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Givral Bakery JSC yesterday reopened its historic cafe, almost two years after it was closed down to make room for development of a modern commercial center and hotel project. The coffee and bakery shop is still located at the corner of Le Loi and Dong Khoi streets, District 1. It is one of the historic [...]
Last week must have been the worst week during this year’s rainy season and I personally was soaked to the skin twice daily at least and that’s me wearing a VND200,000 covers-the-whole-body raincoat. No matter how you sell it and try to stay positive during the six-month slog the rainy season is murder. I was [...]
The Himalayan Mountain Range is blanketed in snow all-year round and is filled with secrets and mysterious religious characters of Tibetan Buddhism. Tara Corner was born as a small part of the Himalayas to introduce some cultural features and vegetarian foods of Nepal, Tibet and India to Saigonese. Stepping into Tara Corner, nestled at 185/8 [...]
Restaurant owner Alexis Melgrani works as chef, manager, and sommelier of Le Bouchon de Saigon Le Bouchon de Saigon is located in downtown Ho Chi Minh City overlooking Idecaf, the French cultural center. I go there at noon and the restaurant is quite crowded. I choose a table next to a small bookcase near the [...]
A bowl of pho ga (chicken noodle soup) with fresh herbs at Pho Huong Bac Restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City is a food paradise, no question. All kinds of restaurants, from hole-in-the-wall places to the most swanky, luxurious fine dining options, serve cuisines from all parts of the world, and one can [...]
The first floor of Ciao Bella Restaurant in HCMC It was a Monday evening but the weekend atmosphere lingered. We decided to have a light dinner at Ciao Bella on Dong Du Street. Ho Chi Minh City’s newest Italian restaurant was quite full. We entered and saw the relaxed ambience, bringing the phrase la dolce [...]
The city of Ho Chi Minh or Saigon has a lot to offer to its tourists. The boulevards, the buildings that helps the tourists as well as the locals to get an idea about the French architecture, the over crowded streets, the traffic, the shops that displays different kinds of goods, the attire of the [...]
Phuong works magic with her hands at Kim Salon in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City has a way of swallowing you whole. At first everything seems too wonderful to be true — a fairyland populated by beautiful women and smiling men on motorcycles. Then you begin to go crazy. Your [...]
The enterprise has functional rooms for research, theory and practical activities with equipment meeting high-quality standards. Trainees of the company will be provided syllabuses based on medicinal achievements in combination with spa and massage therapies. The establishment of the company is to support enterprises in the spa-massage industry in training high-quality laborers. Besides, it also [...]
An oasis of calm awaits those seeking a break from the frenzied pace of Saigon life at the Vietnamese Traditional Massage Institute at 185D Cong Quynh Street in HCMC’s District 1. Operated by the HCMC Association for the Blind, the Institute offers a rewarding alternative to the more commercial massage parlours to be found nearby. [...]