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Visa Entry Multiple or Single?
by Anonymous on Monday, February 4, 2013 - 3:47am 		Living and Working in Vietnam
VISA VIETNAM FOR EXPATS
by VISA_BIVINA on Wednesday, September 13, 2017 - 8:38am 		Living and Working in Vietnam
VISA VIETNAM FOR EXPATS
by VISA_BIVINA on Friday, January 12, 2018 - 10:36am 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Voucher for tour package
by AsiaStarModel on Saturday, September 14, 2013 - 10:14am 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Vung Tau
by Anonymous on Thursday, May 2, 2013 - 2:35pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Wanna learn Vietnamese for free?
by namanh789 on Sunday, August 10, 2014 - 12:26am 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Wanted Data Researchers for a US Company - Apply Now!
by mobileworks on Wednesday, April 27, 2016 - 3:25pm 		Vietnam Job Board
We are StellaHome company offer many kind of apartment for rent in Masteri Thao Dien
by thaihuybds on Sunday, June 4, 2017 - 6:15pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
We can support you about <Visa on arrival - Visa extension>
by Toan_Viet_Travel on Tuesday, January 23, 2018 - 2:55pm 		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
We have 1 Carillon 3 Apartment For Rent In Tan Binh District Near Ewton And Tan Son Nhat Airport
by Jenny Do on Sunday, July 17, 2016 - 4:24pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Well furnished apartment rentals in Pham Hung street, Cau Giay dist, Hanoi
by Anonymous on Friday, August 23, 2013 - 12:16pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Well-designed house with 5 bedrooms for rent in Hoan Kiem dist, Ha Noi, Viet Nam
by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 2:26pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Well-designed house with 5 bedrooms for rent in Hoan Kiem dist, Ha Noi, Viet Nam
by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 8:50am 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Well-furnished house has 4 bedrooms in Hoan Kiem dist, Ha Noi, Viet Nam
by hanoifullhouse on Thursday, December 26, 2013 - 10:29am 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
West Lake charming serviced apartment for rent. 1 bedroom, fully furnished, big balcony
by Anonymous on Thursday, August 15, 2013 - 11:29pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
West lake serviced apartment with 2 bedrooms for rent in Xuan Dieu street, Tay Ho dist, Ha Noi
by Anonymous on Friday, August 2, 2013 - 1:57pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
West Lake serviced apartment, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, wooden floor, furnished
by hanoifullhouse on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 - 8:42am 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
West lake studio serviced apartment for rent in Yen Phu Village, Tay Ho dist, Hanoi
by Anonymous on Friday, August 2, 2013 - 1:30pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
West lake view fully furnished serviced apartment for rent in To Ngoc Van street, Tay Ho district, Ha Noi
by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 31, 2013 - 6:12pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
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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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