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Tet is coming. Where is the best accommodation for shopping trips on the year’s biggest sales season in Saigon? An unprecedented year deserves an unprecedented shopping experience. Have you ever thought of a shopping staycation to contemplate over an authentic Saigon as local migrants are coming home for Tet? If so, where could be the ideal destination? On the occasion of the Lunar New Year, some hotels in Ho Chi Minh city have promotional prices for their room rates. Centrally located in the District 1, the Odys Boutique Hotel is offering a special price for its Superior room at only VND800,000 (US$34) per room per night with breakfast. Saigon Tourist offers an accommodation voucher program for Tet at a preferential price of only VND899,000 (US$35) per room for two people including breakfast. The voucher can be redeemed to one-night-stay at three 5-star hotels of Majestic, Rex and Grand or two night-night-stays at 4-star hotels of Kim Do and De Nhat (The First) hotels. Shopping Talking about shopping is talking about District 1 – where all the popular shopping malls gather. From the most high-end brands to outlet goods and limited local boutique brands, just one stroll across District 1’s biggest shopping malls - Sai Gon Centre – Takashimaya, Saigon Garden on Nguyen Hue Walking Street, Vincom Dong Khoi, Diamond Plaza and Saigon Square – is enough to update your Tet wardrobe with all the latest fashion trends of the year. Eats & treats A shopping spree can quickly empty both your wallet and stomach. Since it was founded, District 1 has always been Saigon’s  tourist magnet. If the current restrictions bother your inner wanderlust, try a trip around the world’s cuisine around Saigon, from authentic Chinese restaurants, Japanese ramen restaurants along Le Thanh Ton street, to Korean BBQ restaurants Q, Italian Pizza and Pasta restaurant and all the affordable Vietnamese street food at the underground Asiana …

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Expats Blog Choosing Vietnam: All about trusting the data for American entrepreneur By Harry Hodge Friday,  Feb 12, 2021,15:20 (GMT+7) Choosing Vietnam: All about trusting the data for American entrepreneur By Harry Hodge Jon Barrett noted that as Vietnam and Southeast Asia grow, Vietnam is quickly becoming a growth hub as well as a cosmopolitan destination with plenty to offer As a man whose life revolves around data, everything added up to make Vietnam Jon Barrett’s home base as well as launching his ambitious business venture. Jon Barrett is co-founder and CEO of Joon Solutions. Therefore, being analytical is his bread and butter. The firm is first and foremost a service company, with a goal to help accelerate Vietnam and global businesses through data and technology services. “What a lot of companies don’t consider or understand is the idea that Google, AWS, and Microsoft are simply toolmakers,” Mr. Barrett said of his venture. “They make hammers, nails, boards etc. We are the craftsmen that make those tools work for companies. “Buying a hammer won’t make you a building, hiring a builder will get you any building you want, provided it is a good builder. We are builders of companies, where technology meets business.” As for how the native of Michigan in the United States arrived in HCMC, it’s the classic tale of finally finding the place you’ve been looking for most of your adult life. A self-professed globetrotter, Mr. Barrett calculated having spent 18 years abroad touring over 36 countries, with the last five in Vietnam as his home base. “I think the most attractive thing about Vietnam is the people,” he said. Everyone strives for better, has incredible work ethic, very similar to America, and is incredibly welcoming. “Within my first week living in Vietnam I had broken bread with people that have become lifelong friends. Hospitality is something that Vietnam has in abundance.” …

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Le Hoang Diep Thao - the CEO of King Coffee, received the Most Admired CEO award in 2020 from Global Brands Magazine (GBM) and conceived a project called 'Women Can Do' to help 100,000 women to launch a start-up. Ms. Le Hoang Diep Thao - CEO of King Coffee in a supplied photo Continuing her success in 2020, Thao was officially appointed by the Vietnam Coffee and Cocoa Association (VICOFA) to the position of vice president for the ninth term (2017-20). In a discussion with Tuoi Tre (Youth) Newspaper, Thao talked about her passion for coffee and her ambition of building a Vietnamese characteristic in the global coffee market. “A coffee girl” Talking about coffee, your face exudes an extraordinarily strong passion. What sparked this passion for you and how has it been nurtured? “I was born and grew up along with coffee nuts. My love for coffee is so strong that it can be felt by everyone surrounding me, including friends, farmers, to merchants, so they called me ‘a coffee girl’ as a nickname during my childhood. To me, coffee is a treasure of humanity. Vietnam is fortunate to be blessed with this magical treasure by nature, so I am determined to make coffee processing a national strategic industry of our country. From the opportunities of meeting with coffee experts and reading books on this topic, I understand more about the dark side of the production chain, so I have to do something for the farmers and the country's coffee industry. My next opportunity was brought by Vu [Dang Le Nguyen Vu, chairman and CEO of Trung Nguyen Group], who is a very excellent person that shared this passion with me. Together, along with Trung Nguyen, we elevated the third wave of coffee, thus changing the way the Vietnamese enjoy coffee. Vietnamese now find that choosing coffee is choosing a lifestyle, and their own unique tastes. During my time in Italy, I regularly paid visits to second-hand markets to hunt for coffee antiques. Seeing that I was …

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