Life & Love

Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post has included Regent Resort on popular tourist island Phu Quoc in southern Vietnam among the best new hotel openings of this year. The resort, around 15 minutes from Phu Quoc International Airport in Kien Giang Province, is scheduled to open its door to tourists …

An exhibition of watercolor paintings showcases the simple rhythm of life in Saigon and its China Town. The exhibition takes place between March 18-24 at Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Association in District 3, featuring over 100 works by different artists. Besides landscape paintings, the event also boasts works …

Pham Thanh Nga, a ninth-grade student in a Hanoi public school, said she felt uncomfortable with her sex education class. The teachers weren’t comfortable, either, she added. Nga said she was taught about male and female genital organs, fertilization, conception and contraceptive methods from her eighth-grade biology textbook. Reproduction was …

Low-income families are struggling to make ends meet amid the relentless rise in food and fuel prices.     Rising prices make life harder for low-income families Rising prices make life harder for low-income families

Situated in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City, this serviced apartment complex serves up a tropical twist to connect its inhabitants with nature. The building is located on a 300-square-meter plot in HCMC’s District 1. It was redesigned and rebuilt from an old building with 27 rooms with areas …

Thua Thien-Hue Province, home to Hue, on Monday welcomed 16 South Korean tourists, marking the return of foreign visitors after prolonged Covid suspension. Tran Huu Thuy Giang, director of the provincial Department of Tourism, said this was the first group of international visitors returning to Hue after a long time …

‘Sam Hoi’ (Confession) will be screened in theaters in the U.S. from March 24 after failing to attract moviegoers in Vietnam earlier this year. When released in January 2021 the movie earned a mere VND1.3 billion (over $56,800). It had cost VND50 billion to make, according to Indian-Vietnamese producer Ramani …

Luong Thuy Linh and Phuong Anh, Miss World Vietnam 2019 and Miss Vietnam 2020 runner-up, represented designer Elie Saab during Paris Fashion Week 2022. During their trip to France to attend Paris Fashion Week 2022 in early March, Linh ( first L) and Anh (first R) had the opportunity to …

Over the past two years, with more resolve than resources, the Vietnamese government and people have managed to contain the coronavirus while also keeping the economy afloat. Last Saturday morning, Tran Thi Ngoc Lan from HCMC’s District 3 ran downstairs to join her neighbors for a jog at Tao Dan …

Canada’s Ukiyoto Publishing has released the English version of ‘Rung Doi’ (Hungry Forest) by Nguyen Trong Luan in North America. The book tells the story of D76 unit soldiers, from their beginnings as cassava diggers to their departure from Laos to the battlefields of the Central Highlands in Vietnam. D76 …