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Composer Hoàng Việt and a Radical Romance Across the North-South Border. In a country fractured by ideology, Hoàng Việt's love for his wife Ngọc Hạnh persisted like a secret melody carried across closed borders by weak radio signals, and letters that had to circle the globe before finding their way home.
Exploring Saigon and Beyond - Saigoneer
Requiem for a Bàng Tree That Was Cut Down in Front of My Home. Curiosity drove me downstairs into the downpour. Out of the corner of my eye, I spotted the municipal workers — clad in orange-and-green uniforms, their clothes soaked — gathering around a crane.
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Saigon's Next Top 5 Congested Streets Are Announced. Here Are the Winners. Local streets are buckling under the pressure of Saigon's ever-increasing population density, here are the city's most frequently jammed roads, according to the municipal Department of Transportation....
Exploring Saigon and Beyond - Saigoneer
The Cultural Depths in Contemporary Hip-Hop Dance ‘129BPM: Động Phách Tách Kén’ Have you ever witnessed a live performance so powerful that it still lives in your mind weeks later? “129BPM: Động Phách Tách Kén” is not your usual hip-hop breakdance battle, but a contemporary dance performance combining live music with Vietnamese folk elements.
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A Brief History of Cung Văn Hóa Lao Động and Saigon's First Swimming Pool. Once a fashionable rendezvous for the elite of colonial society, the Labour Culture Palace (Cung Văn hoá Lao động) at 55B Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai is today one of Hồ Chí Minh City’s most popular spor...
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Cold War History With a Side of Nem Rán in Prague's Little Hanoi. Across English-speaking countries such as the US and Australia, the Vietnamese diaspora established close-knit “Little Saigon” towns whenever they settled down, founding large markets, starting financial services, and introducing southern fares like gỏi cuốn and bánh mì to the local population.
Saigon's Lockdown to Be Extended, Likely Until End of Month
Sep 13, 2021 · Trigger. Hopefully you hadn't gotten too excited about September 15. VnExpress reports that Saigon's leaders plan to extend the city's lockdown beyond this Wednesday, September 15, the date previously marked by the central government as the deadline for bringing the COVID-19 outbreak "under control.". While exact specifics on the extension are still under discussion, Dương Anh Đức, the ...
Saigon - Saigoneer
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Saigon - Saigoneer
A Brief History of Cung Văn Hóa Lao Động and Saigon's First Swimming Pool. Once a fashionable rendezvous for the elite of colonial society, the Labour Culture Palace (Cung Văn hoá Lao động) at 55B Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai is today one of Hồ Chí Minh City’s most popular spor...
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