Life & Love

Nguyen Ngoc Thien was named the winner of the Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year award for Southeast Asia for a shot of anchovy fishermen in Phu Yen. His photo shows fishermen in the process of pulling out green nets they had cast to catch a specialty of Vietnam’s …

Son Tung M-TP faced a fine of VND70 million ($3,050) while his MV titled ‘There’s No One At All’ was permanently deleted for depicting controversial, violent and suicidal content. ‘There’s No One At All’, Tung’s first English MV, contains images, actions, means of expression, and forms of performance that carry …

The Marvel superhero movie ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ grossed VND19.7 billion ($858,108) on the first day of release. Its distributor said there were over 4,000 shows on Wednesday, with 120,000 tickets sold, earning the highest opening revenue this year. ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home‘ achieved a similar feat …

Taylor Hill, a former Victoria’s Secret model, wore a white hip-high slit dress by designer Cong Tri to a recent event in Los Angeles. The 26-year-old model sported an ankle-length satin dress with a high-waist slit and pleated neckline design to a fashion event on April 30. She paired the …

Nguyen Anh Tuan took his girlfriend, Truong Le Cam Ly, by surprise when he asked her to marry him in mid-air. They had gone paragliding from Vien Nam mountain in the northern Hoa Binh province on April 23 when Tuan saw her fly close to him at 1,000 meters above …

More and more Vietnamese and people of the diaspora in the U.S. are buying houses in that country as they grow increasingly affluent. Hailey Pham, a realtor based in Seattle, Washington, works around the clock to keep up with Vietnamese clients’ brisk demand for buying homes. She says they include …

The number of visitors to central Vietnam for the Reunification Day-Labor Day holiday has exceeded expectations. During the four-day holiday, from April 29 to May 3, Khanh Hoa Province, home to beach town Nha Trang, saw 275,500 visitors, a 119 percent increase from the same period last year. The province’s …

Travel firms and hotels are preparing products and services to cash in on an expected tourism boost from Vietnam hosting the SEA Games, Southeast Asia’s largest sports event. Pham Ha, chairman of Lux Group, which specializes in luxury cruise ships, said his company expects the SEA Games 31 held in …

‘Spring Roll Dream’, a short animated film by Vietnamese director Mai Vu, is set to be screened at the Cannes Film Festival’s category for works by film-school students. The ninth-minute animated work is a graduation project of Mai Vu – a student of the National Film and Television School (NFTS) …

The number of foreign visitors increased by 4.6 times to nearly 70,000 in April from the previous month when Vietnam opened its borders. There were arrivals from traditional markets such as Europe, America and South Korea and also new markets such as Mongolia, Kazakhstan and India. On April 29, Da …