Life & Love

My boyfriend had a wife and children. Their marriage became unhappy when he found out his wife had an affair with her co-worker. His wife and her lover had sex on his bed. He divorced her in mid-2018 and she moved out of the house. Four months later, he and …

Comedian Tran Thanh’s “Nha Ba Nu” (Nu’s Family) was Vietnam’s highest-grossing film this holiday season thanks to its relatability and the fact that there weren’t many other Tet releases to compete with. The film raked in more than VND200 billion ($8.53 million) at the box office in its first week, …

I stupidly made the biggest mistake a woman could make: I had an affair. My husband knew and he forgave me. I feel very remorseful for what I did and am really grateful to my husband for being so forgiving. I thought I had a chance to correct my mistake, …

“Nha Ba Nu” (Nu’s Family) pulled in a record number of movie goers over the Lunar New Year holiday to rank second in the revenue chart of the Vietnamese film history. According to the statistics of Box Office Vietnam, an independent unit that tracks the country’s box office sales, the …

Fake talent scouts have milked unwitting parents out of hundreds of millions of dong (VND100 million = $4,266) via social media child modeling cons. Nguyen Thanh Tam from the northern city of Hai Phong was browsing Facebook last month when she came across a post seeking child models to promote …

Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos has approved a value-added tax refund program for foreign tourists by 2024 to attract more visitors, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said on Sunday. The government collects a 12% VAT on goods consumed within the Southeast Asian country. The plan is to allow foreigners to get …

I am a woman with a son and a daughter. Both are married and have children. My son’s family is living in our house. My son is doing well. He and his wife have stable incomes, they get along well, and have a son together. My daughter is not doing …

The “Dare To Be Different” music video by Vietnamese artist Trong Hieu is among 8 videos competing in the final round of Eurovision Germany. Hieu, who’s currently in Germany, said on Friday he was practicing with dancers to perform the song live on stage for the competition’s final round on …

Khanh Van gasped as the shelves of her refrigerator collapsed under the weight of all her Tet leftovers on the third day of the Lunar New Year. Twenty days before Tet, Van’s mother-in-law in Thanh Hoa Province called to tell her that she and her aunt’s family would be buying …

Miss World Vietnam 2022 Mai Phuong has apologized for her TikTok posts that have been criticized as ‘rebellious’, and ‘lack of sophistication on social media.’ Mai Phuong admitted on January 26 that her recent online persona had “room for improvement” and that she was sorry that some of her actions …