By Madeleine List • Aug 30, 2021
Ho Chi Minh City's traditional taxi firms have taken a hit with intense competition from Grab in recent years. But with ride-hailing apps suspended amid a spiralling Covid outbreak, a return of business for drivers comes with risks as they become front line workers

By Jim Laurie • Apr 30, 2021
For years, fear spread of a bloodbath in South Vietnam if the communists came to power. Undeterred, US journalist Jim Laurie was one of the few reporters to remain after the Fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975, witnessing the first days of the liberated city under a new regime

By Saigoneer • Mar 25, 2021
Over the years, Saigon has changed as drastically, and yet, the Saigon Zoo remains relatively the same. Its lush, tree-filled grounds have been a haven for carefree visitors for over a half-century, as exemplified by these photos taken in 1970

By Govi Snell • Mar 02, 2021
Vietnam’s North-South railway has remained much the same since it was first built 85 years ago, with the iconic line highlighting the halting nature of Vietnamese infrastructure projects as plans to modernise have gone without progress for more than a decade