of thousand-year-old Athens City or the magnificence of Paris. Saigon is young, small, but entices tourists thanks to its distinctions in culture, history, [...]
A train Tuesday afternoon hit a truck in the southern province of Dong Nai near Ho Chi Minh City, killing three and seriously injuring another. Initial investigation found the truck numbered 54L – 6698 controlled by Vo Thanh Tam, 20, was hit and crushed by a train at the intersection between railway and roadway located [...]
Address: 17 Le Duan Boulevard – District 1 – Ho Chi Minh City – Vietnam Sofitel Saigon Plaza – A historic address on tree-lined Le Duan Boulevard, in the heart of Saigon’s business district, the hotel is steps away from shopping, dining, entertainment and major historical attractions. From Tan Son Nhat International Airport, the hotel [...]
Address: 323 Le Van Sy Street – District 3 – Ho Chi Minh City – Vietnam Stylish and chic, Ramana Saigon Hotel, let you enjoy an idyllic retreat in sheer tropical luxury with its comprehensive facilities and tasteful decor. Sheltering from the metal and concrete surroundings, Ramana Hotel is the ideal tropical hideaway for your [...]
Saigon City Tour Full Day Saigon (official name known as Ho Chi Minh City) is the centre of commerce, finance, culture and tourism in Vietnam. With more than 300 years of history, nowadays Saigon is a location of cultural interaction as well as combination of neo-classical and international style architecture. Saigon is now on the [...]
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 [...]