Life & Love

From making sticky rice cakes to being overwhelmed by large families and getting a bump on the head at ancestors’ tombs, foreign grooms find themselves charmed by Vietnamese New Year. The memory of being able to make a banh chung, the Vietnamese sticky rice cake, for the first time last …

Staying put instead of returning to their hometown for Tet, the Lunar New Year festival, migrant workers are finding ways to celebrate despite pandemic concerns and financial constraints. For Vietnamese migrant workers who toil all year long, Tet is inarguably the most anticipated holiday when they are eager to get …

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has backed the travel industry in proposing that tourism resumes fully from March 31 instead of the early May it had previously planned. In a proposal submitted to Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh Saturday, the ministry said this would be an appropriate time …

Officials are eyeing full reopening of borders for international tourists early May, but major travel firms say do it asap, so they don’t lose out on recovery opportunities. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has proposed fully reopening borders to foreign tourists and lifting all entry restrictions from May …

Hien was very happy when she learned that students in grades seven to 12 in Hanoi will return to school from Feb. 8, and immediately informed her husband. As previously reported, children in low- and medium-risk Covid-19 areas can attend in-person classes after eight months of studying online. While Hien’s …

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has asked all provinces and cities to consider reopening cinemas starting Monday to meet residents’ entertainment demand during the Tet holiday. Cinemas must have plans to prevent Covid-19 infections and cooperate with local health authorities to deal with outbreaks in case community infections …

Just before Tet each year Huynh Tri Cau sets up a small table at the corner of a street in District 11 and begins to do calligraphy. Cau’s family is from China’s Guangzhou City, but he was born in Saigon. He is a teacher at a Chinese language center. For …

Do Hong Linh’s phone has been ringing constantly after she posted online that she is a recovered Covid-19 patient and offered to care for newly infected patients during Tet. “The outbreak has left me with financial hardship, and so I am now offering to work as a caregiver during Tet …

With Tet around the corner, Hanoi and HCMC airports are packed with people seeking to fly home for the most important festival of the year.     Airports overrun by eager travelers heading home for Tet Hanoi, HCMC airports overrun by eager travelers heading home for Tet

Eleven airlines and travel firms have called on the government to announce by early February the timeline for fully reopening the country to foreign tourists. Vietnam Airlines, Vietjet, Bamboo Airways, Pacific Airlines, Vietravel Airlines, Hai Au Aviation, Vietravel, Saigontourist, Thien Minh Group, Sun Group, and BIM submitted a petition with …