Life & Love

Thang Tran Phenh’s paintings “Choi Bai” (The Card Game) and “Xem Boi” (The Wizard) sold for 780,000 euros (US$773,700) and 715,000 euros at an auction Tuesday by Lynda Trouve. They were offered at the “Indochina -Chapter 14” auction in Paris live on the company’s website. French auction house Lynda Trouve …

Thang Tran Phenh’s paintings “Choi Bai” (The Card Game) and “Xem Boi” (The Wizard) were sold for 780,000 euro ($773,700) and 715,000 euro, respectively, at a Tuesday auction by Lynda Trouve. The paintings were offered during the “Indochina -Chapter 14” session in Paris, broadcast live on the company’s website. French …

Thang Tran Phenh’s paintings “Choi Bai” (The Card Game) and “Xem Boi” (The Wizard) were sold for 780,000 euro ($773,700) and 715,000 euro, respectively, at a Tuesday auction by Lynda Trouve. The paintings were offered during the “Indochina -Chapter 14” session in Paris, broadcast live on the company’s website. French …

Vietnam requested that the South Korean drama “Little Women” be removed from the Netflix Vietnam application due to historical falsification of the Vietnam War. The agency had submitted a request to Netflix to remove “Little Women” from its film movie library Monday and that the deadline for this request is …

After the government decentralized and eased regulations, allowing provincial authorities to license beauty contests, an onslaught of vulgar, mediocre pageants is causing nostalgia for the erstwhile system. Many people do not like what they are seeing and prefer the past, when two or three prestigious government-endorsed pageants unearthed exquisite beauties …

Military comedy “6/45” scored VND110 billion ($4.6 million) after 10 days of screening at local box offices, setting a new record for South Korean film earnings in Vietnam. The previous record holder was “Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula,” which made VND83 billion in 2020. “6/45” is also the first Korean …

Dr Nguyen Huu Khanh Duy is observing patients’ movements on a surveillance camera when a staff member rushes in and says, “We have an emergency.” The director of the Thanh Da Drug Addiction Rehabilitation Center in Ho Chi Minh City’s Binh Thanh District quickly heads to the treatment room to …

Thousands of Vietnamese go overseas to work, seeking life-changing opportunities, but for some people, it is the cause of their divorces. Cuong* of Long An Province, who works in Japan, recalls: “The year I left my second daughter was five years old. I knew my wife was lonely. She was …

A stall in Ho Chi Minh City sells over 3,000 duck egg embryos daily thanks to the owner’s unique way of cooking and preparing. Duck eggs with embryos is a Southeast Asian street food popular in the Philippines, Cambodia and Vietnam. It is often known as balut, the term from …

A working environment that doesn’t match and low incomes prompt many Vietnamese professionals to stay back after graduating from foreign universities. Dr. Phan Minh Liem, 39, has remained in the U.S. after going there to study on a scholarship program in 2005. He now works at the University of Texas …