Eating with Saigon’s Transgender On Monday night, Hai and I headed off for dinner to a small neighborhood eatery alongside one of Saigon’s main “canals”. Now, to be clear, that would NOT be “canals” in the sense of Venice, Italy, fed by open seawater. But, much more like the “canals” of Bangkok, fed by the [Read on …]
Student likely to be ‘educated’ for filming exam cheats 15 June 2012 “Educational” measures will probably be taken against the student who recorded clips later posted online of teachers and students cheating in a graduation exam which made headlines in Vietnam since last week. Vietnamese regulations ban cameras being used during school exams. A report [Read on …]
Paintball brings battlefields back to Vietnam Last Updated: Friday, March 23, 2012 Pham Thu Phuong, a 21-year-old student from Hanoi Foreign Trade University, didn’t look like a battle-hardened veteran, but she was exhilarated by the thrill of the fight. “Our battle was really exciting, full of hunting, shooting and fleeing,” she said. [Read on …]
Mekong Delta authorities prevent lesbian couple from marrying Last Updated: Monday, February 20, 2012 Authorities in the Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau has prevented a female couple from marrying, arguing that same sex marriage is outlawed in Vietnam, online newspaper VnExpress reported. It has been more than one week since the incident, but residents [Read on …]
Vietnam seizes 5 tons of dead iguanas, pangolins Originally published: March 23, 2012 4:59 AM Updated: March 23, 2012 6:15 AM By The Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam – (AP) — Police in northern Vietnam have seized five tons of pangolin and iguana carcasses destined to be shipped to restaurants in China. State-run newspaper Thanh Nien [Read on …]
RESOURCE INVESTOR By Roman Baudzus April 12, 2012 The State Bank of Vietnam is instituting a de facto nationalization of Vietnam’s gold market, in an effort to restore confidence in the country’s currency – the dong. Vietnam is suffering from a growing current account deficit and record-high inflation. The government’s new measures will have unpleasant [Read on …]
Okay, you read about a great new Saigon street food vendor or Saigon eating adventure (presumably here at Eating Saigon!). You decided to take on that adventure by jumping onto one of Saigon’s possibly air-conditioned buses, figuring out how to find your way and pay your fare, and absorbing Saigon’s wonderful sites and smells along [Read on …]
Vietnam craves rhino horn; costs more than cocaine By Mike Ives Associated Press / April 4, 2012 HANOI, Vietnam—Nguyen Huong Giang loves to party but loathes hangovers, so she ends her whiskey benders by tossing back shots of rhino horn ground with water on a special ceramic plate. Her father gave her the 4-inch (10-centimeter) [Read on …]