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Lush Bar, located on 2 Ly Tu Trong Street in District 1 is large and well furnished with contemporary lounge decor on 2 levels. Great DJs playing the latest hip hop, rnb and pop tunes keep the mixed crowd of locals, expats and tourists bopping along. The bar gets packed to the brim after 10:00pm [...]
Gossip Club is a large Singaporean managed 2 level nightclub in the Dai Nam Hotel complex on 79 Tran Hung Dao Street in District 1. The club is very popular with the local, overseas Vietnamese (Viet Kieu) and expat crowd and is generally packed out on weekends. Gossip Club is also home to DJ Stanley, [...]
Club 6B is a lively little nightclub on Pham Ngoc Thach Street in District 1 just opposite the well known MTV Star Cafe (MTV Sao). Playing mainly dance and techo tunes from the house DJ with the occasional guest or customer jumping on stage to belt out a karaoke tune. A popular spot with the [...]
Allez Boo is a backpackers bar and restaurant located on the corner of Pham Ngu Lao and De Tham Streets. The beer here is reasonably priced but mixed drinks are a little expensive for the area. There is also a service charge after 1:00am which adds a little extra to the price of drinks and [...]
Do you remember the humid and rainy afternoons in Saigon? It was summer, and there was no school or homework obligation. My sister and I often sat near the front door, watching the rain drops on the pavement and chatting. The sound of “Páanh Pòo Páanh Tiuuu” from the ethnic Chinese vendor announced the arrival [...]
Tens of thousands of Vietnamese soldiers and civilians turned out in the streets of Vietnam to commemorate the communist victory in the Vietnam War 30 years ago. Vietnamese troops marched down the wide boulevards of Ho Chi Minh City Saturday, tracing the path taken by tanks 30 years ago as the victorious North Vietnamese Army [...]
There were a lot of cars in the old day. I haven’t seen them yet. And these are some pictures which I seached out in the internet. Maybe these pics were about 100 years ago.
Finally after a long brutal and excruciating flight from Toronto, we arrived at Ho Chi Minh City, which was the old Saigon… I remember leaving Canada really cold so I was really excited on our trip to a warm country such as Vietnam… So we got up and did our usual airport routine, we waited [...]
