Just one more week and Hai and I will travel back to Vietnam. Saigon to be exact. Before we head back to Vietnam however, we feel obliged to let you know exactly what we’ve been up to recently. First, you might recall our blog post of a few months back about Hai and my amazing visit to [Read on …]
The following is a Guest Post submitted to Eating Saigon! by James Clark of Nomadic Notes. Thank you, James! *************************************************** Bún Thịt Nướng in District 1 Whenever I am returning to a city I’ve been before I think about what my first meal back will be. Sometimes this is an easy decision and I will [Read on …]
Looking for a great hamburger in Saigon? Wanting to enjoy some authentic local Vietnamese food in Saigon? Now you can have your cake and eat it too! More exactly, you can have your chả đùm and eat it too – at Quán Cây Khế restaurant in Phú Nhuận District. Let me explain. Some may recall [Read on …]
By Brad Lendon, CNN November 13, 2013 — Updated 1716 GMT (0116 HKT) (CNN) — Environmentalists in Vietnam were ebullient this week after remote cameras in a forest reserve snapped pictures of a live saola, one of the rarest large mammals on Earth. At most a few hundred — and as few as [Read on …]
Gay Marriage Debate Takes a Step Forward in Vietnam By Vu Trong Khanh and Nguyen Anh Thu HANOI – Gay and lesbian couples in Vietnam may soon be allowed to hold relationship ceremonies, as the country’s lawmakers begin a debate that gay-rights advocates and their allies hope could one day lead the country to permit [Read on …]
Click on each flag in our “Phở in Saigon” map below to get the name and address of each of our favorites Saigon phở eateries. Then, read more about our visits there. Eating Saigon!’s “PHỞ IN SAIGON” Map View Pho in Saigon in a larger map
Phở Thanh Cảnh 55 Nguyễn Cư Trinh street District 1 (on corner with Cống Quỳnh street) ***** So what does one eat when he’s been living in Saigon continuously for nearly a year, and he wants to enjoy one last memorable meal with friends before heading back to the USA for several months? Maybe I [Read on …]
1 September 2013 A controversial law banning Vietnamese online users from discussing current affairs has come into effect. The decree, known as Decree 72, says blogs and social websites should not be used to share news articles, but only personal information. The law also requires foreign internet companies to keep their local servers inside Vietnam. [Read on …]