The 10 most-watched Vietnamese music videos on YouTube in 2022 ran the gamut from heart-throbbing ballads to songs with hard-hitting beats. This year’s list comprised both old and new artists. Some staged successful comebacks, some had amazing rookie breakthroughs from the underground scene. Most of the videos had English subtitles, …
Read More »Miss Universe contestant dazzles in sedge mat national costume
Nguyen Thi Ngoc Chau has tried on the sedge mat costume she plans to wear at the Miss Universe pageant for the first time at an event in HCMC. After wearing the “Chieu Ca Mau” (Ca Mau sedge mat) designed by Nguyen Quoc Viet on Tuesday, the 2022 Miss Universe …
Read More »HCMC gets new food street
A section of Nguyen Thuong Hien Street in HCMC has been designated as a “food street” at night as part of plans to develop the nighttime economy. The food street, spanning 368 m between Dien Bien Phu and Nguyen Dinh Chieu, operates from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. daily starting …
Read More »Vietnamese woman who carried medals for Messi, teammates at World Cup
Mai Trang, a Vietnamese flight attendant at Qatar Airways, remembers feeling starstruck while carrying the medals to be presented to the Argentinian team after they won the World Cup. “I couldn’t believe one day that I would stand so close to Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe, Emiliano Martinez, and many other …
Read More »Accor provide festive offers in Vietnam, Southeast Asia
Accor is offering a series of dining experiences and parties at its hotels and resorts for the festive season in Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries. Christmas decorations at Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi. Photo by Accor Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi will become a Nutcracker Wonderland this December with 500,000 twinkling …
Read More »Christina Aguilera performs in Hanoi
Christina Aguilera sang “Beautiful” and “A Million Dreams” among others at the VinFuture Prize awards ceremony at the Hanoi Opera House on Tuesday. She and the live band started with “Beautiful,” a pop and R&B ballad from her album “Stripped” (2002). She then sang “The Voice Within,” an anthem about …
Read More »Vietnam to open K-pop training center
A new branch of South Korea’s World K-POP Center will provide classes to local artists looking to become Asia’s next pop sensations. Vietnam Television Cable Corporation (VTVcab) is working with World K-POP Center in order to open the institution next year. Bui Huy Nam, general director of VTVcab, said this …
Read More »Christina Aguilera to perform in Vietnam
Grammy-winning singer Christina Aguilera has arrived in Hanoi ahead of her show at the Hanoi Opera House on Tuesday. The American pop star Instagrammed a photo of herself at a hotel in the Vietnamese capital with the caption: “Birthday energy.” Aside from happy birthday wishes, many people wrote in the …
Read More »Vietnam eyes 8 million foreign tourists next year amid visa hassles
Struggling with disappointing numbers since the country reopened its borders after Covid, the tourism industry has set a target of just eight million foreign tourists in 2023. This is less than half the number in 2019, the year before the pandemic began, when 18 million came. The industry eyes revenues …
Read More »I’m concerned about my husband’s behavior
I am 42 years old. My husband is 48. We built our life in Da Nang from scratch, and now we have a bit of savings. I have four children, two of which are twins. All my children are teenagers, the youngest is in 5th grade. My husband is not …
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