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Ho Chi Minh City
![Southeast Asia’s Sinking Megacities Southeast Asia’s Sinking Megacities](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-07-25-171848.jpg)
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 Surviving Saigon in 1945 and a Dog Named Mephisto](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-12-31-041045.jpg)
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 In Vietnam, Civil Society Is Picking up the Slack Where Authorities Struggle](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-07-28-4.jpg)
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 Vietnam’s Big Air Pollution Challenge](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/sizes/thumbnail/3530_524391eea4551.jpg)
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 Vietnam's Communist Chief Is No Xi Jinping](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_18296322990550.jpg)
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? Can Laos Realize Its Coffee Dream?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-bus_from_vientiane_to_luang_prabang_12236800914-1.jpg)
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'? What’s Behind the Demise of Vietnam’s 'Captain Sidewalk'?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ho-chi-minh-city-bus-station.jpg)
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 Why Vietnam’s Motorbike Ban Makes No Sense](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-motorcycle-vietnam.jpg)
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 Scientists: The Saigon River Is Dying](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/sizes/thumbnail/shutterstock_125464925.jpg)
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 Hanoi’s Mixed Signals: A State of Flux](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/sizes/thumbnail/18284_5280969f3bd7d.jpg)
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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