Those visiting Vietnam for the first time are advised to purchase a SIM card upon arrival to ensure you can get connected everywhere as free Wifi may not be available in some public places and remote areas. Where to buy The easiest place to buy a SIM card in Vietnam …
Read More »Thailand welcomes first group of Chinese tourists post reopening
The first group of 269 Chinese tourists flying from China’s Xiamen City landed at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport on Monday, marking the return of the world’s largest outbound tourism market after a three year hiatus. The Chinese tourists were greeted upon arrival in Thailand with flowers and gift bags presented by …
Read More »American models don gold-pleated ao dai
Designer Do Trinh Hoai Nam invited American models Wynter Alana and Nya Deng to wear gold-inlaid ao dai from his new “Suoi Nguon” (The Fountainhead) collection. Nam launched his gold-embroidered ao dai collection in California last Friday. The two American models participated in a photo shoot as part of Nam’s …
Read More »Cheating foreign tourists threatens Vietnam’s tourism recovery
As Vietnam races to attract foreign tourists back to the country after over two years of border closures, harassment and cheating remain big turn-offs that tarnish the country’s tourism reputation. During a recent trip to Ho Chi Minh City, Indian tourist Antonio said he was disappointed right on the first …
Read More »Miss Grand Vietnam accused of plagiarism
The 2022 Miss Grand Vietnam winner Doan Thien An has been accused by a TikToker of copying another person’s work for her English presentation at the contest in September. The TikToker uploaded a video that was said to prove that the content in An’s presentation is 90% similar to an …
Read More »TikToker slammed for inciting children to crawl into concrete pillars
With the death of 10-year-old boy trapped in a hollow concrete pillar still fresh in public memory, a TikToker has sparked outrage by making children pretend they are crawling into concrete pipes. In one video, the man gets three children aged 4-9 and weighing 14-30 kg to put their heads …
Read More »Am I demanding too much of my mother-in-law?
I’m 27, my husband is 35. We dated for one year and then got married because of an unexpected pregnancy. After marriage, I’ve been living with my parents-in-law. After giving birth, I reduced my workload to take care of my child, so my income dropped by half to VND10 million …
Read More »Interracial couple overcomes family pressure to tie the knot
Thanh Nhan and Manbir Singh married against both their families’ wishes. Things have worked out so far, but not without trial and tribulation. Nhan, a 25-year-old Vietnamese woman living in Australia, said that both her Vietnamese family and her fiancee’s Indian-Australian family opposed the couple marrying outside their own cultures. …
Read More »Beauty queen sparks controversy following candid comment on choosing a suitable partner
Beauty queen Tran Thi Thu Trang has sparked a debate after saying on a popular TV show that she wants a man with a net worth equal to her own. In an episode of the dating TV show “Hanh Ly Tinh Yeu” (Love Baggage) on January 3, the runner-up in …
Read More »10 highest-grossing movies in Vietnam in 2022
“Doctor Strange 2” became the top-grossing movie in Vietnam last year with a revenue of VND200 billion ($8.58 million), while only two Vietnamese films cracked the top 10. “Em va Trinh ” (Trinh and I) was the highest-grossing Vietnamese movie last year, but only placed sixth overall. The biopic of …
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