Life & Love

Despite family objections, Duong Thi Tuyet Nhung decided to quit her accountant job to become a professional matchmaker earlier this year. Only the 31-year-old’s husband has supported her decision. In six months since starting the mother-of-one has arranged over 60 meetings for middle-class and affluent clients. One of them is …

When James Joseph Kendall and his wife first arrived in Vietnam nine years ago, they were shocked to see female garbage collectors hauling garbage bins “twice their height.” Moved to do something to lighten their workload, the American took direct action. He helped them push their wheeled garbage bins and …

South Korean band BTS and local rapper Den Vau were Spotify’s most streamed artists in Vietnam this year, with American pop star Taylor Swift coming in third place. According to Spotify’s annual year-end report, “Wrapped,” which lists the year’s most streamed artists and tracks in various countries, this is the …

Seventy-one-year-old hairdresser Nguyen Thi Kim Quy is happy laving love and care on 13 poodles she drives around Hanoi on her motorbike.     Motorbike lady cruises Hanoi with 13 poodles 71-year-old but 17-years-young hairdresser takes 13 poodles on Hanoi rides

The goose hangs high for Vietnamese living in Qatar as the World Cup provides money-making opportunities, discounted prices and fewer working hours. Nga has gone from a housewife in Qatar to a busy tour guide since the World Cup started November 20. She now works 15 hours a day, and …

UNESCO has placed the art of Vietnamese Cham pottery on its list of endangered cultural heritages in need of emergency help. The list was revealed Tuesday at a meeting of the global body’s Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage. The Cham pottery traditional was one of 56 …

Wren Evans’s smash hit “Gap May” (Lucky) is among the nominees for Best Music Video at the annual Asian Television Awards to be given away in Manila on December 1. The Vietnamese representative will go up against artists from China, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Qatar, …

I am nearly 40 years old, been working in an office for 10. I started working when I was almost 30 because I completed my undergraduate studies relatively late and took some time to complete a master’s. Since I’m intelligent and articulate, I quickly advanced in the company. Many people, …

More than 2.95 million international tourists have come to Vietnam in the first 11 months this year, and the majority of them are from South Korea and the U.S. The General Statistics Office said almost 597,000 foreigners visited Vietnam this month, an increase of 39.7 times compared to a year …

It was a week since he got an unexpected termination email from Meta in early November, but Minh Pham was still reeling from its effect. In a LinkedIn post, he said he wondered every morning on waking up if it was a nightmare or had actually happened. He had been …