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A garden house for rent in Tay Ho dist. Modern house, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms
by Anonymous on Friday, August 23, 2013 - 11:53am 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
A graceful house with 2 bedroom, 2 wc in Ba Dinh dist for rent
by hanoifullhouse on Tuesday, June 3, 2014 - 1:49pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
A graceful house with 2 bedroom, 2 wc in Ba Dinh dist for rent
by hanoifullhouse on Saturday, June 7, 2014 - 11:12am 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
A Graceful serviced apartment 2 bedroom 2 bath rentals in Dong Da dist, Ha Noi
by hanoifullhouse on Thursday, May 22, 2014 - 11:38am 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
A green house for rent in Hoan Kiem dist. 3 bedroom, 4 bathroom, fully furnished
by hanoifullhouse on Friday, December 13, 2013 - 9:56am 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
A high quality house nearby Daewoo hotel for rent. This is a brand-new house
by Anonymous on Monday, August 26, 2013 - 11:30pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
A high quality serviced apartment for rent in To Ngoc Van street, Tay Ho dist, Ha Noi
by Anonymous on Monday, August 26, 2013 - 11:35pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
A lovely 2 bedroom serviced apartment in Ba Dinh dist. Big balcony, nice view
by hanoifullhouse on Friday, March 21, 2014 - 8:35am 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
A lucky serviced apartment with one bedroom for rent
by hanoifullhouse on Wednesday, October 16, 2013 - 8:59am 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
A luxurious apartment with 4 bedrooms for rent in Pacific Place, Ly Thuong Kiet street
by Anonymous on Monday, July 22, 2013 - 3:32pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
A luxury house with 3 bedrooms in Hoan Kiem dist for rent
by hanoifullhouse on Thursday, May 22, 2014 - 11:42am 		Living and Working in Vietnam
A luxury house with 3 bedrooms in Hoan Kiem dist for rent
by hanoifullhouse on Thursday, May 15, 2014 - 2:17pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
A modern serviced apartment in old quarter for rent. It is nearby Hoan Kiem lake
by Anonymous on Thursday, August 15, 2013 - 11:22pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
A newly furnished serviced apartment in Tay Ho dist, Ha Noi
by hanoifullhouse on Friday, March 21, 2014 - 8:37am 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
A nice apartment in Lancaster 20 Nui Truc street, Ba Dinh dist for rent
by hanoifullhouse on Friday, October 25, 2013 - 7:27pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
A nice apartment in Lancaster 20 Nui Truc street, Ba Dinh dist for rent
by hanoifullhouse on Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 10:39am 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
A nice apartment in Lancaster 20 Nui Truc street, Ba Dinh dist for rent
by hanoifullhouse on Wednesday, November 6, 2013 - 9:18am 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
A nice apartment in Royal City Hanoi for rent. Large apartment with 3 bedrooms, wooden floor
by Anonymous on Saturday, September 14, 2013 - 8:27am 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
A nice apartment in Tay Ho dist for rent. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, wooden floor
by Anonymous on Monday, August 26, 2013 - 11:34pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
A nice garden house in Tay Ho dist for rent. 5 bedroom, fully furnished house in West Lake area
by Anonymous on Thursday, September 12, 2013 - 11:50pm 		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

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  • 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...
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  • 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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