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Give away VND 100.000 gift vouchers
by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - 2:22pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Can my partner and I get a work permit in Vietnam without a degree
by Anonymous on Thursday, September 12, 2013 - 7:03pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
2014 NEW ASIA STAR MODEL CONTEST AT THE GRAND HO TRAM STRIP
by Anonymous on Friday, September 13, 2013 - 11:34am 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Voucher for tour package
by AsiaStarModel on Saturday, September 14, 2013 - 10:14am 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Charma sell Dr. Bronner's Magic Castile Soap Liquid
by eehcharma on Thursday, October 3, 2013 - 12:15pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
For Those who want to speak Vietnamese in a short time
by maijenny on Saturday, October 5, 2013 - 8:22pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Beautiful house for rent in Hanoi city, Viet Nam. 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom, fully furnished
by KimQuyen on Tuesday, October 8, 2013 - 9:32am 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Dr. Bronner Magic Castile Soap Liquid
by eehcharma on Tuesday, October 8, 2013 - 12:29pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
iPhone 5s in Vietnam
by [email protected] on Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - 2:44am 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Dr. Bronner Magic Castile Soap Liquid Dist. 5, HCM
by eehcharma on Saturday, October 19, 2013 - 1:53pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Finding work in Vietnam
by [email protected] on Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 5:20am 		Living and Working in Vietnam
where Tiger streetfootball final this weekend?
by wei on Monday, November 4, 2013 - 4:37pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Sell Kittens - Born 20/10/2013 in Viet Nam
by trumvananh on Saturday, November 23, 2013 - 3:03pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
KidnerWorld Education Group
by Apple Tan on Thursday, December 5, 2013 - 5:09pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Tennis, please I need players in Saigon
by dwaynehoover on Monday, December 16, 2013 - 12:23am 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Tennis, please I need players in Saigon
by dwaynehoover on Monday, December 16, 2013 - 12:23am 		Living and Working in Vietnam
A TRULY TET FOR EXPATS!
by ColorYourTet on Monday, December 23, 2013 - 11:04pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
A TRULY TET FOR EXPATS!
by ColorYourTet on Monday, December 23, 2013 - 11:05pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Teach Vietnamese FREE 100%
by Kien Pham on Monday, January 20, 2014 - 11:42am 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Long Term (4-6 week) Stay in HCMC
by ozsamurai on Monday, January 20, 2014 - 2:59pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
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About the author

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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