Life & Love

Crocheted woolen clothing, popular during winter, has become the new summer trend among many Vietnamese beauty queens heading for the sun and surf. Singer Bao Thy wears a vibrant orange crochet wool bikini with floral patterns. Sine crochet allows the free flow of air through the fabric, it has emerged …

Ngoc Anh, 16, wraps up her shift at a coffee shop at 10:30 p.m. after washing cups and cleaning and rearranging the tables and chairs. Anh’s mother, Bich Mai, is waiting outside. “I advised my daughter to work the morning shift, but that shift was full, so she has to …

Without booking a cruise, six coffee shops allow you to take a panoramic view of world heritage site Ha Long Bay with limestone karst mountains rising out of the waters. A drink at 1988 Coffee & Bar. Photo courtesy of the coffee shop 1988 Coffee & Bar, on the top …

Thanh Tu struggles to cope with the brutal heat wave Europe is going through, especially since his house in Britain, like most others, has no air conditioning. “I have to buy more fans because they don’t often sell air conditionings in the U.K. “And if I do have air conditioning, …

‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ has become the fifth highest-grossing foreign film of all time at the local box office, according to Universal Pictures Vietnam. Last week, it set a new Vietnamese box office record as the first animated film to surpass the VND100 billion milestone after 10 days and …

Hundreds of fans in HCMC braved the rain to meet Thai actor August Vachiravit on Wednesday. The 26-year-old is in town to promote ‘La May Tren Bau Troi Ai Do’ (Side Seeing), a film co-produced by Vietnam and Thailand and set for release in theaters nationwide today. The romcom is …

‘La May Tren Bau Troi Ai Do’ (Side Seeing) by Thai director Thanadet Pradit and Vietnamese producer Trinh Tu Trung will be released in theaters nationwide Friday. The rom-com recounts the journey of a young Vietnamese girl called May (played by Ngoc Lan Vy) to Thailand to meet her idol …

When the opening scene of a cartoon appeared on the screen, children at Tak Po school in Quang Nam Province screamed with delight and Ho Hoang Liem smiled with satisfaction. It was the third time Liem, 33, and his friends were screening movies for children living atop mountains. In January …

Vietnam tourism will further exploit potential markets like India and boost campaigns in the U.S. and the E.U. to record 5 million foreign arrivals this year. Nguyen Trung Khanh, deputy head of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, said at a conference late last week that the industry has shown …

A month before the competition Nguyen Van Liet supplements his bulls’ diet with beer, eggs, congee, honey, and vitamins to improve their physical condition. Early one morning in July, Liet, the owner of a pair of bulls that have won the competition three times, went to a meadow and selected …