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Balcony serviced apartment in Truc Bach lake area, Ba Dinh dist, Hanoi, Vietnam
by hanoifullhouse on Wednesday, January 8, 2014 - 11:37pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Balcony serviced apartment rentals in Hoan Kiem dist, Ha Noi
by hanoifullhouse on Saturday, June 7, 2014 - 11:11am 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Bao Ngoc hotel self introduction http://baongochotel.net
by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 2:56pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
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by Anonymous on Saturday, September 14, 2013 - 8:28am 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Beautiful 2 bedroom apartment in the heart of D1, $ 500
by vertu_09 on Monday, March 3, 2014 - 1:42pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Beautiful 2 bedrooms serviced apartment in Dang Thai Mai street, Tay Ho dist, Ha Noi, Viet Nam
by Anonymous on Thursday, August 1, 2013 - 8:30am 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
beautiful and modern apartment one bedroom in Royal City hanoi
by joneyquest1 on Monday, May 23, 2016 - 2:29pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Beautiful apartment in Ba Dinh dist for rent. 2 bedroom, balcony
by hanoifullhouse on Thursday, March 20, 2014 - 8:32pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Beautiful apartment in P1 ciputra for rent. 3 bedrooms, furnished, nice furniture
by hanoifullhouse on Wednesday, November 6, 2013 - 8:51am 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Beautiful apartment in P1 ciputra for rent. 3 bedrooms, furnished, nice furniture
by hanoifullhouse on Tuesday, November 19, 2013 - 11:03am 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Beautiful apartment rental at Mandarin Garden Hoang Minh Giam, Cau Giay dist
by hanoifullhouse on Thursday, May 22, 2014 - 11:49am 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Beautiful apartment rental at Mandarin Garden Hoang Minh Giam, Cau Giay dist
by hanoifullhouse on Thursday, May 15, 2014 - 2:41pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Beautiful balcony serviced apartment for rent in Tay Ho dist. 2 bedrooms, new furniture, lake view
by Anonymous on Monday, July 29, 2013 - 1:04pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Beautiful big house for rent in centre, Hai Ba Trung dist, Ha Noi, Viet Nam. Fully furnished, 4 bedrooms
by Anonymous on Thursday, May 30, 2013 - 12:22am 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Beautiful big villa for rent in Tay Ho dist. Courtyard, garden, partially furnished
by Anonymous on Monday, May 20, 2013 - 12:04pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Beautiful cheap house for rent in Dong Da dist, Ha Noi
by Anonymous on Monday, July 15, 2013 - 10:54pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Beautiful courtyard villa for rent in To Ngoc Van street, Tay Ho dist, Hanoi, Vietnam
by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 3:32pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Beautiful duplex serviced apartment with 2 bedrooms for rent in Tay Ho dist
by Anonymous on Friday, August 2, 2013 - 1:34pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Beautiful garden house in Ba Dinh dist for rent. 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom
by hanoifullhouse on Friday, May 16, 2014 - 9:19pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Beautiful garden house in Ba Dinh dist for rent. 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom
by hanoifullhouse on Wednesday, June 11, 2014 - 9:20am 		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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