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Tomorrow is an official holiday for Vietnam's Independence Day.  Though I was expecting a lot of police, I thought it would be the guys in tan uniforms, the traffic police.  I saw just a couple today.  Instead, while I was in District 1, I saw many of the green uniformed police blazing their sirens on their pickup trucks up and down the roads.  It seems that they are arresting … [Read more...] about Police everywhere tonight – Precursor to Saigon changing?

Time to get a motorbike license September 1st is the start of the annual Traffic Safety Month in Vietnam.  For Saigon, this means that the traffic police will enforce most of the traffic rules including pulling over foreigners who break the law.  The most common infraction for foreigners will be riding in the left lane.  This is only meant for cars.  In the six years and half … [Read more...] about September – Traffic Safety Month

I just bought my 3G usb modem from Viettel today. 780,000 VND for the usb modem. 50,000 VND monthly charge, 65 VND per mb. You can recharge your account like any cell phone in Vietnam, no bills.  Initially I got up to 2.92 Mbps downloads with Speakeasy in the US. Not bad. Faster then wired. … [Read more...] about Viettel 3G Modem