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Discover Vietnam: A Vietnam Podcast

Niall Mackay | Seven Million Bikes Podcasts

I’m your host, Niall Mackay. Each week I share my personal stories, my wife and I"s and with guests connected to Vietnam — entrepreneurs, artists, locals, Viet Kieu, expats, and voices from across the community, including the LGBTQ+ world.Discover Vietnam: A Vietnam Podcast takes you inside the stories shaping life in one of the world’s most dynamic countries.The conversations are honest and unscripted. Sometimes funny, sometimes challenging — always real. Together, we discover what it means to

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31:56

I’ve Been Walking Past This Saigon Lunch for Years |...

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2026/10/08

“Every day I’m walking around this neighbourhood, I’m learning something new.” What started as a hunt for lunch turned into another deep dive into one of my favourite parts of Saigon. In this episode of Lunch Walks, I head back to Tôn Thất Đạm, the Old Market street, looking for lunch and end up with a 40,000 VND bowl of bún thịt xào, while uncovering even more of the history hidden in the streets around Saigon Podcast Studio. Along the way, I stop at a distinctive 1973 South Vietnamese moder...

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17:17

I Came for Cơm Tấm. I Ended Up Eating This Instead |...

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2026/10/01

“This is why I’m just loving these Lunch Walks. I’m getting obsessed with them now. I’m finding out so much amazing information about this neighborhood.” What started as a simple lunch walk has turned into something much bigger. In this episode, I leave Saigon Podcast Studio and head to one of my regular lunch spots in the Nguyễn Thái Bình neighborhood, a place I’ve probably eaten at around 50 times since opening the studio. The original plan was cơm tấm, but as usual in Vietnam, things don’t...

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43:39

This Saigon Family Has Been Serving Duck Since 1938 |...

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2026/09/24

“They’ve been doing it since 1938. It better be good.” This Lunch Walk starts as a food mission and ends up sending me even further down the rabbit hole of my own neighbourhood. I’m joined by my friend James Green, who lives nearby, as we walk through the streets around Saigon Podcast Studio in search of bánh mì vịt quay, or roast duck bánh mì. But before we even get to lunch, we uncover a few stories hiding in plain sight. We talk about how Pasteur Street was once a canal, discover that one ...

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8:37

We Don’t Eat Seafood… But We Had to Try This in Quy...

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2026/09/17

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16:47

I Came to Da Nang for Mì Quảng. Then I Couldn’t Find...

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2026/09/10

“I love this country. I was about to head back to the mall. I’d given up hope, but I knew this country always pulls through at the very last second.” This Lunch Walk takes me out of Saigon and onto the streets of Da Nang, where I’m hunting down one of Central Vietnam’s most famous dishes: Mì Quảng. At least, that was the plan. I set off looking for a highly rated local spot, only for Google Maps to send me to what appears to be a car lot. Add in Da Nang heat that feels close to 40°C, a comple...

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65:00

Rewind: Being An Influencer, Starting A Blog, Break...

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2026/09/07

Recorded pre-quarantine, pre-lockdown this episode was intended to be the first of Season 3, recorded at Waves studio. As you may well know, season 3 became the Quarantine Season and I haven't been able to record any more episodes yet for season 4. So to celebrate one year of Seven Million Bikes I dusted down the file off the shelf and am releasing it for your listening pleasure as a bonus episode to start Season 4. Look out for new episodes as soon as I am able to! Frances is a travel bl...

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26:28

Bún bò | Lunch Walks #5

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2026/09/03

Welcome back to Lunch Walk #5! Starting from Saigon Podcast Studio on Pasteur Street in the Nguyen Thai Binh neighborhood (District 1), we go down a history rabbit hole — a vanished canal, a 150-year-old bridge tied to Gustave Eiffel's company, and the wild engineering behind the Thủ Thiêm Tunnel — before finishing up with a bowl of bún bò at a historic building on Ton That Dam Street. Key Takeaways: The lost canal: Pasteur Street (formerly Pellerin) once ran along a canal through the heart o...

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58:36

Rewind: Catching up with JK Hobson | S3 E5

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2026/09/01

This was recorded via Skype from quarantine, you may have to turn the volume up. For no other real reason than I haven't spoken to Jay in nearly a month and is one of my favourite people to talk to, I call up JK Hobson to have a chat about the state of the world today, life on the outside and how he is coping with quarantine. "Send me a message!" Book a free call with me here if you want to start your own podcast! Book your free tour of Saigon Podcast Studio! Support the show 🎙️ Reco...

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39:01

Mì gà | Lunch Walks #4

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2026/08/27

A sudden five-minute monsoon just poured down before I even got moving today, so this one starts in blue skies and puddles. I'm walking along Hồ Tùng Mậu — once an actual canal until it was filled in back in the 1920s — and finally sharing some proper research I did on this neighborhood I keep saying I love. Along the way I point out a cluster of hundred-year-old shophouses, a hidden alley bar, and buildings I really hope survive the next wave of glass-and-concrete development. I also grab a ...

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49:36

Rewind: Life on the outside; Lawrence Young | S3 E4

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2026/08/25

A Saigon resident, Lawrence Young has worked in the finance industry worldwide for 30 years, currently with Holborn Assets and created the non-troll Facebook group Ho Chi Minh Expat Group Saigon. Now at nearly 10,500 members in just 14 months. He has seen the market go up and down over the years and is confident we will come out of the current crisis stronger but different. We talk about what life has been like in Saigon and what it's like today after the latest guidance, starting April 1st...

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19:00

Cơm Gà Mắm Tỏi | Lunch Walks #3

Discover Vietnam: A Vietnam Podcast ·

2026/08/20

Lunch Walks continues, and this time I've got company — Te from Saigon Podcast Studio joins me, since Carrie had to duck out after we wrapped a Vietnam Content Marketing episode together. It's pouring rain in Nguyễn Thái Bình, but we push on anyway to a fried chicken and rice spot I only found a couple of weeks ago, tucked down a back alley I hadn't explored before. Along the way we talk about the neighborhood getting recognized by Time Out as one of the coolest in the world (or Vietnam — det...

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19:13

Bún khô gà on Old Market Street | Lunch Walks #2

Discover Vietnam: A Vietnam Podcast ·

2026/08/13

Back for round two! I'm heading out from the Saigon Podcast Studio again, this time down Thôn Đất Đàm — the market street I'm honestly surprised is still standing given how much prime real estate around here has been redeveloped. Along the way I point out some old Chinese signage on the buildings, a newly renovated coffee spot that went from empty nightclub to permanently packed in a few months, and a 70-year-old coffee roaster where I stock up on my usual mix. Then it's on to “Bếp Võ” for my...

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21:49

My favourite phở in Saigon | Lunch Walk #1

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2026/08/07

"This corner... I love seeing it every day. It kinda sums up Vietnam for me — an amazing juxtaposition of the old and the new." Welcome to the very first Vietnam Lunch Walks; a new series where I take you along on my actual lunch breaks around the neighborhood I love most in Saigon. This one's been a while coming: it's the first new Discover Vietnam episode in six months, after a stretch of low motivation and a busy year setting up Saigon Podcast Studio. In this episode, I walk you from the...

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61:42

Rewind: Overseas Student in Quarantine; Mizuka Yasuda...

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2026/08/05

After realising we were in the same quarantine facility online Mizuka reached out and connected with our WhatsApp group and Adrie on Instagram where they were following each others Stories from opposite buildings. After chatting for several days online Niall and Adrie finally met Mizuka in person, at a distance, on one of our walks. Born and raised in Saigon, with her parents still living here, Mizuka made the difficult decision to return to Vietnam from her final year of studies in t...

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50:51

Rewind: Life in Quarantine: Adrie Mackay and...

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2026/07/29

Adrie, and roommate Anastasia, discuss what life in quarantine is like with host and fellow quarantee Niall. Anastasia, originally from the Ukraine, has lived in Saigon for 5 years working in sales for a major hotel chain. Her company sent her on an ill-fated dream trip to Australia for work on March 15th, 3 days after the pandemic was declared. As a result most of her business meetings went online and were then cancelled leaving her no reason to be in Australia and as borders closed every ...

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88:40

Rewind: How We Ended Up In A Vietnamese Government...

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2026/07/23

This is a special episode, maybe mini-season, of Seven Million Bikes direct from quarantine in Saigon. This was recorded on a phone recorder and I don't have a laptop for edits so it's a live interview with my wife, Adrie Mackay. Adrie and I left Vietnam on March 9th for what was meant to be three weddings in three weeks on three continents; going to New Zealand, then the USA then back to Vietnam for the final wedding. Weighing up the risks of the coronavirus we decided to start out t...

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35:18

PodSwap: How To Triple Your Engagement by Posting...

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2026/07/16

"Be authentic. If it doesn't feel right inside, don't post it." – Amy Wenham In this episode, I sat down with Amy Wenham, founder of the Women's Business Network (WBN) in Ho Chi Minh City, to talk about one of my favourite topics—authentic content marketing. The conversation made me reflect on my own content. We talked about the podcast studio, the countless hours spent setting up lights and cables, and how I'd often forgotten to share the journey behind the finished product. It reminded me t...

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5:00

Can Authenticity Beat AI? | Ep 1 Trailer Vietnam...

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2026/07/15

Can authenticity still cut through in a world overflowing with AI-generated content? In this trailer for the first episode of Vietnam Content Marketing, I explore the growing gap between polished corporate marketing and the raw, human stories that audiences are actually engaging with. Featuring a preview of the conversation with Amy Wenham, founder of the Women's Business Network, this episode asks an important question for every marketer and business owner: As AI makes content easier to crea...

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14:50

Rewind: Tell us your hidden gem in Saigon...

Discover Vietnam: A Vietnam Podcast ·

2026/07/05

In the break between season 2 and 3 here are the answers each guest gave to my questions at the end of each episode. Thanks for listening! ------------------- Theme music composed by Lewis Wright. Main Cover Art designed by Niall Mackay and Le Nguyen. Episode art designed by Niall Mackay. "Send me a message!" Book a free call with me here if you want to start your own podcast! Support the show 🎙️ Recorded at Saigon Podcast Studio! 👉 www.saigonpodcaststudio.com 🎙️ Start You...

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18:45

Rewind: If you have a week to explore Vietnam, where...

Discover Vietnam: A Vietnam Podcast ·

2026/06/28

In the break between season 2 and 3 here are the answers each guest gave to my questions at the end of each episode. Thanks for listening! ------------------- Theme music composed by Lewis Wright. Main Cover Art designed by Niall Mackay and Le Nguyen. Episode art designed by Niall Mackay. "Send me a message!" Book a free call with me here if you want to start your own podcast! Support the show "Send me a message!" Book a free call with me here if you want to start your own podcast! Support ...

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