Outdor gadgets, GPS, Leatherman in Vietnam
When I was looking for a bluetooth GPS receiver, a friend connected me with Tabalo, a shop in Phu Nuan District. Adress: 220/10A NGUYỄN TRỌNG TUYỂN, PHƯỜNG 8, QUẬN PHÚ NHUẬN TP. HỒ CHÍ MINHĐT:...
View ArticleCrumpler bag shop in Saigon
It took me arround two years in Vietnam to discover a little paradise: a crumpler shop in Ho Chi Minh City. It's located at 52M Nguyen Huu Hao in District 4, right at the market, 10 minutes from...
View ArticleMoved to Laos
Although I still have shares in a company in Vietnam and will be there several times this year, my headquarter is now in Vientiane, Laos. Find more about my life in Laos here:...
View ArticleGeeks on train - join us
Some people - in particular @3105, Jan and me - are tinking about having Geeks on a train in the next weeks or months. Some more information is on 3105.com.The basic idea is to book a coach from BKK to...
View ArticleBusiness Week on Vietnams economy: WTF?
Business Week runs a story with the headline: Is Vietnam Finally Ready for Foreign Investors?" They sayHanoi is cutting taxes and improving infrastructure in hopes of becoming the low-cost alternative...
View ArticleHacking iTunes accounts: Smart guy or douchebag? (or just a crime)
So some people in Vietnam seem to go the wrong way: In a country already renown for its copyright violations, stealing intellectual property, faking products now the focus turns on worldwide...
View ArticleJoin the GTZ Mekong Photocontest in Vietnam
The GTZ Projects of “Sustainable management of coastal forest and wetland in the Mekong Delta Provinces Bac Lieu, Soc Trang and Kien Giang” jointly carry out an online photo contest on the topic...
View ArticleWhat's your experience with climate change?
In late April 2009, thousand of people in Vi Thanh commune, Hau Giang province had to buy drinking water because sea water encroached into all rivers and canals in the area. This phenomenon had never...
View ArticleTreating diarrhea in Vietnam
I got the quite common of having diarrhea, it did not occour to me many times in Vietnam, but this time my stay in Bac Lieu wasn't as pleasant as before.So it happened to me that I had to stay close to...
View ArticleBack in Saigon
My wife just asked me how I feel coming back to Saigon after 3 months already living in Laos. I must admit, it's nice to come back for some days, but I do prefer to live in Laos now. Thanks to easy...
View ArticleCafe Do: tiny cafe with live music
What I like the most about Saigon are the cafes. There are hundreds of them, many are hidden in small alleys, and you have to know the place. These cafes are the real beauty of the city, usually...
View ArticleConstruction work in Vietnam seems a real threat
The first floor of a shopping mall in Ho Chi Minh City's new Phu My Hung urban area collapsed during construction Wednesday morning.This is the second building in this area that collapses, since 2...
View ArticleDo not buy puppies in Saigon from Tracy Lee
On the Phu My Hung neighbours list a Tracy Lee tried to sell 5 weeks old Golden retriever puppies. I suspended her from the list. 5 weeks is to early to take puppies away from the mother. She insists...
View ArticleGeneral advice for buying dogs in Vietnam
First of all: Do not buy from any breeder. I haven't seen a reliable breeder in Vietnam. It's all about money. There are some breeds more or lesson fashionable, like Phu Quoc Dogs, Retriever, German...
View ArticleDoing business in Asia
Today I found this in my inbox. A brief description of someone wanted to do business in Asia. It doesn't even matter what country this is about:I have applied for an investment license at the One Stop...
View ArticleE-Market in Vietnam
The first e-market for Viet Nam's agricultural, forestry and aquatic produce made its debut yesterday.The site www.agromart.com.vn. hosts up to 150 businesses and is expected to help lower costs and...
View ArticleMindmaps best practise - Part I
I am addicted to mindmaps. I think that's the best tool ever, in particular since it is available as software. So in this little series I want to introduce you to some best practise of how to use...
View ArticleCommon people stories - a new blog
I started a new blog. I tell the stories about common people I met and know in Asia. Not the heroes from CNN or newspapers. It is about neighbors, guards, waiters, shop owners - average people. You...
View ArticleWarning: Forever Freedom international is a MLM scheme!!
Just received emails that a company called FFI (Forever Freedom International) is starting to do business in Vietnam. Do NOT call them or get into any business. It is a MLM scheme, or Snowball scheme,...
View ArticleYou basically cannot hire foreigners anymore
So the Vietnamese government issued a degree that makes it basically impossible to hire foreigners anymore. It is already quite difficult for foreigners to get a work permit there, but now the...
View ArticleWatch your dogs!
Got this message from ARC in Phu My Hung: At ARC we have recently heard a number of frightening stories about families losing dogs while they have been out walking them. In some cases, it seems that...
View ArticleBlogging in Lao or English?
On topic appears on many of the Barcamps and conferences I attended so far: In what language I should blog? The most common answer is: The language of your audience. If my readers are German nationals,...
View ArticleBe aware of scammers in Vietnam
Saigon was a wonderful place to live and we never had a real bad experience. Unfortunatly this isn't the case for everyone. Adam is reporting about Scammers a lot. If you plan to visit Saigon, I highly...
View ArticleASEAN Web radio
I was thinking about starting a web based radio for the ASEAN region. Question is, where should it be located? The idea is, that we can play music from all ASEAN countries (modern mainly), but people...
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