Booming Saigon, a city on the move, lays claim to a specialty that Vietnamese-American writer Monique Truong, author of “The Book of Salt” and the coming “Bitter in the Mouth,” calls “the ultimate on-the-go fare”: the extravagantly stuffed banh mi sandwich. The most popular form is banh mi thit (“thit” means “meat”), a warmed baguette [...]

Diners in Ho Chi Minh City can sample a wide variety dishes from all over Vietnam, as well as an array of international flavors. One of the joys of eating out in Vietnam is finding quality authentic food for a cheap price. Unfortunately, restaurant prices are on the increase in the city, rising 30 percent [...]

Saigon is undergoing massive change, nowhere more so than in it’s city center. Long established nightspots are feeling the heat of astronomical rent increases and land being bought up for new developments — some better known names have already been sent scarpering for new locations beyond District One’s limits. However, nightlife is hanging on in [...]