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Top floor serviced apartment in Hoan Kiem dist for rent
by hanoifullhouse on Wednesday, January 8, 2014 - 11:18pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Top places to visit this Christmas in HCMC
by thanhvynguyen on Monday, November 27, 2017 - 4:26pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
TRADITIONAL MASSEUR & HOUSEKEEPER IN HCMC
by DavidLe on Wednesday, September 7, 2016 - 10:18pm 		Vietnam Job Board
Tran Phu large apartment for rent with single
by joneyquest1 on Friday, March 4, 2016 - 2:35pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
travel, explore,guide, service you around vietnam by my heart (HoChiminh city)
by nguyen on Friday, May 6, 2016 - 10:43am 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Travelling to Vietnam with Checkin Vietnam
by Anonymous on Thursday, November 22, 2012 - 10:33pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Triplex luxury apartment, 4 bedroom, 4 bathroom, furnished in Golden West Lake building
by hanoifullhouse on Thursday, May 22, 2014 - 6:52pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Triplex luxury apartment, 4 bedroom, 4 bathroom, furnished in Golden West Lake building
by hanoifullhouse on Monday, May 26, 2014 - 11:35am 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Triplex luxury apartment, 4 bedroom, 4 bathroom, furnished in Golden West Lake building
by hanoifullhouse on Friday, May 16, 2014 - 9:15pm 		Vietnam Job Board
Tropic Apartment For Rent 1000$ 3 Bedrooms Advance Furnished in Thao Dien, Dist 2
by SakuraReal on Saturday, March 11, 2017 - 12:30pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Tropic Apartment For Rent 700$ 2 Bedrooms Advance Furnished in Thao Dien, Dist 2
by MariaHoDiep on Saturday, March 11, 2017 - 12:25pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
TROPIC GARDEN APARTMENT FOR RENT IN THAO DIEN – FULL FURNITURE
by HanVu on Wednesday, July 13, 2016 - 10:45am 		Living and Working in Vietnam
TROPIC GARDEN APARTMENT FOR RENT IN THAO DIEN – FULL FURNITURE – 2BR 900USD/MONTH
by HanVu on Friday, July 8, 2016 - 9:12am 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Truc bach apartment with 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms for rent
by Anonymous on Friday, August 16, 2013 - 8:35am 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Truc bach lake serviced apartment for rent. 1 bedroom, elevator, fully furnished, wooden floor
by Anonymous on Saturday, June 29, 2013 - 8:15am 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Truc bach lake view serviced apartment with one bedroom
by hanoifullhouse on Friday, March 21, 2014 - 8:38am 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Truc bach serviced apartment for rent. One bedroom, lift, full furniture
by Anonymous on Thursday, August 15, 2013 - 11:20pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Tv for sale with good price
by babling2013 on Friday, July 22, 2016 - 12:29pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
TVC Casting Call
by sonvn4516 on Monday, October 10, 2016 - 10:58am 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Two and Tu – “T” in English and “T” in Vietnamese
by vietnameseisfree on Monday, August 4, 2014 - 3:52pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
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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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