Page Turner

Get creative with your life story and memories with scrapbooking Welcome to Co-Space (104A Xuan Thuy (5th floor), Thao Dien, D2), a co-working space for women. This bright open office opened last November as the first co-working space exclusively for women in Ho Chi Minh. All kinds of women utilize the Co-Space office area. Members include designers, start-ups, professors, and a CFO. They also include … Read more

Golf Talk

Taking its name from the golf term, Birdie Club is scoring under par Yusuke (right), Hajime (left) Yusuke Nakajima moved to Saigon from Japan two years ago in search of business opportunities in Vietnam’s fast growing economy. A bit of homesickness landed him at The First Bar, a Japanese owned bar and restaurant in District 1, where he quickly became a regular there … Read more

The Tokyo Blues

In conversation with Shun Sakai, a talented jazz singer who has truly followed her heart musically When Shun Sakai was a young woman, jazz music was popular across the world; however, in her home country of Japan there weren’t many opportunities to listen to it. She had only heard traditional Japanese songs until after the war when American army bases around the suburbs … Read more

VR Cafe

Would you like to escape into another reality with your coffee, Ma’am? Cafe Thuc Te Ao in Binh Thanh District (8 Hoang Hoa Tham, Binh Thanh) has been open for two years. Impressively, the cafe’s owner, Nguyen Quoc Khanh, is only 23 years old. With a background in event technology, he integrated his experience in tech and his passion for gaming in the … Read more