Last Updated: Thursday, March 29, 2012 03:25:00 Known as “the coconut land,” the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre will launch a week long festival featuring its characteristic fruit from April 4-10. One of the key activities at the 3rd Ben Tre Coconut Festival is a food and beverage festival that offers [Read on …]
Vietnamese? Stay out of your homeland’s casinos Patrick Winn March 20, 2012 06:46 As Vietnam ramps up its luxurious casino complexes, officials insist there is one nationality that should never be allowed inside. The Vietnamese. The communist nation’s investment minister, according to Thanh Nien News, has said a ban on locals visiting casinos is “not [Read on …]
Vietnam inches ahead in global tourism ranking Thursday, March 15, 2012 Vietnam climbed nine spots to 80th in a global tourism ranking by the World Economic Forum, which said the country has attractive cultural and natural resources but needs to further develop its infrastructure. “It benefits from its rich cultural resources (ranked 36th), with several World [Read on …]
The city buses in Saigon are secret treasures for visitors who want to get to know and feel (and maybe smell) Vietnam. Take a Bus to Your Next Saigon Eating Adventure That’s where the old people are. That’s where the students are. Look for these Bus-Stop Signs That’s where you can travel above (and a [Read on …]
Last Updated: Saturday, March 10, 2012 05:10:00 Two of every five Vietnamese citizens in recent survey were found infected with latent tuberculosis that could emerge into the disease once the immune system becomes weak, according to Vietnam’s National Tuberculosis Program. Dinh Ngoc Sy, the program’s chairman and director of the Hanoi-based National Lung Diseases [Read on …]
A friend of mine living in California is planning a trip to Saigon next month. She asked me whether she should worry about taking Malaria medication. I thought it might be useful to share my response to her with readers of Eating Saigon!: Hi Laurie ~ My advice – Don’t worry about taking malaria medications. [Read on …]
Patrick WinnFebruary 26, 2012 22:53 Vietnam’s exploding vehicle problem As if Vietnam’s urban traffic weren’t bad enough, motorists now must contend with a mysterious epidemic of exploding vehicles. More than 100 spontaneous vehicle fires have drivers fearing “their vehicle could turn into a firebomb at any time,” according [Read on …]
Vietnam battles ‘gold fever’ as price soars By Scott Duke Harris | AFP Sun, Feb 12, 2012 09:37 GMT Stashing gold at home rather than having cash in the bank is a generations-old habit in communist Vietnam, but a recent surge in prices has sparked government attempts to bring the yellow metal to heel. Last [Read on …]