Christmas Eve in Saigon was hectic this year. It took me nearly one hour to get to one of my favorite seafood restaurants in District 5. I finally got home a couple hours later. Normally, my alleyway is active for Christmas since I live in a Catholic neighborhood. This year, due to the construction, my alleyway was silent. My three cats still found it interesting. When I … [Read more...] about Is Santa Coming to Saigon?
Archives for December 2007
Construction Woes – The End?
Two days ago, trucks starting bringing in big rocks for my alleyway. It looks like they are ready to repave my alleyway :-) (The trucks kept me up all night - A good thing :-) ) (Most of the alleyway has been leveled last night) (Main alleyway entrance from the canal) The local police said that by New Year, we will have a repaved alleyway meaning less dust, finally … [Read more...] about Construction Woes – The End?
Online Guide to Investing in Vietnam
A new great tool for those interested in investing in Vietnam. This website was created by the Foreign Investment Agency of Vietnam to make investment procedures in Vietnam easier for investors. Visit the website at this web address: http://vietnam.investway.info/ … [Read more...] about Online Guide to Investing in Vietnam
Interesting Title “Mobile phones go 1984” :-)
I really like the George Orwell twist to the latest article published by VietnamNet Bridge. Next year, the Ministry of Information and Communications will: All pre-paid mobile subscribers of VinaPhone, MobiFone, Viettel, S-Fone, EVN Telecom and HTMobile will have to re-register to use mobile services by sending the form via SMS to number 1411, filling the form out on … [Read more...] about Interesting Title “Mobile phones go 1984” :-)
PC-BSD added to Vietnam BSD/Linux Mirror
The Saigon Linux Group (SLG) added PC-BSD to the Vietnam BSD/Linux Mirror in it's continuing effort to promote and support open source technology in Vietnam. The Vietnam BSD/Linux Mirror is the only public mirror available in Vietnam and is currently managed by the Saigon Linux Group with the bandwidth and IP address donated by GHP Far East Co., Ltd. The Saigon Linux … [Read more...] about PC-BSD added to Vietnam BSD/Linux Mirror