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Australian door frame and door lift in Vietnam
by Phuong phuong on Monday, December 28, 2015 - 3:40pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Australian door frame and door lift in Vietnam
by Phuong phuong on Monday, December 28, 2015 - 3:45pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
CLONES 25i integrated amplifier + Silverline Minuet Supreme Plus Monitors Music Lover's Audio System For Sale - Negotiable.
by nightmusic on Saturday, March 1, 2014 - 2:56pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Introduction Vinhomes Central Park Condotel in Saigon
by WilliamDoanh on Friday, April 8, 2016 - 8:20am 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Job opportunity for ESL teachers – location in district 7 , HCM
by tomyahnd on Friday, April 8, 2016 - 3:23pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
luxury apartment in District 7 => LUXCITY => in district 7 => 75,000 USD FOR 2 BEDROOM APARTMENT
by johnynghia1988 on Saturday, August 27, 2016 - 2:27pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Nice interior apartment for rent in HCMC. 5 minutes to District 1. 600USD per month.
by minhnl on Friday, June 20, 2014 - 10:44am 		Living and Working in Vietnam
PENHOUSE FOR LEASE BY OWNER
by Nguyen Thi Tam on Thursday, February 25, 2016 - 2:08pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
$1,Thousand Cash advance loans Acquiring An Unsecured Unsecured bank loan Sometime soon http://unlockkapple.co.uk
by Anonymous on Saturday, July 20, 2013 - 6:36pm 		Vietnam Job Board
$1000 - 90SQM – 2BRS - MORDERN FURNITURE SAIGON PEARL APARTMENT FOR RENT
by sophiangomc009 on Thursday, November 10, 2016 - 10:07am 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
$200- Room for rent on Dien Bien Phu St, Binh Thanh Dist
by vertu_09 on Sunday, October 19, 2014 - 11:29am 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
$500 for a mice house in Dist 10
by vertu_09 on Tuesday, November 11, 2014 - 6:00pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
$550 for a green apartment 2 bedrooms in Dist 10
by vertu_09 on Wednesday, May 6, 2015 - 5:13pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
$650 – STUDIO APARTMENT – SIMPLE DESIGN – MANY UTILITIES AT BINH THANH DIST
by sophiangomc009 on Thursday, November 10, 2016 - 9:48am 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
$680 – YOUNG AND MODERN STYLE – 50 SQM – 1 BR APARTMENT FOR RENT AT D.2
by sophiangomc009 on Thursday, November 10, 2016 - 3:04pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
02 bedroom luxury serviced apartment rental in Hai Ba Trung district, Ha Noi, Viet Nam
by Anonymous on Monday, July 29, 2013 - 8:17am 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
03 storeys nice cheap house for rent nearby Van Mieu, Dong Da Dist, Ha Noi, Viet Nam
by Anonymous on Monday, July 15, 2013 - 10:56pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
1 bedroom beautiful serviced apartment for rent in To Ngoc Van street, Tay Ho dist, Hano
by Anonymous on Friday, August 2, 2013 - 1:26pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
1 bedroom beautiful serviced apartment in Dang Thai Mai street, Tay Ho dist
by Anonymous on Friday, August 2, 2013 - 1:38pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
1 bedroom charming serviced apartment for rent in To Ngoc Van street, Tay Ho dist
by Anonymous on Friday, August 2, 2013 - 1:37pm 		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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