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Elegant suite 4 bedroom, fully furnished, big balcony in Golden West Executive Residences for lease
by hanoifullhouse on Thursday, May 22, 2014 - 6:46pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Elegant suite 4 bedroom, fully furnished, big balcony in Golden West Executive Residences for lease
by hanoifullhouse on Monday, May 26, 2014 - 11:33am 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Dynamic Participant Program to Learn Vietnamese
by AndrewNguyenLong on Wednesday, April 23, 2014 - 2:16pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Duplex serviced apartment with a nice terrace for rent in Dong Da district, Ha Noi
by hanoifullhouse on Friday, December 13, 2013 - 9:54am 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Duplex serviced apartment with 2 bedrooms for rent in To Ngoc Van street, Tay Ho dist, Ha Noi
by Anonymous on Friday, August 2, 2013 - 1:55pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Duplex serviced apartment in Hoan Kiem dist for rent. one bedroom, fully furnished
by Anonymous on Thursday, August 15, 2013 - 11:08pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Duplex serviced apartment in Hoan Kiem dist for rent. one bedroom, fully furnished
by Anonymous on Friday, August 23, 2013 - 12:02pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Drummer looking for others to JAM with!
by _arlozano on Tuesday, December 29, 2015 - 2:49pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
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by eehcharma on Saturday, October 19, 2013 - 1:53pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
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by eehcharma on Tuesday, October 8, 2013 - 12:29pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Do you have any problem in Vietnam's formalities?
by Anonymous on Tuesday, July 23, 2013 - 10:13am 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Django Developers in Vietnam
by Anonymous on Monday, March 18, 2013 - 10:01am 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Diwali Gifts to Delhi @ http://www.diwalidelhi.com 2014
by divasomyadeep on Saturday, September 20, 2014 - 1:08pm 		Vietnam Job Board
Delicate Rooms at La Maison de Lumière, District 7, Ho Chi Minh
by thp1990 on Monday, February 26, 2018 - 6:32pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
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by Anonymous on Saturday, September 14, 2013 - 8:23am 		Vietnam Job Board
Cycling along the coast of Vietnam from South to North
by trinhthanh on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 10:23am 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Cycling along the coast of Vietnam from South to North
by trinhthanh on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 10:23am 		Living and Working in Vietnam
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by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 13, 2013 - 12:04am 		Living and Working in Vietnam
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by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 13, 2013 - 12:02am 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
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by Anonymous on Friday, July 19, 2013 - 8:28pm 		Vietnam Job Board
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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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