Discover Vietnam: A Vietnam Podcast
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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 live, work, and thrive in modern Vietnam.
If you’re curious about Vietnam beyond the headlines and guidebooks, this podcast offers the insights and perspectives you won’t hear anywhere else.
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"I think I'd be too scared to drive a car in Vietnam." I'm back in Hanoi filming Vietnam Explained for VTV, and this time I'm not walking to lunch. I'm getting a lift from Jenny, one of the show's editors, who's taking me to try something I've never eaten before: bánh cuốn Cao Bằng. It's a different take on the traditional Hanoi bánh cuốn. Instead of dipping steamed rice rolls into fish sauce, we're eating them with a hot pork bone broth, minced pork, steamed egg, Vietnamese pork sausage and ...
"The problem is I've had better." How good does bún chả have to be to impress someone from Hanoi? I'm back in Hanoi filming Vietnam Explained for VTV, and I've dragged my colleagues Luan and Trang out for lunch between recordings. We're trying one of Hanoi's most famous dishes, bún chả. I already think this little restaurant is fantastic, but Luan has some surprisingly high standards! We get into what makes great bún chả, why the quality of the pork matters so much, and the secret to getting ...
“I started recording a podcast in 2019 with one microphone, which was shit, and it broke after a few months.” Now I’m hosting a television show on VTV. I still can’t quite believe it. Join me on the back of a motorbike through Hanoi as I share how Discover Vietnam led to something I never imagined: hosting Vietnam Explained on Vietnam Today. It started with an invitation to appear as a guest on Eyes on V. That evening, back in Saigon, I said to Adrie, “Imagine one day they asked me to host a ...
“I was actually born in Russia.” I wasn't expecting that revelation when Trang took me for my first Russian lunch in Vietnam! From her unusual childhood in Russia to Vietnam's Soviet connections, VTV producer Trang and I explore a side of Vietnamese history I knew very little about. Over dumplings, cabbage rolls and grilled meat, we chat about Hanoi vs Saigon, why Vietnamese people don't do small talk, and what really happens behind the scenes at Vietnam Explained. And somehow, we end u...
This is the most emotional episode of Seven Million Bikes and a must listen. AJ Miller is a Jersey Girl in ‘Nam. She is a fitness trainer, artist, singer and comedian in Saigon. A daughter of a Vietnam (American) War Veteran. She came to Vietnam exhausted and angry at the world after spending 3 years taking care of her dad through Agent Orange induced Leukemia. She had his memoirs and wanted to see, hear and feel these memoirs in the country where they were experienced. She has done live r...
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