Singapore has become the second most expensive city in Asia for business travelers with an average trip costing $515 a day after Hong Kong ($520), a new report found. Tokyo was third on the ranking compiled by data service provider ECA International. The rest of the list included Shanghai, Seoul, …
Read More »Vietnam’s top luxury retailer heir shares pre-wedding photos
Phillip Nguyen, the third son of Johnathan Hanh Nguyen, chairman of the Imex Pan Pacific Group (IPPG), has released pre-wedding photos with fiancée Linh Rin before the ceremony takes place in the Phillipines this month. In the set of photos released on Wednesday, Linh is wearing a sweetheart wedding dress …
Read More »Lack of affordable childcare leaves low-income parents in the lurch
As she prepares to return to work after six months’ maternity leave, Nhung, 31, faces a difficult and common problem: she can’t find a daycare center for her child. Public preschools do not accept children that young, and private ones are too expensive. At noon on March 8, International Women’s …
Read More »Paris Hilton wears Vietnamese designer’s dress for magazine photoshoot
American media personality and socialite Paris Hilton wore a dress made by Vietnamese designer Le Thanh Hoa for Saturday, a magazine published by British newspaper The Guardian. In an issue of Saturday published on Monday, the 42-year-old media star dazzled in a hexagon mesh chiffon dress with a Tara crystal …
Read More »Will fruit juice help me lose weight?
To cleanse my body and lose weight, I currently consume mostly fruit juice in addition to a small intake of solid meals. Dear doctor, will this be effective? Answer: To cleanse my body and lose weight, I currently consume mostly fruit juice in addition to a small intake of solid …
Read More »Dating apps turns strangers into life partners
Four years ago, 25-year-old My Linh moved to the US with her American husband after the two met via a dating app. These days Linh still thinks she’s dreaming when she watches her husband hold their newborn son in his arms. “Without the dating app, maybe we would have never …
Read More »Cunning Vietnamese parents cajole children into marriage
Nguyen Thi Hoa from northern Ninh Binh Province became impatient when her 33-year-old son and 28-year-old daughter still had yet to marry. They were single, and there wasn’t even the hope of a spouse on the horizon. So tiger mom Hoa took matters into her own hands and began trying …
Read More »Vietnamese teen model catwalks Seoul Fashion Week
Fourteen-year-old Bao Ha is the only Vietnamese model to walk the runway of Seoul Fashion Week this year. Ha wore two outfits from the “Wednesday is Monday” collection by designer Kwak Hyun-joo. In her first appearance, Ha wore a jacket combined with a split skirt and white high-top boots. Her …
Read More »Heir to Vietnam’s top luxury retailer to get married in the Philippines
Phillip Nguyen, the third son of Johnathan Hanh Nguyen, chairman of the Imex Pan Pacific Group (IPPG), will get married in a wedding party with 500 guests in the Philippines. The wedding between Phillip and his fiancée, actress and model Linh Rin, is expected to take place in late March …
Read More »Thai man’s 300-km motorcycle trip with 11 cats goes viral
The story of a Thai man, known as Uncle Samsen, went viral on social media after he traveled with his 11 cats in his sidecar motorcycle from Bangkok to the Isaan province of Korat. The route was nearly 300 km and took almost five hours of traveling, The Thaiger reported. …
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