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In the "Café Apartment" on Nguyen Hue street in Ho Chi Minh City, on its second floor, there's a workshop, "NOTE - The Scent Lab," where travelers can blend their own perfume. It has a track record of a Google review score of 4.9 (over 2,400 reviews) and a TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice 2025 award...

The Cho Cu (Cho Cu) market, located on Ton That Dam street in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City. It's an old market that once spread along the canal linking the Saigon River and downtown, with a stall that has kept serving hu tieu (hu tieu) for over 60 years. The owner, Co Chan (Co Ch...)

On the first floor of the JW Marriott Hotel & Suites Saigon in Ho Chi Minh City, a restaurant "Nikura" specializing in Japanese-Peruvian "Nikkei" cuisine has opened. It draws attention as the first shop in Ho Chi Minh to offer authentic Nikkei cuisine. Chef de cui...

Over two days on April 18-19, 2026, the "Saigon Pizza Festival 2026" was held in the SOHO district within The Global City in Ho Chi Minh City. Hosted by Saigon Outcast, the venue lined up a rich variety of pizzas — Neapolitan, New York-style, Sicilian square, Indian curry pizza, and more...

An ArchDaily feature picks 10 Vietnamese cafés that revived small traditional buildings. From a 1950s modernist villa and a French colonial villa to a wooden building in Hue and a prewar townhouse in Quy Nhon, we sum up where the meeting of architectural revival and café culture stands now.

At Le Méridien Saigon in Ho Chi Minh City on May 10, the traditional ao dai and modern cocktails cross paths in a 10-hour straight-through “Saigon Ao Dai Cocktail Festival 2026.” We report on this new landing point for nightlife.

Korean chicken major BHC announces its first entry into Vietnam. Partnering with Singapore's Hao Open Foods, it plans 50 shops in 10 years across Hanoi, HCMC, and Da Nang. We break the news on the contract details and a competitor comparison.

In 2026, the 100th anniversary of Michelin's star ratings, the announcement ceremony for the 4th Vietnam edition will be held in Hanoi on June 4. We break the news on the selection lists for three cities, guest-chef information, and three-year trend data.

The shock a Vietnamese-French man raised in Paris's 13th arrondissement felt on learning that "restaurants in Saigon have no soy milk." We introduce a Saigoneer essay depicting the gap between diaspora food culture and the local table.

Spanish travel platform GuruWalk chose Hanoi, HCMC, and Hoi An for its 2026 edition of the "Top 100 Most Walkable Cities in the World." A turning point where cities of the motorbike kingdom are internationally rated as walking destinations. Usable for Japanese travelers designing walk-focused itineraries.