Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)

In Cockeysville, Saigon Remembered once again hits high notes

2012-12-18 13:50:00

The third time is the charm — at least that's what fans of Saigon Remembered are hoping. Originally located on Belair Road, then on York Road in Govans, Saigon Remembered closed its doors in 2011. But the restaurant reopened last month in the...

Saigon Remembered reopens in Cockeysville

2012-11-08 06:20:00

Saigon Remembered has reopened in the Cranbrook Shopping Center in Cockeysville. In an email to his faithful customers, owner and executive chef Trang Nguyen said that this is "third and most intimate incarnation of Baltimore's first and finest...

Scrabble at the Bain Center

2012-11-08 00:00:00

Activity Pals For single seniors. Get together with others to attend events, shop, go sightseeing, dine out and more. 301-596-6385. The Bain Center 5470 Ruth Keeton Way, Columbia. 410-313-7213. •Acting Up! Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. A theater club....

Cary deRussy, publisher of Fishing in Maryland

2012-10-27 12:08:26

Cary deRussy, the former publisher of Fishing in Maryland magazine, died of emphysema complications Oct. 10 at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin. The former Mays Chapel resident was 70. Born Wilson Cary Nicholas deRussy in Baltimore and raised in...

The maritime editor: A reporter makes the news

2012-05-10 07:42:00

As The Sun's maritime editor from 1949 to 1969, I was given a free hand to cover the shipping world as I saw fit. And in those days we believed our mission was not just to make certain that The Sun was the leader in maritime news but also to enhance and...

Veterinary practice opens opposite Senator Theatre

2011-12-21 08:02:00

"Somewhere over the rainbow," sang Tinker Bell, a double yellow-headed Amazon parrot, during an open house at the new Belvedere Veterinary Center on Saturday. The state-of-the-art animal hospital opened Dec. 8 in the old Saigon Remembered restaurant at...

Saigon Remembered closed

2011-05-16 16:22:09

After almost 10 years on York Road, Saigon Remembered served its last meal yesterday. Michael Sragow has this post about the changes in the neighborhood around the Senator theater.Its fans were absolutely devoted to the Nguyen family, and word is......

A Tet menu from Ho Chi Minh City

2011-01-31 04:22:11

I am a Facebook fan of a restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City named XU*, which has posted a special menu for Tet, which begins, depending on the source either on February 3, or today, January 31. I'm going to......

Foreign Service officer made millions in visa-for-money scam, feds charge

2013-05-23 15:50:03

WASHINGTON The Foreign Service officer accused of selling hundreds of visas to residents of Vietnam made his first appearance in D.C. court Tuesday, as more details of the alleged conspiracy have come to light. Federal prosecutors say that Michael T....

World watch

2013-05-19 16:41:00

Brazil: Whether it's a cultural experience or slum tourism, many tourists now add a trip to Rio de Janeiro's infamous favelas, or shantytowns, to their itineraries. Before 2010, the low-income hilltop neighborhoods were dangerous places controlled by drug...

The Vietnam syndrome

2013-05-05 00:00:00

Thirty-eight years ago last week, I was among the last CIA officers to be choppered off the U.S. Embassy roof in Saigon as the North Vietnamese took the country. Just two years before that chaotic rush for the exits, the Nixon administration had withdrawn...

Young Vietnamese Americans learning the lessons of Black April

2013-04-29 20:44:00

One girl gasps as the grainy black-and-white footage rolls: Women are screaming, thrusting their babies at soldiers boarding a helicopter. In the next scene, hundreds of refugees packed in the belly of a rickety boat rock in the ocean, desperately...

A performance at the Saigon Opera House, shown here in the background,is part of a stay at the Caravelle Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

2013-01-10 17:11:58

The Young Lotus Root Salad at Saigon Remembered.

2012-12-14 00:00:00

Banh mi lovers, rejoice. Saigon Sandwich is a tiny gem of a storefront along a gritty (but swiftly gentrifying) stretch of street in the Tenderloin that serves some of the best Vietnamese sandwiches in the city at rock-bottom prices.

2012-11-30 00:00:00