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[Western Model Recruitment for EAST MEETS WEST Fashion show (Ho Chi Minh)]
by EastMeetsWest FS on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 - 2:33pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
[Western Model Recruitment for EAST MEETS WEST Fashion show (Ho Chi Minh)]
by EastMeetsWest FS on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 - 2:33pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
The Rooftop Bar "SHALL WE DANCE" - (26 Mar, 2016, 21:00 - Till late)
by Lyn Ruby Nguyen on Thursday, March 24, 2016 - 3:52pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Looking for WESTERN or MIXED WESTERN - VIETNAMESE KID models
by kimmytrang on Saturday, April 2, 2016 - 4:37pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Vietnamese Language Tution
by ThanhHuong2010 on Thursday, April 7, 2016 - 2:50pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Vietnamese Language Tuition
by ThanhHuong2010 on Thursday, April 7, 2016 - 2:50pm 		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
Have you tried Quan An Ngon's Eel Combination
by Lyn Ruby Nguyen on Friday, April 8, 2016 - 4:49pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Have you tried Quan An Ngon's Eel Combination
by Lyn Ruby Nguyen on Friday, April 8, 2016 - 4:49pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
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
Vietnamese Food at its best & at your door!
by foodbyannie on Tuesday, June 21, 2016 - 8:02pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Music Lessons: Drums, Guitar, Ukulele
by janelgroove on Sunday, July 3, 2016 - 9:59pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
MASTERI THAO DIEN APARTMENT FOR RENT
by HanVu on Wednesday, July 6, 2016 - 10:03am 		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
TROPIC GARDEN APARTMENT FOR RENT IN THAO DIEN – FULL FURNITURE
by HanVu on Wednesday, July 13, 2016 - 10:45am 		Living and Working in Vietnam
NEW CHOICE - LUXURY APARTMENT IN LEXINGTON RESIDENCE, DISTRICT 02, HCMC
by khaihoan on Thursday, July 14, 2016 - 3:35pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Lexington 3 star in District 2 for rent, 1 bedroom, full furniture from 600$/month
by HanVu on Friday, July 15, 2016 - 10:06am 		Living and Working in Vietnam
We have 1 Carillon 3 Apartment For Rent In Tan Binh District Near Ewton And Tan Son Nhat Airport
by Jenny Do on Sunday, July 17, 2016 - 4:24pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
foreigner restricted living areas
by bangna63 on Monday, July 18, 2016 - 12:01pm 		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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