Trying to keep up with the news in Vietnam can be daunting if you have to rely on the local English news sites. From what I heard from my Vietnamese friends, getting up to date news in the Vietnamese language can be hard to come by as well. The concept of Breaking News has not hit the news agencies in Vietnam quite yet. Below are just a list of online news sites in English … [Read more...] about Source of English News in Vietnam
Archives for March 2009
Troi oi FPT!!!
This is FPT for you. Here is a company that seems to win many ICT awards in Vietnam continuously each year yet can't seem to get their Customer Service right. Today is just the 18th of the month. For the last couple of years, I paid my ADSL fees on the 21st of the month. Before that, I paid them on the 24th of the month. When I first subscribed, I was told to pay on the … [Read more...] about Troi oi FPT!!!
Giving KDE 4.2 a try on my Arch Linux Desktop
Well, it has been over a year since I made the move to the Gnome Desktop. I was not happy happy with KDE 4 and ended up dumping it. I thought the KDE Developers were crazy for making too many innovations. It was too buggy and took a lot of resources to run it. Now KDE 4.2 is available and I am hearing a lot of good praises. Tony(saigonlinux) runs it on openSUSE and gave … [Read more...] about Giving KDE 4.2 a try on my Arch Linux Desktop
Another Beautiful Saigon Morning
Last Sunday morning I took some morning pictures from my house in the Phu Nhuan District of Saigon at 6:30 AM in the morning. It is not often I am up early in the morning in Saigon. I tend to sleep late but after I return from my US trip next (March 27th - April 7th), I plan to wake up when the Vietnamese wake up so I can exercise more :-) (A view of the train … [Read more...] about Another Beautiful Saigon Morning
It is good to be a Girl in Vietnam
Well, finally, the endless marathon of giving gifts and flowers to girls will end on Sunday. March 8th is International Women's Day which is observed in Vietnam. On this day, guys must give their girlfriends and/or wives flowers and a nice card. Some guys will even take their girlfriend and/or wife out to a good dinner. It can be a romantic occasion. If you are a guy and … [Read more...] about It is good to be a Girl in Vietnam