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Looking for WESTERN or MIXED WESTERN - VIETNAMESE KID models
by kimmytrang on Saturday, April 2, 2016 - 4:37pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Looking the name of nightclub!
by whang on Tuesday, September 13, 2016 - 2:16pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
LUXURIOUS APARTMENT FOR RENT $1000 – 2BRS – CLOSE TO FOREIGNER COMMUNITY AT D.2
by sophiangomc009 on Monday, November 28, 2016 - 10:55am 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Luxurious apartment for rent $650 – young style – high floor at Binh Thanh Dist
by sophiangomc009 on Thursday, December 15, 2016 - 9:22am 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Luxurious apartment for rent $850, young style, nice view – Icon 56 D.4
by sophiangomc009 on Friday, December 16, 2016 - 4:18pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
LUXURIOUS APARTMENT FOR RENT 1 BR, $950, YOUNG STYLE, NICE VIEW.
by sophiangomc009 on Thursday, November 24, 2016 - 11:38am 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
LUXURIOUS APARTMENT FOR RENT AT D.2 3BRS – EASY TO THE CENTER – 2 BALCONIES
by sophiangomc009 on Friday, November 25, 2016 - 9:49am 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Luxurious apartment for rent in Manor 1 ,Binh Thanh District - $1200 USD/Month
by dkraleasingvn on Thursday, November 6, 2014 - 3:13pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
LUXURIOUS APARTMENT – 2 BRs – CONVENIENT FOR RENT BINH THANH DISTRICT
by sophiangomc009 on Wednesday, November 2, 2016 - 3:26pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
LUXURIOUS FUR – AMENITIES – CONVENIENT TO THE CENTER D.1 APARTMENT FOR RENT
by sophiangomc009 on Friday, October 28, 2016 - 4:15pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Luxurious house for rent in Ba Dinh district. 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, wooden floor, balcony.
by Anonymous on Monday, June 3, 2013 - 10:24am 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Luxurious serviced apartment 3 bedroom 3 bathroom in Tay Ho dist, Ha Noi city
by hanoifullhouse on Tuesday, November 19, 2013 - 10:35am 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Luxurious serviced apartment for lease in Truc Bach Lake area, Ba Dinh dist, Ha Noi
by hanoifullhouse on Wednesday, October 16, 2013 - 8:50am 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Luxurious serviced apartment for rent at the Rose Garden, Ba Dinh dist, Ha Noi
by Anonymous on Monday, August 26, 2013 - 11:39pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Luxury 1 Bedroom Apartment for rent in CITY GARDEN
by Nancy on Monday, April 13, 2015 - 4:29pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Luxury 2 bedroom serviced apartment for rent in facing west lake, Tay Ho Dist, Ha Noi, Viet Nam
by Anonymous on Friday, August 2, 2013 - 1:43pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Luxury apartment for rent in HCMC, Vietnam
by dennishuy on Thursday, December 4, 2014 - 10:27am 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
luxury apartment in District 7 => LUXCITY IN DISTRICT 7 ( Near Phu Mi Hung Urban ) only 75,000 usd for 2 bedroom apartment
by johnynghia1988 on Saturday, August 27, 2016 - 2:06pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Luxury apartment in Golden West Lake for rent. 225 sq.m apartment
by hanoifullhouse on Thursday, April 17, 2014 - 10:00pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Luxury apartment in Lancaster Nui Truc Hanoi. 3 bedroom, bright, balcony
by hanoifullhouse on Friday, May 16, 2014 - 9:09pm 		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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