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Sunrise City apartment 1 bedroom for rent in District 7
by Calvin on Wednesday, September 14, 2016 - 12:20am 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Sunrise City apartment 1 bedroom for rent in District 7
by Calvin on Wednesday, September 14, 2016 - 12:20am 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Sunny and nice apartment for rent in Bui Thi Xuan Hanoi
by joneyquest1 on Tuesday, March 8, 2016 - 4:50pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Summer Musical Theatre Workshops for Kids (Ages 7-18)
by eydee08 on Wednesday, June 18, 2014 - 5:27pm 		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
Spanish course for beginners in Ho Chi Minh
by kelvin0951 on Tuesday, September 23, 2014 - 5:07pm 		Living and Working in Vietnam
Small house for rent in Dong Da dist, Hanoi. Fully furnished, 2 bedrooms, wood floor.
by Anonymous on Monday, July 15, 2013 - 11:01pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Small beautiful serviced apartment for rent in Hoan Kiem dist, Hanoi
by hanoifullhouse on Thursday, March 20, 2014 - 7:49pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Small beautiful house for rent in Ba Dinh dist. 2 bedrooms, fully furnished, lake view
by Anonymous on Friday, June 28, 2013 - 11:44am 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Small beautiful house for rent in Ba Dinh dist. 2 bedrooms, fully furnished, lake view
by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 3, 2013 - 12:59pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Small beautiful apartment for rent in Hai Ba Trung dist, Ha Noi, Viet Nam
by Anonymous on Thursday, July 25, 2013 - 11:19pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Small apartment for rent in Badinh dist, hanoi. 01 bedroom, fully furnished, quiet
by Anonymous on Saturday, August 24, 2013 - 12:54pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Small apartment for rent in Badinh dist, hanoi. 01 bedroom, fully furnished, quiet
by Anonymous on Monday, August 26, 2013 - 11:41pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Serviced apartment with swimming pool in district 1
by vertu_09 on Sunday, October 20, 2013 - 11:15pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Serviced apartment with swimming pool in district 1
by vertu_09 on Friday, April 11, 2014 - 6:56pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Serviced apartment in Hai Ba Trung dist for rent. 1 bedroom, wooden floor, lift
by Anonymous on Thursday, August 15, 2013 - 11:16pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Serviced apartment in Hai Ba Trung dist for rent
by hanoifullhouse on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 5:15pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Serviced apartment for rent in district 1- 1bedroom- 270USD
by vertu_09 on Sunday, October 20, 2013 - 11:12pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
Serviced apartment for rent in district 1
by vertu_09 on Tuesday, October 22, 2013 - 12:18pm 		Real Estate, Houses and Rooms for Rent
serviced apartment for lease in Tay Ho dist, Ha Noi, Viet nam
by hanoifullhouse on Tuesday, November 19, 2013 - 10:33am 		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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