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Join The Community! TW// abandonment, racism, physical and mental child abuse, death This episode talks about topics that might make our audience uncomfortable. Before reading further, please consider your own journey and safety. A Vietnam Podcast hosts a wide variety of guests from all over the world of all different backgrounds. Hosted by Niall Mackay, audiences never know if the episode will be...

Join The Community! TRIGGER WARNING: Suicide is mentioned in this episode.​ This episode's guest has an incredible story to share with A Vietnam Podcast. Zoonie Nguyen grew up on Nguyễn Thông street in Sài gòn and left on the last day possible - on April 30th 1975. At only 8 years old, her family escaped and went through an exodus from hell on the last boat with 4000 people. This was a trauma...

Join The Community! TRIGGER WARNING: Suicide is mentioned in this episode.​ This episode's guest has an incredible story to share with A Vietnam Podcast. Zoonie Nguyen grew up on Nguyễn Thông street in Sài gòn and left on the last day possible - on April 30th 1975. At only 8 years old with her family they escaped and went through an exodus from hell on the last boat with 4000 people. Their bo...

Join The Seven Million Bikes Community. Jovel Chan has made a big impression in Saigon in a short time, but she is no overnight success, having worked in the food and beverage industry since she was 14. It is her passion and her life and it shines through. Jovel is a food marketer, writer and industry speaker who has a decade of working, living and eating across Europe, Asia and the Middle East. S...

Join The Community Jovel Chan has made a big impression in Saigon in a short time, but she is no overnight success, having worked in the food and beverage industry since she was 14. It is her passion and her life and it shines through. Jovel is a food marketer, writer and industry speaker who has a decade of working, living and eating across Europe, Asia and the Middle East. She has held the head...

Join The Seven Million Bikes Community. Jovel Chan has made a big impression in Saigon in a short time, but she is no overnight success, having worked in the food and beverage industry since she was 14. It is her passion and her life and it shines through. Jovel is a food marketer, writer and industry speaker who has a decade of working, living and eating across Europe, Asia and the Middle East. S...

Join the Seven Million Bikes Community. This is another fascinating deep dive into the live of someone who has chosen to make Vietnam home for over a decade. Hayden Lowry runs Caribê Jamaican Patties, is a freelance video post-production specialist, and the admin for the "Black in Saigon" Facebook group. "I was bequeathed it by a lovely, smart and intelligent lady named Hillary who...

Join the Seven Million Bikes Community. This is another fascinating deep dive into the live of someone who has chosen to make Vietnam home for over a decade. Hayden Lowry runs Caribê Jamaican Patties, is a freelance video post-production specialist, and the admin for the "Black in Saigon" Facebook group. "I was bequeathed it by a lovely, smart and intelligent lady named Hillary who...

Join the Seven Million Bikes Community. This episode's guest is another foreigner fluent in Vietnamese who was put forward to us by similarly fluent Nam Den from Season 5, and works with both him and Season 6 guest Micka Chu regularly, including on VTV. Brandon Hurley, known as Phúc Mập is a popular YouTube Content Creator in Vietnam, going viral before he’d even published his first video aft...

Join the Seven Million Bikes Community. This episode's guest is another foreigner fluent in Vietnamese who was put forward to us by similarly fluent Nam Den from Season 5, and works with both him and Season 6 guest Micka Chu regularly, including on VTV. Brandon Hurley, known as Phúc Mập is a popular YouTube Content Creator in Vietnam, going viral before he’d even published his first video aft...

Join the Seven Million Bikes Community. This episode’s guest, Tracey Nguyen Mang, is the founder and creator of the award winning podcast: The Vietnamese Boat People. This podcast shares the stories of hope, survival and resilience from the Vietnamese diaspora during 1975-1992. Tracey was so interesting and engaging an interview it went for nearly two hours. It's been edited into two parts wi...

Join the Seven Million Bikes Community. This episode’s guest, Tracey Nguyen Mang, is the founder and creator of the award winning podcast: The Vietnamese Boat People. This podcast shares the stories of hope, survival and resilience from the Vietnamese diaspora during 1975-1992. Tracey was so interesting and engaging an interview it went for nearly two hours. It's been edited into two parts wi...

This episode’s guest, Tracey Nguyen Mang, is the founder and creator of the Vietnamese Boat People podcast, an award winning podcast which shares the stories of the Vietnamese diaspora, and something that has often been discussed with previous guests on this show. Tracey was born the youngest of seven children, in Nha Trang Vietnam before her family risked their lives to flee Vietnam. Tracey was j...

This episode’s guest, Tracey Nguyen Mang, is the founder and creator of the Vietnamese Boat People podcast, an award winning podcast which shares the stories of the Vietnamese diaspora, and something that has often been discussed with previous guests on this show. Tracey was born the youngest of seven children, in Nha Trang Vietnam before her family risked their lives to flee Vietnam. Tracey was j...

Only the second ever Live A Vietnam Podcast! This is the Question and Answer session after the main episode which is an  insightful and interesting conversation. Season 7 is sponsored by Blue Dragon's Children's Foundation and Saigon Children's Foundation. Please donate if you are in a position to. https://www.bluedragon.org/donate/ https://www.saigonchildren.com/engage/covid-19-cri...

Only the second ever Live episode of A Vietnam Podcast! Niall is joined by business consultant Martial Ganière, from Switzerland. Niall and Martial discuss Martial's background, moving for Europe to Vietnam and creating a life and business in Saigon.  We also talk about setting up a business in Vietnam and how to deal with the current lockdown, lockdown itself and life in Vietnam. Season 7 is...

Only the second ever Live episode of A Vietnam Podcast! Niall is joined by business consultant Martial Ganière, from Switzerland. Niall and Martial discuss Martial's background, moving for Europe to Vietnam and creating a life and business in Saigon.  We also talk about setting up a business in Vietnam and how to deal with the current lockdown, lockdown itself and life in Vietnam. Season 7 is...

Thuyen Vo is the founder of Easy English Vietnam and Easy Vietnamese - 2 language centers in Saigon. She is also known as the seasonal host at Best Ever Food Review Show, with a background in Digital Marketing. Thuyen has a passion for education and is combining her skills in English and Marketing to make this happen. She predominantly wants to help Viet Kieus living in Vietnam who may want to upd...

Found in a long forgotten folder in the corner of Niall's old as MacBook. Hear what happens before you hear the show. Unedited and unfiltered, here you go! ***** Chris Nguyen is a third culture kid born and raised in the UK to Vietnamese and Chinese parents. He’s a self-taught product design leader, facilitator, and creator. His journey into content creation happened during the pandemic. He n...

Thuyen Vo is the founder of Easy English Vietnam and Easy Vietnamese - 2 language centers in Saigon. She is also known as the seasonal host at Best Ever Food Review Show, with a background in Digital Marketing. Thuyen has a passion for education and is combining her skills in English and Marketing to make this happen. She predominantly wants to help Viet Kieus living in Vietnam who may want to upd...

The opening guest of Season 7 is Brian Letwin, a New Yorker in Saigon since 2010. Brian is the co-founder and CEO of the Urbanist Network which includes Saigoneer, Urbanist Vietnam and Urbanist Hanoi. Using his 15 years experience working in digital media both on the agency and publisher side Saigoneer has now been running since 2013. Recorded in late August when Saigon was still under strict lock...

Both Saigon Children's Charity and Blue Dragon have Emergency COVID Appeals. The outbreak of the delta variant is wreaking havoc on vulnerable communities across Vietnam. Families are struggling to survive. They need YOUR help. Urgent help is needed for children in lockdown, who are the hidden victims of the COVID-19 pandemic. Especially impoverished children in lockdown areas. Both organisat...

The opening guest of Season 7 is Brian Letwin, a New Yorker in Saigon since 2010. Brian is the co-founder and CEO of the Urbanist Network which includes Saigoneer, Urbanist Vietnam and Urbanist Hanoi. Using his 15 years experience working in digital media both on the agency and publisher side Saigoneer has now been running since 2013. Recorded in late August when Saigon was still under strict lock...

Thank you for listening to A Vietnam Podcast. Join the Community here. How to order Episode Sponsor Saigon Cider & groceries from  Classic Deli: ------ In each Episode we ask the same questions of each guest. While we're on a break between seasons here is all their answers to each question. ------------------- Theme music composed by Lewis Wright. Main Cover Art designed by Niall Mackay a...

Thank you for listening to A Vietnam Podcast. Join the Community here. How to order Episode Sponsor Saigon Cider & groceries from  Classic Deli: ------ Nhi is a Swiss born and raised Viet Kieu who decided to move to Saigon 2 years ago. Growing up with two completely different cultures, it was not always easy for her to define her identity. Living in Vietnam allowed her to understand and discov...