Rebel, Rebel

In conversation with the talented Ngo Thanh Van – actress, model, singer and producer When the sequel to Hollywood blockbuster Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was released last month, international audiences received a long- overdue introduction to Vietnam’s own action heroine, Ngo Thanh Van. It’s a modest role but a significant step for Van, who has … Read more

Gift guide

Bottom up Board games don’t have to be bored games, and are usually more fun when they are turned into drinking games. So, Darren Power and Curtis Norris, the creators behind Saigon Pub Crawl, have spiced up boring board games by combining the two things they know best: drinking and the city. “We wanted to … Read more

Ahhh! Ohhh!

Part acrobatics, part dance, part circus, AO is all entertainment It’s known as the machine and right now at least, it’s anything but well-oiled. In this particularly difficult sequence, dozens of bamboo baskets must make their way up to the top of a three-level platform, then zigzag down bamboo poles in a human-powered perpetual motion machine moving at … Read more

Life is a Cabaret, Old Chum

Dinner theater comes to HCMC. A collective groan can be heard across Saigon on any given evening. “There’s nothing to do,” so the familiar complaint goes. More to the point, there’s nothing new to do in our city. We’re all quite familiar with the different areas expats and locals flock to for nightly entertainment. Drinking, … Read more