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by Laura Intersky on Tuesday, June 10, 2014 - 3:31pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
learning Vietnamese in community approaches.
by vuhonggiang12345 on Wednesday, June 11, 2014 - 11:13am 		Living and Working in Vietnam
4 bedroom house in Ciputra Hanoi for lease. A courtyard, quiet, safe
by hanoifullhouse on Monday, June 16, 2014 - 2:26pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Summer Musical Theatre Workshops for Kids (Ages 7-18)
by eydee08 on Wednesday, June 18, 2014 - 5:27pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Nice interior apartment for rent in HCMC. 5 minutes to District 1. 600USD per month.
by minhnl on Friday, June 20, 2014 - 10:44am 		Living and Working in Vietnam
We FIX ALL STUFFS for your HOME: electronics, home appliances, electrical items, households repair - HANDYMEN
by VN-Business-Ass... on Sunday, July 13, 2014 - 10:33am 		Living and Working in Vietnam
VIETNAM Trading, Imp./Exp., Products Sourcing, Purchasing, QC Inspection, Representative, Sales & Marketing.
by VN-Business-Ass... on Saturday, July 19, 2014 - 12:00pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Appartment at The Vista for rent.
by binhcao on Monday, July 21, 2014 - 3:03pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
The useful resource to learn Vietnamese
by vietnameseisfree on Monday, July 21, 2014 - 3:57pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
The useful resource to learn Vietnamese
by vietnameseisfree on Monday, July 21, 2014 - 3:57pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
SSA BASKETBALL Back to School Camp - Aug 4th-8th !!!!!!
by SSA on Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - 12:19pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
HOW TO GET DIRECTION IN VIETNAM!
by vietnameseisfree on Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - 4:02pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Freight forwarder, Moving and Storage
by Laura Intersky on Thursday, July 31, 2014 - 1:53pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Two and Tu – “T” in English and “T” in Vietnamese
by vietnameseisfree on Monday, August 4, 2014 - 3:52pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Job and easy working in Viet Nam
by joley2014 on Thursday, August 7, 2014 - 4:42pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
HANOI TO GRAND LAND, HOUSE DEEDS TO FOREIGNERS
by anhngo12 on Friday, August 8, 2014 - 4:16pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Wanna learn Vietnamese for free?
by namanh789 on Sunday, August 10, 2014 - 12:26am 		Living and Working in Vietnam
free tutor Vietnamese in Hanoi
by Hanhnguyen on Friday, August 22, 2014 - 8:51am 		Living and Working in Vietnam
New SSA Term with BIG PROMOTION from Sep 8th
by SSA on Monday, September 1, 2014 - 10:43am 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Enjoy your MOST AWESOME HALLOWEEN in Saigon - ESCAPE HALLOWEEN PARTY
by HuyềnNguyễnMèo on Wednesday, September 3, 2014 - 10:14am 		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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