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default Luxury apartment for rent in HCMC, Vietnam
by dennishuy on 2014-12-04 10:27 		0 by dennishuy
2014-12-04 10:27 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
default Eucalyptus Essential Oil for sale_Charma Vietnam LLC
by hangcharma on 2014-12-04 09:44 		0 by hangcharma
2014-12-04 09:44 		Living and Working in Vietnam
default 4bedrooms House for rent in District 3 – 900$
by vertu_09 on 2014-12-04 00:31 		0 by vertu_09
2014-12-04 00:31 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
default Natural Bee Wax for sale_Charma Vietnam LLC
by hangcharma on 2014-12-03 11:29 		0 by hangcharma
2014-12-03 11:29 		Living and Working in Vietnam
default Service apartment for rent in HCMC, Vietnam
by dennishuy on 2014-12-03 09:18 		0 by dennishuy
2014-12-03 09:18 		Living and Working in Vietnam
default Service apartment for rent in HCMC, Vietnam
by dennishuy on 2014-12-03 09:18 		0 by dennishuy
2014-12-03 09:18 		Living and Working in Vietnam
default Vietnamese Language Garden
by VLG on 2014-12-01 18:02 		0 by VLG
2014-12-01 18:02 		Living and Working in Vietnam
default Lavender Essential Oils for sale in HCMC_Charma Vietnam LLC
by hangcharma on 2014-11-29 10:50 		0 by hangcharma
2014-11-29 10:50 		Living and Working in Vietnam
default Send Christmas Chocolates to India
by madhuchristmas on 2014-11-27 13:14 		0 by madhuchristmas
2014-11-27 13:14 		Vietnam Job Board
default Send Christmas Chocolates to India
by madhuchristmas on 2014-11-27 13:14 		0 by madhuchristmas
2014-11-27 13:14 		Vietnam Job Board
default Brand New Apartment for rent in HCMC, Vietnam
by dennishuy on 2014-11-27 10:58 		0 by dennishuy
2014-11-27 10:58 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
default UMA OPEN 02 NEW HOME FURNISHING & DECORATION STORES IN HANOI
by umaadmin on 2014-11-23 22:51 		0 by umaadmin
2014-11-23 22:51 		Living and Working in Vietnam
default WONDER BOX - ONE GIFT WITH VARIOUS CHOICES
by eric1qaz3 on 2014-11-10 12:11 		1 by Hamy (not verified)
2014-11-13 15:48 		Living and Working in Vietnam
default Thao Dien Pearl - Apartment for rent in An Phu,District 2
by dkraleasingvn on 2014-11-12 14:52 		0 by dkraleasingvn
2014-11-12 14:52 		Living and Working in Vietnam
default $500 for a mice house in Dist 10
by vertu_09 on 2014-11-11 18:00 		0 by vertu_09
2014-11-11 18:00 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
default Luxurious apartment for rent in Manor 1 ,Binh Thanh District - $1200 USD/Month
by dkraleasingvn on 2014-11-06 15:13 		0 by dkraleasingvn
2014-11-06 15:13 		Living and Working in Vietnam
default Vietnamese Language Tutor
by orangept on 2014-08-03 22:42 		1 by Anonymous
2014-11-06 09:25 		Living and Working in Vietnam
default Beautiful Penthouse for rent in Phu Nhuan Dist
by babling2013 on 2014-10-25 16:30 		1 by babling2013
2014-11-02 22:24 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
default Fully furnished Thao Dien Pearl Condo with 2 bedrooms - 95 sqm
by Barry Ho on 2014-10-30 14:30 		0 by Barry Ho
2014-10-30 14:36 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
default Apartment with 2 bedrooms - 100 sqm - nice view to River and Saigon Bridge
by Barry Ho on 2014-10-30 14:24 		0 by Barry Ho
2014-10-30 14:36 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
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Asian-American expat living in Vietnam over 3 years. I am involved in tech startups and do Drupal consulting. I choose to live in Saigon and Vietnam and I want to see the city and its people reach their true potential.

Where is Saigon?

It's not wrong to wonder where in the world Saigon is.

Saigon is the name of the city now officially known as Ho Chi Minh City. But most people who call Saigon home call their home Saigon and it's mostly tourists who I hear refer to it as Ho Chi Minh City (or Ho Chi Minh Ville for the French).

After the Vietnam/American War ended in 1975, many place names ceased to exist such as Saigon, South Vietnam, and plenty of street names.

Tu Do is now Dong Khoi, Thong Nhat is Le Duan. And Tan Son Nhut Airport is now Tan Son Nhat International Airport. Rue Paul Blanchy has been Hai Ba Trung since the 1950s.

Those who haven't seen Vietnam for decades will be confused not just by the geographical changes but the incredible amount of development and modernization that has since taken place.

Latest Technical Posts

I also post a lot of technical material unrelated to Vietnam that doesn't hit the home page. Starting from November 2015 I am only posting technical articles on my new sub-blog: TECH.saigonist.com

  • Definition of Startup: What isn't a startup? : What is a startup? We're in the middle of a tech boom and it's become fashionable to either work for a startup or to be a startup. But what is a startup? How do you know that company offering you a...
  • My Startup Experiences : I've been involved in start ups for over a decade now. During that time I've worked for companies in varying stage of development. Not all of them were startups. But how can you tell if it is or not...
  • Code Retreat 2012 - Ho Chi Minh City : $(document).ready(function(){ $('.geshifilter').hover(function(){console.log(this);console.log($(this));$(this).css('position', 'relative').css('width', '800px').css('z-index', 1000);}, function...
  • Internet Censorship in Southeast Asian Countries (Myanmar, China, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam) : Vietnam has been labeled an "enemy of the Internet" by Reporters Without Borders. There have been a lot of cases of bloggers being targeted, harrassed, and arrested. But RSF (Reporters Sans...
  • Using 3G Internet in Cambodia : On my most recent trip to Cambodia I bought a Cambodian SIM card so that I could both make calls and use the Internet on my smartphone. At the Moc Bai/Bavet border are a number of Khmer people (who...
  • MailChimp vs poMMo, Mailman, Phplist - Self-Host or Outsource Your Mailing List? : Use your own mail server or outsource it? Let's say you have a rather large mailing list of a few thousand email addresses and, well, sending it out with GMail is no longer cutting it. What are your...
  • Internet in Vietnam - Good, Bad, Ugly : If you ask Vietnamese officials, you'll hear such hyperbole as "the Internet service development in Vietnam is in no way inferior to developed countries in the world" (Mai Liem Truc, former Deputy...
  • poMMo proBLEMs : poMMo is free open source mailing list management software. It's written in PHP and pretty basic but does give a decent management interface. However, it's no longer maintained. There is a GitHub...
  • Preventing Repetitive Stress Injuries for Programmers and Writers : My situation I'm a career programmer who has suffered from pain in my hands and arms for several years. Like carpal tunnel syndrome, this pain is from damage to tissue (including tendons) caused by...
  • Calling the US for free from foreign countries : Calling US numbers from the US is pretty trivial and nearly free. But calling from another country means either: - paying for long distance from your telephone company - using a phone card to call...

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