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Most expats in Saigon may not have heard about Vang Anh, but I learned last week that this character, played by Thuy Linh, a first year college student, is quite popular…

Hello Saigon Bloggers: If you are free Friday night, meet up between 7-7:30 PM at Sabrino's Pizza (name?) located behind Sun Wah Tower on Ton That Thiep Street. I will…

Darn, I had to spend another weekend at home working on my Laptop again. I really hit geek mode since I returned from the US. I am still not sure if I truly recovered…

Over a week ago, I showed the film, An Inconvenient Truth, to my students at SaigonTech. I had realized that very few of them knew anything, or seem to cared, about the…

(Source: KDE) One of my early complaints about the iPhone was that I could not access it with my Sabayon Linux laptop. I was afraid that I would need to install iTunes…

(Source: Thanh Nien News) Many of us who have lived in Saigon for the last couple of years have definitely noticed the huge increase in traffic lately. More and more…

The Ministry of Information and Communication currently is appraising open source software for IT projects in Vietnam. From the article: The council will then choose an…

Thanks to Tracy Reed for forwarding this story. 2008 could be the Year of Linux and Open Source Technology adoption in Vietnam. As the story points out, more and more…

I finally got my Thinkpad's Fingerprint Reader to work with ThinkFinger today using Sabayon Linux. Awesome!!!

Here are a couple of very interesting pictures I took with my iPhone last week here in Saigon. While I was teaching at SaigonTech, one of my students showed me a copy of…

The iPhone has been unlocked again. Yeah :-) Oh, wait a minute, I am selling my iPhone soon. Maybe I will wait to add the new firmware first :-) See Article here ->…

I have used Sabayon Linux for nearly three weeks now. Unfortunately, I am at the phase with Sabayon where little things are beginning to annoy me. I installed Sabayon…

Well, FPT's reputation for poor quality service seems to have returned. For many of us who live in the outlying districts of Saigon, getting connected to the Internet…

Not sure what happened but for some FPT customers in the Phu Nhuan and Tan Binh Districts, we could not access the internet for nearly a day. Last night and this morning…

(Source: Thanh Nien News) After a very sluggish six-month slump, the Vietnamese stock market if finally beginning to climb. HSBC, who used to be the naysayer in regards…

Here is an interesting story from Thanh Nien News involving impounded motorbikes in Saigon. As many of the Saigonese motorbike riders know already, it is best not to…

Patrick, the new IT nerd at the US Consulate, just posted some videos of his recent trip to Dalat. Have a look: Enchanting Dalat Tea and Coffee Business in Vietnam…

Well, I cannot believe, I actually have a favorite beer house here in Saigon. It is called the Nguyen Du Brauhof - Restaurant & Beergarden, but I call it the German Beer…

Over a week ago, it was costing about $100-150 to unlock iPhones here in Vietnam. With last week's release of iUnlock, the prices have now dropped down to 400,000 VND…

I just successfully installed Sabayon Linux on my IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad T60. Wow, I am quite impressed. This is the first Linux install ever where all the devices were…