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Le tour de Chicken rice: who holds the yellow jersey?

Le tour de Chicken rice: who holds the yellow jersey?

Once the prosperity indicator under Vietnam's subsidy period, chicken is among the most versatile ingredients used in Vietnamese cooking, pleasing the taste buds whether steamed, boiled or lending a meaty taste to salad. But it seems chicken shines brightest when accompanied by rice.
Four cafes that make you feel yesterday is still around the corner

Four cafes that make you feel yesterday is still around the corner

Already fed up with all the watery takeaway coffee packed in plastic cups or feel rushed by the fast-fashion serving style at the likes of Starbucks? Take a day off and let us take you on a nostalgic journey to the timeless cafes of Saigon.
April 8, 2016 | 10:37 pm PT
Saigon celebrates unification day with firework show

Saigon celebrates unification day with firework show

The fifteen-minute firework display last night was welcomed by thousands of people.
April 30, 2016 | 06:07 pm PT
Saigoneers struggle to survive in burning heat

Saigoneers struggle to survive in burning heat

Saigon is going through an intense heat wave with temperatures up to 39 degrees C (102 degrees F).
May 5, 2016 | 04:54 pm PT
The beef ball soup at the heart of Saigon

The beef ball soup at the heart of Saigon

Located in front of Le Hong Phong department (District 5), this soup stall has been feeding the city every day from noon to twilight for near 20 years.
May 7, 2016 | 07:46 pm PT
Northern flavors cure homesickness in Saigon

Northern flavors cure homesickness in Saigon

People from Hanoi and Saigon recognize each other as compatriots and share almost everything from their language to their customs, and most certainly their food, despite the 3,000 kilometers that separates them.
May 9, 2016 | 01:13 am PT
Tons of fish found dead in Saigon canal after heavy rain

Tons of fish found dead in Saigon canal after heavy rain

Around 14 tons of dead fish have been found in Saigon's Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe Canal, which officials have attributed to waste washed into the canal following heavy rain.
May 17, 2016 | 08:37 pm PT
Hanoi, Saigon in the 80s through a French lens: beauty lies in simplicity

Hanoi, Saigon in the 80s through a French lens: beauty lies in simplicity

Following the war, Vietnam was beset by poverty in the 80s: no skyscrapers, no luxury hotels and no high-class services. Vietnam charmed foreigners with it simple beauty, of which one French journalist and photographer said: "I can immerse in that joyful simplicity and never get bored".
May 17, 2016 | 11:47 pm PT
Roasted and ground: 10 places that make the coffee map of Saigon

Roasted and ground: 10 places that make the coffee map of Saigon

Located only seven hours by car from Vietnam's coffee capital Buon Ma Thuot, Saigon has succeeded in creating a coffee culture that tops the city’s talk-about list. These 10 cafes are the steaming evidence of a robust current that flows inside Saigon.
May 21, 2016 | 05:24 pm PT
Saigon’s luxury hotels fully booked during Obama visit

Saigon’s luxury hotels fully booked during Obama visit

Rooms at five and six star hotels in Ho Chi Minh City, where Obama and his delegation are expected to stay, are booked up from May 22-24, a quick check by VnExpress found.
May 22, 2016 | 03:24 am PT
Obama fever: Hanoi & Saigon styles

Obama fever: Hanoi & Saigon styles

In his first visit to Vietnam, the U.S. president was welcomed by Hanoians and Saigoneers in ways he's never seen before. Cheering crowds of Vietnamese waving flags, ready to snap a photo of Obama followed his every step.
May 25, 2016 | 03:23 am PT
70 years of food porn at lowly noodle stall

70 years of food porn at lowly noodle stall

With its first generation of customers now in their 90s and many having departed this world, a ‘hu tiu’ stall has managed to stand the tests of time, delivering the essence of southern street gastronomy for the last seven decades.
May 27, 2016 | 03:51 am PT
Saigon chefs up the weird and the wonderful

Saigon chefs up the weird and the wonderful

The land of rivers in the west of southern Vietnam has long been a go-to destination for its fruit gardens, floating markets and legendary gastronomy that encompasses in itself the heat of the land and the hospitality of local people.
May 31, 2016 | 02:13 am PT
The steel fortress that sheltered the former Saigon regime

The steel fortress that sheltered the former Saigon regime

On April 8, 1975, as bombs began to fall on Independence Palace, the then President Nguyen Van Thieu and his family hid in a steel-encased concrete bomb shelter beneath the building. Now the palace is open to the public, the underground system has come to light too.
June 2, 2016 | 02:00 am PT
HCMC initiates flood control project worth $446 mln

HCMC initiates flood control project worth $446 mln

Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) has signed a contract with a construction company aimed at protecting the city from flooding with total funding of $446 million.
June 3, 2016 | 04:54 am PT
Starving in Saigon: Community kitchen serves the city's needy

Starving in Saigon: Community kitchen serves the city's needy

A heartwarming idea the people of An Phu Ward in District 2 came up with has got the community involved in setting up a kitchen to feed those less fortunate.
June 8, 2016 | 04:12 am PT
Vietnamese American arrested after fleeing Saigon hospital in stolen taxi

Vietnamese American arrested after fleeing Saigon hospital in stolen taxi

Police in Ho Chi Minh City have detained a Vietnamese American man who stole a taxi from outside a hospital in Saigon.
June 11, 2016 | 10:14 pm PT
Fake cops arrested after targeting tourists in Saigon robbing spree

Fake cops arrested after targeting tourists in Saigon robbing spree

Ho Chi Minh City Police yesterday arrested the ring leader and two members of a gang who have been impersonating police officers to rob foreign tourists.
June 14, 2016 | 11:33 pm PT
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