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Finding work in Vietnam
by [email protected] on Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 5:20am 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Five bedroom house in Tay Ho dist for lease. Nice terrace, open view
by hanoifullhouse on Friday, May 16, 2014 - 9:10am 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
For Female Expats in Vietnam
by The Expat Shop on Wednesday, September 28, 2016 - 11:23pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
FOR RENT
by hien on Saturday, August 26, 2017 - 11:41am 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
For rent apartment 2BRs – foreigner community – easy to the center – with balcony at D.2
by sophiangomc009 on Monday, December 19, 2016 - 3:56pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
FOR RENT APARTMENT 3 BRs - NICE FURNITURE – 133 SQM BINH THANH DIST
by sophiangomc009 on Friday, October 28, 2016 - 4:51pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
FOR RENT APARTMENT CONVENIENT TO D.1, $900, 1 BR, SWIMMING POOL FREE AT BINH THANH DIST
by sophiangomc009 on Friday, November 11, 2016 - 1:54pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
FOR RENT CITY GARDEN APARTMENT 2 BEDROOMS, EASY TO THE CENTER D.1, MODERN FUR
by sophiangomc009 on Tuesday, November 1, 2016 - 11:13am 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
FOR RENT LUXURIOUS APARTMENT $950 – 1 BR – FULL FUR – VIEW SAIGON BRIDGE
by sophiangomc009 on Thursday, November 24, 2016 - 2:57pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
FOR RENT PRETTY APARTMENT $1200 – YOUNG STYLE – 2BRS – EASY TO THE CENTER.
by sophiangomc009 on Thursday, November 24, 2016 - 10:39am 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
FOR RENT SAIGON PEARL APARTMENT $1150 – 2 BRS – YOUNG STYLE FURNITURE – EASY TO D.1
by sophiangomc009 on Friday, November 11, 2016 - 11:45am 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
FOR RENT THE MANOR APARTMENT $650 – CONVENIENT TRAFFIC – STUDIO – COOL DESIGN
by sophiangomc009 on Thursday, November 10, 2016 - 11:32am 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
FOR RENT THE MANOR APARTMENT QUIET SPACE – CONVENIENT TRAFFIC – 2 BRs
by sophiangomc009 on Wednesday, October 19, 2016 - 11:15am 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
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
foreigner restricted living areas
by bangna63 on Monday, July 18, 2016 - 12:01pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Forum introduction
by tomo on Sunday, April 29, 2012 - 12:20am 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Four bedroom house with courtyard, garden for rent in Ba Dinh dist, Ha Noi city, Viet Nam
by hanoifullhouse on Wednesday, October 16, 2013 - 9:02am 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Free Private Tours in Ho Chi Minh City
by Lamlen on Tuesday, August 8, 2017 - 4:24pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Free Program at Vietnamese Language Studies " Free Vietnamese Trial Classes"
by AndrewNguyenLong on Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - 3:05pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Free Trial MMA Class With Former UFC Champion Dave Menne "The Warrior"
by Anonymous on Monday, September 9, 2013 - 11:19pm 		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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