Life & Love

Foreign films are sweeping the box office while Vietnamese films are doing badly, with most of them losing money. Universal Pictures’ ‘Minions: The Rise of Gru‘ had pocketed over VND178 billion (US$7.6 million) in the Vietnamese market as of July 26. It had set a box office record as the …

Phuong Thuy was dumbfounded when a shopkeeper handed over her bread but said they only accept cash and not online payments. Since she did not have any cash on hand, and had to call a friend and tell her to bring some money. This was the first time in six …

Ninh Binh Province where Hollywood movie ‘Kong: Skull Island’ was filmed in 2016 is one of the 12 “coolest filming locations” in Asia, according to U.S. magazine Travel+Leisure. Directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts, the US$190-million film was shot in the Trang An limestone complex, Van Long Lagoon and Tam Coc, where …

Four incidents of unruly air passengers, including a woman who carried knife aboard a plane and people filming dangerous TikTok trends, have gone viral and caused outrage. Lowering window shade to record landing, takeoff A woman lowers a window shade to record a video. Many young people enjoy recording videos, …

It was in February that Vi Dung came to know about the new trend of having colorful freshwater crabs as pets. The 23-year-old long time aquarist from the northern province of Lao Cai discovered this by chance on social media. Hooked, he decided to order two large 7-cm long crabs, …

While looking for his missing dogs, Do Minh Khoi came across 31 dogs about to be slaughtered and bought all of them for VND24 million ($1,027). The 46-year-old man in Nha Trang Town, Khanh Hoa Province executed the slaughterhouse rescue Wednesday and took all the dogs home. He also took …

It is normal that 25 beauty contests have been licensed this year, Tran Huong Duong, deputy director of the Performing Arts Department, says. “Of the 25 licensed competitions since the beginning of the year to now, eight were pushed back to this year due to Covid, three have been discontinued, …

Vietnamese living in Sri Lanka are struggling to make ends meet and get food and fuel amid the raging economic crisis. For nearly three months Chau, who lives with her family in a suburb of the capital, Colombo, has had to depend on her own garden and hoard groceries to …

Tran Thi Tham cried and tried to kill herself after a relative called to say her son was not straight. The woman from the northern Hai Phong City, now 53, was “happy” and “proud” after giving birth to a son and a daughter Le Kim Tung was a chubby and …

Made from recycled military truck or aircraft tyres, Vietnam’s hand-made rubber sandals, the famously rugged footwear of the Viet Cong, have travelled vast distances over the decades. In the bustling capital Hanoi, all kinds of shoes are on sale: from $1,000 Gucci heels to $2 plastic slippers. But for those …