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Ho Chi Minh City

Southeast Asia’s Sinking Megacities
By Nicholas Muller
The coastal cities of Bangkok, Jakarta, and Ho Chi Minh City battle a common existential threat.

Surviving Saigon in 1945 and a Dog Named Mephisto
By Luke Hunt
A conversation with author Thierry de Roland Peel.

In Vietnam, Civil Society Is Picking up the Slack Where Authorities Struggle
By Luke Hunt
Ho Chi Minh City residents say self-help is key to surviving the pandemic.

Vietnam’s Big Air Pollution Challenge
By Thang Nam Do
Bold action is needed to address the country’s problem.

Vietnam's Communist Chief Is No Xi Jinping
By David Hutt
Misguided comparisons rest on a fundamental misunderstanding of the capabilities and limits of the Vietnamese Communist Party chief.

Can Laos Realize Its Coffee Dream?
By Tae-jun Kang
The country is a small but determined player in this space.

What’s Behind the Demise of Vietnam’s 'Captain Sidewalk'?
By Erin Cook
A closer look at a telling development and what it means for the Southeast Asian state.

Why Vietnam’s Motorbike Ban Makes No Sense
By Luke Hunt
Hanoi’s proposed measure is unlikely to solve the city’s congestion problems.
Vietnamese Rapper Nah’s Not-So-Veiled Regime Critique
By Helen Clark
A rapper takes a verbal sledgehammer to life and the authorities in his native Vietnam.
Vietnam’s Tale of Two Cities
By Elisabeth Rosen
Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi embody a larger struggle in Vietnam between traditional culture and modernity.

Scientists: The Saigon River Is Dying
By Luke Hunt
Current wastewater management infrastructure can’t even begin to treat staggering levels of pollution.

Hanoi’s Mixed Signals: A State of Flux
Vietnam’s official narrative is sending mixed signals on things from the environment to the coffee business.
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