Life & Love

Cao Nu Hoang Oanh, a teacher at HCMC’s Huong Nang Hong Kindergarten, is happy to be back in the classroom after nine months. The 24-year-old was thrilled to greet her nearly 30 students on Monday, their first day at school. The majority of them are children of workers at Song …

Vietnam Airlines will resume its HCMC-Kuala Lumpur route from Thursday while Vietjet Air is scheduled to double the frequency on its HCMC-Bangkok route from next month. The national flag carrier announced Wednesday the first regular flight between Ho Chi Minh City and Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia after two years would …

Elephant residents of the Yon Don National Park in Dak Lak Province will no longer be exploited for tourism purposes. They can roam free in their natural habitat. In 2018, the park’s management signed an agreement with Hong Kong-based animal welfare organization Animals Asia to halt elephant rides, following which …

The Vietnamese community in Ukraine is not too flustered by Western media reports on the “escalating” Ukraine-Russia conflict; they remain confident there’ll be no war. Nguyen Duc Huy, 53, a resident of the southwestern seaport province of Odessa, said he wasn’t surprised on learning that Russia would withdraw some of …

The Temple of Literature, Ngoc Son Temple, Thang Long Imperial Citadel, and Hoa Lo Prison, some of Hanoi’s tourism mainstays, reopened to visitors on Tuesday. The city Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism allowed historical sites and relics to reopen on Monday with Covid-19 safety measures in place. Visitors are …

Several ministries have voiced support for the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s proposal to fully reopen international tourism and lift all travel restrictions from March 15. The defense, public security, tourism, health, foreign affairs and transport ministries agreed at a government meeting Tuesday that as Vietnam fully reopens its …

Bui Kim Quy’s ‘Mien Ky Uc’ (Memoryland) is Vietnam’s entry at the Berlinale in Germany this week and Doc Fortnight in the U.S. later this month. The film is being screened at cinemas from Feb. 14 to 19 as part of the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival. While the event …

Couple TX’s Valentine’s Day campaign 2022 sends a message about the diversity and harmony of love through real stories. The video “Love is Love”, a part of Couple TX’s Valentine Day’s campaign 2022, was launched on Feb.10. The four-minute video told true love stories of three couples who overcame prejudices. …

Most residents of the Tan Trai Village in Hanoi have found parking a far more lucrative vocation than farming, given their proximity to the Noi Bai Airport. For some, it has been a vocation thrust on them by virtue of a portion of their land being taken away by the …

Vietnamese living in the Canadian capital Ottawa are fearful of the anti-vaccine truck protests and say the so-called Freedom Convoy has disrupted daily life and impacted their mental health. Nguyen Van Tho, 43, who has been living in Canada for five years, has been unable to sleep for the past …